William Jelani Cobb is an American writer, author and educator. The Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism at Columbia University, Cobb was previously an associate professor of history and director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut, from 2012 to 2016.

KNOWN FOR

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2024
The Daily Show
2021
Meet the Press
2021
Frontline
2016
Marvel's Luke Cage
2018
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
2024
Lincoln's Dilemma
2022
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
2020
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
2021
13th
2016
Heightened Scrutiny
2025
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
2020

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
22
Writing
2
Producing
4
2025
Heightened Scrutiny
as Self
2024
One Person, One Vote?
as Self
2024
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2024
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
as Self - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School
2022
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
as Self
2022
Lies, Politics and Democracy
as Self - Reporter
2021
Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America
as Self
2021
America After 9/11
as Himself
2021
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
as Self
2021
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest
2021
Meet the Press
as Self
2020
Policing the Police 2020
as Self
2020
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
as Self
2020
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
as Self - Interviewee
2020
McCarthy
as Self
2020
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
as Self - Author, The Substance of Hope
2019
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
as Self - Columbia University
2018
Marvel's Luke Cage
as Jelani Cobb
2016
13th
as Self
2016
Policing the Police
2016
Frontline
as Self
2010
White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books
as Self