
Acting
Born February 17, 1963 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a former American professional basketball player, active businessman, and majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s. After a standout career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Tar Heels' National Championship team in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring. His leaping ability, illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in slam dunk contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive players in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat". Although Jordan abruptly retired from basketball at the beginning of the 1993–94 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three additional championships (1996, 1997, and 1998) as well as an NBA-record, at the time, 72 regular-season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards. Jordan's individual accolades and accomplishments include five MVP awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game appearances, three All-Star Game MVP awards, ten scoring titles, three steals titles, six NBA Finals MVP awards, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. He holds the NBA records for highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game). In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN, and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press's list of athletes of the century. He was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame on April 6, 2009 and was inducted on September 11, 2009. Jordan is also noted for his product endorsements. He fueled the success of Nike's Air Jordan sneakers, which were introduced in 1985 and remain popular today. Jordan also starred in the 1996 feature film Space Jam as himself. He is the majority owner and head of basketball operations for the NBA's Charlotte Hornets; he recently won a bidding war to buy controlling interest in the team from founding owner Robert L. Johnson. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Jordan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

We Beat the Dream Team
2025

The Magical Seven
2024

The Legend of the 81-Point Game
2023

Say Hey, Willie Mays!
2022

The Redeem Team
2022

Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul
2022

El otro Rey de Chicago
2022

Luc Longley: One Giant Leap
2021

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021

Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
2020

Meeting Michael
2020

Legends of The Court
2020

Game 6: The Movie
2020

David Blaine: The Magic Way
2020

A Celebration of Life for Kobe and Gianna Bryant
2020

Rodman: For Better or Worse
2019

In Search of Greatness
2018

Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
2018

The Making of Trump
2015

Dean Smith
2015

Kobe Bryant's Muse
2015

The '84 Draft
2014

Bad Boys
2014

NB90s
2013

The Dream Team
2012

NB80s
2011

The Wayman Tisdale Story
2011

Jordan Rides the Bus
2010