Based on the inspiring true story
The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama won a 1985 Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for two more.
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as Jesse Owens
AliveBorn: August 6, 1950
Age: 76
Dayton, Ohio, USA
as Coach Robertson
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Jimmy Hoffa
DeceasedBorn: October 1, 1927
Died: October 19, 2010
Age at death: 83
as Lew Gilbert
AliveBorn: June 24, 1943
Age: 83
Havana, Cuba
as Professor Preston
AliveBorn: February 16, 1957
Age: 69
Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany
as Coach Larry Snyder
AliveBorn: July 23, 1938
Age: 88
Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA
as Marty Forkins
DeceasedBorn: March 24, 1924
Died: December 14, 1998
Age at death: 74
as Charles 'Charley' Riley
DeceasedBorn: February 18, 1925
Died: February 28, 2016
Age at death: 91
as Abe Saperstein
DeceasedBorn: January 6, 1930
Died: May 25, 1990
Age at death: 60
as Judge
AliveBorn: October 16, 1940
Age: 85
Lamesa, Texas. USA
as Jerome
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Mamma Solomon
DeceasedBorn: April 25, 1930
Died: June 19, 2025
Age at death: 95
as Ruth Solomon Owens
AliveBorn: September 20, 1951
Age: 74
Dunn, North Carolina, USA
as Laverne Owens
AliveBorn: October 16, 1961
Age: 64
Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
as Herb Douglas
AliveBorn: October 10, 1946
Age: 79
Miami, Florida, USA
as Avery Brundage
DeceasedBorn: March 5, 1934
Died: July 13, 2024
Age at death: 90