Legendary US NBA basketball player with the Milwaukee Bucks (1969 - 1975) and the Los Angeles Lakers (1975 - 1989), the 7' 2" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Lew Alcindor) has made numerous guest appearances on US TV shows including "The Man From Atlantis", "21 Jump Street", "Tales from the Darkside" and "Scrubs".

However, he's best known to film audiences for two very different film roles. Firstly, as a very tall adversary to Bruce Lee during a rather unique fight sequence in Lee's final film Game of Death, and then Kareem played an airline pilot with a remarkable similarity to "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" in the hilarious _Airplane (1980)_ .


Airplane! (1980): $35,000

B.A. from U.C.L.A. [1969] Graduate of Power Memorial High School, New York City. Played for the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Milwaukee Bucks (1969-70 thru 1974-75) and Los Angeles Lakers (1975-76 thru 1988-89). Only college player to win three Player of the Year awards. Began wearing goggles on the court due to corneal erosion syndrome, a condition where the eye cornea doesn't produce moisture and begins to dry out. Assistant coach for the NBA Los Angeles Clippers, (2000). NBA 35th Anniversary All-Time Team (1980). NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (1996). Played in 18 NBA All-Star Games (1970-1977, 1979-89). Grandparents are originally from Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. Father of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Diagnosed with leukemia in December, 2008.