Acting
Community Rating
6.2
TMDB estimate
Born
January 21, 1963 (age 63)
Born in
Lagos, Nigeria
Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon, nicknamed "the Dream," is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player. From 1984 to 2002, he played center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Houston Rockets and, in his last season, the Toronto Raptors. He led the Rockets to back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 and 1995. Olajuwon was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 and the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2016. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest centers, as well as one of the greatest basketball players of all time.

Mount Mutombo
as Self
2025

Stand
as Self - Houston Rockets (archive footage)
2023

Basketball: A Love Story
as Self
2018

Hoops Africa: Ubuntu Matters
as Self
2017

Phi Slama Jama
2016

2016 NBA Finals Mini-Movie
as Himself (Archive Footage)
2016
Clutch City
as Himself
2015

Arvydas Sabonis 11
as Himself
2014

The '84 Draft
2014

Going Big
as Self
2012

NB80s
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Beyond the Glory
2001

Hakeem Olajuwon - Hakeem the Dream
1995