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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 21, 1963
Place of Birth
Lagos, Nigeria
Also Known As
- Akeem Olajuwon
- Akeem Abdul Olajuwon
Hakeem Olajuwon
0.2 Popularity
Biography
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.
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Self
Mount Mutombo
2025
3.3
Self - Houston Rockets (archive footage)
Stand
2023
7.3
Self
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
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Self
Hoops Africa: Ubuntu Matters
2017
6.5
Phi Slama Jama
2016
🎬
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Himself
Clutch City
2015
8.2
Himself
Arvydas Sabonis 11
2014
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The '84 Draft
2014
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Self
Going Big
2012
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Self (archive footage)
NB80s
2011
Credits
Mount Mutombo
as Self
2025
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Stand
as Self - Houston Rockets (archive footage)
2023
3.3
Basketball: A Love Story
as Self
2018
7.3
Hoops Africa: Ubuntu Matters
as Self
2017
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Phi Slama Jama
2016
6.5
🎬
Clutch City
as Himself
2015
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Arvydas Sabonis 11
as Himself
2014
8.2
The '84 Draft
2014
6.0
Going Big
as Self
2012
7.0
NB80s
as Self (archive footage)
2011
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🎬
Beyond the Glory
2001
6.0
Hakeem Olajuwon - Hakeem the Dream
1995
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