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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 21, 1936
Died
October 12, 1999
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- The Big Dipper
- Wilton Norman Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain
0.4 Popularity
Biography
Wilton Norman Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was an American basketball player. A 7'1" center, Chamberlain played for the Kansas Jayhawks, Harlem Globetrotters, Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, and Los Angeles Lakers. He holds numerous NBA records such as averaging 50 points per game in a season and scoring 100 points in a single game. Chamberlain is widely considered the most dominant player of his era (alongside rival Bill Russell) and among the greatest players in basketball history.
Known For
6.0
Self
Goliath
2023
7.2
Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (archive footage)
Bill Russell: Legend
2023
7.3
Self (archive footage)
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
0.0
NB90s
2013
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Wilt Chamberlain: Borscht Belt Bellhop
2013
0.0
Himself
Touched by Gold: '72 Lakers
2012
🎬
0.0
Himself
Fathers of the Sport
2008
6.8
Visitor in Locker Room (uncredited)
Any Given Sunday
1999
7.1
The Commish
1991
🎬
6.0
Himself
The Racing Experience
1988
Credits
Goliath
as Self
2023
6.0
Bill Russell: Legend
as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (archive footage)
2023
7.2
Basketball: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
2018
7.3
NB90s
2013
0.0
Wilt Chamberlain: Borscht Belt Bellhop
as Self (archive footage)
2013
0.0
Touched by Gold: '72 Lakers
as Himself
2012
0.0
🎬
Fathers of the Sport
as Himself
2008
0.0
Any Given Sunday
as Visitor in Locker Room (uncredited)
1999
6.8
The Commish
1991
7.1
🎬
The Racing Experience
as Himself
1988
6.0
Vanishing America
as Himself
1986
0.0
Conan the Destroyer
as Bombaata
1984
6.1
All Star Secrets
1979
0.0
Dick Clark's Good Old Days Part II
1978
6.0
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
5.4
Goober and the Ghost Chasers
1973
5.7
Once Upon a Wheel
as Self
1971
6.0
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
1970
7.1
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.6
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8