Portrait of Hakeem Olajuwon

Hakeem Olajuwon

Acting

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.

Born: January 21, 1963

Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria

Filmography

2023
Stand

as Self - Houston Rockets (archive footage)

2014
2012
Going Big

as Self

2011
NB80s

as Self (archive footage)