LeBron Raymone James Sr. (born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His accomplishments include four NBA championships, four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, four NBA Finals MVP Awards, and two Olympic gold medals. James has appeared in fifteen NBA All-Star Games and been named NBA All-Star MVP three times. He won the 2008 NBA scoring title, is the all-time NBA playoffs scoring leader, and is fourth in all-time career points scored. He has been voted onto the All-NBA First Team twelve times and the All-Defensive First Team five times. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. James played basketball for St. Vincent–St. Mary High School in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, where he was heavily touted by the national media as a future NBA superstar. A prep-to-pro, he joined the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003 as the first overall draft pick. Named the 2003–04 NBA Rookie of the Year, he soon established himself as one of the league's premier players; he won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 2009 and 2010. After failing to win a championship with Cleveland, James left in 2010 to sign as a free agent with the Miami Heat. This move was announced in an ESPN special titled The Decision, and is one of the most controversial free agent decisions in American sports history. James won his first two NBA championships while playing for the Miami Heat in 2012 and 2013. He was named league MVP and NBA Finals MVP in both championship years. After his fourth season with the Heat in 2014, James opted out of his contract to re-sign with the Cavaliers. In 2016, he led the Cavaliers to victory over the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals, delivering the team's first championship and ending Cleveland's 52-year professional sports title drought. His teams appeared in the NBA Finals in eight consecutive seasons (from 2011 to 2018). In 2018, James opted out of his contract with the Cavaliers to sign with the Lakers. Off the court, James has accumulated additional wealth and fame from numerous endorsement contracts. His public life has been the subject of much scrutiny, and he has been ranked as one of America's most influential and popular athletes. He has been featured in books, documentaries, and television commercials. He has also hosted the ESPY Awards and Saturday Night Live, and appeared in the 2015 film Trainwreck. Description above from the Wikipedia article LeBron James, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 30, 1984 (41)
- Akron, Ohio, USA
- Producer and actor
- 45 on MovieCove · 69 credits in all
What are LeBron James' films like?
Across their 43 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 26
A split, not a type: Light 15 · Serious 6 · Dark 6
Grounded 24 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2
Gentle 8 · Charged 16 · Intense 3
Steady 21 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 2
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 6
A split, not a type: Slow burn 15 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 2
Casual 16 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 8 · Affecting 16 · Heavy 3
Resolved 23 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
- Allyas Gwangi in Smallfoot (2018)
- Heraldas Narrator in VOMO: Vote or Miss Out (2020)
- Heroas LeBron James in Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
Moods and endings
- Happy15
- Bittersweet14
- Ambiguous11
- Cyclical2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch LeBron James' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 37 of their 45 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (11).
- Hustle (2022) · producer
- The Redeem Team (2022) · actor, producer
- Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics (2024) · producer
- Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning (2025) · producer
- Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (2020) · producer
- The Playbook (2020) · producer
- Smallfoot (2018) · actor
- Rez Ball (2024) · producer
- Next Gen Chef (2025) · producer
- Neymar: The Perfect Chaos (2022) · producer
- Naomi Osaka (2021) · producer
- HISTORY Vault, show their 3 titles on HISTORY Vault
- aspireTV+, show their title on aspireTV+
- Cinemax, show their title on Cinemax
- CNN All Access, show their title on CNN All Access
- Demand Africa, show their title on Demand Africa
- FOX One, show their title on FOX One
- Lionsgate+, show their title on Lionsgate+
- MovieSphere+, show their title on MovieSphere+
- The Great Courses Living, show their title on The Great Courses Living
Subscription and free streaming for LeBron James' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
69 credits, 45 with a MovieCove page; 60 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Life in the W (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Spoken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Foul Play with Anthony Davis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Clemente(2024)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Cartoonified! With Phineas and Ferb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Next Gen Chef(2025)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Fat Joe Talks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Rez Ball(2024)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Untold: Sign Stealer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Untold: The Murder of Air McNair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Uninterrupted's Top Class Tennis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Memes & Nightmares(2024)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
How Music Got Free(2024)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows
How Music Got Free (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
The Hospital(2024)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Black Ice(2022)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
All You Hear Is Noise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Shooting Stars(2023)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The Crossover(2023)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows
Redefined: J.R. Smith(2023)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
House Party(2023)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
S.O.G.: The Book of Ward(2023)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Fantasy Football(2022)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Who Is Stan Smith?(2022)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Say Hey, Willie Mays!(2022)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
The Redeem Team(2022)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Fate of a Sport(2022)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Hustle(2022)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Racisme sur la glace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
After Jackie(2022)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
Naomi Osaka(2021)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
Space Jam: A New Legacy(2021)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Golden: The Journey of USA's Elite Gymnasts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Legends of the Court(2020)
Becoming(2020)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
I Promise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
The Playbook(2020)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
VOMO: Vote or Miss Out(2020)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Shut Up and Dribble(2018)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
Student Athlete(2018)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Smallfoot(2018)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
The Shop(2018)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
United We Stand: The Ali Summit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Warriors of Liberty City(2018)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
89 Blocks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Carter Effect (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Cleveland Hustles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
2016 NBA Champions: Cleveland Cavaliers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Trainwreck(2015)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
2014 NBA Champions: Go Spurs Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
NB90s (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Cleveland Show(2009)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows
More Than a Game(2008)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Entourage(2004)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
SpongeBob SquarePants(1999)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
The Simpsons(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all showsBlood Count (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Weekend Warriors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 90th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 57 titles, 55 of them dated from 1989 to 2026; peak year 2021.
Biggest box office
Smallfoot (2018)
Highest rated
Hustle (2022)
Most popular right now
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
Film career
Peak 2021 · their film career is on the way up. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2015Screen debut· Trainwreck
- 2021First top-billed film· Space Jam: A New Legacy
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2021, Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do LeBron James' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 67th percentile, the median of the 25 of 26 with a score; across their 27 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 76th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up13
- 50th to 74th15
- 25th to 49th7
- Below 25th9
Shape of the crowd
15 of their 44 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved7
- Divisive11
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser8
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed15
Reviewers score the acting 51/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles; fans 67, detractors 31. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is LeBron James' work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does LeBron James work with?
People who share at least 2 of LeBron James' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Maverick Carter shares the most, 37.
Directors
- Alex StapletonShared titles: How Music Got Free (2024), The Playbook (2020), Shut Up and Dribble (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Alex Stapleton
- Andre GainesShared titles: Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics (2024), After Jackie (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Andre Gaines
- Gotham ChopraShared titles: Greatness Code (2020), Shut Up and Dribble (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Gotham Chopra
Writers
- Juel TaylorShared titles: Shooting Stars (2023), Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Juel Taylor
- Tony RettenmaierShared titles: Shooting Stars (2023), Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Tony Rettenmaier
Actors
- Barack ObamaShared titles: Starting 5 (2024), Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 (2020), American Trial: The Eric Garner Story (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Barack Obama
- Naomi OsakaShared titles: Naomi Osaka: The Second Set (2025), Naomi Osaka (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Naomi Osaka
- Anthony EdwardsShared titles: Starting 5 (2024), Hustle (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Anthony Edwards
- Don CheadleShared titles: Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics (2024), Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Don Cheadle
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- KovasShared titles: Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics (2024), S.O.G.: The Book of Ward (2023), The Crossover (2023), After Jackie (2022)See all 4 shared titles with Kovas
- Spencer BakalarShared titles: Naomi Osaka: The Second Set (2025), Uninterrupted's Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Spencer Bakalar
- Alastair McKevittShared titles: Starting 5 (2024), Uninterrupted's Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Alastair McKevitt
- Dan DeaconShared titles: Rez Ball (2024), Hustle (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Dan Deacon
Producers
- Maverick CarterShared titles: Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning (2025), Naomi Osaka: The Second Set (2025), Next Gen Chef (2025), Clemente (2024), How Music Got Free (2024), Memes & Nightmares (2024), Rez Ball (2024), Starting 5 (2024), The Hospital (2024), Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics (2024), House Party (2023), Redefined: J.R. Smith (2023) and 25 moreSee newest 12 of 37 shared titles with Maverick Carter
- Jamal HendersonShared titles: Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning (2025), Naomi Osaka: The Second Set (2025), Next Gen Chef (2025), Clemente (2024), How Music Got Free (2024), Memes & Nightmares (2024), Rez Ball (2024), Starting 5 (2024), The Hospital (2024), Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics (2024), Redefined: J.R. Smith (2023), S.O.G.: The Book of Ward (2023) and 20 moreSee newest 12 of 32 shared titles with Jamal Henderson
- Philip ByronShared titles: Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning (2025), Naomi Osaka: The Second Set (2025), Next Gen Chef (2025), Clemente (2024), How Music Got Free (2024), Memes & Nightmares (2024), Starting 5 (2024), Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics (2024), Redefined: J.R. Smith (2023), S.O.G.: The Book of Ward (2023), After Jackie (2022), Fate of a Sport (2022) and 14 moreSee newest 12 of 26 shared titles with Philip Byron
- Matthew RissmillerShared titles: Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning (2025), Starting 5 (2024), Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics (2024), S.O.G.: The Book of Ward (2023), After Jackie (2022), Neymar: The Perfect Chaos (2022), Naomi Osaka (2021), Greatness Code (2020)See all 8 shared titles with Matthew Rissmiller
Mixed roles
- Trishtan WilliamsShared titles: Starting 5 (2024), Warriors of Liberty City (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Trishtan Williams
