Hakeem Olajuwon
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 21, 1963, Lagos, Nigeria
- Movies
- 12
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2025 | Mount Mutombo | Self |
| 2023 | Stand | Self - Houston Rockets (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Hoops Africa: Ubuntu Matters | Self |
| 2016 | Phi Slama Jama | |
| 2016 | 2016 NBA Finals Mini-Movie | Himself (Archive Footage) |
| 2015 | Clutch City | Himself |
| 2014 | Arvydas Sabonis 11 | Himself |
| 2014 | The '84 Draft | |
| 2012 | Going Big | Self |
| 2011 | NB80s | Self (archive footage) |
| 1995 | Double Clutch: Houston Rockets 1994-95 NBA Champions | Himself |
| 1995 | Hakeem Olajuwon - Hakeem the Dream |
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