Person

Hakeem Olajuwon

Acting · Born 1963-01-21 · Lagos, Nigeria

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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• 2025Mount MutomboSelf
• 2023StandSelf - Houston Rockets (archive footage)
• 2018Basketball: A Love StorySelf
• 2017Hoops Africa: Ubuntu MattersSelf
• 2016Phi Slama Jama
• 20162016 NBA Finals Mini-MovieHimself (Archive Footage)
• 2015Clutch CityHimself
• 2014Arvydas Sabonis 11Himself
• 2014The '84 Draft
• 2012Going BigSelf
• 2011NB80sSelf (archive footage)
• 2001Beyond the Glory
• 1995Hakeem Olajuwon - Hakeem the Dream