Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a retired professional basketball player and a film and television actor. He was born Ferdinand Lewis "Lew" Alcindor in New York City, New York on April 16th, 1947. During his sports career, he was best known for playing for the Milwaukee Bucks and later the Los Angeles, Lakers where he became the all-time leading point scorer in the NBA. Although Kareem appeared in several films and television episodes, his only role in the sci-fi genre was playing the character Thark in the "Giant" episode of Man from Atlantis.