Bill Russell: Legend (2023)

He changed more than the game.

Winningest NBA champion and civil rights icon Bill Russell builds a larger-than-life legacy on and off the court in this biographical documentary.

Bill Russell: Legend

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as Self - Narrator (voice)

Oscar Robertson

Oscar Robertson

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame

as Self - 4 Time NBA Champion

as Self - Sportswriter, The Boston Globe

as Self - Boston Celtics 1979-92

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame

as Self - Boston Celtics 1960-73

William C. Rhoden

William C. Rhoden

as Self - Columnist, ESPN's Andscape

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame

Aram Goudsouzian

Aram Goudsouzian

as Self - Bill Russell Biographer, 'King of the Court'

Lawrence O'Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell

as Self - Host 'The Last Word' MSNBC

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame

Jeannine Russell

Jeannine Russell

as Self - Bill Russell's Widow

as Self - Co-Author with Bill Russell, 'Go Up for Glory'

as Self - Coach, Boston Celtics 1950-66 (archive footage)

as Self - Boston Celtics 1950-63

as Self - Sportswriter, The Los Angeles Times

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame

as Self - Boston Celtics 1956-65 (archive footage)

as Self - St. Louis Hawks 1955-65 (archive footage)

as Self - Bill Russell's Daughter

as Self - Author & Filmmaker

as Self - NBA 1994-2007

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame

as Self - Red Auerbach's Daughter

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame

Leigh Montville

Leigh Montville

as Self - Author, 'Tall Men, Short Shorts'

as Self - Sports Editor, The Nation

Wilt Chamberlain

Wilt Chamberlain

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (archive footage)

Shaquille O'Neal

Shaquille O'Neal

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame

as Self - 12 Time NBA All-Star

as Self - Boston Celtics 1957-69

as Self - NBA Champion

Renee Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

as Self - WNBA All-Star

as Self - Los Angeles Lakers 1968-73

as Self - Los Angeles Lakers 1960-74

as Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

as Self (archive footage)

as Self - 2 Time NBA Champion

as Self - Sports Sociologist & Activist

as Bill Russell (voice)

Charles Barkley

Charles Barkley

as Self (archive footage)

as Self - Boston Celtics 1958-67 (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self - New York Knicks 1967-77

as Self - Red Auerbach's Daughter

as Self - Boston Celtics 1962-78 (voice) (archive sound)

as Self - Boston Celtics

as Self - 7 Time NBA Champion

as Self - Philadelphia 76ers 1963-69 (voice) (archive sound)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self - NFL Legend & Activist

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

as Self - 36th President of the United States (archive footage)

as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self - Los Angeles Lakers 1966-69

as Self - Author, Journalist & Longtime Admirer of Bill

as Self (archive footage)

Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame

Dominique Wilkins

Dominique Wilkins

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame

as Self - Co-Author with Bill Russell, 'Second Wind'

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Seasons

Season 1

Bill Russell: Legend

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