Known for

Acting

Born

Jan 21, 1963 (63 years old)

Place of birth

Lagos, Nigeria

Hakeem Olajuwon

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.

Titles

Mount Mutombo

Movie • 2025

Stand

Movie • 2023

NB80s

Movie • 2011

Arvydas Sabonis 11

Movie • 2014

Phi Slama Jama

Movie • 2016

Hakeem Olajuwon - Hakeem the Dream

Movie • 1995

Going Big

Movie • 2012