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Solomon Hughes is an American actor who played Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in HBO's Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. He is also a former basketball player, a PhD holder, and an instructor at Duke University.
Solomon Hughes is a freelance investigative journalist working in the United Kingdom. [1] Many of his pieces focus on corporate influence on politicians. [2] His work has appeared regularly in Private Eye [3] since around 2000.
Mar 7, 2022 · Solomon Hughes, Ph.D., thinks he's been on a "psychedelic journey" on his way to becoming one of the stars of the new HBO show Winning Time. Despite not having any previous acting...
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Apr 4, 2022 · Solomon Hughes, a former Harlem Globetrotter and a fan of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, talks to Vulture about his acting debut as the NBA legend in HBO's Winning Time. He shares how he captured Kareem's soft-spokenness, skyhook, and activism in the 1980s Lakers dynasty.
Imagine teaching at Stanford and then portraying your idol, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, on HBO’s Winning Time. That’s exactly what happened to Hughes, the year's most unlikely star.
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Apr 5, 2022 · Solomon Hughes, who plays Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on HBO's "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty," talks about his own basketball story.
Solomon Hughes was born on 28 February 1979 in Orange County, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Sweet Santa Barbara Brown, Guns Up and Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022).
