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Kobe Bryant

Highest Rated: 100% The 19th Annual Animation Show of Shows (2017)

Lowest Rated: 69% Dear Basketball (2017)

Birthday: Aug 23, 1978

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Considered by basketball fans and critics alike as the top player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) during the 2000s, Kobe Bryant led the Los Angeles Lakers to multiple championships while also establishing himself as one of the game's highest scoring and most skilled players. Born Kobe Bean Bryant on August 23, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he spent a portion of his childhood in Italy, where his father, former NBA veteran Joe "Jellybean" Bryant, was playing in that country's A1 and A2 leagues. The younger Bryant began playing basketball at a very early age, and upon returning to the United States in 1991, launched an impressive high school career at Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Philadelphia. He led the school's basketball team to four state championships before foregoing college to begin his professional career. In 1996, Bryant was selected by the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA draft, but was soon traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. There, he became the youngest All-Star in NBA history when he was elected as a starter in the 1998 All-Star game. With the addition of coach Phil Jackson and center Shaquille O'Neal to the Lakers' roster the following year, Bryant became part of a seemingly unbeatable triangle that led the team to three consecutive championships from 2000 to 2002. The following year, both Bryant and the Lakers suffered setbacks: Jackson and O'Neal departed the team, and Bryant became embroiled in a high-profile sexual assault case which tarnished his career and ended several major promotional endorsements. Following the case's dismissal in 2004, Bryant would spend several years rebuilding his standing in the league. With the return of Jackson in 2006, he resumed his stellar ascent, scoring fifty or more points in consecutive games during the season and collecting his second All-Star Game MVP trophy. By 2010, Bryant had become the all-time leading scorer in Lakers history and collected his fourth and fifth championships against the Orlando Magic in 2009 and the Boston Celtics in 2010, respectively. Though subsequent years were plagued by injury, Bryant continued to play impressively into his 19th season, surpassing Michael Jordan's record in 2014 to become the NBA's third all-time leading scorer. Bryant announced on November 29, 2015 that he was planning to retire at the end of the 2015-16 season. Kobe Bryant died on January 26, 2020 at the age of 41 when the private helicopter in which he was traveling crashed. His 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant was among the other eight passengers killed in the crash.

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Highest rated movies

100% 95% The 19th Annual Animation Show of Shows
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75% 78% I Am Bruce Lee
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69% 74% Dear Basketball
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The Drew: No Excuse, Just Produce
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67% 1 Love
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86% Quiet Storm: The Ron Artest Story
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77% Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot
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NBA Now! Showmen of Today
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Tony Parker: The Final Shot
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Kobe Bryant's Muse
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tony Parker: The Final Shot Unknown (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet 86% Quiet Storm: The Ron Artest Story Self - 2019
100% 95% The 19th Annual Animation Show of Shows Narrator (Character) - 2017
69% 74% Dear Basketball Screenwriter,
Producer
- 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Drew: No Excuse, Just Produce Unknown (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kobe Bryant's Muse Executive Producer - 2015
No Score Yet 77% Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot Self $40.6K 2014
75% 78% I Am Bruce Lee Unknown (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 58% Kobe Doin' Work Unknown (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 67% 1 Love Unknown (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet NBA Now! Showmen of Today Unknown (Character) - 2000

TV

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No Score Yet 54% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2019
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2008-2010 2013-2015 2018-2019
No Score Yet 18% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2017 2019
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2015 2017 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ridiculousness Guest 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest 2016 2018
No Score Yet 11% The View Guest 2013 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Extreme Weight Loss Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lopez Tonight Guest 2009-2010
85% 90% Modern Family Kobe Bryant (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sesame Street Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet 40% The Proud Family Himself (Guest Voice) 2003
62% No Score Yet Bette Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hang Time Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet In the House Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sister, Sister Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Moesha Unknown (Guest Star) 1996