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Charles Barkley

American basketball player

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Charles Barkley is an American basketball player who became one of the sport's most dominant and respected athletes during his career. He matters because of his significant impact on professional basketball, both through his performance as a player and his continued influence on the sport as a commentator and public figure.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1963
Works: 7

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Acting · Leeds - Alabama - USA

Charles Wade Barkley is an American retired professional basketball player.

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4.7 Seconds: For the Championship — Himself2026
Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association — Self2026
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self (archive footage)2025
We Beat the Dream Team — Self2025
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special — Self2025
Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott — Self2025
They Call It Late Night with Jason Kelce — Self2025
Make History: The Revival of Bruce Pearl and Auburn Basketball2024
Stand — Self - Suns Forward (archive footage)2023
Bill Russell: Legend — Self (archive footage)

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Charles Wade Barkley (born February 20, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player who is a television analyst on TNT Sports and CBS Sports. Nicknamed "Sir Charles", "the Chuckster", and "the Round Mound of Rebound", Barkley played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Though shorter than the typical power forward, he used his strength and aggression to become one of the NBA's best rebounders and scorers. Barkley was an 11-time NBA All-Star, 11-time member of the All-NBA Team, and the 1993 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP). He was named to the NBA's 50th and 75th anniversary teams.

An All-American at Auburn University, Barkley was drafted as a junior by the Philadelphia 76ers with the fifth pick of the 1984 NBA draft. In his rookie season, Barkley was named to the All-Rookie First Team in 1985. In the 1986–87 season, Barkley led the league in rebounding average and earned his first rebounding title. He was named the All-Star Game MVP in 1991, and in 1993 with the Phoenix Suns, he was voted the league's MVP while leading the team to the NBA Finals. He also competed in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games, winning two gold medals as a member of the U.S. national team. In 2000, Barkley retired as the fourth player in NBA history to achieve 20,000 points, 10,000 rebounds, and 4,000 assists. Barkley is a two-time inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, inducted in 2006 for his individual career and in 2010 as a member of the 1992 Olympic "Dream Team".