James Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for I Am Not Your Negro (2016), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) and Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984). He died on December 1, 1987 in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France.