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Chuck D

Chuck D

Known for: Acting

Born 01/08/1960
Place of birth Roosevelt, Long Island, New York, USA

Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, better known by his stage name Chuck D, is an American rapper, author, and producer. He helped create politically and socially conscious rap music in the mid-1980s as the leader of the rap group Public Enemy.

Filmography

The Daily Show Series ★ 6,4

The Daily Show

Self - Guest

1996

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Series ★ 6,1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

Jimmy Kimmel Live! Series ★ 5,3

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self - Musical Guest

2003

Democracy Now! Series ★ 6,9

Democracy Now!

Self

2001

MTV Video Music Awards Series ★ 7,8

MTV Video Music Awards

Self

1984

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Series ★ 7,5

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Chuck D (voice)

2000

NewsRadio Series ★ 7,4

NewsRadio

Chuck D

1995

Behind the Music Series ★ 7,3

Behind the Music

Self

1997

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Series ★ 7,4

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

The Beetle (voice)

2023

New York Undercover Series ★ 7,3

New York Undercover

1994

Space Ghost Coast to Coast Series ★ 7,9

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

1994

MTV Europe Music Awards Series ★ 10,0

MTV Europe Music Awards

Self - Presenter

1994

Sealab 2021 Series ★ 7,4

Sealab 2021

Abelard (voice)

2000

Yo! MTV Raps Series ★ 7,5

Yo! MTV Raps

Self

1988

Legends Series ★ 5,0

Legends

Self

2006

Sean Combs: The Reckoning Series ★ 7,3

Sean Combs: The Reckoning

Self (archive footage)

2025

The Henry Rollins Show Series ★ 6,2

The Henry Rollins Show

2006

Soundbreaking Series ★ 7,8

Soundbreaking

Self

2016

This Is Pop Series ★ 5,9

This Is Pop

Self

2021

The Blues Series ★ 7,5

The Blues

Self

2003

Payback Series ★ 4,0

Payback

Self - Funeral Attendee (archive footage)

2022

Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition Film ★ 8,5

Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition

Self

2026

Black in the 80s Series

Black in the 80s

Self

2005

Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World Series ★ 7,0

Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World

Self

2023

American Rapstar Film ★ 6,5

American Rapstar

Self [Archive]

2020

Camden Series ★ 5,8

Camden

Self

2024

The Hip Hop Years Series ★ 7,0

The Hip Hop Years

Self

1999

Who Killed Tupac? Series ★ 3,0

Who Killed Tupac?

Self

2017

And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop Series

And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop

Self

2004

James Brown: Say It Loud Series ★ 8,0

James Brown: Say It Loud

Self

2024

Heights Girl Film

Heights Girl

2014

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music Film ★ 7,7

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Self (archive footage)

2025

Series

Dream School

Self - Student Mentor/Self - Raptivist, Musician, Digital Advocate

2013

Jackie Chan: My Story Film ★ 6,3

Jackie Chan: My Story

Self - Rapper

1998

Swing Lowe Sweet Chariote Film

Swing Lowe Sweet Chariote

DJ Jonny Specials

2013

Fuck Film ★ 6,4

Fuck

Self

2006

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie Film ★ 6,0

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

Malcolm Y

2004

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn Film ★ 3,9

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

Leon Brothers

1998

Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage Film ★ 6,5

Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage

Self (archive footage)

2021

Classic Albums: Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man Film ★ 7,0

Classic Albums: Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man

Self

2021

Lightning in a Bottle Film ★ 7,6

Lightning in a Bottle

Self

2004

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Film ★ 8,2

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Self

2022

Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap Film ★ 6,7

Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap

Self

2012

Godfathers and Sons Film ★ 7,5

Godfathers and Sons

Self

2003

Survivor's Guide to Prison Film ★ 6,4

Survivor's Guide to Prison

Self

2018

Ricky Powell: The Individualist Film ★ 4,8

Ricky Powell: The Individualist

Self

2020

Mr. Nelson on the North Side Film

Mr. Nelson on the North Side

Self

2024

Anthrax: 40th Anniversary Livestream Film

Anthrax: 40th Anniversary Livestream

Himself

2021

System Shock Film ★ 7,0

System Shock

self

2018

Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert Film ★ 6,9

Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert

Self

2020

Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live! Film

Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live!

1989

All Things Must Pass Film ★ 7,2

All Things Must Pass

Self

2015

The Grammys Series ★ 8,6

The Grammys

Self

1959

Beef Film ★ 7,1

Beef

Self (archive footage)

2003

A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop Film ★ 9,0

A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop

Self

2023

All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State Film ★ 7,7

All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State

Self (archive footage)

2014

City Teacher Film

City Teacher

2012

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ Film ★ 5,0

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

Self

2012

Big Pun: The Legacy Film ★ 4,8

Big Pun: The Legacy

Self

2009

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown Film ★ 6,9

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown

Self

2014

The King Film ★ 6,3

The King

Self

2018

Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship Film ★ 10,0

Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship

Self

2005

Nothing Compares Film ★ 7,8

Nothing Compares

Self

2022

Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat Film ★ 7,5

Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat

1995

James Brown: Soul Survivor Film ★ 7,7

James Brown: Soul Survivor

2003

Rage Against the Machine - Live at Pinkpop 1996 Film ★ 8,0

Rage Against the Machine - Live at Pinkpop 1996

1996

The Real Malcolm X Film ★ 8,0

The Real Malcolm X

1992

Public Enemy: The Enemy Strikes...Live Film

Public Enemy: The Enemy Strikes...Live

Hard Rhymer

1992

Copyright Criminals Film ★ 6,8

Copyright Criminals

Self

2009

Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D Film

Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D

Self

2012

Straight Outta L.A. Film ★ 6,3

Straight Outta L.A.

Self

2010

The Fab Five Film ★ 7,9

The Fab Five

Self

2011

The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World Film ★ 7,8

The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World

Self - Narrator

2005

Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation - The First London Invasion Tour 1987 Film ★ 8,0

Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation - The First London Invasion Tour 1987

Self

1987

Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation Film ★ 7,2

Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation

Self

2011

Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later Film ★ 7,0

Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

Self

2009

Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1 Film

Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1

Self

1990

James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message Film ★ 8,0

James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message

Self

2014

Sign the Show Film

Sign the Show

Self

2023

My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop Film ★ 3,5

My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop

Self

2010

Film

Mi Familia: Sen Dog and the American Dream

Self

Film

Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome

Self

2007

Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Film

Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Himself

2003

A Tale of James Brown Film

A Tale of James Brown

Self

2016

Grass Is Greener Film ★ 6,7

Grass Is Greener

Self

2019

The Black Candle Film ★ 5,8

The Black Candle

Self

2009

The Weird World of Blowfly Film ★ 6,8

The Weird World of Blowfly

Self

2011

Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking Film ★ 6,2

Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

Self

2021

Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History Film

Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History

Narrator

2023

Rock Rubber 45s Film

Rock Rubber 45s

Self

2018

Rock the Bells Film ★ 6,7

Rock the Bells

Himself

2006

Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare Film ★ 6,3

Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare

Self

2019

It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet Film ★ 2,0

It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet

Self

2020

Founding Fathers (The True Origins of Hip Hop) Film ★ 10,0

Founding Fathers (The True Origins of Hip Hop)

2012

Rebels Without a Pause: The Induction Celebration of Public Enemy Film ★ 6,0

Rebels Without a Pause: The Induction Celebration of Public Enemy

Self

2013

The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique Film ★ 7,2

The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique

Self

2011

System Shock: How the MP3 Changed Music Film

System Shock: How the MP3 Changed Music

2019

Mixtape, Inc. Film

Mixtape, Inc.

2007

Public Enemy: Prophets Of Rage Film ★ 7,0

Public Enemy: Prophets Of Rage

Himself

2011

Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music Film

Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music

Self

2001

G-Funk Film ★ 6,8

G-Funk

Self

2017

Film

Public Enemy - Fight the Power: Greatest Hits Live!

Himself

2007

Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions Film

Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions

Self

2008

The Bet Film ★ 4,7

The Bet

Charles McD

2016

Series ★ 7,0

Ali's 65

Self - Narrator

2007

The Untold Story of Detroit Hip Hop Film

The Untold Story of Detroit Hip Hop

Self

2018

Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied Film ★ 10,0

Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied

Self

2003

Left of the Dial Film ★ 7,4

Left of the Dial

Self

2005

Hard 'N Heavy Volume 16 Film

Hard 'N Heavy Volume 16

Self

1991

Film

The Cobra at Twilight

2019

Prince: A Purple Reign Film ★ 8,0

Prince: A Purple Reign

Self

2011

Anthem Film ★ 5,4

Anthem

Self

1997

The Doctor Film ★ 6,2

The Doctor

Narrator (voice)

2013

Cover Your Ears Film ★ 6,0

Cover Your Ears

Self

2023

Hustlers Convention Film ★ 5,7

Hustlers Convention

Self

2015

Public Enemy - Burn Hollywood Burn feat. Ice Cube and Big Daddy Kane Film ★ 10,0

Public Enemy - Burn Hollywood Burn feat. Ice Cube and Big Daddy Kane

1990

Film ★ 10,0

Public Enemy - Live from House of Blues

2001

Use of Force: The Policing of Black America Film ★ 2,0

Use of Force: The Policing of Black America

Narrator (voice)

2022

For NYC Film

For NYC

2020

Film ★ 6,0

Ali vs Stevenson: The Greatest Fight That Never Was

Narrator

2014

Prophets of Rage: Eurockéennes 2018 Film

Prophets of Rage: Eurockéennes 2018

2018

Public Enemy Live at the Metro Theatre Film

Public Enemy Live at the Metro Theatre

Rappeur

2014

Public Enemy - Live From  Metropolis Studios Film ★ 10,0

Public Enemy - Live From Metropolis Studios

Himself

2015

Founding Fathers: The Untold Story of Hip Hop Film ★ 6,0

Founding Fathers: The Untold Story of Hip Hop

Narrator

2009

Film

Public Enemy: Revolverlution Tour

Himself

2004

Film

Rap's Most Wanted

Self

1991

Film ★ 8,0

Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk

Self

2007

Full Court: The Spencer Haywood Story Film

Full Court: The Spencer Haywood Story

Narrator (voice)

2016

Impact Video Magazine Film ★ 4,0

Impact Video Magazine

1989

Film

1971 Pirates: Forever Brothers

2016