Ice Cube
Known for: Acting
O'Shea Jackson (born June 15, 1969), known professionally as Ice Cube, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, and film producer. His work on N.W.A.'s 1989 album Straight Outta Compton helped boost gangsta rap's popularity. His political rap solo albums AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990), Death Certificate (1991), and The Predator (1992) were all critically and commercially successful. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of N.W.A in 2016. A native of Los Angeles, Ice Cube formed his first rap group, C.I.A., in 1986. In 1987, with Eazy-E and Dr. Dre, he formed the gangsta rap group N.W.A. As its lead rapper, Ice Cube also wrote most of the lyrics on Straight Outta Compton. This landmark album shaped West Coast hip-hop's early violent and controversial identity. It helped differentiate it from East Coast rap. After a monetary dispute over the group's management by Eazy-E and Jerry Heller, Ice Cube left N.W.A in late 1989 and embarked on a solo career, releasing eleven albums, with seven charting within the top-10 on the U.S. Billboard200. His singles "It Was a Good Day", "Check Yo Self", "You Know How We Do It", "Bop Gun (One Nation)", "Pushin' Weight", and "You Can Do It" all charted in the top-40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Ice Cube has also had an active film career since the early 1990s. His first acting role was in the hood film Boyz n the Hood (1991), named after a 1987 N.W.A. song he wrote. He also co-wrote and starred in the 1995 comedy film Friday, which spawned a franchise and reshaped his public image into an actor. He made his directorial debut with the 1998 film The Players Club, and also produced and curated the film's accompanying soundtrack. His film credits include comedies Three Kings (1999), the Barbershop and Are We There Yet? franchises, 21 Jump Street (2012), 22 Jump Street (2014), Ride Along (2014) and Ride Along 2 (2016). He has also appeared in the XXX franchise (2005–2017), the crime drama Rampart (2012), the animated fantasy The Book of Life (2014), and the thriller War of the Worlds (2025). Ice Cube has also served as executive producer, including for the 2015 biopic Straight Outta Compton. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ice Cube, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Conan
Self
2010
Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Series
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Film
War of the Worlds
William Radford
2025
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
Good Day Live
Self
2001
Series
The Talk
Self
2010
Series
Steve
Self
2017
Series
The Bernie Mac Show
Ice Cube
2001
Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Series
The Jamie Foxx Show
Ice Cube
1996
Film
The Book of Life
Candle Maker (voice)
2014
Film
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Darius Stone / xXx
2017
Series
The Studio
Ice Cube
2025
Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self - Guest
1999
Series
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Series
The Arsenio Hall Show
Self
2013
Series
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
2025
Series
The Shop
Self
2018
Series
Yo! MTV Raps
Self
1988
Film
Anaconda
Ice Cube
2025
Series
Snacked
Self
2021
Film
21 Jump Street
Captain Dickson
2012
Series
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
Self
2016
Film
22 Jump Street
Captain Dickson
2014
Film
Anaconda
Danny Rich
1997
Film
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Superfly (voice)
2023
Series
Primetime Glick
2001
Film
xXx: State of the Union
Darius Stone / xXx
2005
Film
Friday
Craig
1995
Series
Hart to Heart
Self
2021
Series
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
Self (archive footage)
2025
Series
The Defiant Ones
Self
2017
Film
Boyz n the Hood
Doughboy
1991
Series
Criss Angel Mindfreak
2005
Film
Torque
Trey
2004
Series
This Is Pop
Self (archive footage)
2021
Series
Hip Hop Evolution
Self
2016
Series
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Three Kings
Chief Elgin
1999
Film
Are We There Yet?
Nick Persons
2005
Film
Fist Fight
Ron Strickland
2017
Film
Are We Done Yet?
Nick Persons
2007
Film
Ride Along 2
James Payton
2016
Film
Ghosts of Mars
James 'Desolation' Williams
2001
Series
The F Word
Self
2017
Film
Ride Along
James
2014
Film
Next Friday
Craig Jones
2000
Film
Friday After Next
Craig
2002
Film
Barbershop
Calvin Palmer
2002
Film
Barbershop: The Next Cut
Calvin Palmer
2016
Film
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Calvin
2004
Film
The High Note
Jack Robertson
2020
Film
Higher Learning
Fudge
1995
Series
Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies
Self - Co-narrator
2017
Film
All About the Benjamins
Bucum
2002
Series
The Hip Hop Years
Self
1999
Film
First Sunday
Durell
2008
Film
Rampart
Kyle Timkins
2011
Film
Lottery Ticket
Mr. Washington
2010
Film
Trespass
Savon
1992
Film
CB4
Self
1993
Series
Untold Stories of Hip Hop
Self
2019
Film
The Glass Shield
Theodore 'Teddy' Woods
1994
Series
We Got Time Today
Self
2024
Film
I Got the Hook-Up
Gun Runner
1998
Film
Woodstock '99
2000
Film
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
Self
2012
Film
The Players Club
Reggie
1998
Film
Last Friday
Craig Jones
Film
24 Jump Street
Captain Dickson
2027
Film
The Longshots
Curtis Plummer
2008
Film
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
Self
2020
Film
Beef
Self
2003
Film
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Self
2012
Film
Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James
Self
2021
Film
The Up in Smoke Tour
Self
2000
Film
You're Watching Video Music Box
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Janky Promoters
Russell Redds
2009
Film
Hip Hop Don't Stop
Self
2014
Film
Burn Motherfucker, Burn!
Self (archive footage)
2017
Outside Man
Ruben
Film
Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars
Self
2001
The Game: The Documentary 2
Self
2015
Film
Dangerous Ground
Vusi Madlazi
1997
Film
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports
Self
2023
Film
Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
1995
Film
Letter to the President
Self
2005
Film
Flashback Cops
James
2016
Film
Korn: Deuce
Self
2002
Film
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Self
2011
Film
Katt Williams: 9 Lives
Self
2010
Film
Straight Outta L.A.
Self
2010
Film
The Fab Five
Self
2011
Film
20 Most Shocking Unsolved Crimes
Self - Rapper
2007
Film
Family Values Tour '98
Self
1999
Film
N.W.A.: Not Without Alonzo
2025
Film
Straight from the Streets
Self
2000
Film
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Self
2003
Accidentes
Film
Stand
Self - Rapper-Actor; Founder BIG3
2023
Film
Comin' Up Short
Self
2024
Film
The DOC
2022
Film
Africa Rising
Self - Musician (archive footage)
2019
Beats Music Presents: It Was A Good Day, The Live 90s Hip Hop Playlist
2021
Film
DJ Crazy Toones | It's A CT Experience: The DVD Files
Self
2007
Are They Gone Yet?
Nick Persons
Film
NWA & Eazy-E: The Kings of Compton
2016
Cube & Epps
Ice Cube
Humbug
Ride Along 3
James Payton
Film
Beef II
Self
2004
Film
G-Funk
Self
2017
DJ SWB Volume 6 | This Is How We Do
Self
2009
Film
Comedy Central's Colossal Clusterfest
Performer
2017
Film
Ice Cube: The Making of a Don
Self
2004
Film
The Making of Mr. October: The Reggie Jackson Story
Self
2016
Film
Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren
Self
2021
Film
Birth of a Nation: 4.29.92
Self
1993
Film
An Intimate Look Inside the Acting Process with Ice Cube
Self
2000
Westside Connection: Gangsta Nation Live
2004
Film
Thicker Than Water
Slink
1999
Film
‘Friday’ Straight Up
2009
Series
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003
The Tuck Rule
2017