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Metta Sandiford-Artest
Queens, New York, USA
Metta Sandiford-Artest (born Ronald William Artest Jr.; November 13, 1979), previously legally named Metta World Peace, is an American former professional basketball player who pl…
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Metta Sandiford-Artest (born Ronald William Artest Jr.; November 13, 1979), previously legally named Metta World Peace, is an American former professional basketball player who played 19 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Under the name Ron Artest, he played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm. He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the 1999 NBA draft. In 2001, he signed with the Indiana Pacers, where he won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award and was also named an NBA All-Star in 2004. Later that year, he was involved in an on-court altercation between the Pacers and the Detroit Pistons, and was suspended for the remainder of the 2004–05 season. Weeks after the start of the 2005–06 season, he was traded to the Sacramento Kings, and spent the 2008–09 season with the Houston Rockets. In 2009, he signed with the Los Angeles Lakers, and helped the team win their NBA championship in 2010. In 2011, he legally changed his name to Metta World Peace, and continued to play with the Lakers until 2013, where he signed with the New York Knicks. After a year of hiatus from the NBA, he returned to the Lakers for his last season in 2015 before retiring the following year. On May 4, 2020, he announced that he had changed his name once again to Metta Sandiford-Artest, combining his last name with that of his second wife, Maya Sandiford. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filmography
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2026
Jerry West: The Logo
Movie Self (Archive Footage)
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2026
Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom
Movie Self - Former LA Lakers Player (fka Metta World Peace)
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2025
Paro - The Untold Story of Bride Slavery
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
Memes & Nightmares
Movie Self
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2024
America's Next Best President
Movie Judge
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2024
Los Anillos de Pau
TV show
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2023
It's Storytime: The Movie
Movie Sariel
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2022
Beyond the Edge
TV show Self - Contestant
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2021
Kevin Garnett: Anything Is Possible
Movie Self
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2021
Celebrity Exorcism
Movie Self
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2021
Untold: Malice at the Palace
Movie Self - Indiana Pacers
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2019
Tamron Hall
TV show Self - Guest
- 2019
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2019
The Masked Singer
TV show Cuddle Monster
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2018
Shut Up and Dribble
TV show Self - Former NBA Player
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2018
Basketball: A Love Story
TV show Self
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2018
Celebrity Big Brother
TV show Self - Houseguest
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2015
Lip Sync Battle
TV show Self
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2013
The Millers
TV show Metta World Peace
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2013
Blind Ref
Movie Metta World Peace
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2012
The Eleventh Victim
Movie Garlin Fincher
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2012
The First Family
TV show Self
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2012
Key & Peele
TV show Himself
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2011
Ridiculousness
TV show Self
- 2011
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2010
Conan
TV show Self
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2010
Hawaii Five-0
TV show Metta Sandiford-Artest
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2010
2010 NBA Champions: Los Angeles Lakers
Movie Self
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2007
Yo Gabba Gabba!
TV show
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2005
Dancing with the Stars
TV show Self - Contestant
- 2004
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2004
Murda Muzik
Movie
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2003
Punk'd
TV show Self
