Chuck D

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Chuck D

Acting 66 August 1, 1960

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 th…

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.1 2015 TV Show
The Daily Show

The Daily Show

6.4 1996 TV Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.3 2003 TV Show
Democracy Now!

Democracy Now!

6.9 2001 TV Show
Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

7.5 2000 TV Show
Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

7.8 1994 TV Show
Behind the Music

Behind the Music

7.3 1997 TV Show
MTV Video Music Awards

MTV Video Music Awards

7.9 1984 TV Show
NewsRadio

NewsRadio

7.4 1995 TV Show
New York Undercover

New York Undercover

7.3 1994 TV Show
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

7.5 2023 TV Show
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

6.0 2004 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition

    Movie Self

  2. 2025
    Sean Combs: The Reckoning

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  3. 2025
    Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2024
    Mr. Nelson on the North Side

    Movie Self

  5. 2024
    Camden

    TV show Self

  6. 2024
    James Brown: Say It Loud

    TV show Self

  7. 2023
    A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop

    Movie Self

  8. 2023
    Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History

    Movie Narrator

  9. 2023
    Cover Your Ears

    Movie Self

  10. 2023
    Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

    TV show The Beetle (voice)

  11. 2023
    Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World

    TV show Self

  12. 2023
    Sign the Show

    Movie Self

  13. 2022
    2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

    Movie Self

  14. 2022
    Nothing Compares

    Movie Self

  15. 2022
    Payback

    TV show Self - Funeral Attendee (archive footage)

  16. 2022
    Use of Force: The Policing of Black America

    Movie Narrator (voice)

More credits
  1. 2021
    Classic Albums: Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man

    Movie Self

  2. 2021
    Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2021
    Anthrax: 40th Anniversary Livestream

    Movie Himself

  4. 2021
    Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

    Movie Self

  5. 2021
    This Is Pop

    TV show Self

  6. 2020
    American Rapstar

    Movie Self [Archive]

  7. 2020
    For NYC

    Movie

  8. 2020
    Ricky Powell: The Individualist

    Movie Self

  9. 2020
    Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert

    Movie Self

  10. 2020
    It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet

    Movie Self

  11. 2019
    The Cobra at Twilight

    Movie

  12. 2019
    System Shock: How the MP3 Changed Music

    Movie

  13. 2019
    Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare

    Movie Self

  14. 2019
    Grass Is Greener

    Movie Self

  15. 2018
    Shut Up and Dribble

    TV show Additional Music

  16. 2018
    The Untold Story of Detroit Hip Hop

    Movie Self

  17. 2018
    Rock Rubber 45s

    Movie Self

  18. 2018
    The King

    Movie Self

  19. 2018
    Survivor's Guide to Prison

    Movie Self

  20. 2018
    System Shock

    Movie self

  21. 2018
    Prophets of Rage: Eurockéennes 2018

    Movie

  22. 2017
    Who Killed Tupac?

    TV show Self

  23. 2017
    G-Funk

    Movie Self

  24. 2016
    Soundbreaking

    TV show Self