Person

Chuck D

Acting · Born 1960-08-01 · Roosevelt, Long Island, New York, USA

Biography

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.

Known for

Filmography

2026Iron Maiden: Burning AmbitionSelf
2025Sean Combs: The ReckoningSelf (archive footage)
2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf (archive footage)
2024Mr. Nelson on the North SideSelf
2024CamdenSelf
2024James Brown: Say It LoudSelf
2023A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-HopSelf
2023Freestyle 101: Hip Hop HistoryNarrator
2023Cover Your EarsSelf
2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurThe Beetle (voice)
2023Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the WorldSelf
2023Sign the ShowSelf
20222022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf
2022Nothing ComparesSelf
2022PaybackSelf - Funeral Attendee (archive footage)
2022Use of Force: The Policing of Black AmericaNarrator (voice)
2021Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and RageSelf (archive footage)
2021Anthrax: 40th Anniversary LivestreamHimself
2021Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black FilmmakingSelf
2021This Is PopSelf
2020American RapstarSelf [Archive]
2020For NYC
2020Ricky Powell: The IndividualistSelf
2020Coachella: 20 Years in the DesertSelf
2020It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the InternetSelf
2019The Cobra at Twilight
2019System Shock: How the MP3 Changed Music
2019Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black WarfareSelf
2019Grass Is GreenerSelf
2018Shut Up and DribbleAdditional Music
2018The Untold Story of Detroit Hip HopSelf
2018Rock Rubber 45sSelf
2018The KingSelf
2018Survivor's Guide to PrisonSelf
2018System Shockself
2018Prophets of Rage: Eurockéennes 2018
2017Who Killed Tupac?Self
2017G-FunkSelf
2016SoundbreakingSelf
20161971 Pirates: Forever Brothers
2016Full Court: The Spencer Haywood StoryNarrator (voice)
2016The BetCharles McD
2016A Tale of James BrownSelf
2015All Things Must PassSelf
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015Public Enemy - Live From Metropolis StudiosHimself
2015Hustlers ConventionSelf
2014James Brown - The Man, The Music & The MessageSelf
2014Heights Girl
2014All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star StateSelf (archive footage)
2014Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James BrownSelf
2014Public Enemy Live at the Metro TheatreRappeur
2014Ali vs Stevenson: The Greatest Fight That Never WasNarrator
2013Dream SchoolSelf - Student Mentor/Self - Raptivist, Musician, Digital Advocate
2013Swing Lowe Sweet CharioteDJ Jonny Specials
2013The DoctorNarrator (voice)
2013Rebels Without a Pause: The Induction Celebration of Public EnemySelf
2012Something from Nothing: The Art of RapSelf
2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’Self
2012City Teacher
2012Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy DSelf
2012Founding Fathers (The True Origins of Hip Hop)
2011Public Enemy: Prophets Of RageHimself
2011Prince: A Purple ReignSelf
2011Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack GenerationSelf
2011The Weird World of BlowflySelf
2011The (R)evolution of Immortal TechniqueSelf
2011The Fab FiveSelf
2011On the Shoulders of GiantsOriginal Music Composer
2010My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip HopSelf
2010Straight Outta L.A.Self
2009Big Pun: The LegacySelf
2009Do the Right Thing: 20 Years LaterSelf
2009Copyright CriminalsSelf
2009The Black CandleSelf
2009Founding Fathers: The Untold Story of Hip HopNarrator
2008Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the ImpressionsSelf
2007Public Enemy: Welcome to the TerrordomeSelf
2007Mixtape, Inc.
2007Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and PunkSelf
2007Public Enemy - Fight the Power: Greatest Hits Live!Himself
2007Ali's 65Self - Narrator
2006LegendsSelf
2006FuckSelf
2006Rock the BellsHimself
2006The Henry Rollins Show
2005Left of the DialSelf
2005Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA ChampionshipSelf
2005The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the WorldSelf - Narrator
2005Black in the 80s
2004Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost MovieMalcolm Y
2004Public Enemy: Revolverlution TourHimself
2004And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-HopSelf
2004And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-HopSelf
2004Lightning in a BottleSelf
2003James Brown: Soul Survivor
2003Godfathers and SonsSelf
2003The BluesSelf
2003BeefSelf (archive footage)
2003Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be TelevisedHimself
2003Muddy Waters: Can't Be SatisfiedSelf
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Musical Guest
2001Public Enemy - Live from House of Blues
2001Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop MusicSelf
2000Aqua Teen Hunger ForceChuck D (voice)
2000Sealab 2021Abelard (voice)
1999The Hip Hop YearsSelf
1998Jackie Chan: My StorySelf - Rapper
1998An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, BurnLeon Brothers
1997Behind the MusicSelf
1997AnthemSelf
1996The Daily ShowSelf - Guest
1996Rage Against the Machine - Live at Pinkpop 1996
1995Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
1995NewsRadioChuck D
1994MTV Europe Music AwardsSelf - Presenter
1994New York Undercover
1994Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1992The Real Malcolm X
1992Public Enemy: The Enemy Strikes...LiveHard Rhymer
1991Rap's Most WantedSelf
1991Hard 'N Heavy Volume 16Self
1990Public Enemy - Burn Hollywood Burn feat. Ice Cube and Big Daddy Kane
1990Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1Self
1989Impact Video Magazine
1989Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live!
1988Yo! MTV RapsSelf
1987Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation - The First London Invasion Tour 1987Self
1984MTV Video Music AwardsSelf
1959The GrammysSelf
—Mi Familia: Sen Dog and the American DreamSelf

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