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Chuck D

Acting

Born August 1, 1960 · Roosevelt, Long Island, New York, USA

Also known as Public Enemy · Carlton Douglas Ridenhour

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.

Filmography50+ titles

James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message

2014as Self

James Brown: Say It Loud

as Self

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025as Self (archive footage)

Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music

2016as Self

The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World

2005as Self - Narrator

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

1993

MTV Video Music Awards

as Self

Nothing Compares

2022as Self

Lightning in a Bottle

2004as Self

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

2023as The Beetle (voice)

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

2000as Chuck D (voice)

Left of the Dial

2005as Self

Sealab 2021

2000as Abelard (voice)

Behind the Music

1997as Self

NewsRadio

1995as Chuck D

New York Undercover

1994

Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition

2026as Self

Sean Combs: The Reckoning

2025as Self (archive footage)

All Things Must Pass

2015as Self

Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World

as Self

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown

2014as Self

G-Funk

2017as Self

Grass is Greener

2019as Self

Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap

2012as Self

Woodstock 99: Peace Love and Rage

2021as Self (archive footage)

American Rapstar

2020as Self [Archive]

Survivors Guide To Prison

2018as Self

The Daily Show

1996as Self - Guest

The King

2017as Self

On the Shoulders of Giants

2011Original Music Composer

Jackie Chan: My Story

1998as Self - Rapper

Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

2021as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

Cover Your Ears

2023as Self

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

2004as Malcolm Y

This Is Pop

as Self

The Black Candle

2009as Self

Camden

as Self

Hustlers Convention

2015as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003as Self - Musical Guest

Ricky Powell: The Individualist

2020as Self

Big Pun: The Legacy

2009as Self

The Bet

2016as Charles McD

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn

1997as Leon Brothers

Who Killed Tupac?

as Self

Use of Force: The Policing of Black America

2022as Narrator (voice)

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

2020as Self

Shut Up and Dribble

Additional Music

Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History

2023as Narrator

Sign the Show

2023as Self