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Rick Rubin
Compositore, Attore, Produttore, Regista, Sceneggiatore, Crediti AggiuntiviBorn March 10, 1963 (62 years)
Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin (born March 10, 1963) is an American record executive and record producer. He is a co-founder (alongside Russell Simmons) of Def Jam Recordings, founder of American Recordings, and former co-president of Columbia Records.
Rubin helped popularize hip-hop by producing records for acts such as the Beastie Boys, Geto Boys, Run-DMC, Public Enemy, and LL Cool J. He has also produced hit records for acts from a variety of other genres, predominantly heavy metal (Danzig, Metallica, and Slayer), alternative rock (the Cult, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Strokes and Weezer), hard rock (Audioslave and Aerosmith), nu-metal (Linkin Park, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down), and country (Johnny Cash and the Chicks).
In 2007, Rubin was called "the most important producer of the last 20 years" by MTV and was named on Time's list of the "100 Most Influential People in the World". His first book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, was published in January 2023.
Rubin helped popularize hip-hop by producing records for acts such as the Beastie Boys, Geto Boys, Run-DMC, Public Enemy, and LL Cool J. He has also produced hit records for acts from a variety of other genres, predominantly heavy metal (Danzig, Metallica, and Slayer), alternative rock (the Cult, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Strokes and Weezer), hard rock (Audioslave and Aerosmith), nu-metal (Linkin Park, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down), and country (Johnny Cash and the Chicks).
In 2007, Rubin was called "the most important producer of the last 20 years" by MTV and was named on Time's list of the "100 Most Influential People in the World". His first book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, was published in January 2023.
Rick Rubin Filmography
| 2025 | WrestleMania 41 · as Self - Spectator |
| 2025 | WrestleMania 41: Saturday · as Himself |
| 2024 | Norman's Rare Guitars Documentary · as Self - Music Producer |
| 2024 | |
| 2024 | Kings From Queens: The Run DMC Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird · as Self |
| 2023 | All Elite Wrestling: Full Gear · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2023 | Circus Maximus · as Self |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (TV Series) · as Self (voice) (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Tom Petty Somewhere You Feel Free · as Himself |
| 2021 | McCartney 3, 2, 1 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | This Is Pop (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | Truth to Power · as Self |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Beastie Boys Story · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | LA Originals · as Self |
| 2018 | The Shop: Uninterrupted (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | May it Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers · as Himself |
| 2016 | Soundbreaking (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | WWE Hell in a Cell · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2015 | Johnny Cash: American Rebel · as Self |
| 2015 | NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn · as Self |
| 2015 | 808 · as Self |
| 2014 | Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | WWE Summerslam · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2014 | The Tanning of America (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Founder, Def Jam Recordings |
| 2013 | Sound City · as Self |
| 2012 | One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das · as Himself |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | Shut Up & Sing · as Self |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | The Work of Director Mark Romanek · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2004 | Fade to Black · as Self |
| 2004 | And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Johnny Cash: The Last Great American · as Self |
| 2004 | Run DMC: Forever Kings · as Self |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | American Rap Stars · as Self |
| 1999 | Making the Video (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | WWE SmackDown (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Beastieography · as Self - Producer, Licensed To Ill |
| 1997 | Behind the Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Rock & Roll (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | 1995 VH1 Honors · as Self |
| 1994 | The Howard Stern Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | WWE Raw (TV Series) · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1991 | Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Channel 4 News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self (segment: The Guru) |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Beastie Boys: Fight for Your Right Revisited · as Composer |
| 2003 | Rage Against the Machine: Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium · as Music Producer |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbow (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2019 | Shangri-La (2019) (TV Series) |
| 2011 | Revolutions · as Cast |
| 1990 | Men Don't Leave · as Craig |
| 1988 | Tougher Than Leather · as Vic Ferrante |
| 1985 | Krush Groove · as Rick |
| 2023 | Thank You Very Much · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | McCartney 3, 2, 1 (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Shangri-La (2019) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2008 | Gossip Live in Liverpool · as Executive Producer |
| 2008 | Untitled Kanye West HBO Project · as Executive Producer |
| 1995 | Slayer: Live Intrusion · as Executive Producer |
| 1987 | Less Than Zero · as Music Supervisor |