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Chuck D
Actor, Composer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn August 1, 1960 (65 years)
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
Chuck D Filmography
| 2025 | Sean Combs: The Reckoning (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2025 | |
| 2024 | 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · as Self - Presenter |
| 2024 | Camden (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2024 | James Brown: Say It Loud (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2024 | Kings From Queens: The Run DMC Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip Hop · as Self |
| 2023 | Cover Your Ears · as Self |
| 2023 | Fight The Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Nothing Compares · as Self |
| 2022 | Uncle Tom II: An American Odyssey · as Self |
| 2022 | PAYBACK (2022) (TV Series) · as Self - Funeral Attendee (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Origins of Hip Hop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | Behind The Music (2021) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | Woodstock 99: Peace Love and Rage · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Mr Nelson on the North Side · as Self |
| 2021 | This Is Pop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | American Rapstar · as Self [archive] |
| 2020 | Vinyl Nation · as Self - Public Enemy |
| 2020 | GMA3: What You Need to Know (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | Ricky Powell: The Individualist · as Self |
| 2020 | LA Originals · as Self |
| 2020 | Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert · as Self |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Shangri-La (2019) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Broken Bread (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | 1989: The Year That Made Us (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Grass is Greener · as Self |
| 2018 | The Untold Story of Detroit Hip Hop · as Self |
| 2018 | Quincy · as Self |
| 2018 | Rock Rubber 45s · as Self |
| 2018 | Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 · as Self |
| 2018 | Survivors Guide To Prison · as Self |
| 2017 | Who Killed Tupac? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | George Michael: Freedom · as Self |
| 2017 | Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web · as Self |
| 2017 | The Beat with Ari Melber (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | G-Funk · as Self |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | Soundbreaking (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | The Great Songwriters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Hip-Hop Evolution (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | The Eighties (TV Series) · as Self - Mc, Public Enemy |
| 2015 | All Things Must Pass · as Self |
| 2015 | Public Enemy: Live from Metropolis Studios · as Himself |
| 2015 | Mavis! · as Self |
| 2015 | MLB Network Presents (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator |
| 2015 | Hustlers Convention · as Self |
| 2014 | Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2014 | Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tanning of America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest: Prophets Of Rage |
| 2013 | The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Dream School (TV Series) · as Self - Student Mentor |
| 2013 | The Arsenio Hall Show (2013) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | The 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · as Self - Honoree |
| 2013 | Chuck D Presents Band in the House · as Self |
| 2013 | The 55th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2012 | Let Fury Have the Hour · as Self |
| 2012 | Oprah: Where Are They Now? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · as Self - Presenter |
| 2012 | Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D · as Self |
| 2011 | Public Enemy: Prophets of Rage · as Himself |
| 2011 | Prince: A Purple Reign · as Self |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique · as Self |
| 2011 | The Fab Five · as Self |
| 2011 | ESPN Films Presents (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | The Weird World of Blowfly · as Himself |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Straight Outta L.A. · as Self |
| 2009 | 30 for 30 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Copyright Criminals · as Himself |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest: Copyright Criminals All Star Band |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | D.L. Hughley Breaks the News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | The Black Candle · as Self |
| 2008 | Big Pun: The Legacy · as Self |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | The Dan Patrick Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome · as Self |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Ali's 65 · as Self - Narrator |
| 2006 | Chuck D's Musicians Studio · as Self - Host |
| 2006 | Ali Rap · as Self - Narrator |
| 2006 | Legends (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | The Drug Years (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Rock the Bells · as Himself |
| 2006 | Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes · as Self |
| 2005 | Iconoclasts (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Fuck · as Self |
| 2005 | The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Left of the Dial · as Self |
| 2005 | Letter to the President · as Self - Recording Artist |
| 2005 | The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World · as Self - Narrator |
| 2005 | Strange Love (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | There's a God on the Mic · as Self |
| 2004 | Hip-Hop Honors · as Self - Honoree |
| 2004 | And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Kulturplatz (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Lightning in a Bottle · as Self |
| 2004 | 4th Annual BET Awards · as Self |
| 2004 | The N Word · as Self |
| 2004 | Corporate Ghost · as Self In 'kool Thing' |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Public Enemy: The Revolverlution Tour, Part 1 · as Himself |
| 2003 | Get Up, Stand Up (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2003 | The Blues (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | G-Phoria · as Self - Public Enemy |
| 2003 | Beef · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2002 | VH1 Big in 2002 Awards · as Self |
| 2002 | Elvis Lives · as Self |
| 2002 | The Last Poets · as Self |
| 2000 | The Beatles Revolution · as Self |
| 2000 | The BET 20th Anniversary Celebration · as Self |
| 2000 | And Ya Don't Stop: Hip Hop's Greatest Videos, Vol. 1 · as Self (segment: Fight The Power) |
| 1999 | The 1999 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards · as Self |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | SportsCentury (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Tout le monde en parle (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | 1998 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1998 | Jackie Chan: My Story · as Self - Rapper |
| 1997 | Behind the Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Anthem · as Self |
| 1997 | Classic Albums (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Rhyme & Reason · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Rock & Roll (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | NewsRadio (TV Series) · as Chuck D |
| 1995 | The History of Rock 'n' Roll (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | MTV Europe Music Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 1994 | 1994 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self |
| 1994 | WGN Morning News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The 6th Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1990 | In Living Color (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1989 | The 3rd Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Public Enemy |
| 1989 | Overcoming Self-Destruction · as Self |
| 1988 | Yo! MTV Raps (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | Yo! MTV Raps (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Headbangers Ball (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1984 | MTV Video Music Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1983 | America Undercover (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host, Unfiltered |
| 1980 | Newsnight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Soul Train (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self (segment "the Guru") |
| 1959 | Grammy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History · as Narrator |
| 2023 | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (TV Series) · as The Beetle (voice) |
| 2022 | Use of Force: The Policing of Black America · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Full Court: The Spencer Haywood Story · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Public Enemy Live at the Metro Theatre · as Rappeur |
| 2013 | Swing Lowe Sweet Chariote · as Dj Jonny Specials |
| 2013 | The Doctor · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2012 | The Playlist (TV Series) · as Remix Victim - Eclectic Method |
| 2009 | The Quiet Arrangement · as Captain Ambercrombie |
| 2007 | Chip Factor · as Cast |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | The Henry Rollins Show (TV Series) |
| 2005 | Black in the 80s (TV Series) |
| 2004 | Wake Up, Ron Burgundy · as Malcolm Y |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Cut Me a New Path · as (narrator) |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force (TV Series) · as Chuck D (voice) |
| 2000 | Sealab 2021 (TV Series) · as Abelard (voice) |
| 1997 | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn · as Leon Brothers |
| 1997 | Johnny Bravo (TV Series) · as Cd Biggenz |
| 1994 | New York Undercover (TV Series) |
| 1993 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast (TV Series) |
| 1992 | |
| 1989 | |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2017 | The Climb · as Composer |
| 2011 | On the Shoulders of Giants · as Original Music Composer |
| 2006 | Chuck D's Musicians Studio · as Composer |
| 1997 | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn · as Original Music Composer |
| 1997 | King of the Hill (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2023 | Fight The Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Use of Force: The Policing of Black America · as Co-Producer |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2015 | MLB Network Presents (TV Series) |
| 2015 | Hustlers Convention · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Dream School (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Rebels Without a Pause: The Induction Celebration of Public Enemy · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Chuck D Presents Band in the House · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Fight The Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World (TV Series) · as Created By |