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Rick Rubin
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional Credits
Born March 10, 1963 (61 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.
Filmography
| 2024 | Kings From Queens: The Run DMC Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | All Elite Wrestling: Full Gear · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2023 | Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird · as Self |
| 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 | Eminem: Berzerk · as Rick Rubin |
| 2013 | Sound City · as Self |
| 2012 | One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das · as Himself |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | Shut Up & Sing · as Self |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Johnny Cash: God's Gonna Cut You Down · as Self |
| 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 | Jay-Z: 99 Problems · as Rick Rubin |
| 2004 | Johnny Cash: The Last Great American · 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 Himself |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | Beastie Boys: (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!) · as Rick Rubin |
| 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 |