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Suge Knight
ActorBorn April 19, 1965 (59 years)
An American record producer, music executive, and a former replacement player as an American football defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He is the co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records. Death Row Records rose to dominate the rap charts after Dr. Dre's breakthrough album The Chronic in 1992. After several years of chart successes for artists including Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Outlawz and Tha Dogg Pound, Death Row Records stagnated after Knight's incarceration on probation violation charges in September 1996 and went bankrupt in 2006. In February 2015, Knight was charged with murder and attempted murder following a fatal hit-and-run in Compton, California. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. Known gang banger of at least two Blood gangs. Was driving the car that Tupac Shakur was shot in on September 7, 1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tupac died six days later.
Filmography
2025 | Diddy: Monster's Fall · as Self - Co-Founder & Former Ceo Of Death Row Records |
2024 | TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy the Indictment · as Self - Competing Music Producer |
2024 | TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy · as Self (voice) |
2021 | Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie & Tupac · as Self (archive Footage) |
2021 | Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell · as Self - Co-Founder, Death Row Records (archive Footage) |
2020 | Music's Greatest Mysteries (TV Series) · as Self |
2020 | Hopelessly in Love (TV Series) · as Self |
2018 | American Dream/American Knightmare · as Self |
2018 | City of Lies · as Self |
2018 | Quincy · as Self |
2017 | Who Killed Tupac? · as Self (archive Footage) |
2017 | The Defiant Ones (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
2016 | NWA & Eazy-E: Kings of Compton · as Self |
2015 | |
2013 | The Arsenio Hall Show (2013) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
2010 | One Night in Vegas · as Self |
2009 | 30 for 30 (TV Series) · as Self |
2009 | |
2007 | Beef 4 · as Self |
2007 | TMZ (TV Series) · as Self |
2006 | 20 Most Horrifying Hollywood Murders · as Self |
2006 | Rap Sheet: Hip-Hop and the Cops · as Self |
2005 | Tupac: Live at the House of Blues · as Self |
2004 | The 2nd Annual Vibe Awards · as Self |
2004 | And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (TV Series) · as Self |
2003 | Tupac: Resurrection · as Self (archival) |
2003 | |
2003 | Beef · as Self |
2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self |
2002 | Biggie & Tupac · as Self - Record Producer |
2002 | Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel · as Self |
2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self |
2001 | Welcome to Death Row · as Self - Ceo, Death Row Records (archive Footage) |
1999 | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (TV Series) · as Self |
1997 | Behind the Music (TV Series) · as Self |
1997 | Tupac Shakur: Thug Immortal · as Self |
1996 | The 10th Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self |
1995 | The 1995 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards · as Self |
1994 | The Howard Stern Show (TV Series) · as Self |
1993 | 1993 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self |
1989 | Primetime Wednesday (TV Series) · as Self |
1988 | America's Most Wanted (TV Series) · as Self |