Acting
Chuck D
Acting · Born 1960-08-01 · Roosevelt, Long Island, New York, USA
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.
Credits · 101
FilmIron Maiden: Burning Ambition
2026 · Self
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
2025 · Self (archive footage)
FilmLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Camden
2024 · Self
James Brown: Say It Loud
2024 · Self
FilmA GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023 · Self
FilmCover Your Ears
2023 · Self
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023 · The Beetle (voice)
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
2023 · Self
Film2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022 · Self
FilmNothing Compares
2022 · Self
Payback
2022 · Self - Funeral Attendee (archive footage)
FilmUse of Force: The Policing of Black America
2022 · Narrator (voice)
FilmClassic Albums: Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man
2021 · Self
FilmWoodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021 · Self (archive footage)
FilmOscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
2021 · Self
This Is Pop
2021 · Self
FilmAmerican Rapstar
2020 · Self [Archive]
FilmRicky Powell: The Individualist
2020 · Self
FilmCoachella: 20 Years in the Desert
2020 · Self
FilmIt's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
2020 · Self
FilmHidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare
2019 · Self
FilmGrass Is Greener
2019 · Self
Shut Up and Dribble
2018 · Additional Music
FilmThe King
2018 · Self
FilmSurvivor's Guide to Prison
2018 · Self
FilmSystem Shock
2018 · self
Who Killed Tupac?
2017 · Self
FilmG-Funk
2017 · Self
Soundbreaking
2016 · Self
FilmThe Bet
2016 · Charles McD
FilmAll Things Must Pass
2015 · Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
FilmPublic Enemy - Live From Metropolis Studios
2015 · Himself
FilmHustlers Convention
2015 · Self
FilmJames Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
2014 · Self
FilmAll About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
2014 · Self (archive footage)
FilmMr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
2014 · Self
Ali vs Stevenson: The Greatest Fight That Never Was
FilmAli vs Stevenson: The Greatest Fight That Never Was
2014 · Narrator
Dream School
Dream School
2013 · Self - Student Mentor/Self - Raptivist, Musician, Digital Advocate
FilmThe Doctor
2013 · Narrator (voice)
FilmRebels Without a Pause: The Induction Celebration of Public Enemy
2013 · Self
FilmSomething from Nothing: The Art of Rap
2012 · Self
FilmYo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012 · Self
FilmFounding Fathers (The True Origins of Hip Hop)
2012
FilmPublic Enemy: Prophets Of Rage
2011 · Himself
FilmPrince: A Purple Reign
2011 · Self
FilmPlanet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation
2011 · Self
FilmThe Weird World of Blowfly
2011 · Self
FilmThe (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
2011 · Self
FilmThe Fab Five
2011 · Self
FilmOn the Shoulders of Giants
2011 · Original Music Composer
FilmMy Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop
2010 · Self
FilmStraight Outta L.A.
2010 · Self
FilmBig Pun: The Legacy
2009 · Self
FilmDo the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
2009 · Self
FilmCopyright Criminals
2009 · Self
FilmThe Black Candle
2009 · Self
FilmFounding Fathers: The Untold Story of Hip Hop
2009 · Narrator
Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk
FilmOnce Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk
2007 · Self
Ali's 65
Ali's 65
2007 · Self - Narrator
Legends
2006 · Self
FilmFuck
2006 · Self
FilmRock the Bells
2006 · Himself
The Henry Rollins Show
2006
FilmLeft of the Dial
2005 · Self
FilmPerfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship
2005 · Self
FilmThe Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
2005 · Self - Narrator
Black in the 80s
2005 · Self
FilmWake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004 · Malcolm Y
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
2004 · Self
FilmLightning in a Bottle
2004 · Self
FilmJames Brown: Soul Survivor
2003
FilmGodfathers and Sons
2003 · Self
The Blues
2003 · Self
FilmBeef
2003 · Self (archive footage)
FilmMuddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Musical Guest
Public Enemy - Live from House of Blues
FilmPublic Enemy - Live from House of Blues
2001
Democracy Now!
2001 · Self
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000 · Chuck D (voice)
Sealab 2021
2000 · Abelard (voice)
The Hip Hop Years
1999 · Self
FilmJackie Chan: My Story
1998 · Self - Rapper
FilmAn Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998 · Leon Brothers
Behind the Music
1997 · Self
FilmAnthem
1997 · Self
The Daily Show
1996 · Self - Guest
FilmRage Against the Machine - Live at Pinkpop 1996
1996
FilmRap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
1995
NewsRadio
1995 · Chuck D
MTV Europe Music Awards
1994 · Self - Presenter
New York Undercover
1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
FilmThe Real Malcolm X
1992
FilmPublic Enemy - Burn Hollywood Burn feat. Ice Cube and Big Daddy Kane
1990 · Writer
FilmImpact Video Magazine
1989
Yo! MTV Raps
1988 · Self
FilmPublic Enemy: It Takes a Nation - The First London Invasion Tour 1987
1987 · Self
MTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Self
The Grammys
1959 · Self