Chuck D

Acting

Biography

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.

Filmography 129

Movies (99)

Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
2026
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Self (archive footage)
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
2024
Self
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023
Self
Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History
2023
Narrator
Cover Your Ears
2023
Self
Sign the Show
2023
Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
Self
Nothing Compares
2022
Self
Use of Force: The Policing of Black America
2022
Narrator (voice)
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021
Self (archive footage)
Anthrax: 40th Anniversary Livestream
2021
Himself
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
2021
Self
American Rapstar
2020
Self [Archive]
For NYC
2020
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
2020
Self
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
2020
Self
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
2020
Self
The Cobra at Twilight
2019
System Shock: How the MP3 Changed Music
2019
Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare
2019
Self
Grass Is Greener
2019
Self
The Untold Story of Detroit Hip Hop
2018
Self
Rock Rubber 45s
2018
Self
The King
2018
Self
Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018
Self
System Shock
2018
self
Prophets of Rage: Eurockéennes 2018
2018
G-Funk
2017
Self
1971 Pirates: Forever Brothers
2016

Shows (30)

Sean Combs: The Reckoning
2025
Self (archive footage)
Camden
2024
Self
James Brown: Say It Loud
2024
Self
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
The Beetle (voice)
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
2023
Self
Payback
2022
Self - Funeral Attendee (archive footage)
This Is Pop
2021
Self
Who Killed Tupac?
2017
Self
Soundbreaking
2016
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Dream School
2013
Self - Student Mentor/Self - Raptivist, Musician, Digital Advocate
Ali's 65
2007
Self - Narrator
Legends
2006
Self
The Henry Rollins Show
2006
Black in the 80s
2005
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
2004
Self
The Blues
2003
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Musical Guest
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
Chuck D (voice)
Sealab 2021
2000
Abelard (voice)
The Hip Hop Years
1999
Self
Behind the Music
1997
Self
The Daily Show
1996
Self - Guest
NewsRadio
1995
Chuck D
MTV Europe Music Awards
1994
Self - Presenter
New York Undercover
1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Yo! MTV Raps
1988
Self
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
Self
The Grammys
1959
Self