Coolio
Acting • Born 1963-08-01 – Died 2022-09-28
Biography
Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (August 1, 1963 – September 28, 2022), known professionally as Coolio, was an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Coolio achieved mainstream success in the mid-to-late 1990s with his albums It Takes a Thief (1994), Gangsta's Paradise (1995), and My Soul (1997). He was best known for his 1995 Grammy Award-winning hit single "Gangsta's Paradise", as well as other singles "Fantastic Voyage" (1994), "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" (1996), and "C U When U Get There" (1997). Description above from the Wikipedia article Coolio, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
106 credits
Get Over It
Movie • 2001
Coolio
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
Movie • 2000
Principal
Dracula 3000
Movie • 2004
187
Red Water
Movie • 2003
Ice
The Convent
Movie • 2000
Officer Starkey
Exposed
Movie • 2003
Big Heat
Pterodactyl
Movie • 2004
Capt. Bergen
Air Force Z
Movie
Veep
China Strike Force
Movie • 2000
Coolio
Stupidity
Movie • 2003
Self
Outlawz: Worldwide
Movie • 2002
Self
Storm Watch
Movie • 2002
Outlaw
Celebrity Mix
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Stealing Candy
Movie • 2003
Brad Vorman
The Beat
Movie • 2005
Emcee
A Wonderful Night in Split
Movie • 2004
Franky
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Movie • 1998
Dion Brothers
Judgment Day
Movie • 1999
Luther / 'Lucifer'
Gangland
Movie • 2001
Officer Harris
Submerged
Movie • 2000
Jeff Cort
Media Whore
Movie • 2002
Self
Two Hundred Thousand Dirty
Movie • 2014
Manny
Grad Night
Movie • 2006
Michael Adkins
Mayday Z
Movie
Coolio
The Goddamn Comedy Jam
Movie • 2016
Self
Bad Trip
Movie • 1999
Tyrone / Jerome / Cherone
Daredevil
Movie • 2003
Dante Jackson (Director's Cut)
It Wants Blood 2
Movie • 2023
Don Luscious
Phat Beach
Movie • 1996
Coolio
Bobcat Moretti
Movie • 2023
Coolio
In Pursuit
Movie • 2001
Carl Wright
Three Days to Vegas
Movie • 2007
The Flow
Dear God
Movie • 1996
Gerard
On the Line
Movie • 1998
Lt. Gil Suggs
Leprechaun in the Hood
Movie • 2000
Self (uncredited)
Batman & Robin
Movie • 1997
Banker
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
Movie • 2008
Roger
Futurama: Bender's Big Score
Movie • 2007
Kwanzaa-bot (voice)
Tapped Out
Movie • 2003
Cool
Gang Warz
Movie • 2004
Dunzio Day
The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story
Movie • 2018
Self
Perfume
Movie • 2001
T
Lord of the Freaks
Movie • 2015
Self
United Skates
Movie • 2018
Self
Dope Case Pending
Movie • 2000
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Vegas High
Movie
Uncle Ray
Malcolm & Eddie
TV • 1996
Beat the Geeks
TV • 2001
Duckman
TV • 1994
Coolio (voice)
Martin
TV • 1992
Coolio
Arli$$
TV • 1996
Ernest Pierce
Fear Factor
TV • 2001
Joey
TV • 2004
Coolio
Static Shock
TV • 2000
Replikon (voice)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
TV • 2005
Self
Early Edition
TV • 1996
Julius 'C-Roc' Ruby
The Nanny
TV • 1993
Coolio
Charmed
TV • 1998
Lazarus Demon
All That
TV • 1994
Self - Musical Guest
The Parent 'Hood
TV • 1995
Space: Above and Beyond
TV • 1995
Celebrity Paranormal Project
TV • 2006
Self
Star-ving
TV • 2009
America's Funniest Home Videos
TV • 1989
Celebrity Juice
TV • 2008
Self
Muppets Tonight
TV • 1996
Self
Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self
The Watcher
TV • 1995
Al TV
TV • 1984
Self
Saturday Night Special
TV • 1996
Dangerous Minds
TV • 1996
Sex Educator
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 2002
Self
18 Wheels of Justice
TV • 2000
The Wendy Williams Show
TV • 2008
Coolio's Rules
TV • 2008
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TV • 1999
Self
Celebrity Bootcamp
TV • 2002
Big Brother's Little Brother
TV • 2001
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Musical Guest
Hollywood Squares
TV • 1998
Self - Panelist
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV • 1996
Coolio
Gravity Falls
TV • 2012
Wax Coolio (voice)
Greatest Hits
TV • 2016
American Hustle Life
TV • 2014
Self
Hot Ones
TV • 2015
Self
Space: Above and Beyond
TV • 1995
The Bacchus Host
Squidbillies
TV • 2005
Coolio (voice)
Yo! MTV Raps
TV • 1988
Self
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 1996
Self
Big Brother
TV • 2000
Ultimate Big Brother
TV • 2010
Self
Celebrity Poker Showdown
TV • 2003
Self
The Nanny
TV • 1993
Irwin
Classic Albums
TV • 1997
Self
Futurama
TV • 1999
Kwanzaabot (voice)
Game On!
TV • 2020
Self
Cookin' with Coolio
TV • 2008
Self
V.I.P.
TV • 1998
Coolio
Top of the Pops
TV • 1964
Self
Celebrity Big Brother
TV • 2001
Self
The Friday Night Project
TV • 2005
Self
Teachers
TV • 2016
Mr. Wence
Figure It Out
TV • 1997
Self
American Hustle Life
TV • 2014
Self