Method Man
Acting • Born 1971-03-02
Biography
Clifford Smith (born April 1, 1971 in Staten Island, New York), better known by his stage name Method Man or Meth is an American hip hop artist, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He took his stage name from the 1979 film The Fearless Young Boxer, also known as Method Man. He is one half of the rap duo Method Man & Redman along with fellow rapper Redman. He won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" with Mary J. Blige. He appeared in the motion pictures Belly, How High, Garden State as well as a minor role in The Wackness. On television, he and hip-hop collaborator Redman co-starred on the short-lived Fox sitcom Method & Red, and he had a recurring role as Calvin "Cheese" Wagstaff on the acclaimed HBO drama series The Wire. Description above from the Wikipedia article Method Man, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
160 credits
Garden State
Movie • 2004
Diego
How High
Movie • 2001
Silas P. Silas
Wu-Tang Clan: This Shit is from the Heart
Movie • 1997
Self
Belly
Movie • 1998
Shameek
Soul Plane
Movie • 2004
Muggsy
Black and Blue
Movie • 2017
Self
Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1
Movie • 2002
You're Watching Video Music Box
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Sinners and Saints
Movie • 2010
Weddo
Wu Tang Clan - Da Mystery of Kung Fu
Movie • 1998
Self
Rock the Bells
Movie • 2006
Himself
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Movie • 2019
Self
The Show
Movie • 1995
Self
The Sitter
Movie • 2011
Jacolby
Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan
Movie • 2008
Himself
The Mortician
Movie • 2011
The Mortician
Xzibit | Restless Xposed
Movie • 2001
Self
Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip
Movie • 2007
Himself
Wu Tang Clan: Disciples of the 36 Chambers Chapter 2
Movie • 2004
The Strip Game
Movie • 2005
Self
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Volcano High [MTV's Rapper Dub]
Movie • 2003
Mr. Ma
The Fairly OddParents: School's Out! The Musical
Movie • 2005
Wu-Tang Clan: Live at Montreux
Movie • 2007
himself
Backstage
Movie • 2000
Self
The Wire: The Last Word
Movie • 2007
Self
The Wire Odyssey
Movie • 2007
Self
How I Learned to Fly
Movie • 2023
Cliff Davis
On the Come Up
Movie • 2022
Supreme
Rhyme & Reason
Movie • 1997
Self
The Wackness
Movie • 2008
Percy
Milestone Generations
Movie • 2022
Narrator (voice)
My Baby's Daddy
Movie • 2004
No Good (Randall)
Shadow Force
Movie • 2025
Unc
Trouble Man
Movie • 2025
Money
Seasons of Love
Movie • 2014
Big Rob
Wu-Tang Saga
Movie • 2010
Meet the Spartans
Movie • 2008
Persian Emissary
Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125
Movie • 1999
Self
The Great White Hype
Movie • 1996
Self
The Cobbler
Movie • 2014
Leon Ludlow
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Movie • 2012
Self
Keanu
Movie • 2016
Cheddar
Red Tails
Movie • 2012
Sticks
Staten Island Summer
Movie • 2015
Konko
Trainwreck
Movie • 2015
Temembe
#Lucky Number
Movie • 2015
Tyson 'The Saint' St. James
The 4:30 Movie
Movie • 2024
Cookie
Limp Bizkit - Greatest Videoz
Movie • 2005
Method Man (segment "N 2 Gether Now")
Black and White
Movie • 1999
Method Man
The Breaks
Movie • 2016
Darryl Van Patten Sr.
One Eight Seven
Movie • 1997
Dennis Broadway
Bad Shabbos
Movie • 2025
Jordan
How Music Got Free
Movie • 2024
Self
Amazon Music Live: Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, and De La Soul's 'N.Y. State of Mind Tour'
Movie • 2023
Himself
Paterson
Movie • 2016
Method Man
Future World
Movie • 2018
Tattooed Face
A Wu-Tang Experience: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Movie • 2023
Self
Mother & Gun
Movie • 2024
Where's the Money
Movie • 2017
Trap
Brown Sugar
Movie • 2002
Self
Peppermint
Movie • 2018
Narcotics Detective Barker
Scary Movie 3
Movie • 2003
Method Man
The Indestructible Jimmy Brown
Movie • 2011
Himself
This Is the Night
Movie • 2021
Louis
Venom
Movie • 2005
Deputy Turner
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Movie • 2006
Himself
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
Movie • 2017
Self
Vampires vs. the Bronx
Movie • 2020
Father Jackson
Shaft
Movie • 2019
Freddie P.
Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life
Movie • 2007
Self
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Movie • 2019
Self
Cop Land
Movie • 1997
Shondel
Letter to the President
Movie • 2005
Self
Big Pun: The Legacy
Movie • 2009
Self
Concrete Cowboy
Movie • 2020
Leroy
Last Looks
Movie • 2022
Swag Dogggg
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
Movie • 1998
Method Man
Magnum Dopus
Movie • 2020
Self
WWE Slammy Awards 2020
Movie • 2020
Self - Presenter
Boricua's Bond
Movie • 2000
Mary J. Blige's My Life
Movie • 2021
Self
Street Life
Movie • 2001
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
Movie • 2024
Self (archival footage)
Love Beats Rhymes
Movie • 2017
Ref
Poetic License
Movie • 2026
James Cassidy
The New York Sack Exchange
Movie • 2024
Self - Narrator (voice)
Missionary
Movie • 2024
Voiceover (Voice)
Relationship Goals
Movie • 2026
Jarrett Roy
N.A.S.A.: The Spirit of Apollo
Movie • 2012
Sunny
Movie
Ruskin
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
Movie
Self
Boston Public
TV • 2000
Flash Master K
Martin
TV • 1992
Method Man
Yo Momma
TV • 2006
Third Watch
TV • 1999
C-Note
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Drops
The Wire
TV • 2002
Melvin 'Cheese' Wagstaff
One on One
TV • 2001
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
TV • 2005
The Jamie Foxx Show
TV • 1996
Method Man
Comic Book Men
TV • 2012
Self
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Dennis King
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
TV • 2017
Self
Burn Notice
TV • 2007
Valentine
MADtv
TV • 1995
Gentry Abrams
VERZUZ
TV • 2020
Self
Diary
TV • 2000
Self
Marvel's Luke Cage
TV • 2016
Cliff 'Method Man' Smith
The New Tom Green Show
TV • 2003
Self
Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up
TV • 2006
The Twilight Zone
TV • 2002
Kneigh
Godfather of Harlem
TV • 2019
Sam Christian
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Wildboyz
TV • 2003
Self
Red Table Talk
TV • 2018
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
TV • 2021
Clamp Champ (voice)
The Chris Rock Show
TV • 1997
Scorpion
TV • 2014
Lucky the King
MTV Video Music Awards
TV • 1984
Self
Drop the Mic
TV • 2017
Self - Co-Host
The Deuce
TV • 2017
Rodney
Yo! MTV Raps
TV • 1988
Self
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
TV • 1994
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
MADtv
TV • 1995
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Crew Has It
TV • 2022
Method & Red
TV • 2004
Method Man
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
TV • 2015
Self
Impractical Jokers
TV • 2011
Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men
TV • 2019
Self
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
TV • 2016
Team Snoop
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
TV • 2023
Torg (voice)
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV • 2014
Self
The Last O.G.
TV • 2018
Green Eyes
Power Book II: Ghost
TV • 2020
Davis Maclean
Bupkis
TV • 2023
Carnival Worker
Wonderland
TV • 2000
Method Man
How Music Got Free
TV • 2024
Self - Narrator (voice)
Oz
TV • 1997
Carlton 'Tug' Daniels
Teenage Bounty Hunters
TV • 2020
Terrance Coin
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Young Boxer
Fat Joe Talks
TV • 2024
Self - Guest
ODB: Wu Tang Forever
TV • 2024
As Himself
30 for 30
TV • 2009
Himself
The Grammys
TV • 1959
Self
Difficult People
TV • 2015
Method Man
Poker Face
TV • 2023
Frank "Brick" Bricatino
The Good Guys
TV • 2010
Kenny
The Masked Singer
TV • 2019
Self - Stud Muffin
First Wives Club
TV • 2019
Beast
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Hollywood Squares
TV • 2025
Self
The BRIT Awards
TV • 1977
Self