Chuck D
Acting • Born 1960-08-01
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
125 credits
Sign the Show
Movie • 2023
Self
For NYC
Movie • 2020
Fuck
Movie • 2006
Self
Big Pun: The Legacy
Movie • 2009
Self
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Movie • 2004
Malcolm Y
Full Court: The Spencer Haywood Story
Movie • 2016
Narrator (voice)
Copyright Criminals
Movie • 2009
Himself
Public Enemy - Burn Hollywood Burn feat. Ice Cube and Big Daddy Kane
Movie • 1990
Rock the Bells
Movie • 2006
Himself
Use of Force: The Policing of Black America
Movie • 2022
Narrator (voice)
Anthrax: 40th Anniversary Livestream
Movie • 2021
Himself
The Weird World of Blowfly
Movie • 2011
Self
American Rapstar
Movie • 2020
Self [Archive]
Mixtape, Inc.
Movie • 2007
Public Enemy Live at the Metro Theatre
Movie • 2014
Rappeur
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Movie • 1998
Leon Brothers
Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation
Movie • 2011
Self
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
Movie • 2011
Self
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
Movie • 2021
Self
Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome
Movie • 2007
Self
Nothing Compares
Movie • 2022
Self
The Doctor
Movie • 2013
Narrator (voice)
Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
Movie • 1995
Rebels Without a Pause: The Induction Celebration of Public Enemy
Movie • 2013
Self
Public Enemy: Revolverlution Tour
Movie • 2004
Himself
Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D
Movie • 2012
Self
Rap's Most Wanted
Movie • 1991
Self
Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History
Movie • 2023
Narrator
Public Enemy: Prophets Of Rage
Movie • 2011
Himself
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1
Movie • 1990
Self
Lightning in a Bottle
Movie • 2004
Self
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
Movie • 2014
Self
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Movie • 2012
Self
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Movie • 2023
Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2022
Self
Cover Your Ears
Movie • 2023
Self
System Shock: How the MP3 Changed Music
Movie • 2019
Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation - The First London Invasion Tour 1987
Movie • 1987
Self
All Things Must Pass
Movie • 2015
Self
Public Enemy - Live From Metropolis Studios
Movie • 2015
Himself
Prince: A Purple Reign
Movie • 2011
Self
Hustlers Convention
Movie • 2015
Self
James Brown: Soul Survivor
Movie • 2003
A Tale of James Brown
Movie • 2016
Self
The Bet
Movie • 2016
Charles McD
City Teacher
Movie • 2012
Founding Fathers: The Untold Story of Hip Hop
Movie • 2009
Narrator
G-Funk
Movie • 2017
Self
Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Movie • 2003
Himself
Impact Video Magazine
Movie • 1989
Swing Lowe Sweet Chariote
Movie • 2013
DJ Jonny Specials
Godfathers and Sons
Movie • 2003
Self
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 16
Movie • 1991
Self
The King
Movie • 2018
Self
Ali vs Stevenson: The Greatest Fight That Never Was
Movie • 2014
Narrator
Rock Rubber 45s
Movie • 2018
Self
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Movie • 2018
Self
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
Movie • 2012
Self
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
Movie • 2005
Self - Narrator
Left of the Dial
Movie • 2005
Self
Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied
Movie • 2003
Self
Public Enemy - Fight the Power: Greatest Hits Live!
Movie • 2007
Himself
Founding Fathers (The True Origins of Hip Hop)
Movie • 2012
My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop
Movie • 2010
Self
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
Movie • 2004
Self
Straight Outta L.A.
Movie • 2010
Self
Beef
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Grass Is Greener
Movie • 2019
Self
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
Movie • 2009
Self
Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare
Movie • 2019
Self
The Untold Story of Detroit Hip Hop
Movie • 2018
Self
Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions
Movie • 2008
Self
Heights Girl
Movie • 2014
The Black Candle
Movie • 2009
Self
Anthem
Movie • 1997
Self
System Shock
Movie • 2018
self
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
Movie • 2020
Self
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
Movie • 2020
Self
Public Enemy: The Enemy Strikes...Live
Movie • 1992
Hard Rhymer
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
The Fab Five
Movie • 2011
Self
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
Movie • 2014
Self
1971 Pirates: Forever Brothers
Movie • 2016
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
Movie • 2021
Self
Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live!
Movie • 1989
Jackie Chan: My Story
Movie • 1998
Self - Rapper
The Cobra at Twilight
Movie • 2019
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Movie • 2020
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship
Movie • 2005
Self
Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk
Movie • 2007
Self
Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music
Movie • 2001
Self
The Real Malcolm X
Movie • 1992
Public Enemy - Live from House of Blues
Movie • 2001
Prophets of Rage: Eurockéennes 2018
Movie • 2018
Rage Against the Machine - Live at Pinkpop 1996
Movie • 1996
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
Movie • 2026
Self
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
TV • 2000
Chuck D (voice)
NewsRadio
TV • 1995
Chuck D
New York Undercover
TV • 1994
The Henry Rollins Show
TV • 2006
Black in the 80s
TV • 2005
This Is Pop
TV • 2021
Self
The Hip Hop Years
TV • 1999
Self
The Blues
TV • 2003
Self
Ali's 65
TV • 2007
Self - Narrator
Yo! MTV Raps
TV • 1988
Self
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
TV • 1994
MTV Europe Music Awards
TV • 1994
Self - Presenter
Legends
TV • 2006
Self
Behind the Music
TV • 1997
Self
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
TV • 2023
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Camden
TV • 2024
Self
James Brown: Say It Loud
TV • 2024
Self
Who Killed Tupac?
TV • 2017
Self
MTV Video Music Awards
TV • 1984
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
TV • 2023
The Beetle (voice)
Sealab 2021
TV • 2000
Abelard (voice)
The Grammys
TV • 1959
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Musical Guest
Payback
TV • 2022
Self - Funeral Attendee (archive footage)
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
TV • 2025
Self (archive footage)