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