Method Man
Clifford Smith - a.k.a. Method Man - attained lasting fame as a founding member of one of hip-hop's most celebrated acts and as a solo artist, prior to entering a prolific second career as a film and television actor. Exploding onto the N.Y. hip-hop scene in the early 1990s as part of the seminal rap group the Wu-Tang Clan, Smith went on to release both solo efforts and collaborate with other well-known artists, such as Mary J. Blige. As more music industry triumphs followed, the rapper also made early forays into the world of acting, appearing in projects like the Wayans Brothers' comedy "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood" (1996) and the hip-hop/crime thriller "Belly" (1998). The neophyte actor also earned high marks for his recurring roles on acclaimed TV dramas like "Oz" (HBO, 1997-2003) and "The Wire" (HBO, 2002-08), in addition to partnering up with fellow rapper Redman for such comedic offerings as "How High" (2001) and the short-lived sitcom "Method and Red" (Fox, 2004). As he moved into the next decade, Smith recorded with members of his old Wu-Tang crew on 2010's Wu-Massacre and appeared in the George Lucas-produced World War II adventure "Red Tails" (2012). While never forgetting his urban hip-hop roots as an artist, Smith increasingly courted mainstream respectability in the studios of Hollywood.
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Method Man
Filmography
Movies
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74% |
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The 4:30 Movie | Cookie (Character) | - | 2024 |
86% | No Score Yet | Bad Shabbos | Jordan (Character) | - | 2024 |
71% |
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How I Learned to Fly | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
75% |
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On the Come Up | Unknown (Character) | $229.3K | 2022 |
68% |
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Last Looks | Swag Doggg (Character) | - | 2021 |
14% |
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This Is the Night | Louis (Character) | - | 2021 |
80% |
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Concrete Cowboy | Leroy (Character) | - | 2020 |
90% |
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Vampires vs. The Bronx | Unknown (Character) | - | 2019 |
34% |
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Shaft | Freddy P (Character) | $21.4M | 2019 |
13% |
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Peppermint | Narcotics Detective Barker (Character) | $35.4M | 2018 |
0% |
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Future World | Tattooed Face (Character) | - | 2018 |
44% |
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Love Beats Rhymes | Ref (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Where's the Money | Trap (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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The Breaks | Darryl Van Patten Sr. (Character) | - | 2016 |
96% |
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Paterson | Method Man (Character) | $2.1M | 2016 |
78% |
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Keanu | Cheddar (Character) | $20.6M | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Lucky Number | Tyson 'The Saint' St. James (Character) | - | 2015 |
33% |
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Staten Island Summer | Konko (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Seasons of Love | Big Rob (Character) | - | 2014 |
10% |
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The Cobbler | Leon Ludlow (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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The Mortician | The Mortician (Character) | - | 2011 |
22% |
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The Sitter | Jacolby (Character) | $30.5M | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Sinners and Saints | Weddo (Character) | - | 2010 |
70% |
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The Wackness | Percy (Character) | $2.1M | 2008 |
2% |
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Meet the Spartans | Persian Emissary (Character) | $38.2M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wackness | Percy (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Notorious B.I.G. Bigger Than Life | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
13% |
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Venom | Deputy Turner (Character) | $881.7K | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Method Man Presents: The Strip Game |
Unknown (Character), Director, Producer |
- | 2005 |
86% |
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Garden State | Diego (Character) | $26.8M | 2004 |
18% |
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Soul Plane | Muggsy (Character) | $13.9M | 2004 |
6% |
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My Baby's Daddy | No Good (Character) | $17.3M | 2004 |
25% |
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How High | Silas P. Silas (Character) | $31.2M | 2001 |
31% |
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Backstage | Self | $1.2M | 2000 |
39% |
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In Too Deep | Original Song | $14.0M | 1999 |
23% |
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Belly | Shameek (Character) | $9.6M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Radio Patrol | Director | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Culture of Hip Hop: The Staten Island Story Part 1 | Self | - |
TV
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No Score Yet | 82% | Power Book II: Ghost | Davis MacLean (Character) | 2020-2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fat Joe Talks | Guest | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 55% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2017 2024 |
No Score Yet | 80% | How Music Got Free | Self | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 85% | Wu-Tang: An American Saga | Executive Producer | 2019 2021 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Guest | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Self | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Impractical Jokers | Self | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2020 |
94% | 96% | Teenage Bounty Hunters | Terrance Coin (Character) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! |
Guest, Host |
2003 2006 2019 |
100% | No Score Yet | Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men | Unknown (Character) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The New Negroes With Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Martha & Snoop's Potluck Party Challenge | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Drop the Mic | Host | 2017-2019 |
No Score Yet | 48% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 18% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2017-2018 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Drunk History | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Snoop Dogg Presents The Joker's Wild | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2017 |
93% | 86% | The Deuce | Rodney (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Desus & Mero | Guest | 2017 |
38% | 75% | Rebel | Terrance "TJ" Jenkins (Character) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Breaks | Darryl Van Putten Sr. (Character) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Blue Bloods | Mario Hunt (Guest Star) | 2015 2017 |
96% | 85% | Difficult People | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
61% | 78% | Scorpion | Lucky the King (Guest Star) | 2014 |
29% | 85% | Chozen | Phantasm (Voice) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 106 & Park | Unknown (Character) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon |
Music Performer, Guest |
2009 2011 |
93% | 90% | The Good Wife | Young Boxer (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Good Guys | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 80% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006-2008 2010 |
88% | 95% | Burn Notice | Eddie Valentine (Guest Star) | 2008 |
95% | 96% | The Wire | Melvin "Cheese" Wagstaff (Guest Star) | 2003-2004 2006 2008 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dennis King (Guest Star) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Yo Momma | Guest | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 81% | The Fairly OddParents | Rapping Head Pixie (Guest Voice) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Method & Red |
Unknown (Character), Executive Producer |
2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Boston Public | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
50% | 77% | The Twilight Zone | Unknown (Character) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One on One | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |