Fredro Starr
Fredro Starr made the transition from rapper to actor more than 15 years after his former rap group, Onyx, beat out legendary hip hop artist Dr. Dre for Soul Train's Best Rap Album of the Year award in 1993. After multiple small television appearances Starr received his first main role as Quinton "Q" Brooks on "Moesha," as the on-again off-again love interest of the show's lead, fellow musician Brandy Norwood. Starr remained in the role from 1996 to 2000. His portrayal of the troubled Malakai in the 2001 teen drama "Save the Last Dance" brought greater attention and more film and television roles leading him to play Marquis "Bird" Hilton/Bird Hilton on the critically acclaimed television series "The Wire" from 2002 to 2003. Returning to his musical roots, Starr has been credited as a writer, producer, and performer on the soundtracks of multiple films. Starr produced and performed "Shining Through" for "Save the Last Dance" and wrote "Last Dayz" for the 2002 film "8 Mile," starring rapper Eminem. Starr's career has evolved into lead roles in "The Eddie Black Story" about a promising college student who joins a street gang, and in "Diamond Ruff," a film about a con artist whose life of crime catches up to him.
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Fredro Starr
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lord Have Mercy II: Midnight's Revenge | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Asbury Park | Jerome (Character) | - | 2021 |
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Equal Standard | Du (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet |
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Clinton Road | Fredro (Character) | $38.9K | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Duke | Jimmy (Character) | - | 2018 |
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Wasted Talent | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fearless One | Wali (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diamond Ruff | Diamond Ruff (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deceitful | Isaac (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deceptz | Cy (Character) | - | 2011 |
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A Day in the Life | Phya (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Next Hit | Rodson Gray (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Showstoppers | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All Lies on Me | J-Dub (Character) | - | 2007 |
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Loyalty & Respect | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Forbidden Fruits | Brian Casey (Character) | - | 2006 |
30% |
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My Brother | Pharaoh (Character) | $28.6K | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Eddie Black Story | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
22% |
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Torque | Junior Wallace (Character) | $21.2M | 2004 |
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Vegas Vampires | Carl Weaver (Character) | - | 2003 |
54% |
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Save the Last Dance | Malakai (Character) | $91.0M | 2001 |
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Commitments | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flossin | D-Mack (Character) | - | 2000 |
40% |
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Light It Up | Rodney J. Templeton (Character) | $5.9M | 1999 |
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Ride | Geronimo (Character) | - | 1998 |
13% |
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Sunset Park | Shorty (Character) | $9.0M | 1996 |
74% |
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The Addiction | Black (Character) | - | 1995 |
75% |
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Clockers | Go (Character) | $13.0M | 1995 |
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Strapped | Bamboo (Character) | - | 1993 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Grind TV 1.0 | Pipino (Character) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 82% | CSI: New York | Deacon (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 65% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
95% | No Score Yet | Karen Sisco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
95% | 96% | The Wire | Marquis "Bird" Hilton (Guest Star) | 2002-2003 |
83% | 95% | NYPD Blue | Terrell 'Charles' Cooper (Guest Star) | 1998 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Moesha |
Quinton 'Q' Brooks (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1996-2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In the House | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
53% | No Score Yet | Dangerous Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | New York Undercover | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Method & Red | Unknown (Guest Star) |