Ludacris
Rapper-actor-record label chief Ludacris was one of the most successful hip-hop artists of the early 2000s, rising from obscurity with a self-released album in 2000 to a multi-platinum-selling, award-winning rapper with such Top 5 hits as ""Area Codes," "Stand Up," "Splash Waterfalls" and "Yeah!" (with Usher and T-Pain) to his impressive list of musical credits. Key to Ludacris' popularity was his quick-witted delivery, which tempered the genre's de rigueur references to sex, violence and drugs with a humor that occasionally bordered on the absurd. His between-song comic skits generated enough praise that Hollywood inevitably came calling, and he soon enjoyed a critically praised second career as an actor in "2 Fast 2 Furious" (2003), "Crash" (2004), "Hustle & Flow" (2005) and "No Strings Attached" (2011). Ludacris' ability to consistently produce projects that not only matched his past glories but, on occasion, surpass them made him one of the more respected rappers in the ever-changing hip-hop game.
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Ludacris
Filmography
Movies
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32% |
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Dashing Through the Snow | Eddie Garrick (Character) | - | 2023 |
56% |
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Fast X | Tej (Character) | $573.9M | 2023 |
32% |
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End of the Road | Reggie (Character) | - | 2022 |
59% |
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F9 The Fast Saga | Tej (Character) | $173.0M | 2021 |
0% |
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John Henry | Hell (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet |
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The Ride |
Eldridge Buultjens (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2018 |
16% |
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Show Dogs | Max (Voice) | $17.7M | 2018 |
67% |
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The Fate of the Furious | Tej (Character) | $225.7M | 2017 |
60% |
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Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow | Unknown (Character) | - | 2015 |
82% |
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Furious 7 | Tej Parker (Character) | $350.8M | 2015 |
71% |
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Fast & Furious 6 | Tej Parker (Character) | $238.7M | 2013 |
7% |
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New Year's Eve | Brendan (Character) | $54.5M | 2011 |
78% |
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Fast Five | Tej (Character) | $209.8M | 2011 |
66% |
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Justin Bieber: Never Say Never | Self | $73.0M | 2011 |
47% |
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No Strings Attached | Wallace (Character) | $70.6M | 2011 |
30% |
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Gamer | Humanz Brother (Character) | $20.5M | 2009 |
60% |
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RocknRolla | Mickey (Character) | $5.7M | 2008 |
16% |
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Max Payne | Jim Bravura (Character) | $40.7M | 2008 |
20% |
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Ball Don't Lie | Julius (Character) | - | 2008 |
20% |
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Fred Claus | DJ Donnie (Character) | $72.0M | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Katt Williams: American Hustle | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
83% |
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Hustle & Flow | Skinny Black (Character) | $22.2M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Industry | Unknown (Character) | - | 2004 |
73% |
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Crash | Anthony (Character) | $54.6M | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Lil' Pimp | Weathers (Voice) | - | 2004 |
37% |
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2 Fast 2 Furious | Tej (Character) | $127.1M | 2003 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Guest | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 11% | The View | Guest | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Karma's World |
Conrad Grant (Voice), Creator, Executive Producer |
2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Karma's World Music Videos |
Executive Producer, Creator |
2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Luda Can't Cook | Self | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2015 2017 2020 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show |
Music Performer, Guest |
2013-2015 2017 2020-2021 |
No Score Yet | 18% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2017 2021 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! |
Music Performer, Guest |
2008 2013-2016 2021 |
No Score Yet | 48% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beat Shazam | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Music Performer | 2015 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Desus & Mero | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Price Is Right at Night | Guest | 2021 |
78% | No Score Yet | Gone Mental With Lior | Unknown (Character) | 2020 |
100% | No Score Yet | AMC Visionaries: Rap Yearbook | Unknown (Character) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 30 for 30 | Narrator | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'n Out | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fear Factor |
Executive Producer, Host |
2017-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | TRL | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Music Performer | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Call With Carson Daly | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2015 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doc McStuffins | Get-Well Gus (Guest Voice) | 2017 |
84% | 47% | Empire | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Larry King Now | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 55% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Comedy Central Roast | Unknown (Character) | 2015 |
14% | 80% | Rising Star | Judge | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 77% | Being Mary Jane | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Criss Angel BeLIEve | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Changing Lanes | Narrator | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lopez Tonight | Guest | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Music Performer | 2009-2010 |
31% | No Score Yet | The Jay Leno Show | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live |
Music Performer, Host |
2005-2006 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Conan O'Brien | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 84% | Robot Chicken | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2008 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Darius Parker (Guest Star) | 2006-2007 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Ludacrest (Guest Voice) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eve | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crank Yankers | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2004-2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Soul Food | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |