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