Chuck D
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Aug 1, 1960 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Roosevelt, Long Island, New York, USA
Biography
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
| 2026 | Iron Maiden: Burning AmbitionSelf | |
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2025 | Sean Combs: The ReckoningSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2024 | Mr. Nelson on the North SideSelf | |
| 2024 | CamdenSelf | |
| 2024 | James Brown: Say It LoudSelf | |
| 2023 | Sign the ShowSelf | |
| 2023 | Freestyle 101: Hip Hop HistoryNarrator | |
| 2023 | A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-HopSelf | |
| 2023 | Cover Your EarsSelf | |
| 2023 | Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the WorldSelf | |
| 2023 | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurThe Beetle (voice) | |
| 2022 | Use of Force: The Policing of Black AmericaNarrator (voice) | |
| 2022 | Nothing ComparesSelf | |
| 2022 | 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf | |
| 2022 | PaybackSelf - Funeral Attendee (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | Anthrax: 40th Anniversary LivestreamHimself | |
| 2021 | Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and RageSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black FilmmakingSelf | |
| 2021 | This Is PopSelf | |
| 2020 | For NYC | |
| 2020 | American RapstarSelf [Archive] | |
| 2020 | Coachella: 20 Years in the DesertSelf | |
| 2020 | It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the InternetSelf | |
| 2020 | Ricky Powell: The IndividualistSelf | |
| 2019 | System Shock: How the MP3 Changed Music | |
| 2019 | Grass Is GreenerSelf | |
| 2019 | Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black WarfareSelf | |
| 2019 | The Cobra at Twilight | |
| 2018 | The KingSelf | |
| 2018 | Rock Rubber 45sSelf | |
| 2018 | Survivor's Guide to PrisonSelf | |
| 2018 | The Untold Story of Detroit Hip HopSelf | |
| 2018 | System Shockself | |
| 2018 | Prophets of Rage: Eurockéennes 2018 | |
| 2017 | G-FunkSelf | |
| 2017 | Who Killed Tupac?Self | |
| 2016 | Full Court: The Spencer Haywood StoryNarrator (voice) | |
| 2016 | A Tale of James BrownSelf | |
| 2016 | The BetCharles McD | |
| 2016 | 1971 Pirates: Forever Brothers | |
| 2016 | SoundbreakingSelf | |
| 2015 | All Things Must PassSelf | |
| 2015 | Public Enemy - Live From Metropolis StudiosHimself | |
| 2015 | Hustlers ConventionSelf | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | |
| 2014 | Public Enemy Live at the Metro TheatreRappeur | |
| 2014 | Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James BrownSelf | |
| 2014 | Ali vs Stevenson: The Greatest Fight That Never WasNarrator | |
| 2014 | Heights Girl | |
| 2014 | All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star StateSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | James Brown - The Man, The Music & The MessageSelf | |
| 2013 | The DoctorNarrator (voice) | |
| 2013 | Rebels Without a Pause: The Induction Celebration of Public EnemySelf | |
| 2013 | Swing Lowe Sweet CharioteDJ Jonny Specials | |
| 2012 | Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy DSelf | |
| 2012 | Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’Self | |
| 2012 | City Teacher | |
| 2012 | Something from Nothing: The Art of RapSelf | |
| 2012 | Founding Fathers (The True Origins of Hip Hop) | |
| 2011 | The Weird World of BlowflySelf | |
| 2011 | Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack GenerationSelf | |
| 2011 | The (R)evolution of Immortal TechniqueSelf | |
| 2011 | Public Enemy: Prophets Of RageHimself | |
| 2011 | Prince: A Purple ReignSelf | |
| 2011 | The Fab FiveSelf | |
| 2010 | My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip HopSelf | |
| 2010 | Straight Outta L.A.Self | |
| 2009 | Big Pun: The LegacySelf | |
| 2009 | Copyright CriminalsSelf | |
| 2009 | Founding Fathers: The Untold Story of Hip HopNarrator | |
| 2009 | Do the Right Thing: 20 Years LaterSelf | |
| 2009 | The Black CandleSelf | |
| 2008 | Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the ImpressionsSelf | |
| 2007 | Mixtape, Inc. | |
| 2007 | Public Enemy: Welcome to the TerrordomeSelf | |
| 2007 | Public Enemy - Fight the Power: Greatest Hits Live!Himself | |
| 2007 | Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and PunkSelf | |
| 2007 | Ali's 65Self - Narrator | |
| 2006 | FuckSelf | |
| 2006 | Rock the BellsHimself | |
| 2006 | The Henry Rollins Show | |
| 2006 | LegendsSelf | |
| 2005 | The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the WorldSelf - Narrator | |
| 2005 | Left of the DialSelf | |
| 2005 | Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA ChampionshipSelf | |
| 2005 | Black in the 80s | |
| 2004 | Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost MovieMalcolm Y | |
| 2004 | Public Enemy: Revolverlution TourHimself | |
| 2004 | Lightning in a BottleSelf | |
| 2004 | And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-HopSelf | |
| 2003 | James Brown: Soul Survivor | |
| 2003 | Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be TelevisedHimself | |
| 2003 | Godfathers and SonsSelf | |
| 2003 | Muddy Waters: Can't Be SatisfiedSelf | |
| 2003 | BeefSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2003 | The BluesSelf | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Musical Guest | |
| 2001 | Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop MusicSelf | |
| 2001 | Public Enemy - Live from House of Blues | |
| 2000 | Aqua Teen Hunger ForceChuck D (voice) | |
| 2000 | Sealab 2021Abelard (voice) | |
| 1999 | The Hip Hop YearsSelf | |
| 1998 | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, BurnLeon Brothers | |
| 1998 | Jackie Chan: My StorySelf - Rapper | |
| 1997 | AnthemSelf | |
| 1997 | Behind the MusicSelf | |
| 1996 | Rage Against the Machine - Live at Pinkpop 1996 | |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSelf | |
| 1995 | Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat | |
| 1995 | NewsRadioChuck D | |
| 1994 | New York Undercover | |
| 1994 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast | |
| 1994 | MTV Europe Music AwardsSelf - Presenter | |
| 1992 | Public Enemy: The Enemy Strikes...LiveHard Rhymer | |
| 1992 | The Real Malcolm X | |
| 1991 | Rap's Most WantedSelf | |
| 1991 | Hard 'N Heavy Volume 16Self | |
| 1990 | Public Enemy - Burn Hollywood Burn feat. Ice Cube and Big Daddy Kane | |
| 1990 | Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1Self | |
| 1989 | Impact Video Magazine | |
| 1989 | Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live! | |
| 1988 | Yo! MTV RapsSelf | |
| 1987 | Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation - The First London Invasion Tour 1987Self | |
| 1984 | MTV Video Music AwardsSelf | |
| 1959 | The GrammysSelf |
| 2015 | Hustlers ConventionExecutive Producer | |
| 2013 | Rebels Without a Pause: The Induction Celebration of Public EnemyExecutive Producer |
| 1992 | Public Enemy: The Enemy Strikes...LiveWriter | |
| 1990 | Public Enemy - Burn Hollywood Burn feat. Ice Cube and Big Daddy KaneWriter |
| 2018 | Shut Up and DribbleAdditional Music | |
| 1998 | Jackie Chan: My StoryThanks |