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Tupac Shakur (1971–1996)


Notorious 25-year-old gangsta MC and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and killed before he had a chance to fulfill the promise of a successful career in both fields. He was born in New York City and his mother, Afeni Shakur, was a member of the Black Panther Party. Shakur spent much of his youth in Harlem... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2012 Django Unchained (writer: "Unchained The Payback/Untouchable" / performer: "Unchained The Payback/Untouchable" / as 2Pac)
 
2012 Good Deeds (writer: "How Do You Want it?" / performer: "How Do You Want it?")
 
2011 Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (performer: "California Love" / as 2Pac)
 
2011 Battle Los Angeles (performer: "California Love" / as 2Pac)
 
2010 Marmaduke (performer: "California Love" / as 2Pac)
 
2010 Iron Man 2 (performer: "California Love" Single Version / as 2Pac)
 
2010/I Valentine's Day (performer: "California Love" / as 2Pac)
 
2009 Madden NFL 2010 (Video Game) (performer: "Can't C Me" / as 2Pac)
 
2009 Middle Men (performer: "California Love Remix" / as 2Pac)
 
2009 Notorious (writer: "Hit em Up" / performer: "Hit em Up")
 
2008 Generation Kill (TV mini-series)
Stay Frosty (2008) (writer: "It Ain't Easy")
 
2008 Crips and Bloods: Made in America (documentary) (performer: "California Love")
 
2007 Bling: A Planet Rock (documentary) (writer: "Troublesome 96" / as 2Pac / performer: "Troublesome 96" / as 2PAC)
 
2007 Entourage (TV series)
Sorry, Harvey (2007) (performer: "All Eyez on Me" / as 2Pac)
 
2007 Premiya Muz-TV 2007 (TV movie) (music: "California Love" - uncredited / fragment)
 
2007 Freedom Writers (performer: "Keep Ya Head Up" / as 2Pac / "Keep Ya Head Up", "Papa'z Song")
 
2006 Blood Diamond (writer: "When I Get Free" / as Tupac Amaru Shakur / performer: "When I Get Free" / as 2Pac)
 
2006 UFC 59: Reality Check (TV special) (performer: "California Love" - uncredited)
 
2006 Tupac Is Not Dead (short) ("Can't C Me")
 
2006 Alpha Dog (writer: "Toss It Up" / performer: "Toss It Up")
 
2005 Sunday Driver (documentary) (performer: "California Love" / as 2Pac)
 
2005 Tupac: Live at the House of Blues (video) (performer: "Ambitions Az A Ridah", "So Many Tears", "Troublesome", "Hit 'Em Up", "Tattoo Tears", "All About You", "Never Call U Bitch Again", "Freak 'n' You", "How Do You Want It", "Murder Was The Case", "The Shiznit", "If We All Gonna Fuck", "Some Bomb Azz Pussy", "Ain't No Fun If The Homies Can't Have None", "New York", "Big Pimpin'", "Do What I Feel", "G'z And Hustlas", "Who Am I? What's My Name?", "Me In Your World", "For My Niggaz And Bitches", "Doggfather", "Gun And Juice", "2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted / Nothing But A Gangster Party", "How Do You Want It Music Video")
 
2005 Underclassman (performer: "California Love Original Version" / as 2Pac)
 
2005 Havoc (writer: "How Do U Want It")
 
2005 xXx: State of the Union (writer: "As the World Turns")
 
2005 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
A Hard Straight (2005) (writer: "Life Goez On", "My Block Nitty Remix", "Thugz Mansion-Nas Acoustic" / as Tupac Amaru Shakur / performer: "Life Goez On", "My Block Nitty Remix", "Thugz Mansion-Nas Acoustic")
 
2004 The Wire (TV series)
Middle Ground (2004) ("When we ride on out enemies")
 
2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Video Game) (writer: "I Don't Give A Fuck" / performer: "I Don't Give A Fuck" / as 2Pac)
 
2004 High Chaparall (TV series documentary)
The Sound of Freedom: Maskingevärskonvent i USA (2004) (performer: "California Love" - uncredited)
 
2004 Look at Me ("My Block Nitty Remix" / as 2 PAC / / as T.A.Shakur)
 
2004 Barbershop 2: Back in Business (writer: "Thug N U Thug N Me" Remix / as Tupac Amaru Shakur / performer: "Thug N U Thug N Me" Remix / as 2 Pac)
 
2003 The Fighting Temptations (performer: "Dear Mama" / as 2Pac / "Dear Mama" / as Tupac Amaru Shakur)
 
2003 Head of State (writer: "'03 Bonnie & Clyde")
 
2003 Tupac: Resurrection (documentary) (writer: "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted", "One Day at a Time", "Runnin' Dying to Live", "Holler If Ya' Hear Me", "Same Song", "Rebel of the Underground", "The Realist Killaz", "Trapped", "Keep Ya Head Up", "I Get Around", "Hit Em Up", "Wonda Why They Call U Bitch" / performer: "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted", "One Day at a Time", "Runnin' Dying to Live", "Holler If Ya' Hear Me", "Rebel of the Underground", "The Realist Killaz", "Trapped", "Keep Ya Head Up", "I Get Around", "Hit Em Up", "Wonda Why They Call U Bitch", "America the Beautiful", "Super Freak")
 
2002 Friday After Next (writer: "How Do U Want It" / performer: "How Do U Want It")
 
2002 Half Past Dead (writer: "The Pledge Remix" / performer: "The Pledge Remix")
 
2002 8 Mile (writer: "Temptations" / as Tupac Amaru Shakur / performer: "Gotta Get Mine", "Temptations" / as 2Pac)
 
2002 Biggie and Tupac (documentary) (performer: "Superfreak")
 
2001 Training Day (writer: "Letter To The President" / performer: "Letter To The President" / as 2Pac)
 
2001 Baby Boy (writer: "Hail Mary" / performer: "Hail Mary")
 
2000 Scary Movie (writer: "All Bout U" / performer: "All Bout U" / as 2Pac)
 
1997 Gang Related (writer: "Lost Souls", "How Do U Want It", "Staring at the world thru my rearview")
 
1997 The Chris Rock Show (TV series)
Episode #1.1 (1997) (performer: "California Love")
 
1996 The Sunchaser (writer: "Keep Ya Head Up")
 
1996 Sunset Park (writer: "High 'Til I Die" / performer: "High 'Til I Die" / as 2Pac)
 
1996 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Tom Arnold/Tupac Shakur (1996) (performer: "California Love" - uncredited, "I Ain't Mad At Cha" - uncredited)
 
1995 Casper (writer: "Same Song")
 
1995 Bad Boys (writer: "Me Against the World" / performer: "Me Against the World" / as 2Pac)
 
1994 Above the Rim (writer: "Pain", "Holler If Ya Hear Me", "Pour Out a Little Liquor" / as T. Shakur / performer: "Pain", "Holler If Ya Hear Me", "Pour Out a Little Liquor" / as 2Pac)
 
1994 House Party 3 (writer: "I Get Around" / as T. Shakur / performer: "I Get Around" / as 2-Pac)
 
1992 Supercop (writer: "MADE NIGGAS" / performer: "MADE NIGGAS" / as 2PAC / producer: "MADE NIGGAS")
 
Show ShowActor (10 titles)
1996 Bullet
Tank
 
1995 Murder Was the Case: The Movie (video short)
Sniper (segment "Natural Born Killaz") (uncredited)
 
1993 A Different World (TV series)
Piccolo
Homey, Don't Ya Know Me? (1993) … Piccolo
 
1992 Drexell's Class (TV series)
2Pac
Cruisin' (1992) … 2Pac
 
1992 Juice
Bishop
 
1991 Nothing But Trouble
Digital Underground member (as 2 Pac Shakur)
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
2003 MTV Movie Special: Tupac Resurrection (TV special documentary short)
 
Show ShowSelf (15 titles)
2013 Napoleon: Life of an Outlaw (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 So Many Years, So Many Tears (video documentary)
 
2003 Scarface: Greatest Hits on DVD (video)
Himself (segments "Smile" and "Homies and Thuggs") (voice) (as Makaveli) (as 2Pac)
 
2001 Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake... (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 And Ya Don't Stop: Hip Hop's Greatest Videos, Vol. 1 (video)
Himself (segment "Brenda's Got a Baby") (as 2Pac)
 
1997 Tupac Shakur: Words Never Die (documentary)
Himself
 
1996 MTV Video Music Awards 1996 (TV special)
Himself - Presenter (uncredited)
 
1996 The 38th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1996 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
Tom Arnold/Tupac Shakur (1996) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
1996 The 23rd Annual American Music Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1994 The Arsenio Hall Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 24 March 1994 (1994) … Himself (as 2Pac)
 
1992-1993 In Living Color (TV series)
Himself / Musical Guest
Ike Turner and Hooch (1993) … Himself/Musical Guest
Episode dated 3 May 1992 (1992) … Himself (uncredited)
 
1993 Video Music Box (TV series)
Himself
Jack the Rapper (1993) … Himself
 
1993 Soul Train Comedy Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (34 titles)
2011 Runnin' Rebels of UNLV (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel 2 (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Tupac: Reckoning (video documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Inside Death Row (video)
Himself
 
2007 106 & Park Top 10 Live (TV series)
 
2006 20 Most Horrifying Hollywood Murders (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Remembering Makaveli, Volume 1 (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Come Up (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Tupac: Live at the House of Blues (video)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2004 Hip-Hop Honors (TV special)
Himself - Honoree
 
2004 Tupac vs. (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The N Word (documentary)
 
2003 The Best of the Source Awards Vol. 1: Hip-Hop History (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 MTV Movie Special: Tupac Resurrection (TV special documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Beef (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 2Pac 4 Ever (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Tupac: Resurrection (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Tha Westside (video documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Biggie and Tupac (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Welcome to Death Row (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 I-5 North: Hiphopumentary (video)
Himself
 
2001 HipHop Story: Tha Movie (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity (video documentary)
Himself
 
1997 The 69th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself (Memorial Tribute)
 
1997 Rhyme & Reason (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Tupac Shakur: Thug Immortal (video documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Primetime (TV series documentary)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(single) "California Love" (1996) See more »

Publicity Listings:

10 Biographical Movies  | 11 Print Biographies  | 2 Interviews  | 15 Articles  | 8 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site | See more »

Alternate Names:

2Pac | Makaveli | 2 Pac Shakur | Tupac

Height:

5' 9¼" (1.76 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I swear, if they hadn't tried to ruin me, I never would have ended up being a rapper. I probably would have been a preacher or something. See more »

Trivia:

Mentioned in the rap-rock song "Mope" by Bloodhound Gang, along with personalities like Luciano Pavarotti, The Notorious B.I.G., Falco, Tori Spelling, Bo Jackson and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. See more »

Trademark:

Socially conscious lyrics See more »

Nickname:

Pac See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini