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Rick Rubin

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Changed the name of Def American Recordings to American Recordings in 1993 when he found the word "def" in a dictionary. See more trivia »

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Frederick Jay Rubin
in Long Island, New York, USA
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2012 Fun Size (writer: "YOU'VE GOTTA FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO PARTY")
 
2012 Grave Encounters 2 (producer: "Given Up")
 
2012/I The Possession (producer: "I Will Not Bow" - uncredited)
 
2012 Battleship (producer: "Super Battle" - uncredited)
 
2011/I Jack and Jill (writer: "It's Tricky")
 
2011 The Change-Up (writer: "Brass Monkey")
 
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
– Episode #1.319 (2010) (writer: "Paul Revere" - uncredited)
 
2010 Gacy House (video) (producer: "Be Yourself")
 
2010 Angel Camouflaged (writer: "It's Tricky")
 
2010/I The Bounty Hunter (writer: "It's Tricky")
 
2010 Cop Out (writer: "No Sleep Till Brooklyn")
 
2010 Super Bowl XLIV (TV special) (producer: "Cyanide" - uncredited)
 
2010 Dancing on Ice (TV series)
– Episode #5.4 (2010) (writer: " You Gotta Fight for Your Right To Party!")
 
2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Episode #17.73 (2010) (writer: " You Gotta Fight for Your Right To Party!" - uncredited)
 
2008-2009 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
– Adults Only 20 to 01: Saucy Songs (2009) (writer: " You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Party")
– Music with a Message (2008) (writer: " You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Party")
 
2009 17 Again (writer: "Drop")
 
2007 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Video Game) (writer: "Sabotage")
 
2006 Final Fight: Streetwise (Video Game) (producer: "Pulse of the Maggots")
 
2005 Get Rich or Die Tryin' ("Fight for Your Right to Party", "I Can't Live without My Radio")
 
2004 UFC 50: The War of '04 (TV special) (writer: "Brass Monkey" - uncredited)
 
2004 Friday Night Lights (writer: "It's Tricky")
 
2004 White Chicks (writer: "It's Tricky")
 
2004 Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (writer: "Going Back to Cali")
 
2003 Malibu's Most Wanted (writer: "It's Tricky")
 
2002 The Hot Chick (writer: "It's Tricky")
 
2001 Lindenstraße (TV series)
– Planeta (2001) (writer: "Girls" - uncredited)
 
2001 Summer Catch (writer: "Going Back to Cali")
 
2001 Scratch (documentary) (writer: "Rock the Bells")
 
2000 Little Nicky (producer: "School of Hard Knocks")
 
2000 Road Trip (writer: "It's Tricky")
 
2000 Heavy Metal 2000 (producer: "Storaged")
 
1999 Big Daddy (producer: "Ga Ga", "Sweet Child o' Mine")
 
1998 Can't Hardly Wait (writer: "It's Tricky")
 
1997 Edge (writer: "March of the Pigs")
 
1996 She's the One (producer: "Walls Circus", "Walls No. 3", "Angel Dream", "California", "Grew Up Fast", "Hung Up & Overdue", "Hope You Never")
 
1996 Twister (producer: "Melancholy Mechanics")
 
1995 The Addiction (producer: "Addiction")
 
1992 Cool World (producer: "THE WITCH")
 
1991 Out for Justice (writer: "No Sleep Till Brooklyn")
 
1990 Look Who's Talking Too (writer: "Fight For Your Right To Party")
 
1990 Pump Up the Volume (writer: "Scenario")
 
1988 Hot to Trot (writer: "Fight for Your Right")
 
1987 Less Than Zero (writer: "Going Back To Cali", "You And Me" "Less Than Zero")
 
1987 White Water Summer (producer: "Aphrodisiac Jacket")
 
1985 Krush Groove (writer: "I Can't Live Without My Radio", "She's on It" / writer: "Can You Rock It Like This", "Krush Groovin'" / as R. Rubin)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (3 titles)
2012 Battleship (executive music producer)
 
2000 Run-DMC: Together Forever - Greatest Hits 1983-2000 (video) (composer: song "It's Tricky")
 
1987 Less Than Zero (music supervisor)
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
2008 Gossip Live in Liverpool (video documentary) (executive producer)
 
2008 Untitled Kanye West HBO Project (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2006 Snow (Hey Oh) (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1990 Men Don't Leave
Craig
 
1988 Tougher Than Leather
Vic Ferrante
 
1985 Krush Groove
Rick
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
2011 Independent Lens (TV series documentary) (interpreter - 1 episode)
– Deaf Jam (2011) (interpreter)
 
2000 David Blaine: Frozen in Time (TV special) (magic consultant)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1988 Tougher Than Leather (writer)
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
1986 Reading Rainbow (TV series)
– Abiyoyo (1986)
 
Show ShowThanks (7 titles)
2008 Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger - London, New York, Johannesburg (TV special documentary) (very special thanks)
 
2006 Screamers (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2004 Chris Rock: Never Scared (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
2004 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (special thanks)
 
2002 Biggie and Tupac (documentary) (special thanks - as Rick Ruben)
 
2001 Dogtown and Z-Boys (documentary) (thanks)
 
1996 Chris Rock: Bring the Pain (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (23 titles)
2013 Sound City (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Revolutions (documentary)
 
2009 This Is Jim Jones (video documentary)
Himself
 
2008 WWE Smackdown! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #9.38 (2008) … Himself
 
2007 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 CMT: The Greatest - 40 Days That Shaped Country Music (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Shut Up & Sing (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Work of Director Mark Romanek (video documentary)
Himself (segment "99 Problems")
 
2004 Fade to Black (documentary)
Himself
 
1999-2004 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
– LL Cool J (2004) … Himself
– Run-D.M.C. (2000) … Himself
– Lenny Kravitz (1999) … Himself
– The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999) … Himself
– Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers … Himself
 
2004 And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Controversy (TV series)
Himself
– Johnny Cash vs. Music Row (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Making the Video (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Jay-Z: 99 Problems (2004) … Himself
 
2003 End of the Century (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 American Rap Stars (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Pure Cult: The Videosingles (video)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1999 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Andrew Dice Clay (1999) … Himself
 
1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Johnny Cash: The Man in Black (1998) … Himself
 
1997 Howard Stern (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 March 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
1995 Rock & Roll (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1994 24 Hours in Rock and Roll (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks (video)
Himself
 
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Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Trivia:

Changed the name of Def American Recordings to American Recordings in 1993 when he found the word "def" in a dictionary. See more »

Trademark:

Stripped down Musical productions which avoid using too many Instrumental sounds See more »

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