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2011
Dexter
(TV series)
Brother Sam
2003-2006
Chappelle's Show
(TV series)
Anonymous Actor
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Banjo Player
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Black Head of the CIA
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2000
Bamboozled
Mau Mau: Big Blak Afrika (Julius Hopkins)
1997-2000
NYPD Blue
(TV series)
Leslie Peach
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Levon Wells
1998
Spin City
(TV series)
Monty the card hustler
1997/I
Ghosts
(short)
Dante
(as Dante Beze)
2010
Just Wright
(writer: "Umi Says" / as Dante Smith / performer: "Umi Says")
2008
Cadillac Records
(performer: "Maybellene", "Nadine Is It You?", "No Particular Place to Go", "Promised Land")
2007
Stomp the Yard
(writer: "Sex Love and Money" / as Dante Smith / performer: "Sex Love and Money")
2006
The Ground Truth
(documentary)
(writer: "Live Wire Snap" / performer: "Live Wire Snap")
2005
Block Party
(documentary)
(writer: "Two Words", "Definition", "Umi Says" / as Dante Smith / performer: "Two Words", "Definition", "Move Somethin'", "Umi Says", "Get By")
2003
The Italian Job
(performer: "The Jump Off" / "The Jump Off" / as Dante Smith)
2002
Brown Sugar
(writer: "Brown Sugar Super Fine", "Breakdown", "Brown Sugar Fine", "Brown Sugar Raw" / as Dante Smith / performer: "Brown Sugar Super Fine", "Breakdown", "Brown Sugar Fine")
2002
Ken Park
(writer: "Brown Skin Lady" / as Dante Smith)
2002
Blade II
(writer: "I Against I" / as Dante Smith / performer: "I Against I")
2002
Face
(writer: "Climb" / as Dante Smith / performer: "Climb")
2001
Madden NFL 2002
(Video Game)
(performer: "Mathematics Instrumental Version")
2000
Pro Skater 2
(Video Game)
(performer: "B-Boy Document '99")
2000
Bamboozled
(writer: "Blak Iz Blak" / as Dante Smith / "Blak Iz Blak")
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2007
4Real
(TV series documentary)
Himself
2005
Unplugged
(TV series documentary)
Himself
2004
Juvies
(documentary)
(voice)
2001
Crossover
(TV special)
Himself
(as MosDef)
2000
Flava
(TV series)
Himself
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Himself - Presenter
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Other Works:
Appeared in
Alicia Keys ' music video for "You Don't Know My Name" (2003)
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Publicity Listings:
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4 Articles
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Alternate Names:
Flaco Bey | Yasiin Bey | Dante Beze | Dante Bezé | Bizet Dante | Smith Dante | MosDef | Mos | Dante Terrell Smith | Dante Smith | Black Star | yasiin bey
Height:
5' 9½" (1.77 m)
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Personal Quote:
There are a lot of people who call themselves teachers or leaders, but they're really just propagandists.
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Trivia:
Has starred in two movies with
Alan Rickman :
Something the Lord Made and
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy .
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Nickname:
The Mighty Mos Def
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Star Sign:
Sagittarius
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