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Carlton Douglas Ridenhour
in Roosevelt, Long Island, New York, USA
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2013 The 55th Annual Grammy Awards (TV movie) (performer: "Refuse to Lose", "No Sleep till Brooklyn")
 
2012 End of Watch (writer: "Harder Than You Think" / as Carlton Ridenhour)
 
2012 No me la puc treure del cap (TV series)
– Cançons per canviar el món (2012) (writer: "Fight the Power")
 
2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
– Episode #1.418 (2011) (writer: "Fight the Power" / performer: "Fight the Power")
 
2011 Detention (writer: "Fear of a Black Planet")
 
2010 Due Date (performer: "Check Ya Self 2010" / as Chuck D)
 
2010 Piranha (writer: "Bring The Noise Remix" / as Chuck D)
 
2010 Hot Tub Time Machine (writer: "Louder than a Bomb")
 
2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Episode #17.96 (2010) (writer: "How Low" - uncredited)
 
2009 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (writer: "Fight the Power")
 
2008 Lakeview Terrace (writer: "Shut 'Em Down")
 
2008 Pineapple Express (writer: "Lost at Birth" / as Carlton Ridenhour)
 
2007 American Gangster (writer: "Can't Truss It" 1991 / as Carlton Ridenhour)
 
2007 Stomp the Yard (writer: "Supermixx's Black in the Building" / as Carlton Ridenhour)
 
2006 Rock the Bells (documentary) (writer: "What's Golden" / as Carlton Douglas Ridenhour)
 
2006 The Boondocks (TV series)
– The Block Is Hot (2006) (writer: "Fight the Power")
 
2005 Need for Speed: Most Wanted (Video Game) (performer: "B-Side Wins Again" / as Chuck D)
 
2005 Jarhead (writer: "Fight the Power" / as Carlton Ridenhour)
 
2005 American Wasteland (Video Game) (writer: "Burn Hollywood Burn")
 
2005 I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (documentary) (writer: "Justify My Love" / as Carlton Douglas Ridenhour)
 
2005 The Longest Yard ("Give It Up" / as Carlton Ridenhour)
 
2005 xXx: State of the Union (writer: "Fight the Power", "Mklvfkwr" / as Carlton Ridenhour)
 
2005 WrestleMania 21 (Video Game) (performer: "Bring the Noise")
 
2004 WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW (Video Game) (music: "Bring Tha Noise" / as Carlton Ridenhour / lyrics: "Bring Tha Noise" / as Carlton Ridenhour / performer: "Bring Tha Noise")
 
2004 Friday Night Lights (writer: "Terminator X to the Edge of Panic", "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos", "Bring the Noise", "Welcome to the Terrordome" / as Carlton Ridenhour)
 
2002 Jackass: The Movie (documentary) ("Sophisticated Bitch" / as Carlton Ridenhour)
 
2002 Ali G Indahouse ("FIGHT THE POWER" / as Ridenhour)
 
2000 Pro Skater 2 (Video Game) (performer: "Bring the Noise")
 
2000 Bamboozled (writer: "Burn Hollywood Burn" / as Carlton Ridenour / performer: "Burn Hollywood Burn" / as Chuck D)
 
1999 Human Traffic (writer: "You Gonna Get Yours" / as C. Ridenhour)
 
1998 Bulworth (writer: "Kill Em Live")
 
1998 He Got Game (writer: "He Got Game" / writer: "What You Need Is Jesus", "House of the Rising Son", "Resurrection", "Unstoppable", "Politics of the Sneaker Pimps" / as Chuck D)
 
1997 Mad City (writer: "Sides" / as Chuck D / performer: "Sides")
 
1997 Nowhere (writer: "Generation Wrekkked Danny Saber Remix" / as Carlton Ridenhour / performer: "Generation Wrekkked Danny Saber Remix")
 
1997 Booty Call (producer: "Uh Oh" / as Chuck D)
 
1994 Jimmy Hollywood ("Lost at Birth" / as Carlton Ridenhour)
 
1993 Shadow Boxing (short) (music: "Shut Em Down" / lyrics: "Shut Em Down")
 
1993 Strapped (TV movie) (writer: "Hit Da Road Jack" / as Carlton Ridenhour)
 
1993 Coneheads ("Fight the Power" / as Carton Ridenhour)
 
1993 CB4 (writer: "Livin' in a Zoo" / as Carl Ridenhour)
 
1992 Trespass (writer: "Gotta Do What I Gotta Do" / as C. Ridenhour)
 
1992 South Central (writer: "Check Out the Radio" / as C. Ridenhour)
 
1992 Singles (writer: "Bring the Noise" / as Carlton Ridenhour)
 
1991 Palm Harbor Vice (writer: "Bring the Noise")
 
1989 Do the Right Thing (music: "Fight the Power" / as Carlton Ridenhour / lyrics: "Fight the Power" / as Carlton Ridenhour)
 
1987 Less Than Zero (writer: "Bring The Noise" / as Carlton Ridenhour)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
2000-2002 Dark Angel (TV series) (composer: main theme - 42 episodes)
– Freak Nation (2002) (composer: main theme - as Chuck D)
– Love Among the Runes (2002) (composer: main theme - as Chuck D)
– She Ain't Heavy (2002) (composer: main theme - as Chuck D)
– Dawg Day Afternoon (2002) (composer: main theme - as Chuck D)
– Hello, Goodbye (2002) (composer: main theme - as Chuck D)
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Show ShowActor (10 titles)
2013 Swing Lowe, Sweet Chariote
DJ Jonny Specials
 
2012 The Playlist (TV series)
Remix Victim - Eclectic Method
– Instruments of Destruction (2012) … Remix Victim - Eclectic Method
 
2009 Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 (TV series)
Chuck D
– A PE Christmas (2009) … Chuck D (voice) (as Chuck D)
 
2009 The Quiet Arrangement
Captain Ambercrombie
 
2007 Chip Factor (video)
 
2007 City Teacher
 
2004 Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (video)
Malcolm Y
 
2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Video Game)
DJ Forth Right MC (voice)
 
1997 An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
Leon Brothers
 
1997 Johnny Bravo (TV series)
CD Biggenz
– Hip Hop Flop/Talk to Me, Baby/Blanky Hanky Panky (1997) … CD Biggenz (voice)
 
Show ShowComposer (4 titles)
2011 On the Shoulders of Giants (documentary)
 
2006 Chuck D's Musicians Studio (TV movie)
 
1998 King of the Hill (TV series)
– Traffic Jam (1998)
 
1997 An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
2013 Band in the House (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2007 Public Enemy: Where There's Smoke (video documentary) (executive producer)
 
2003 Underground Poets Railroad (documentary) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2006 When I Came Home (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2006 Small Town Gay Bar (documentary) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (128 titles)
2012 The Ballot or the Bullet (documentary) (completed)
 
2014 Check the Rhyme (documentary)
 
2013 Band in the House (TV movie)
Himself
 
2013 A Stroll Through the Park: An Asbury Symphony (documentary short)
As Himself
 
2013 The 55th Annual Grammy Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
2013 SXSW Flashback 2013 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 Iconoclasts (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Kareem Abdul-Jabbar + Chuck D (2012) … Himself
– Seth McFarlane & Norah Jones (2012) … Himself
– Judd Apatow & Lena Dunham (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Let Fury Have the Hour (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
2012 The Making of Stony Island, Music Makes Us One (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2012 Unsung (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Whodini (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D (documentary short)
Himself
 
2012 Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Public Enemy: Prophets of Rage (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The Hot 10 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.34 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation (TV documentary)
 
2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest: Copyright Criminals All Star Band
– Episode #1.418 (2011) … Himself - Musical Guest: Copyright Criminals All Star Band
 
2011 30 for 30 (TV series)
Himself
– The Fab Five (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Synthetic Substitution: The Life Story of Melvin Bliss (video documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Diary of a Decade: The Story of a Movement (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Legends (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Roll over Beethoven - The Chess Records Saga (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Lay It Down (TV series)
Himself
 
2010 My Mic Sounds Nice: The Truth About Women in Hip Hop (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 The Weird World of Blowfly (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Copyright Criminals (2010) … Himself
 
2010 On the Shoulders of Giants: The Story of the Greatest Team You Never Heard Of (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 The Best of: BlacksInActionTV.Com (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Kyocera's All Access @ Virgin Mobile Freefest (documentary short)
 
2009 The Mo'Nique Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 October 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Copyright Criminals (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 D.L. Hughley Breaks the News (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.7 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Life on the Road with Mr. and Mrs. Brown (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The Souls of Black Girls (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The Black Candle (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 What's at Stake? (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Disappearing Voices: The Decline of Black Radio (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Big Pun: The Legacy (video documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Biography (TV series documentary)
– Run DMC (2008)
 
2008 Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions (video documentary)
Himself
 
2008 James Brown: The Man, the Music, & the Message (video documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Stax Records 50th Anniversary Concert (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 State of the Black Union: Jamestown - Memorable Moments (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 State of the Black Union: Jamestown - The Next 400 Years (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 August 2007 (2007) … Himself (as Chuck D)
 
2007 Public Enemy: Where There's Smoke (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself
– Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story (2007) … Himself
 
2007 The Story of the Public Enemy Comic Book (video short)
Himself
 
2007 Public Enemy: Making the Public Enemy Comic Book (video short)
Himself
 
2006 Chuck D's Musicians Studio (TV movie)
 
2006 Epic Fu (TV series)
Himself
– Comic Con: Chuck D Part 1 (2006) … Himself
– Comic Con: Chuck D Part 2 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Ali Rap (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 December 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 The Drug Years (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Just Say No! … Himself
 
2005-2006 The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... (TV series)
Himself
– Charles Barkley for Saying, 'I Am Not a Role Model' (2006) … Himself
– Mike Tyson for Losing to Buster Douglas (2005) … Himself
 
2006 Rock the Bells (documentary)
Himself - Public Enemy (as Chuck D)
 
2006 The Henry Rollins Show (TV series)
Guest
– Chuck D/Jurassic 5 (2006) … Guest
 
2006 Sound Man: WWII to MP3 (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 HARDtalk Extra (TV series)
Himself
– Chuck D (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Tout le monde en parle (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 November 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Fuck (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Bling: Consequences and Repercussions (documentary short)
Narrator
 
2005 White Men Can't Rap (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 MOBO Awards 2005 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation - The First London Invasion Tour 1987 (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 America Undercover (TV series documentary)
Himself - Co-Host, Unfiltered
– Left of the Dial (2005) … Himself - Co-Host, Unfiltered (as Chuck D)
 
2005 Letter to the President (video documentary)
Himself - Recording Artist/Activist
 
2005 Strange Love (TV series)
Himself
– Bronx Cheers (2005) … Himself
– Public Enemy Number 1 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Sunshine Airlines (TV series documentary)
Himself
– New York (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2005 Black in the 80s (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2005 There's a God on the Mic (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Hip-Hop Honors (TV special)
Himself - Honoree
 
2004 And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Back in the Day (2004) … Himself
 
2004 4th Annual BET Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 The N Word (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Lightning in a Bottle (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Get Up, Stand Up (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– Say It Loud (2003) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2003 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– James Brown: Soul Survivor (2003) … Himself
– Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied (2003) … Himself
 
2003 The Blues (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Godfathers and Sons (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Hip Hop Babylon 2 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 G-Phoria (TV documentary)
Himself - Public Enemy
 
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #1.123 (2003) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2003 Paper Chasers (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Elvis Lives (TV special)
Himself
 
2003 Digitize or Die (documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Underground Poets Railroad (documentary)
 
2002 VH1 Big in 2002 Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2002 Listen Up! Charles Barkley with Ernie Johnson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (2002) … Himself
 
2001-2002 ESPN SportsCentury (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Mike Tyson (2002) … Himself
– Charles Barkley (2001) … Himself
 
2002 The Last Poets (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Public Enemy Live from House of Blues (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 BET Tonight (TV series)
Guest Host
– Episode dated 10 August 2001 (2001) … Guest Host
– Episode dated 9 August 2001 (2001) … Guest Host
 
2001 Voice of the Voiceless (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Beatles Revolution (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Hip Hop: The New World Order (video documentary short)
Himself - Public Enemy (as Chuck D)
 
2000 Paskvil (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.9 (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Disconnected: Politics, the Press and the Public (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 And Ya Don't Stop: Hip Hop's Greatest Videos, Vol. 1 (video)
Himself (segment "Fight the Power") (as Public Enemy)
 
1997-2000 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Run-D.M.C. (2000) … Himself
– M.C. Hammer (1997) … Himself
 
2000 Culture Shock (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– The Devil's Music: 1920s Jazz (2000) … Himself
 
1999 The 1999 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1999 Searching for Jimi Hendrix (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 MTV Video Music Awards 1998 (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1998 Jackie Chan: My Story (video documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Tonight at the House of Blues (TV movie)
Himself
 
1997 Space Ghost Coast to Coast (TV series)
Himself
– Dimethylpyrimidinol Bisulfite (1997) … Himself (as Chuck D)
 
1997 Anthem (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Rhyme & Reason (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 NewsRadio (TV series)
Himself
– Rap (1997) … Himself (as Chuck D)
 
1996 New York Undercover (TV series)
Himself
– Kill the Noise (1996) … Himself
 
1995 Rock & Roll (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1987-1994 Soul Train (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Public Enemy/El DeBarge/Brownstone (1994) … Himself (as Public Enemy)
– The Jets/Kashif/Public Enemy (1987) … Himself - Guest (as Public Enemy)
 
1993 Here Come the Drums (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 The Voice of a Nation (video documentary)
 
1992 The 6th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer (as Public Enemy)
 
1992 The Real Malcolm X (TV documentary)
Himself - Public Enemy
 
1991 Rap's Most Wanted (video documentary)
Lead
 
1991 Hard 'N' Heavy Volume 16 (video)
Himself
 
1991 In Living Color (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Arsenio Hall of Justice (1991) … Himself - Musical Guest (as Public Enemy)
 
1991 Kool Moe Dee: Funke, Funke Wisdom (video)
Himself
 
1990 Tour of a Black Planet (video documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Ebony/Jet Showcase (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 May 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1989 The 3rd Annual Soul Train Music Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter (as Public Enemy)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2012 Vanilla Ice Archive (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Video on Trial (TV series)
 
2003 Beef (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2001 Great Performances: Dance in America (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Frontman of the hip-hop group Public Enemy (1986 - ?) See more »

Publicity Listings:

7 Interviews  | 1 Article  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

Chuck D | Public Enemy

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

As a musicologist, and I consider myself one, there was always a great deal of respect for Elvis (Elvis Presley'), especially during his Sun sessions. As a black people, we all knew that. My whole thing was the one-sidedness like Elvis' icon status in America made it like nobody else counted. My heroes came from someone else... See more »

Trivia:

Public Enemy were voted the 44th Greatest Artists in Rock 'n' Roll by Rolling Stone. See more »

Nickname:

The Voice of Power See more »

Star Sign:

Leo