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Flavor Flav

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Was known for his crowd-pleasing "Flavor Flav Dance" which consisted of jerky, twisty arm movements. He then created "The New Flavor Flav Dance" in which he would pretend he was being posessed by a spirit. See more trivia »

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William Johnathon Drayton Jr.
in Roosevelt, Long Island, New York, USA
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Hide HideActor (16 titles)
2014 Only One Way Out (announced)
Big Lou
 
2012 Dr. Fubalous (TV series) (post-production)
Papa Skwaught
– The Beginning (2012) … Papa Skwaught
– Epilogue (2012) … Papa Skwaught
– It's Community Against Danger (2012) … Papa Skwaught
– No One Escapes Death (2012) … Papa Skwaught
– Sometimes Friends Mess Up (2012) … Papa Skwaught
See all 7 episodes »
 
2013 Body High
Flavor Flav
 
2013 Stupid Hype (TV movie)
Grand Master (2012)
 
2012 YooHoo and Friends (TV series)
Father Time
– Ad and Subtract (2012) … Father Time (voice)
– Bearly News (2012) … Father Time (voice)
– Beaver Dang (2012) … Father Time (voice)
– Bloodthirsty the Penguin (2012) … Father Time (voice)
– Buffalo Blow (2012) … Father Time (voice)
See all 52 episodes »
 
2011 Horrorween
Flavor Flav
 
2009 Nite Tales: The Series (TV series)
Time Keeper
– Pill Time (2009) … Time Keeper
– Black Widow (2009) … Time Keeper
– Ima Star (2009) … Time Keeper
– Trapped (2009) … Time Keeper
– Dark Heart (2009) … Time Keeper
See all 6 episodes »
 
2008-2009 Under One Roof (TV series)
Calvester Hill
– Going, Going, Gone (2009) … Calvester Hill
– Get Rich... Or Fry Tryin' (2008) … Calvester Hill
– Handi Man (2008) … Calvester Hill
– Moose Crossing (2008) … Calvester Hill
– Ashley's Mom (2008) … Calvester Hill
See all 13 episodes »
 
2007 Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular (TV movie)
Wiseman
 
2006 Cain and Abel
Slim Jim
 
2005 Confessions of a Pit Fighter
Lucky
 
2004 Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins (TV series)
– Dr. Phil's Prime Time Special, Emmy Speeches and More (2004)
– Oprah's Auto Giveaway, Reality Shows and More (2004)
 
2003 Death of a Dynasty
Reporter No. 1
 
1992 Why Colors? (short)
 
1991 New Jack City
D.J.
 
1990 Mo' Better Blues
Impatient Movie Patron
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
2006-2008 Flavor of Love (TV series) (co-executive producer - 37 episodes)
– Episode #3.15 (2008) (co-executive producer)
– Clip Show (2008) (co-executive producer)
– It's a Family Flav-Fair (2008) (co-executive producer)
– When Flavorettes Attack (2008) (co-executive producer)
– The Neverwed Game (2008) (co-executive producer)
See all 37 episodes »
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (14 titles)
2012 End of Watch (writer: "Harder Than You Think" / as William Drayton)
 
2011 Breaking Bad (TV series)
– Thirty-Eight Snub (2011) ("Unga Bunga Bunga")
 
2005 xXx: State of the Union (writer: "Mklvfkwr" / as William Drayton)
 
2005 Rock the Paint ("Where My $5 at?" / as Flava Flav)
 
2004 Friday Night Lights (writer: "Terminator X to the Edge of Panic", "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" / as William Drayton)
 
2002 Jackass: The Movie (documentary) ("Sophisticated Bitch" / as William Drayton)
 
1999 Three Kings (writer: "Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man" / as William Drayton)
 
1999 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (writer: "Cold Lampin With Flavor")
 
1997 How to Be a Player (writer: "Can't Do Nuthin'" / as William Drayton)
 
1997 Chasing Amy (writer: "Can't Do Nuttin' for Ya Man" 1990 / as William Drayton)
 
1993 Shadow Boxing (short) (music: "Shut Em Down" / lyrics: "Shut Em Down")
 
1992 Mo' Money (writer: "Get Off My Back" / performer: "Get Off My Back")
 
1991 Jungle Fever (writer: "Can't Do Nothin' for Ya Man" / as William Drayton)
 
1990 House Party (writer: "I Cant Do Nothin for You, Man!" / performer: "I Cant Do Nothin for You, Man!")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
2006 Flavor of Love (TV series) (composer: additional music - 10 episodes)
– After the Lovin': Reunion (2006) (composer: additional music)
– Oh No She Didn't!: Clip Show (2006) (composer: additional music)
– Family Flavors (2006) (composer: additional music)
– Steppin' Out Flav Style (2006) (composer: additional music)
– Boxin' Each Other Out (2006) (composer: additional music)
See all 10 episodes »
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
2004 Six Months to Live (TV series short)
– Episode #1.2 (2004)
 
Show ShowSelf (83 titles)
2013 Untitled Flavor Flav Documentary (documentary) (filming)
Himself
 
2012 2012 Soul Train Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 We Run Sh*t (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Celebrity Wife Swap (TV series)
Himself
– Flavor Flav/Dee Snider (2012) … Himself
 
2011 Public Enemy: Prophets of Rage (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The Mo'Nique Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 July 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Conan (TV series)
Himself
– Green Eggs & Health Code Violations (2011) … Himself
 
2004-2011 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Himself / Himself - The 2008 Grammy Awards
– Episode #9.137 (2011) … Himself
– Game Night 1 (2011) … Himself
– Episode #6.23 (2008) … Himself - The 2008 Grammy Awards
– Episode #6.22 (2008) … Himself
– Episode #4.453 (2007) … Himself
See all 10 episodes »
 
2011 The Wendy Williams Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 May 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2010 Lay It Down (TV series)
Himself
 
2010 WWF Raw (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 May 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 2010 AVN Awards Show (TV movie)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2009 Kyocera's All Access @ Virgin Mobile Freefest (documentary short)
 
2009 The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.15 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Nite Tales: The Movie
Himself - Host
 
2006-2008 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself / Themselves - Musical Guest
– Episode dated 2 October 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 February 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 17 November 2006 (2006) … Themselves - Musical Guest
 
2006-2008 Flavor of Love (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself
– Episode #3.15 (2008) … Himself - Host
– Clip Show (2008) … Himself
– Episode #3.13 (2008) … Himself
– It's a Family Flav-Fair (2008) … Himself - Host
– When Flavorettes Attack (2008) … Himself - Host
See all 41 episodes »
 
2008 James Brown: The Man, the Music, & the Message (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006-2008 Last Call with Carson Daly (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 February 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 April 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2007 Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Criss Angel Mindfreak (TV series)
Himself
– Mentalism (2007) … Himself
 
2007 My Shot With (TV series)
Himself
– Rock the Bells (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav (TV movie)
Himself - Roastee
 
2007 Public Enemy: Where There's Smoke (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Himself
– Sharon Moalem (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 The 2006 Billboard Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2006 VH1 Big in 06 Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Announcer
 
2006 In the Cutz (TV series)
Guest
– Pursuing Happiness (2006) … Guest
 
2006 2006 American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2006 BET Hip-Hop Awards (TV special)
Himself - Guest
 
2006 The Tyra Banks Show (TV series)
Himself
– Flavor Flav and His Women (2006) … Himself
 
2006 2006 MTV Movie Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2006 Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 May 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 VH1 Goes Inside (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Yo! MTV Raps (2006) … Himself
 
2005 Tout le monde en parle (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 November 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation - The First London Invasion Tour 1987 (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Farm (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.1 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Strange Love (TV series)
Himself
– Reunion Episode (2005) … Himself
– You May Now Flav the Bride (2005) … Himself
– Flav Can't Loose (2005) … Himself
– The Family That Flav's Together Stays Together (2005) … Himself
– Bronx Cheers (2005) … Himself
See all 11 episodes »
 
2005 Wonder Showzen (TV series)
Himself
– Birth (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The View (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 February 2005 (2005) … Himself (also archive footage)
 
2005 The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 February 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Good Day Live (TV series)
– Episode dated 9 February 2005 (2005)
 
2005 I Love the '90s: Part Deux (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Wendy Williams Is on Fire 4 (TV documentary)
Himself (Interview in New York)
 
2004 Non-Denominational All-Star Celebrity Holiday Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 The 2004 Billboard Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2004 VH1 Big in 04 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Surreal Life (TV series)
Himself
– Lost Moments (2004) … Himself
– Best and Worst (2004) … Himself
– Last Supper and Goodbyes (2004) … Himself
– Dirty Laundry (2004) … Himself
– Haunted Hospital (2004) … Himself
See all 12 episodes »
 
2004 My Wife and Kids (TV series)
Himself
– The Return of Bobby Shaw (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Hip-Hop Honors (TV special)
Himself - Honoree
 
2004 MADtv (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #10.3 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Howard Stern (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 September 2004 (2004) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 September 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Def Jam Fight for NY (Video Game)
Himself (voice) (as Flava Flav)
 
2004 4th Annual BET Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 Six Months to Live (TV series short)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 The Bernie Mac Show (TV series)
Himself
– Who's That Lady? (2004) … Himself
 
2003 I Love the '80s Strikes Back (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2003 G-Phoria (TV documentary)
Himself - Public Enemy
 
2003 Paper Chasers (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Driven (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Public Enemy Live from House of Blues (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Top Ten (TV series documentary)
Himself - Presenter
– Top Ten: Rap (2001) … Himself - Presenter
 
2000 VH-1 Where Are They Now? (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Musicians (2000) … Himself
 
2000 And Ya Don't Stop: Hip Hop's Greatest Videos, Vol. 1 (video)
Himself (segment "Fight the Power") (as Public Enemy)
 
1999 The 1999 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1997 Private Parts
Himself (as Flava Flav)
 
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 Who's the Man?
Himself
 
1993 CB4
Himself
 
1992 The Howard Stern Interview (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (1992) … Himself
 
1990-1992 In Living Color (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest / Himself
– Episode dated 3 May 1992 (1992) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Arsenio Hall of Justice (1991) … Himself - Musical Guest (as Public Enemy)
– Bigger Brother (1990) … Himself
 
1992 The 6th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer (as Public Enemy)
 
1990-1992 The Word (TV series)
– Episode #2.11 (1992)
– Episode #1.12 (1990)
 
1991 Hard 'N' Heavy Volume 16 (video)
Himself
 
1991 The 18th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1990 Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (documentary)
Himself
 
1990 MTV Video Music Awards 1990 (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1990 Tour of a Black Planet (video documentary)
Himself
 
1989 The 3rd Annual Soul Train Music Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter (as Public Enemy)
 
1988 The 2nd Annual Soul Train Music Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2012 Vanilla Ice Archive (documentary)
Himself
 
The Drug Years (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2005 The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2005 Letter to the President (video documentary)
Himself - Public Enemy (uncredited)
 
2004 And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
Himself
 
2003 Beef (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1993 U2: Love Is Blindness (video documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1993 U2: Numb (video documentary short)
Himself (video "Numb (Video Remix)") (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

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Alternate Names:

William 'Flavor Flav' Drayton | Public Enemy | Flava Flav

Height:

5' 5½" (1.66 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Was known for his crowd-pleasing "Flavor Flav Dance" which consisted of jerky, twisty arm movements. He then created "The New Flavor Flav Dance" in which he would pretend he was being posessed by a spirit. See more »

Trademark:

Often wears a Viking helmet See more »

Nickname:

Mr. F See more »

Star Sign:

Pisces