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Adam Horovitz

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After leaving his band "The Young And The Useless", Adam Horovitz joined Mike D and Adam Yauch in the Beastie Boys, opening for Madonna on her famous "Like a Virgin" tour. Adam has also appeared in films such as Lost Angels with Donald Sutherland and Roadside Prophets with John Doe... See full bio »

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Adam Keefe Horovitz
in South Orange, New Jersey, USA
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2013 Star Trek Into Darkness (writer: "Body Movin' Fat Boy Slim Remix")
 
2012 This Means War (writer: "Sabotage")
 
2012 For Ellen (writer: "I Want Some")
 
2011/I Jack and Jill (writer: "Make Some Noise")
 
2011 Real Steel (writer: "Here's a Little Something for Ya")
 
2011 30 Minutes or Less (writer: "Sure Shot")
 
2011 Horrible Bosses (writer: "Sabotage")
 
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
– Episode #1.319 (2010) (writer: "Paul Revere" - uncredited)
 
2010 Iron Man 2 (writer: "Groove Holmes")
 
2010 Beware the Gonzo (writer: "Ooh Girl")
 
2010 Shrek Forever After (writer: "Sure Shot")
 
2010 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (writer: "INTERGALACTIC")
 
2010 Cop Out (writer: "No Sleep Till Brooklyn")
 
2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Episode #17.73 (2010) (writer: " You Gotta Fight for Your Right To Party!" - uncredited)
 
2009 30 Rock (TV series)
– Kidney Now! (2009) (performer: "He Needs a Kidney")
 
2009 Star Trek (writer: "Sabotage")
 
2009 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
– Adults Only 20 to 01: Saucy Songs (2009) (writer: " You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Party")
 
2009 17 Again (writer: "Drop")
 
2008 Baby Mama (writer: "Hey Ladies")
 
2007 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Video Game) (writer: "Sabotage")
 
2007 Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (Video Game) (writer: "Electric Worm")
 
2006 Parashat Ha-Shavua (TV series)
– MiKetz (2006) (writer: "Namaste", "In Three's")
 
2005 Get Rich or Die Tryin' ("Fight for Your Right to Party")
 
2005 The Weather Man (writer: "Transitions" 1994)
 
2005 The Eight (TV series)
– Ha-Me'ahev (2005) (music: "Ha-Ba Ba-Tor Hu Sus" - uncredited)
 
2005 Harald Schmidt (TV series)
– Episode #1.18 (2005) (writer: "E-Pro")
 
2004 Shabatot VeHagim (TV series)
– Black Tiger (2004) (lyrics: "Bum U'Trach", "Fiktzia")
 
2002 Jet Set Radio Future (Video Game) (music: "The Scrappy" / lyrics: "The Scrappy")
 
2002/I Crossroads (writer: "So Have I For You")
 
2001 Scratch (documentary) (writer: "Three MC's and One DJ")
 
1999 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
– Vanilla Ice (1999) (writer: "Root Down")
 
1997-1998 Florentine (TV series)
– Episode #2.1 (1998) (music: "Bum U-Trach" / lyrics: "Bum U-Trach")
– Episode #2.12 (1998) (music: "Ha-Ba Ba-Tor Hu Sus", "Nisayon", "Live In Bet Shemesh")
– Episode #2.2 (1998) (music: "Eser Ba-Layla", "Ha-Nokem Nakam" / lyrics: "Eser Ba-Layla", "Ha-Nokem Nakam")
– Episode #1.8 (1997) (music: "Ish Kupa U-Masa'it")
 
1995 Home for the Holidays (writer: "Pow")
 
1995 Kids (writer: "Pow", "In 3's", "Sabrosa")
 
1995 La Haine (writer: "Groove Holmes", "Eugene's Lament" / as A. Horovitz)
 
1995 The Jerky Boys (writer: "Four Fly Guys" / as A. Horovitz)
 
1994 Above the Rim (writer: "Stick 'Em Up")
 
1992 The Ben Stiller Show (TV series)
 
1992 Roadside Prophets (writer: "Pow")
 
1990 Pump Up the Volume (writer: "Scenario")
 
1988 Hot to Trot (writer: "Fight for Your Right" / as Adam Horowitz)
 
1985 Krush Groove (writer: "She's on It")
 
Show ShowActor (12 titles)
2011 Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win (short)
 
2011 Fight for Your Right Revisited (short)
Cop #1
 
2009 30 Rock (TV series)
Adam Horovitz
– Kidney Now! (2009) … Adam Horovitz
 
2007 Godspeed (short)
Repulski
 
1994 Ciao L.A. (video short)
Vic Calfori
 
1994 Beastie Boys: Sabotage (video short)
Bobby - 'The Rookie' (as Vic Colfari)
 
1994 Cityscrapes: Los Angeles
Young Man
 
1992 Roadside Prophets
Sam
 
1991 A Kiss Before Dying
Jay Faraday
 
1991 Long Road Home (TV movie) (uncredited)
 
1989 Lost Angels
Tim 'Chino' Doolan
 
1985 The Equalizer (TV series)
Ronald Baines
– Mama's Boy (1985) … Ronald Baines
 
Show ShowComposer (5 titles)
2011 The Thing That Happened (documentary short)
 
2008 Eddie and Paul (short)
 
2006 Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! (documentary)
 
2002 Keep Your Eyes Open (documentary)
 
2000 Beastie Boys: Video Anthology (video documentary)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1994 Beastie Boys: Sabotage (video short)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2010 Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour (documentary) (thanks)
 
1993 The Last Party (documentary) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (38 titles)
2013 The Punk Singer (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 Bad Brains: A Band in DC (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Top Chef: Just Desserts (TV series)
Himself - Judge
– Sabotage (2011) … Himself - Judge
 
2011 Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (documentary)
Himself (as Ad-Rock)
 
2007 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 August 2007 (2007) … Himself (as Adam 'Ad-Rock' Horovitz)
 
2006 3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV movie)
Himself - Honoree (as Beastie Boys)
 
2006 A Day in the Life of Nathaniel Hornblower (video short)
Himself
 
2006 VH1 Goes Inside (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Yo! MTV Raps (2006) … Himself (as Beastie Boys)
 
2006 Sundance 2006 (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! (documentary)
Himself (as Ad Rock)
 
2006 Driven (TV series documentary)
Himself
– LL Cool J (2006) … Himself (as Adam 'Ad-Rock' Horovitz)
 
2005 Just for Kicks (documentary)
Himself (as Ad Rock)
 
2004 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 November 2004 (2004) … Himself (as Beastie Boys)
 
2004 Hip-Hop Honors (TV special)
Himself (as Beastie Boys)
 
2004 And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Back in the Day (2004) … Himself (as Ad Rock)
 
2004 Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.2 (2004) … Himself (as Beastie Boys)
 
2004 Live to the 5 Boroughs (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 2004 MTV Movie Awards (TV special)
Himself- Performer
 
2004 4Pop (TV series documentary)
Himself - Beastie Boys
– Popparit Bushin kimpussa (2004) … Himself - Beastie Boys
 
2003 The Work of Director Spike Jonze (video documentary)
Himself (segments "Sabotage", "Sure Shot" and "Drop")
 
2002 Cydeways: The Best of the Pharcyde (video documentary)
Himself (segment "Drop")
 
2000 The Beastie Boys: Hello Nasty Live (TV series documentary)
Ad Rock
 
2000 Beastie Boys: Video Anthology (video documentary)
Himself / King Ad Rock / Vic Colfari
 
2000 NBA Live 2001 (Video Game)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2000 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Run-D.M.C. (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow (video documentary) (as The Beastie Boys)
 
1999 Saturday Night Live 25 (TV special documentary)
Himself - Beastie Boys (uncredited)
 
1999 Futurama (TV series)
Adam 'MCA' Yauch / Himself
– Hell Is Other Robots (1999) … Himself (voice) / Adam 'MCA' Yauch (voice)
 
1998 Free Tibet (documentary)
Himself (Beastie Boys)
 
1998 Beastieography (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Tibetan Freedom Concert (TV special)
Performers
 
1994 Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks (video)
Himself
 
1988 Tougher Than Leather
Himself
 
1987 Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (TV documentary)
Himself (as The Beastie Boys)
 
1985 Krush Groove
Himself (Beastie Boys)
 
1982 Beastie (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2006 Video on Trial (TV series)
 
2001 The Adam and Joe Show (TV series)
 
1993 Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Music video for M.I.A.: "Paper Planes"

Official Sites:

The Official Beastie Boys Site | See more »

Alternate Names:

Ad-Rock | The Beastie Boys | Beastie Boys | Vic Colfari | Adam 'Ad-Rock' Horovitz | Adam Horowitz | Ad Rock

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I feel like we are honest. I feel like we are brave men. I feel we are erotic in ways, sexy - I mean, to us. You know, what's sexy to you might not be sexy to someone else. Hardened, creative certainly, sensitive. There are lot of different words I could throw out to describe us as a band. See more »

Trivia:

Pursued an acting career in the late 1980s and early 1990s, typically getting James Dean-style parts as brooding, troubled young men. He apparently abandoned his acting career in 1994, although he continues to "act" along with his "Beastie Boys" band-mates as the various bizarre characters they play in their videos. See more »

Nickname:

The King Ad-Rock See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio