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Vanilla Ice was born Robert Van Winkle on October 31st, 1967 in South Dallas, Texas. His father left him when he was 4 years old and since then, had many stepfathers. In his teenage years, he was a poor student who got dismal grades and skipped school often. He was 18 when he was in the 10th grade, and dropped out of school... See full bio »

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Robert Matthew Van Winkle
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2013 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
– Justin Timberlake (2013) (writer: "Ice Ice Baby" - uncredited)
 
2012 That's My Boy (writer: "Ice Ice Baby" / as Robert Van Winkle / performer: "Ice Ice Baby")
 
2012 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV series)
– Stealing Home (2012) (writer: "Ice Ice Baby" - uncredited / as Robert Van Winkle / performer: "Ice Ice Baby" - uncredited)
 
2011 Formula 1: BBC Sport (TV series)
– The British Grand Prix (2011) (performer: "Ice Ice Baby" - uncredited)
 
2011 Mr. Popper's Penguins (writer: "ICE ICE BABY" / as Robert Van Winkle / performer: "ICE ICE BABY")
 
2011 The Big Bang Theory (TV series)
– The Roommate Transmogrification (2011) (writer: "Ice Ice Baby" - uncredited)
 
2011 Kinect Sports: Season Two (Video Game) (writer: "Ice Ice Baby" / as Robert Van Winkle / performer: "Ice Ice Baby")
 
2010 Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (TV series)
– Joey Wheeler Ace Attorney (2010) (writer: "Ice Ice Baby" - uncredited / performer: "Ice Ice Baby" - uncredited)
 
2010 Glee (TV series)
– Bad Reputation (2010) (writer: "Ice Ice Baby" - uncredited)
 
2009-2010 Live from Studio Five (TV series)
– Episode #1.138 (2010) (writer: "Under Pressure Ice Ice Baby" / performer: "Under Pressure Ice Ice Baby")
– Episode #1.125 (2010) (writer: "Under Pressure Ice Ice Baby" / performer: "Under Pressure Ice Ice Baby")
– Episode #1.124 (2010) (writer: "Under Pressure Ice Ice Baby" / performer: "Under Pressure Ice Ice Baby")
– Episode #1.93 (2010) (writer: "Under Pressure Ice Ice Baby" / performer: "Under Pressure Ice Ice Baby")
– Episode #1.79 (2010) (writer: "Ice Ice Baby" / performer: "Ice Ice Baby")
See all 7 episodes »
 
2010 National Television Awards (TV movie) (performer: "Under Pressure/Ice Ice Baby")
 
2009 Chikara: 2009 King of Trios - Night 1 (video) (writer: "Ice Ice Baby")
 
2009 Cyprien (performer: "Ice Ice Baby radio edit")
 
2008 Talkshow with Spike Feresten (TV series)
– Vanilla Ice (2008) (writer: "Ice Ice Baby" / as Robert Van Winkle / performer: "Ice Ice Baby")
 
2008 Death Racers (video) (writer: "Swallow This Nut" / performer: "Swallow This Nut")
 
2008 Step Brothers (writer: "Ice Ice Baby" / performer: "Ice Ice Baby")
 
2007 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
– Party Songs (2007) (performer: "Play That Funky Music")
 
2005 I Love the 80's 3-D (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Little Black Book (writer: "Ice is Workin' It" / as Robert Van Winkle / performer: "Ice is Workin' It")
 
2004 13 Going on 30 (writer: "Ice Ice Baby" / as Robert Van Winkle / performer: "Ice Ice Baby")
 
2003 Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (writer: "Ice Ice Baby" / as Robert Van Winkle / performer: "Ice Ice Baby")
 
2003 Betty Blowtorch: And Her Amazing True Life Adventures (documentary) ("Size Queen")
 
1999 Tuftsablanca (writer: "Ice Ice Baby" / as Robert Van Winkle / performer: "Ice Ice Baby")
 
1999 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
– Vanilla Ice (1999) (writer: "Too Cold", "S.N.A.F.U.", "Hooked", "Ninja Rap", "Cool as Ice Everybody Get Loose", "Zig Zag Stories", "A.D.D.", "Fuck Me" / writer: "Ice Ice Baby", "Ice Is Workin' It", "Play That Funky Music", "Stop That Train", "Fame", "The Wrath" / as Robert Van Winkle / performer: "Ice Ice Baby", "Too Cold", "S.N.A.F.U.", "Hooked", "Ice Is Workin' It", "Play That Funky Music", "Stop That Train", "Fame", "Ninja Rap", "Cool as Ice Everybody Get Loose", "The Wrath", "Zig Zag Stories", "A.D.D.", "Fuck Me")
 
1998 Disturbing Behavior (writer: "Ice Ice Baby" / as Robert Van Winkle)
 
1993-1997 Beavis and Butt-Head (TV series)
– Butt Flambe (1997) (performer: "I Love You")
– Babysitting (1996) (performer: "I Love You")
– True Crime (1993) (writer: "Ice, Ice, Baby" / as Robert Van Winkle / performer: "Ice, Ice, Baby")
 
1992 Alyas Boy Kano (writer: "Ice Ice Baby" / as Robert Van Winkle / performer: "Ice Ice Baby")
 
1991 Cool as Ice (writer: "Cool as Ice Everybody Get Loose", "Johnny Rox the Box", "The People's Choice", "Never Wanna Be Without You", "Get Wit' It" / performer: "Cool as Ice Everybody Get Loose", "Johnny Rox the Box", "The People's Choice", "Never Wanna Be Without You", "Get Wit' It")
 
1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (writer: "Ninja Rap" / performer: "Ninja Rap")
 
Show ShowActor (5 titles)
2010 Big Money Rustlas
Heckler #3
 
2005 The Helix... Loaded
Theo
 
2002 The New Guy
Music Store Employee (as Robert Van Winkle)
 
2000 The 11 O'Clock Show (TV series)
– Episode #4.41 (2000)
 
1991 Cool as Ice
Johnny
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
1990 Play That Funky Music (video short) (music composed by)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2005 Knight of the Living Dead (video) (special thanks)
 
1996 Playboy: Twins & Sisters Too (video documentary) (special thanks - as Robert Van Winkle)
 
Show ShowSelf (72 titles)
2012-2013 The Vanilla Ice Project (TV series)
Himself
– Open House to the Stars! (2013) … Himself
– Sleeping in Style (2013) … Himself
– VIP Landscaping (2013) … Himself
– A Tiki Island Paradise (2013) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 April 2013 (2013) … Himself
See all 18 episodes »
 
2013 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 15 February 2013 (2013) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 Today (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 13 November 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest (as Rob Van Winkle)
– Episode dated 20 August 2012 (2012) … Himself (as Rob Van Winkle)
 
2012 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 June 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.29 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 That's My Boy
Himself
 
2012 Mike & Mike (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 February 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2011 American Juggalo (documentary short)
Himself - Performing 'Turn It Up' (uncredited)
 
2011 Canada Sings (TV series)
Himself - Judge
– Run DRC vs. The Edutones (2011) … Himself - Judge
– Pulse vs. Team Keg Spirits (2011) … Himself - Judge
– Hammer Cruisers vs. The Power Chords (2011) … Himself - Judge
– Airborne11 vs. Wolf Pack (2011) … Himself - Judge
– Just Energetics vs. The Sound of Fire (2011) … Himself - Judge
See all 6 episodes »
 
2011 Man v. Food (TV series)
Himself
– Florida Keys (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Dancing on Ice (TV series)
Himself - Contestant
– Final (2011) … Himself - Contestant
– Episode #6.3 (2011) … Himself - Contestant
– Episode #6.2 (2011) … Himself - Contestant
– Episode #6.1 (2011) … Himself - Contestant
 
2011 Loose Women (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #15.122 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 The Marilyn Denis Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.19 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 The Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.93 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Daybreak (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 January 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Vanilla Ice Live at the Iowa State Fair (video)
Himself
 
2010 Rachael Ray (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 November 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Dangerous New Teen Trends (2010) … Himself
 
2010 The Wendy Williams Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 November 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #19.6 (2010) … Himself
 
2008-2010 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 September 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 16 October 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2010 National Television Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
2010 Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 MTV Australia Awards 2009 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Talkshow with Spike Feresten (TV series)
Himself
– Vanilla Ice (2008) … Himself
 
2008 VH1: All Access (TV series)
Himself
– 20 Greatest Celebreality Fights (2008) … Himself
 
2007 100 Greatest Songs of the 90's (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge (TV series)
Himself
– Vanilla Ice Gets Inked (2007) … Himself
– A Concert by Jewel and Vanilla Ice (2007) … Himself
– We Just Started and We're Already Losing Stars (2007) … Himself
 
2007 The Bros.
Himself
 
2007 The Tyra Banks Show (TV series)
Himself
– I Love New York/The Surreal Life Fame Game (2007) … Himself
 
2007 The Surreal Life: Fame Games (TV series)
Himself - Participant
– The Chyna Doll Syndrome (2007) … Himself - Participant
– Down and Out on the B-List (2007) … Himself - Participant
– Sex, Size, and Videotape (2007) … Himself - Participant
– Welcome to Celebrity Island (2007) … Himself - Participant
– Dial M for Mommy (2007) … Himself - Participant
 
1990-2006 Top of the Pops (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 March 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 6 December 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
2005 Jensen! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 November 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Showbiz Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 August 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The Daily Buzz (TV series)
– Episode dated 15 August 2005 (2005)
 
2005 Hit Me, Baby, One More Time (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Damage Control (TV series)
Himself
– Damage Control (2005) … Himself
 
2004 The Farm (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.8 (2004) … Himself
– Episode #1.7 (2004) … Himself
– Episode #1.6 (2004) … Himself
– Episode #1.5 (2004) … Himself
– Episode #1.4 (2004) … Himself
See all 8 episodes »
 
2004 Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Get Old: The Afterlife of Vanilla Ice (documentary short)
Himself
 
2003-2004 The Surreal Life (TV series)
Himself
– Dirty Laundry (2004) … Himself
– Live Naked Celebrities! (2004) … Himself
– The Good, the Bad, & the Porn Stars (2004) … Himself
– The Children's Play (2004) … Himself
– Mel's Dinner (2004) … Himself
See all 6 episodes »
 
2004 War on Wax: Rivalries in Hip-Hop (video)
Himself
 
2004 Remaking Vanilla Ice (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 The Sharon Osbourne Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 December 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Betty Blowtorch: And Her Amazing True Life Adventures (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 March 2003 (2003) … Himself
– Episode dated 6 March 2003 (2003) … Himself
– Episode dated 5 March 2003 (2003) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 March 2003 (2003) … Himself
– Episode dated 3 March 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2002 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders (TV movie)
Himself
 
2002 VH-1 Where Are They Now? (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Guilty Pleasures (2002) … Himself
 
2002 After They Were Famous (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #3.3 (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Celebrity Boxing (TV special)
Himself (as Robert Van Winkle)
 
2001 The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll with Gene Simmons (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Welcome to Death Row (video documentary)
Himself - Rap Artist
 
2001 I Love 1990's (TV series documentary)
Himself
– I Love 1990 (2001) … Himself (also archive footage)
 
2001 A Question of Pop (TV series)
Himself - Panellist
– Episode dated 7 July 2001 (2001) … Himself - Panellist
 
2000 Comedy Central Presents: The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Rob Reiner (TV movie)
Himself
 
2000 Da Hip Hop Witch (video)
Himself
 
2000 Top Ten (TV series documentary)
Himself
– 1990 (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Juggalo Championshxt Wrestling Vol. 2 (video)
Himself
 
1999 25 Lame (TV movie)
Himself - Special Guest
 
1999 The Howard Stern Radio Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 April 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
1999 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Vanilla Ice (1999) … Himself
 
1996 Primetime (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Death Row Records (1996) … Himself
 
1992 Sex (video documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Circus of the Stars #16 (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Wogan (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 31 July 1991 (1991) … Himself
 
1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Himself
 
1991 The Arsenio Hall Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 February 1991 (1991) … Himself
 
1991 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Joe Mantegna/Vanilla Ice (1991) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
1991 The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Favourite New Song
 
1991 The 18th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1991 Teen Vid II (video)
Himself
 
1990 Vanilla Ice: Ice Ice Baby (video short)
Himself
 
1990 Play That Funky Music (video short)
Himself - Performer
 
1990 Saturday Morning Videos (TV series)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (11 titles)
2012 The Big Fat Quiz of the 90s (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 Vanilla Ice Archive (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
 
2011 How Hip Hop Changed the World (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
 
2007 Psychopathic: The Videos (video)
Himself (segment "Real underground baby") (uncredited)
 
2006 Video on Trial (TV series)
 
2004 And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
Himself
 
2004 I Love the '90s (TV series documentary)
 
2004 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs... Ever (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Hip Hop Babylon 2 (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Alternate Names:

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Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Learn from my mistakes and you don't have to make them yourself. See more »

Trivia:

Dropped out of R.L. Turner High School in Carrollton, Texas. See more »

Nickname:

Ice Man See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio