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Adam Yauch (1964–2012)

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Adam Yauch was born in New York on August 5, 1964. He formed the Beastie Boys with Mike D in 1981. They soon added Adam Horovitz to the group and went on to open for Madonna on her famous "Like a Virgin" tour. The Beastie Boys gained huge success with numerous genius albums and tours... See full bio »

Born:

Adam Nathaniel Yauch
in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 47) in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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Hide HideSoundtrack (36 titles)
2013 Star Trek Into Darkness (writer: "Body Movin' Fat Boy Slim Remix")
 
2013 Glee (TV series)
– Sweet Dreams (2013) (writer: "Fight For Your Right To Party" - uncredited)
 
2012 Fun Size (writer: "YOU'VE GOTTA FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO PARTY")
 
2012 This Means War (writer: "Sabotage" / as Adam Nathaniel Yauch)
 
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" / as Adam Nathaniel Yauch)
 
2011 30 Minutes or Less (writer: "Sure Shot" / as Adam Nathaniel Yauch)
 
2011 Horrible Bosses (writer: "Sabotage")
 
2010 Iron Man 2 (writer: "Groove Holmes" / as Adam Youch)
 
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 Star Trek (writer: "Sabotage" / as Adam Nathaniel Yauch)
 
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" / as Adam Nathaniel Yauch)
 
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 / as Adam Nathaniel Yauch)
 
2005 Harald Schmidt (TV series)
– Episode #1.18 (2005) (writer: "E-Pro")
 
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")
 
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. Yauch)
 
1995 The Jerky Boys (writer: "Four Fly Guys" / as A. Yauch)
 
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")
 
Show ShowProducer (6 titles)
2011 Fight for Your Right Revisited (short) (producer)
 
2008 Gunnin' for That #1 Spot (documentary) (producer)
 
2006 A Day in the Life of Nathaniel Hornblower (video short) (producer)
 
2006 Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! (documentary) (producer - as Nathanial Hörnblowér)
 
2000 Beastie Boys: Video Anthology (video documentary) (producer)
 
1998 Free Tibet (documentary) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowActor (6 titles)
2011 Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win (short)
 
2011 Fight for Your Right Revisited (short)
Cop #3
 
1999 REM: Uptake (TV movie)
Nathanial Hörnblowér
 
1994 Beastie Boys: Sabotage (video short)
Sir Stewart Wallace (as Nathan Wind) / Cochese (as Nathan Wind)
 
1994 Ciao L.A. (video short)
Nathan Wind
 
1994 MTV Video Music Awards 1994 (TV movie)
Nathaniel Hornblower
 
Show ShowDirector (6 titles)
2011 Fight for Your Right Revisited (short)
 
2008 Gunnin' for That #1 Spot (documentary)
 
2006 A Day in the Life of Nathaniel Hornblower (video short)
 
2006 Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! (documentary) (as Nathaniel Hörnblowér)
 
2000 Beastie Boys: Video Anthology (video documentary) (videos "Intergalactic", "Shake Your Rump", "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun", "Body Movin'", "So What'cha Want", "Shadrach", "Three MC's & One DJ", "Pass the Mic", "Holy Snappers", "The Robot vs. the Octopus Monster Saga" and "Alive" / as Nathanial Hörnblowér)
 
1989 Shadrach (short) (as Nathaniel Hornblower)
 
Show ShowComposer (4 titles)
2006 Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! (documentary)
 
2002 Keep Your Eyes Open (documentary)
 
2000 Beastie Boys: Video Anthology (video documentary)
 
1982 Beastie (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
2011 Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win (short) (screenplay)
 
2011 Fight for Your Right Revisited (short) (screenplay)
 
1994 Beastie Boys: Sabotage (video short)
 
Show ShowThanks (8 titles)
2012 The 2012 Billboard Music Awards (TV movie) (in memory of)
 
2012 Special Collector's Edition (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– Comparativa: Operación Dragón (2012) (in memory of)
 
2012 The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (TV movie) (in memoriam)
 
2012 UFC on FX (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– Episode dated 5 May 2012 (2012) (in memory of)
 
2012 For Ellen (thank you)
 
2010 Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour (documentary) (thanks)
 
2008 The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry (documentary) (thanks)
 
1999 Torrance Rises (short) (thanks - as Nathaniel Hornblower)
 
Show ShowSelf (36 titles)
2012 Bad Brains: A Band in DC (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (documentary)
Himself (as MCA)
 
2007 Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 August 2007 (2007) … Himself (as Adam 'MCA' Yauch)
 
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 Last Call with Carson Daly (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 March 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 VH1 Goes Inside (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Yo! MTV Raps (2006) … Himself (as Beastie Boys)
 
2006 Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! (documentary)
Himself (as MCA)
 
2005 Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film (video short)
Himself
 
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 MCA)
 
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 Get Up, Stand Up (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– Fight the Power (2003) … Himself - Interviewee
– We Shall Overcome (2003) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2003 The Work of Director Spike Jonze (video documentary)
Himself (segments "Sabotage" and "Sure Shot") (as Beastie Boys)
 
2000 The Beastie Boys: Hello Nasty Live (TV series documentary)
MCA
 
2000 Beastie Boys: Video Anthology (video documentary)
Himself / MCA / Nathaniel Hornblower / …
 
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)
 
1998 Free Tibet (documentary)
Himself (Beastie Boys)
 
1998 Beastieography (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Frontline (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Dreams of Tibet (1997) … Himself
 
1997 Tibetan Freedom Concert (TV special)
Performer
 
1994 Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988 Tougher Than Leather
Himself
 
1988 The 2nd Annual Soul Train Music Awards (TV special)
Himself (as MCA)
 
1987 Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (TV documentary)
Himself (as The Beastie Boys)
 
1985 Krush Groove
Himself (Beastie Boys) (as Adam Youck)
 
1984 Livewire (TV series)
Himself
– Livewire (1984) … Himself
 
1982 Beastie (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2013 The 85th Oscars (TV special)
Himself - Musician & Film Executive (In Memoriam)
 
2013 The 55th Annual Grammy Awards (TV movie)
Himself - In Memoriam
 
2012 The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 Video on Trial (TV series)
 
2001 The Adam and Joe Show (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(2004): Directed music video for The Beastie Boys, "Ch-Check It Out" (as Nathanial Hornblower). See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Interviews  | 3 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Official Sites:

Adam Yauch's Milarepa Fund for Tibet | The Official Beastie Boys Site | See more »

Alternate Names:

The Beastie Boys | Beastie Boys | Nathaniel Hornblower | Nathanial Hörnblowér | Nathaniel Hörnblowér | MCA | Nathan Wind | Adam 'MCA' Yauch | Adam Nathaniel Yauch | Adam Youck

Height:

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

Personal Quote:

I don't have a photograph, but you can have my footprints. They're upstairs in my socks. See more »

Trivia:

In many ways, he was the most unique of the Beastie Boys. He was the only member born and raised in Brooklyn and the only one not born under the sign of Scorpio (he was a Leo). The oldest of the Beastie Boys, he had a full beard while his band-mates still had baby fat. His raspy voice is distinct from Adam Horovitz's and Mike D's more nasal voices... See more »

Nickname:

MCA See more »

Star Sign:

Leo