Yasiin Bey

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Actor (45 credits)

The Disconnected (pre-production)
Jacob Kaneda

2016 Tour de France
Foce

2013 Life of Crime
Ordell Robbie

2013/II Begin Again
Saul

2011 Dexter (TV Series)
Brother Sam

2010/I I'm Still Here
Mos Def (as Mos Def)

2010 Yo Gabba Gabba! (TV Series)
Super Mr. Superhero

2009 Next Day Air
Eric (as Mos Def)

2009 House M.D. (TV Series)
Lee

2008 Cadillac Records
Chuck Berry (as Mos Def)

2005-2008 The Boondocks (TV Series)
Gangstalicious

2008 Bury Me Standing

2008 Be Kind Rewind
Mike (as Mos Def)

2006 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Mos Def (as Mos Def)

2003-2006 Chappelle's Show (TV Series)
Banjo Player / Black Head of the CIA / Rondell, Black Delegation Rep / ...

2006 Journey to the End of the Night
Wemba (as Mos Def)

2006 16 Blocks
Eddie Bunker (as Mos Def)

2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Ford Prefect (as Mos Def)

2005 Lackawanna Blues (TV Movie)
The Bandleader (as Mos Def)

2004 Something the Lord Made (TV Movie)
Vivien Thomas (as Mos Def)

2004 Focused Digizine #1 (Video)
Blak (VO) (as Mos Def)

2004 The Woodsman
Sgt. Lucas (as Mos Def)

2003 Alicia Keys: You Don't Know My Name (Video short)
Man

2003 The Italian Job
Left Ear (as Mos Def)

2002 My Wife and Kids (TV Series)
Tommy

2002 Brown Sugar
Chris 'Cav' Anton Vichon (as Mos Def)

2002 Civil Brand
Michael Meadows (as Mos Def)

2002 Showtime
Lazy Boy (as Mos Def)

2001 Monster's Ball
Ryrus Cooper (as Mos Def)

2001 The Wayne Brady Show (TV Series)
Mos Def

2001 Carmen: A Hip Hopera (TV Movie)
Lt. Miller (as Mos Def)

2000 Bamboozled
Mau Mau: Big Blak Afrika (Julius Hopkins) (as Mos Def)

2000 Island of the Dead (TV Movie)
Robbie J (as Mos Def)

1997-2000 NYPD Blue (TV Series)
Leslie Peach / Levon Wells

1998 Where's Marlowe?
Wilt Crawley (as Mos Def)

1998 Spin City (TV Series)
Monty

1997 Brooklyn South (TV Series)
Darius

1997 Dellaventura (TV Series)
Morgue Assistant

1997/I Ghosts (Short)
Dante (as Dante Beze)

1994-1995 The Cosby Mysteries (TV Series)
Dante

1994 The Cosby Mysteries (TV Movie)
Dante (as Dante Bezé)

1992 Here and Now (TV Series)
Alonzo

1991 The Hard Way
Dead Romeos (as Dante Smith)

1990-1991 You Take the Kids (TV Series)
Raymond Kirkland

1988 God Bless the Child (TV Movie)
Richard Watkins (as Dante Terrell Smith)

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Soundtrack (40 credits)

The Defenders (TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2017) (writer - 1 episode, 2017)

2016 Little Boxes (performer: "Quiet Dog" - as Mos Def) / (writer: "Quiet Dog" - as Dante Smith)

2015 Mr. Robot (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

2015 Furious 7 (performer: "Six Days (Remix)" - as Mos Def)

Red Band Society (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2014) (writer - 1 episode, 2014)

2012 Harodim (performer: "Bin Laden" - as Mos Def)

2012 Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (Documentary) (performer: "Quiet Dog Bite Hard", "Fix Up", "Hip Hop") / (writer: "Fix Up") / (writer: "Quiet Dog Bite Hard", "Hip Hop" - as Dante Smith)

The Colbert Report (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2011) (writer - 1 episode, 2011)

2010 Just Wright (performer: "Umi Says") / (writer: "Umi Says" - as Dante Smith)

2010 L'arnacoeur (performer: "America") / (writer: "America" - as Dante Smith)

2009 Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

2008 Cold Case (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

2008 Cadillac Records (performer: "Maybellene", "Nadine (Is It You?)", "No Particular Place to Go", "Promised Land")

2008 The Boondocks (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

2007 Descent (performer: "Ghetto Rock" - as Mos Def)

2007 Stomp the Yard (performer: "Sex Love and Money") / (writer: "Sex Love and Money" - as Dante Smith)

2006 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (performer: "Six Days")

2006 Final Fight: Streetwise (Video Game) (performer: "Wylin' Out")

2006 The Ground Truth (Documentary) (performer: "Live Wire Snap") / (writer: "Live Wire Snap")

2005 Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Documentary) (performer: "Two Words", "Definition", "Move Somethin'", "Umi Says", "Get By") / (writer: "Two Words", "Definition", "Umi Says" - as Dante Smith)

2005 Entourage (TV Series) (1 episode)

2005 Lackawanna Blues (TV Movie) (performer: "Caldonia", "Destination Love")

2004 Barbershop 2: Back in Business (performer: "Wanna B Where U R (Thisizzaluvsong)")

2004 Mean Creek (performer: "Fear Not of Man")

2003 The Italian Job (as Dante Smith, "The Jump Off") / (performer: "The Jump Off")

2003 Biker Boyz (performer: "Kalifornia")

Chappelle's Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2003) (writer - 1 episode, 2003)

2002 Brown Sugar (performer: "Brown Sugar (Super Fine)", "Breakdown", "Brown Sugar (Fine)") / (writer: "Brown Sugar (Super Fine)", "Breakdown", "Brown Sugar (Fine)", "Brown Sugar (Raw)" - as Dante Smith)

2002 Phone Booth ("Six Days")

2002 Ken Park (writer: "Brown Skin Lady" - as Dante Smith)

2002 The 56th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) (performer: "My Favorite Things" - as Mos Def)

2002 Blade II (performer: "I Against I") / (writer: "I Against I" - as Dante Smith)

2002 Face (performer: "Climb") / (writer: "Climb" - as Dante Smith)

2001 Madden NFL 2002 (Video Game) (performer: "Mathematics (Instrumental Version)") / (writer: "Mathematics (Instrumental Version)")

2001 Top of the Pops (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

2000 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (Video Game) (performer: "B-Boy Document '99" - uncredited) / (writer: "B-Boy Document '99" - uncredited)

2000 Bamboozled ("Blak Iz Blak") / (writer: "Blak Iz Blak" - as Dante Smith)

2000 Flava (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

1999 The Hurricane (performer: "The Hurricane")

1998 Where's Marlowe? (performer: "All Blues")

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Producer (1 credit)

2002-2007 Def Poetry (TV Series documentary) (co-executive producer - 44 episodes)

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Music department (1 credit)

2002-2004 Def Poetry (TV Series documentary) (musical director - 28 episodes)

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Writer (1 credit)

2007 Def Poetry (TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)

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Miscellaneous Crew (1 credit)

2016 A Tribe Called Red Feat. Yasiin Bey, Narcy & Black Bear: R.E.D. (Video) (talent)

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Thanks (2 credits)

2016 Little Boxes (special thanks)

2008 Passaic Mosaic (Video documentary short) (special thanks - as Mos Def)

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Self (64 credits)

2015/III Amy (Documentary)
Himself (as Def Mos)

2014 The Getaway (TV Series)
Himself (2014)

2013 Til Infinity: The Souls of Mischief (Documentary)
Himself

2013 Standard Operating Procedure (Short)
Himself

2012 Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell (TV Series)
Himself

2012 Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (Documentary)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2009-2012 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series)
Himself - Musical Guest / Himself - Guest Vocalist

2011 Re:Generation (Documentary) (as Mos Def)

2011 The Colbert Report (TV Series)
Himself - Guest

2011 Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (Documentary)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2010 Takin' It to the Streets (Documentary)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2010 Glastonbury 2010 (TV Mini-Series)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2010 MTV World Stage: Gorillaz (TV Movie)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2010 Gulf Aid: Concert for the Coast (TV Movie)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2010 Later... With Jools Holland (TV Series)
Himself

2010 NRJ 12 Grammys Awards 2010 (TV Special)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2009 Welcome to Blakroc (Documentary) (as Mos Def)

2004-2009 Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series)
Himself - Musical Guest

2007-2009 Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series)
Himself

2008 Talib Kweli presents Blacksmith TV (Video short)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2008 What's in My Bag? (TV Series short)
Himself

2008 5th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors (TV Movie)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2008 Number One with a Bullet (Documentary)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2007 4Real (TV Series documentary)
Himself

2007 Prince Among Slaves (Documentary)
Narrator (as Mos Def)

2007 In Prison My Whole Life (Documentary)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2002-2007 Def Poetry (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Host / Himself

2001-2007 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series)
Himself - Musical Guest

2006 Rap Sheet: Hip-Hop and the Cops (Documentary)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2006 Space Top 10 Countdown (TV Series)
Himself

2006 September in Brooklyn: The Making of 'Block Party' (Video documentary short)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2006 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary short)
Himself

2006 Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes (Documentary)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2006 Coachella (Video documentary)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2004-2005 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series)
Himself - Guest

2005 Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Documentary)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2005 Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (Video documentary)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2005 Making of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (Video documentary short)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2005 Unplugged (TV Series documentary)
Himself

2005 Live with Kelly and Ryan (TV Series)
Himself - Guest

2005 Kanye West: College Dropout - Video Anthology (Video documentary)
Himself (segments "Through the Wire" and "Two Words") (as Mos Def)

2005 Tavis Smiley (TV Series)
Himself - Guest

2005 Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth (Documentary short)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2005 The View (TV Series)
Himself

2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series)
Himself - Musical Guest

2005 The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special documentary)
Himself - Nominee (as Mos Def)

2004 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series)
Himself - Guest

2004 MOBO Awards 2004 (TV Special)
Himself - Host (as Mos Def)

2003-2004 Chappelle's Show (TV Series)
Himself - Musical Guest / Himself

2004 35th NAACP Image Awards (TV Special)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2004 Juvies (Documentary) (voice, as Mos Def)

2003 Essence Awards (TV Movie documentary)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2003 Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! (TV Special documentary)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2002 The Proud Family (TV Series)
Himself

2002 The Freshest Kids (Video documentary) (as Mos Def)

2002 The 56th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Performer (as Mos Def)

2001 Voice of the Voiceless (Documentary)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2001 Crossover (TV Special)
Himself (as MosDef)

2001 Fuji Rock Festival '01 (TV Special) (as Mos Def)

2001 Top of the Pops (TV Series)
Himself

2000 The Lyricist Lounge Show (TV Series)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2000 The Source Hip-Hop Music Awards 2000 (TV Special)
Himself (as Mos Def)

2000 Flava (TV Series)
Himself - Presenter

2000 Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (Documentary)
Himself (as Mos Def)

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2010 2010 MTV Video Music Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Nominee (as Mos Def)

2003 Chappelle's Show (TV Series)
Gen. Cornrow Wallace

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