Fab 5 Freddy

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Actor (17 credits)

2017 She's Gotta Have It (TV Series)
Baptiste

- #HeGotItAllMixedUp (DYSLEXIA) (2017) ... Baptiste (as Fred Brathwaite AKA Fab 5 Freddy)

2016 Blue Bloods (TV Series)
Atticus

- Mob Rules (2016) ... Atticus

2016 Luke Cage (TV Series)
Fab Five Freddy

- You Know My Steez (2016) ... Fab Five Freddy (as Fab Five Freddy)

2016/II Barry
Rameek

2008 Rachel Getting Married
Rehearsal Dinner Guest (as Fab Five Freddy)

2007 American Gangster
Smalls Patron

2007 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series)
Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith

- Flipped (2007) ... Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith

2005 Blondie: Video Hits (Video short)
Fab 5 Freddy

2004 The Manchurian Candidate
Political Pundit

2000 Downtown 81
Graffiti Artist (uncredited)

1991 New Jack City
Master of Ceremonies

1990 Kool G Rap & DJ Polo: Erase Racism (Music Video)
Fab 5 Freddy (uncredited)

1986 Good to Go
Mr. Aint (as Fred Bratharaite)

1986 She's Gotta Have It
Dog #10 (as Fab Five Freddy Braithwaite)

1983 Die Toten Hosen Feat. Fab 5 Freddy: Hip Hop Bommi Bop (Music Video)
Fab 5 Freddy

1982 Wild Style
'Phade' (as Frederick Braithwaite)

1981 Blondie: Rapture (Music Video)
Fab 5 Freddy

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Director (16 credits)

2019 Gang Starr Feat. J. Cole: Family and Loyalty (Music Video)

2019 Grass is Greener (Documentary)

2004 Nas: Video Anthology Vol. 1 (Video) (video "One Love")

1995 Dana Dane: Record Jock (Music Video) (directed by)

1995 Ini Kamoze: Listen Me Tic (Music Video)

1995 Murder Was the Case: The Movie (Video short) (video "What's My Name?")

1994 Nas: One Love (Video short)

1993 Snoop Doggy Dogg: Who Am I? (What's My Name?) (Music Video)

1992 Shabba Ranks: Naked and Ready (Video)

1992 Shabba Ranks: Mr. Loverman (Music Video)

1991 H.E.A.L.: Heal Yourself (Music Video) (co-director)

1990 Kool G Rap & DJ Polo: Erase Racism (Music Video)

1989 Queen Latifah feat. Monie Love: Ladies First (Music Video) (directed by)

1988 EPMD: Strictly Business (Music Video) (directed by)

1988 Stetsasonic: Talkin' All That Jazz (Music Video) (directed by)

1988 Boogie Down Productions: My Philosophy (Music Video) (directed by)

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Producer (10 credits)

2022 Untitled Nam June Paik/Steven Yeun/Fab 5 Freddy Project (Documentary) (executive producer) (pre-production)

2021 Hold Your Fire (Documentary) (producer)

2009 6th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors (TV Special) (co-executive producer)

2008 5th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors (TV Special) (co-executive producer)

2007 4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV Special) (co-executive producer)

2006 3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV Special) (co-executive producer)

2005 2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV Special) (consulting producer)

2004 Hip-Hop Honors (TV Special) (consulting producer)

1991 New Jack City (associate producer)

1982 Wild Style (associate producer - as Fred Braithwaite)

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Soundtrack (5 credits)

2019 The Deuce (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

- They Can Never Go Home (2019) ... (writer: "Fantastic Freaks at the Dixie")

2019 iZombie (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

- Death Moves Pretty Fast (2019) ... (writer: "Double Trouble at the Amphitheater")

2017 Roxanne Roxanne (performer: "Change the Beat") / (writer: "Change the Beat" - as Fred Braithwaite)

2015 Beasts of No Nation (writer: "Subway Theme" - as Fred Braithwaite)

1982 Wild Style (performer: "Down By Law") / (writer: "South Bronx Subway Rap", "Military Cut (Scratch Mix)", "M.C. Battle", "Fantastic Freaks at the Dixie", "Subway Theme", "Cold Crush Bros. At the Dixie", "Cuckoo Clocking", "Double Trouble at the Amphitheatre", "The Chief Rocker Busy Bee, D.J. A.J. At the Amphitheatre", "Gangbusters Scratch Mix", "Rammellzee and Shock Dell at the Amphitheatre", "Down By Law", "Fantastic Freaks at the Amphitheatre")

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Writer (1 credit)

1982 Wild Style (original concept - as Fred Braithwaite)

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Composer (1 credit)

1982 Wild Style

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Music department (1 credit)

1982 Wild Style (musical director - as Fred Braithwaite)

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Additional Crew (1 credit)

2007 American Gangster (production consultant)

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Thanks (4 credits)

2021 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Documentary) (would like to thank: Questlove - as Fab Five Freddy)

2000 Downtown 81 (thanks)

1989 Fight the Power Live (Video) (special thanks - as Fab Five Freddy)

1982 Wild Style (special thanks - as Fab Five Freddy)

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Self (72 credits)

2021 DJ Cassidy's Pass the Mic: BET Soul Train Edition 2021 (TV Special)
Self

2021 All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997) (Documentary)
Self

2021 Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell (Documentary)
Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist (as Fred Brathwaite)

2020 Your Voice Your Vote presented by Behind the Rhyme (TV Special)

2020 Keith Haring: Street Art Boy (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2019 Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Ladies First: 1989 (2019) ... Self

2019 Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks (Documentary)
Self

2019 Touré Show (Podcast Series)
Self - Guest

- Fab 5 Freddy-I Love You Mary Jane (2019) ... Self - Guest

2019 Eazy E & Venice Locals (A Historic Day in the Brotherhood of Hip Hop and Skateboarding) (Documentary short)
Self

2019 Biography: I Want My MTV (Documentary)
Self

2019 Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop (Short)
Self

2018 Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Lower East Side (2018) ... Self

2018 Debbie Harry: Atomic Blondie (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2017 Icon Award Gala Honoring Queen Latifah (TV Special)
Self

2017 Basquiat: Rage to Riches (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2017 Who Shot Biggie & Tupac? (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2017 Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (Documentary)
Self

2017 Unsung Hollywood (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Ice-T (2017) ... Self

2017 The Defiant Ones (TV Mini Series documentary)
Self

- Part 3 (2017) ... Self

- Part 2 (2017) ... Self

2016 Hip-Hop Evolution (TV Series documentary)
Self

- The Underground to the Mainstream (2016) ... Self

- The Foundation (2016) ... Self

2016 Generation X (TV Mini Series documentary)
Self - Hip-Hop Pioneer & Visual Artist

- The Power of Disruption (2016) ... Self - Hip-Hop Pioneer & Visual Artist

2015 Hustlers Convention (Documentary)
Self

2015 Retro 30 (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 12 April 2015 (2015) ... Self

2014 The Tanning of America (TV Mini Series documentary)
Self - Host, Yo! MTV Raps

- Fight the Power (2014) ... Self - Host, Yo! MTV Raps

- Word Is Born (2014) ... Self - Host, Yo! MTV Raps

2013 NB90's (TV Mini Series)
Self - Narrator

- Volume 5 (2013) ... Self - Narrator

- Volume 4 (2013) ... Self - Narrator

- Volume 3 (2013) ... Self - Narrator

- Volume 2 (2013) ... Self - Narrator

- Volume 1 (2013) ... Self - Narrator

2013 Supermensch (Documentary)
Self (as Fab Five Freddy)

2013 Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer (Documentary)
Self

2013 Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film (TV Short documentary)
Self - Hip Hop Pioneer (as Fab Five Freddy)

2011-2012 NB80's (TV Mini Series)
Self - Narrator

- Volume 5 (2012) ... Self - Narrator

- Volume 4 (2012) ... Self - Narrator

- Volume 3 (2012) ... Self - Narrator

- Volume 2 (2011) ... Self - Narrator

- Volume 1 (2011) ... Self - Narrator

2012 40 Greatest Yo! MTV Raps Moments (TV Movie)
Self - Host

2011 Gray: Live at the New Museum (Documentary)

2011 Outside In: The Story of Art in the Streets (Documentary short)
Self - Artist

2011 Art in the Streets (TV Series documentary)
Self

2010 Blank City (Documentary)

2010 VH1 Rock Docs (TV Series)
Self

- Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America (2010) ... Self

2010 Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (Documentary)
Self

2009 Downtown Calling (Documentary)
Self

2009 Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB (Documentary)
Self

2008 The Universe of Keith Haring (Documentary)
Self (as Fred Brathwaite aka Fab 5 Freddy)

2008/I Malcolm's Echo: The Legacy of Malcolm X (Documentary)
Self

2007 The Heart of Hip Hop with Fab 5 Freddy (TV Series)
Self

2007 4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV Special)
Self - Honoree

2006 Ali Rap (TV Movie)
Self

2006 3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV Special)
Self

2006 BET's Top 25 Countdown (TV Series)
Self - Filmmaker

- Moments in Black History (2006) ... Self - Filmmaker

2006 VH1 Goes Inside (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Yo! MTV Raps (2006) ... Self

2005 2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV Special)
Self

2005 New Jack City: A Hip Hop Classic (Video documentary short)
Self

2005 TV Party (Video documentary)

2004 The Manchurian Candidate: Political Pundits (Video short)
Self

2004 Hip-Hop Honors (TV Special)
Self

2004 And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (TV Mini Series documentary)
Self

- Back in the Day (2004) ... Self

2002 The Freshest Kids (Video documentary)

2002 Blondie: Greatest Video Hits (Video)
Self (segment "Rapture")

2002 A Tribe Called Quest: The Video Anthology (Video)
Self (segment "Scenario")

2001 VH1 Presents the 80's (TV Mini Series)
Self

- Hip Hop/R&B (2001) ... Self

2001 MTV 20: Live & Almost Legal (TV Special documentary)
Self

1999 Total Request Live (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 11 March 1999 (1999) ... Self

1996 Intimate Portrait (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Queen Latifah (1996) ... Self

1995 The 1995 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards (TV Special)
Self

1994 1994 MTV Video Music Awards (TV Special)
Self

1994 Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1993 Who's the Man?
Self

1992 Juice
Self (as Fab 5 Freddie)

1991 H.E.A.L.: Heal Yourself (Music Video)
Self

1991 Human Education Against Lies (Video short)
Self - Co-Director

1990 Rapmania: The Roots of Rap (TV Movie documentary)
Self - Co-Host

1990 1990 MTV Video Music Awards (TV Special)
Self

1989 Art/New York (TV Series documentary)
Self (segment "Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1960-1988")

- Programs No. 30 & 30A: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Parts I and II (1989) ... Self (segment "Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1960-1988") (as Freddie Brathwaite)

1989 1989 MTV Video Music Awards (TV Special)
Self

1989 Overcoming Self-Destruction (Video)
Self

1988 Yo! MTV Raps (TV Series)
Host (weekend edition) (1988-1995)

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Archive footage (6 credits)

2018 The '80s Greatest (TV Series documentary)

- The Culture Clash (2018)

2017 The Nineties (TV Mini Series documentary)
Self - Yo! MTV News

- Isn't It Ironic (2017) ... Self - Yo! MTV News

2017 Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story (Documentary)
Self - Interviewer

2014 Nas: Time Is Illmatic (Documentary)
Self

2004 Class of '80 Debbie Harry (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2003 Tupac: Resurrection (Documentary)
Self

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