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Method Man

Songwriter / Record Producer / Actor | * 04/01/1971 (53) | Staten Island, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Clifford Smith, Jr. (born March 2, 1971), better known by his stage name Method Man, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. He is a member of the East Coast hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, and is half of the hip hop duo Method Man & Redman. He took his stage name from the 1979 film Method Man. In 1996, Method Man won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By", featuring R&B singer Mary J. Blige, with whom he currently stars in Power Book II: Ghost, a spin-off of Power. Method Man has appeared in films such as 187 (1997), Belly (1998), How High (2001), Garden State (2004), The Wackness (2008), Venom (2005), Red Tails (2012), ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Documentaries

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Multi-platinum rap superstars Redman and Method Man star as Jamal and Silas, two regular guys who smoke something magical, ace their college entrance exams and wind up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are ...

How High

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2001 | 3.2/5 | 1h 33min
Comedy
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Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chanc ...

Garden State

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2004 | 3.5/5 | 1h 42min
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Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more comp ...

The Wackness

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2008 | 3.2/5 | 1h 39min
Drama
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Real life hip hop recording artists Method Man and Redman play themselves as they move into a comfortable luxury estate from the success of their recording albums and acting gigs and then try to fit i ...

Method & Red

Certification unknown

2004 | 3.3/5 | 30min per episode
Comedy
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Movies with Method Man as Actor(65)

as Cliff Davis2023 How I Learned to Fly
2023 Shadow Force
as Swag Dogggg2022 Last Looks
as Supreme2022 On the Come Up
as Narrator (voice)2022 Milestone Generations
as himself2021 Mary J. Blige's My Life
as Self (archive footage)2021 You're Watching Video Music Box
as himself2020 Magnum Dopus: The Making of Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
as Leroy2020 Concrete Cowboy
as Father Jackson2020 Vampires vs. the Bronx
as himself2019 Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
as himself2019 Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
as Freddie P.2019 Shaft
as Louis2019 Once Upon a Time in Staten Island
as Tattooed Face2018 Future World
as Narcotics Detective Barker2018 Peppermint
as himself2017 Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
as Trap2017 Where's the Money
as himself2017 Black and Blue
as Darryl Van Patten Sr.2016 The Breaks
as David2016 The Breaks
as himself2016 Paterson
as Cheddar2016 Keanu
as Tyson 'The Saint' St. James2015 #LuckyNumber
as Temembe2015 Trainwreck
as Konko2015 Staten Island Summer
as Big Rob2014 Seasons of Love
as Ludlow2014 The Cobbler
as Sticks2012 Red Tails
as himself2011 The Indestructible Jimmy Brown
as Jacolby2011 The Sitter
as The Mortician2011 The Mortician
as Weddo2010 Sinners and Saints
as himself2009 Big Pun: The Legacy
as himself2008 Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan
as Persian Emissary2008 Meet the Spartans
as Percy2008 The Wackness
as himself2007 Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life
2007 The Wire: The Last Word
as himself2007 The Wire Odyssey
as himself2007 Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip
as himself2006 Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as himself2006 Rock the Bells
2005 The Strip Game
as Deputy Turner2005 Venom
as himself2005 Letter to the President
as Diego2004 Garden State
as Muggsy2004 Soul Plane
as No Good (Randall)2004 My Baby's Daddy
as himself2003 Scary Movie 3
2002 Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1
as himself2002 Brown Sugar
as Silas P. Silas2001 How High
as himself2001 Xzibit: Restless Xposed
as himself2000 Backstage
2000 Boricua's Bond
as himself1999 Black and White
as Shameek1998 Belly
as himself1998 Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
as himself1997 Rhyme & Reason
as himself1997 Wu-Tang Clan: This Shit Is from the Heart
as Shondel1997 Cop Land
as Dennis Broadway1997 One Eight Seven
as himself1996 The Great White Hype
as himself1995 The Show

TV Shows/Series with Method Man as Actor(40)

as Clamp Champ (voice)2021 Masters of the Universe: Revelation
as Davis Maclean2020 Power Book II: Ghost
as Terrance Coin2020 Teenage Bounty Hunters
as Self - Guest2019 Tamron Hall
as himself2019 Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men
as Sam Christian2019 Godfather of Harlem
as himself2018 Red Table Talk
as Himself - Co-Host2017 Drop the Mic
as himself2017 Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
as Rodney2017 The Deuce
as Cliff 'Method Man' Smith2016 Marvel's Luke Cage
as Team Snoop2016 Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
as Lucky the King2014 Scorpion
as himself2014 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Cardboard Cutout (credit only)2013 Orange Is the New Black
as himself2012 Comic Book Men
2011 Impractical Jokers
2007 Burn Notice
2006 Yo Momma
2006 Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up
2005 Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
as himself2004 Method & Red
2003 The New Tom Green Show
as himself2003 Wildboyz
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Kneigh2002 The Twilight Zone
as Melvin 'Cheese' Wagstaff2002 The Wire
2001 One on One
as himself2000 Diary
as Flash Master K2000 Boston Public
as Drops2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Dennis King1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 Third Watch
as himself1996 The Daily Show
1996 The Jamie Foxx Show
as Gentry Abrams1995 MADtv
1995 MADtv
1994 Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1992 Martin
as Self - Guest1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Movies with Method Man as Crew(3)

Production/Executive Producer2007 Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip
Directing/Director2005 The Strip Game
Writing/Writer2005 The Strip Game

TV Shows/Series with Method Man as Crew(1)

Creator/Creator2004 Method & Red

Additional Information

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Full Name: Clifford Smith
Born: Thursday, 04/01 1971 (April) in Staten Island, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 53 years + 24 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: New Dorp High School
Member of: Wu-Tang Clan
Represented by: Shauna Garr
Record Label: Def Jam Recordings
Named after: Method Man
Other names for Method Man (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Cliff 'Method Man' Smith"
"Clifford Smith"
"Wu-Tang Clan"
"Cliff Smith"
"Клиффорд Смит"
"MethodMan / Johnny Blaze / Mr. Meth / Meth-Tical" (Pseudonym)
Method Man frequently works together with these people:
Kevin Smith (19x, Actor)
Raekwon (11x, Actor)
Anthony Anderson (10x, Actor)
Redman (10x, Actor)
Ghostface Killah (10x, Actor)
Jamie Foxx (9x, Actor)
Jimmy Kimmel (9x, Actor)
Wilmer Valderrama (9x, Actor)
Lou Martini Jr. (9x, Actor)
Snoop Dogg (8x, Actor)
Michael Kenneth Williams (8x, Actor)
Isiah Whitlock Jr. (8x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:14403, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/24/2024