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Tupac Shakur

Actor | * 06/16/1971 († 25, 09/13/1996) | East Harlem, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Tupac Amaru Shakur (born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), better known by his stage name 2Pac and later by his alias Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. Considered one of the most influential rappers of all time, Shakur is among the best-selling music artists, having sold more than 75 million records worldwide. In addition to his music career, Shakur also found considerable success as an actor, with his starring roles in Juice (1992), Poetic Justice (1993), Above the Rim (1994), Bullet (1996), Gridlock'd (1997), and Gang Related (1997).

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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Music | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Still grieving after the murder of her boyfriend, hairdresser Justice writes poetry to deal with the pain of her loss. Unable to get to Oakland to attend a convention because of her broken-down car, J ...

Poetic Justice

R

1993 | 3.5/5 | 1h 49min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Two corrupt cops have a successful, seemingly perfect money making scheme- they sell drugs that they seize from dealers, kill the dealers, and blame the crimes on street gangs. Their scheme is going a ...

Gang Related

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1997 | 3.3/5 | 1h 42min
Action, Crime, Thriller
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Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q ...

Juice

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1992 | 3.6/5 | 1h 36min
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security g ...

Above the Rim

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1994 | 3.5/5 | 1h 36min
Crime
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Awards & Nominations for Tupac Shakur

Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap Album American Music Award for Favorite Rap/hip-Hop Artist Mobo Awards for Best Video Soul Train Music Award for Best R&b/soul Album of The Year Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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Movies with Tupac Shakur as Actor(30)

as Himself (archive footage)2023 Untitled Tupac Shakur Documentary
as himself2023 Snoop Doggy Dogg: Smokefest 1996 Tour Video
as Self - Hip-Hop Artist (archive footage)2021 Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
as Self (Archival Footage)2021 Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie and Tupac
as Self (archive footage)2021 You're Watching Video Music Box
as Self (archive footage)2018 American Dream/American Knightmare
as Himself (Archive Footage)2015 Murder Rap: Inside the Biggie and Tupac Murders
as himself2011 Tupac Uncensored and Uncut: The Lost Prison Tapes
as Self (archive footage)2010 One Night in Vegas
as himself2009 Tupac Assassination II: Reckoning
as 2Pac2006 Tupac: So Many Years, So Many Tears
as Self (Archived Footage)2004 Tupac Vs.
as himself2004 Ice Cube: The Making of a Don
as Self (archive footage)2004 And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
as Himself (archive footage)2003 Tupac: Resurrection
as Himself (archive footage)2003 Beef
as himself2002 Biggie & Tupac
as Himself (archive footage)2002 Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel
as Himself (archive footage)2001 Welcome to Death Row
as Himself (Archive Footage)2001 Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake
2000 Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
as Ezekiel 'Spoon' Whitmore1997 Gridlock'd
as himself1997 Tupac Shakur: Thug Immortal
as Detective Rodriguez1997 Gang Related
as Tank1996 Bullet
as himself1996 Tupac: Live at the House of Blues
as Birdie1994 Above the Rim
as Lucky1993 Poetic Justice
as Roland Bishop1992 Juice
as Digital Underground Member1991 Nothing but Trouble

TV Shows/Series with Tupac Shakur as Actor(10)

2021 A Life in Ten Pictures
as Self (archive footage)2018 Egyptian Tomb Hunting
as Self (archive footage)2018 Shut Up and Dribble
as Himself (archive footage)2017 Who Killed Tupac?
as Self (archive footage)2017 The Defiant Ones
as Self (archive footage)2016 Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
1996 Saturday Night Special
1990 In Living Color
as Piccolo1987 A Different World
as Self - Musical Guest1975 Saturday Night Live

Additional Information

Full Name: Tupac Amaru Shakur
Born: Wednesday, 06/16 1971 (June) in East Harlem, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 09/13 1996 (September) in University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (aged: 25)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Tamalpais High School, Baltimore School for the Arts
Member of: Digital Underground, Thug Life, Outlawz
Record Label: Death Row Records, Interscope Records, Amaru Entertainment
Named after: Túpac Amaru II
Spouses (current/former): Keisha Morris
Siblings: Mopreme Shakur, Sekyiwa Shakur, Takerra Allen
Father: Billy Garland, Mutulu Shakur
Mother: Afeni Shakur
Related to: Kastro, Geronimo Pratt, Assata Shakur
Other names for Tupac Shakur (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"2pac"
"Makaveli" (Pseudonym)
"Makaveli the Don"
"Pac"
"Digital Underground"
"Lesane Parish Crooks"
"2Pac" (Pseudonym)
"MC New York" (Pseudonym)
Tupac Shakur frequently works together with these people:
Andy Samberg (29x, Actor)
Bill Hader (21x, Actor)
Fred Armisen (18x, Actor)
Kristen Wiig (17x, Actress)
Kenan Thompson (15x, Actor)
Will Forte (14x, Actor)
Snoop Dogg (13x, Actor)
The Notorious B.I.G. (10x, Actor)
Justin Timberlake (9x, Actor)
Amy Poehler (9x, Actress)
Albert Brooks (9x, Actor)
Melanie Hutsell (8x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:3390, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 02/12/2026