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Mos Def
Birthday: December 11, 1973

Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Height: 5' 1"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Mos Def. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

 

Biography

Mos Def may seem, to the casual observer, like a rare example of a musician successfully transitioning into acting, but in truth, his acclaimed music career did not take off until long after he'd cemented himself as a working actor. Nonetheless, the man has built both his music and film careers on a foundation of integrity, earning him critical praise and audience approval for both. His contributions to the underground hip-hop scene started with the 1996 single "Universal Magnetic," a rare example of introspection in a genre dominated by blustering and callousness. Def's film debut, however, came almost ten years before, when he appeared in the 1988 TV movie God Bless the Child at the age of 15. Then going by his birth name, Dante Terrell Smith, Mos Def landed appearances on shows like Here and Now, The Cosby Mysteries, Brooklyn South, Spin City, and NYPD Blue. The spots sustained his career throughout the '90s, as did his roles in feature films like Bamboozled and MTV's Carmen: A Hip Hopera. Slowly but steadily becoming a recognizable face in acting, Mos Def continued to take parts in high-quality films, even if this meant a lower profile for himself as an actor. His supporting roles in Monster's Ball, Brown Sugar, The Italian Job, and The Woodsman, however, garnered him attention on talent alone. In 2004, he co-starred in the HBO movie Something the Lord Made with Alan Rickman and was honored with an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie, along with Rickman. By the time Def appeared in 2005's Golden Globe award-winning HBO miniseries Lackawanna Blues alongside Terrence Howard and S. Epatha Merkerson, he was a recognized and sought-after face in film. Def soon afterward donned a British accent for a leading role in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, giving audiences a taste of his comedic skills. His next role was far more dramatic in nature, however, when he played a key witness hoping to avoid assassination in Richard Donner's 16 Blocks, co-starring with Bruce Willis.

Movie Credits
The Brazilian Job (2008)
[ Mark Wahlberg ][ Seth Green ][ Jason Statham ]
Little Scarlet (2008)
[ Jeffrey Wright ]
Stringbean and Marcus (2007)
Toussaint (2007)
[ Jonathan Rhys Meyers ][ Michael O'Keefe ][ Wesley Snipes ][ Don Cheadle ][ Chiwetel Ejiofor ]
Be Kind Rewind (2007)
[ Jack Black ][ Danny Glover ][ Michel Gondry ]
Journey to the End of the Night (2006)
[ Brendan Fraser ][ Scott Glenn ][ Catalina Sandino Moreno ]
16 Blocks (2006)
[ Bruce Willis ][ David Morse ]
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
[ Alan Rickman ][ John Malkovich ][ Sam Rockwell ][ Jason Schwartzman ][ Warwick Davis ]
Lackawanna Blues (2005)
[ Liev Schreiber ][ Terrence Howard ][ Jimmy Smits ][ Jeffrey Wright ][ Delroy Lindo ]
The Woodsman (2004)
[ Kevin Bacon ][ Benjamin Bratt ]
Something the Lord Made (2004)
[ Alan Rickman ][ Charles S. Dutton ][ Chris Young ]
Focused Digizine #1 (2004)
Episode #2.1 (2004)
The Italian Job (2003)
[ Edward Norton ][ Mark Wahlberg ][ Seth Green ][ Jason Statham ][ Donald Sutherland ]
Episode #1.12 (2003)
[ Charles Q. Murphy ]
Episode #1.10 (2003)
Episode #1.8 (2003)
Brown Sugar (2002)
[ Taye Diggs ][ Boris Kodjoe ][ Kanye West ]
Civil Brand (2002)
[ Clifton Powell ]
Showtime (2002)
[ Robert De Niro ][ Eddie Murphy ][ William Shatner ][ Kadeem Hardison ][ Frankie Faison ]
Monster's Ball (2001)
[ Heath Ledger ][ Billy Bob Thornton ][ Peter Boyle ][ James Haven ][ Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs ]
Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001)
[ Bow Wow ][ Mekhi Phifer ][ Fred Williamson ]
Bamboozled (2000)
[ Spike Lee ][ Damon Wayans ][ Michael Rapaport ][ Tracy Morgan ][ Tommy Davidson ]
Island of the Dead (2000)
[ Malcolm McDowell ][ Steffen Wink ]
Where's Marlowe? (1998)
[ Miguel Ferrer ][ Giancarlo Esposito ][ John Hawkes ][ Bill McKinney ][ Ken Jenkins ]
All's Well That Ends Well (1997)
McMurder One (1997)
[ Christopher Meloni ]
Ghosts (1997)
[ Stephen King ][ Michael Jackson ]
The Cosby Mysteries (1994)
[ Bill Cosby ]
The Hard Way (1991)
[ Michael J. Fox ][ James Woods ][ LL Cool J ][ Delroy Lindo ][ Bill Cobbs ]
God Bless the Child (1988)
[ Obba Babatundé ]

Trivia

  • Name, Mos Def, is a slang term that means "most definitely."
  • Hip-hop artist.
  • His first music group was Urban Thermo Dynamics, which also included his younger brother and sister. They recorded an album in 1995 but it was shelved. It was finally released in 2004.
  • His name is quite appropriate in regards to his character in The Italian Job (2003), who went deaf after blowing up a toilet.
  • Has starred in two movies with Alan Rickman: Something the Lord Made (2004) (TV) and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).
  • Performed a song with Britsh artists Craig David which was only released on the radio. It was called 7 Days Later - a remix of Craig Davids number 1 hit 7 Days.
  • Is a vegetarian.

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