Method Man

Method Man

1971-03-02 Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA 90 Credits

Biography

Clifford Smith (born April 1, 1971 in Staten Island, New York), better known by his stage name Method Man or Meth is an American hip hop artist, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He took his stage name from the 1979 film The Fearless Young Boxer, also known as Method Man. He is one half of the rap duo Method Man & Redman along with fellow rapper Redman. He won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need ...

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Trouble Man!

Trouble Man!

2025

Acting

Jaxen, a former cop turned Atlanta PI, is hired to find missing R&B star Jahari. His investigation uncovers her disappearance is connected to a larger...

Bad Shabbos

Bad Shabbos

2025

as Jordan

10.0
Acting

An engaged interfaith couple are about to have their parents meet for the first time over a Shabbat dinner when an accidental manslaughter gets in the...

Shadow Force

Shadow Force

2025

as Unc

6.2
Acting

Kyrah and Isaac were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group called Shadow Force. They broke the rules by falling in love, and in ord...

The New York Sack Exchange

The New York Sack Exchange

2024

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1.5
Acting

The year was 1981: A president and a pope survived assassins, gas cost about a buck-thirty and “Don’t Stop Believin'” was Top 10. And a phenomenon was...

Missionary

Missionary

2024

as Voiceover (Voice)

6.0
Acting

'Missionary,’ a short film featuring Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.

The 4:30 Movie

The 4:30 Movie

2024

as Cookie

5.4
Acting

In the summer of 1986, three sixteen year old friends spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local multiplex. But when one of the guys also...

Mother & Gun

Mother & Gun

2024

Acting

A semi-autobiographical short film.

Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys

Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys

2024

as Self (archival footage)

3.7
Acting

The untold story of the man and the musician who made an immense cultural impact across just a few short years. Having gained exclusive rights to a ne...

How Music Got Free

How Music Got Free

2024

as Self

6.6
Acting

The fascinating, and often hilarious, inside story of the technology-driven disruption that changed music in the late '90s and early 2000s," according...

How I Learned to Fly

How I Learned to Fly

2023

as Cliff Davis

3.5
Acting

Two African-American teenage boys are suddenly and mysteriously abandoned by their parents. The two have to learn how to survive on their own. From th...

A Wu-Tang Experience: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre

A Wu-Tang Experience: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre

2023

as Self

2.0
Acting

In August, 2021, the Wu-Tang Clan, backed by the 60-piece Colorado Symphony Orchestra, performed at the famed Red Rocks Amphitheater. Roughly 10,000 f...

Amazon Music Live: Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, and De La Soul's 'N.Y. State of Mind Tour'

Amazon Music Live: Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, and De La Soul's 'N.Y. State of Mind Tour'

2023

as Himself

2.0
Acting

Wu-Tang and Nas unite once again for a joint tour along with an appearance by De La Soul. Watch the iconic hip-hop event, recorded live from the Clima...

On the Come Up

On the Come Up

2022

as Supreme

6.2
Acting

Sixteen-year-old Brianna Jackson is a gifted rapper who plans to take the battle rap scene by storm to lift up her family and do right by the legacy o...

Milestone Generations

Milestone Generations

2022

as Narrator (voice)

2.0
Acting

The electrifying story of Milestone Media, of the challenges they faced in changing the face of superhero storytelling, and of the rebirth of the comp...

Last Looks

Last Looks

2022

as Swag Dogggg

5.8
Acting

A disgraced ex-cop seeks solace by moving to the woods, but his quiet life comes to an end when a private eye recruits him to investigate the murder o...

You're Watching Video Music Box

You're Watching Video Music Box

2021

as Self (archive footage)

6.4
Acting

The untold story of the world’s longest running video show, Video Music Box. A hip hop mainstay since 1983, VMB gave a platform to artists like Jay-Z,...

This Is the Night

This Is the Night

2021

as Louis

5.6
Acting

In the summer of 1982, as all of Staten Island anticipates the opening of a blockbuster boxing movie, an Italian-American family must confront its gre...

Mary J. Blige's My Life

Mary J. Blige's My Life

2021

as Self

6.6
Acting

Mary J. Blige set the music world on fire with her trailblazing 1994 LP "My Life." The singer, producer and actress reveals the demons and blessings t...

WWE Slammy Awards 2020

WWE Slammy Awards 2020

2020

as Self - Presenter

2.0
Acting

R-Truth is your host as you know WWE hands out awards for Superstar of the Year, Match of the Year, and much more, celebrating the very best of Raw an...

Vampires vs. the Bronx

Vampires vs. the Bronx

2020

as Father Jackson

5.7
Acting

Three gutsy kids from a rapidly gentrifying Bronx neighborhood stumble upon a sinister plot to suck all the life from their beloved community.

Concrete Cowboy

Concrete Cowboy

2020

as Leroy

6.0
Acting

Sent to live with his estranged father for the summer, a rebellious teen finds kinship in a tight-knit Philadelphia community of Black cowboys.

Magnum Dopus

Magnum Dopus

2020

as Self

6.3
Acting

A behind the scenes look at the making of Jay & Silent Bob Reboot.

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee

2019

as Self

7.1
Acting

Filmed in part in front of a live audience at The New Amsterdam Theater in New York City, this Stan Lee tribute takes viewers on an action-packed jour...

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

2019

as Method Man

5.7
Acting

Jay and Silent Bob embark on a cross-country mission to stop Hollywood from rebooting a film based on their comic book characters Bluntman and Chronic...

Shaft

Shaft

2019

as Freddie P.

6.5
Acting

JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he ne...

Peppermint

Peppermint

2018

as Narcotics Detective Barker

6.7
Acting

A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband and daughter, eluding the authorities to deliver her own pe...

Future World

Future World

2018

as Tattooed Face

4.4
Acting

A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.

Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special

Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special

2017

as Self

8.4
Acting

Taraji P. Henson, Golden Globe-winning star of EMPIRE and the movie “Hidden Figures,” is back this holiday season to spread cheer, goodwill and some h...

Love Beats Rhymes

Love Beats Rhymes

2017

as Ref

5.6
Acting

A young woman dreams of making it big in the world of hip hop, but her parents demand that she finish her university degree. She dutifully agrees to c...

Where's the Money

Where's the Money

2017

as Trap

5.6
Acting

A quick witted young man from the streets of South Central must rush a lily-white USC fraternity to recover a stash of stolen money.

Black and Blue

Black and Blue

2017

as Self

2.0
Acting

A documentary about police brutality that follows a DJ beat up by off duty DEA agents, a man arrested for filming a police officer, and many others as...

Paterson

Paterson

2016

as Method Man

7.1
Acting

A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famo...

Keanu

Keanu

2016

as Cheddar

6.1
Acting

Friends hatch a plot to retrieve a stolen cat by posing as drug dealers for a street gang.

The Breaks

The Breaks

2016

as Darryl Van Patten Sr.

4.9
Acting

Three friends united by their love of hip-hop work to make their big mark in the music industry. Beginning in the summer of 1990 NYC, Nikki a brillian...

#Lucky Number

#Lucky Number

2015

as Tyson 'The Saint' St. James

5.0
Acting

Made for TV movie based on a true story, an aspiring New York City sportscaster's life is on the slow track until he serendipitously gets the old cell...

Trainwreck

Trainwreck

2015

as Temembe

5.8
Acting

Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy.

Staten Island Summer

Staten Island Summer

2015

as Konko

5.7
Acting

Pals Danny and Frank spend the summer after high school working as lifeguards while figuring out their future.

Seasons of Love

Seasons of Love

2014

as Big Rob

3.2
Acting

Set in the picturesque backdrop of New York, "Seasons of Love" is a romantic, soulful holiday drama about two people who struggle to find love against...

The Cobbler

The Cobbler

2014

as Leon Ludlow

5.9
Acting

Max Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumble...

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

2012

as Self

5.0
Acting

A provocative look into the seven-year history of the series that gave hip hop a voice and broke color barriers, integrating MTV with rap. "Yo! MTV Ra...

Red Tails

Red Tails

2012

as Sticks

6.6
Acting

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.

The Sitter

The Sitter

2011

as Jacolby

5.6
Acting

Noah, is not your typical entertain-the-kids-no-matter-how-boring-it-is kind of sitter. He's reluctant to take a sitting gig; he'd rather, well, be do...

The Indestructible Jimmy Brown

2011

as Himself

4.8
Acting

Jimmy Brown is thirty and single. He has just come home from a failed life in New York City and thinks his life is over. After returning to Pasadena f...

The Mortician

The Mortician

2011

as The Mortician

5.1
Acting

Alienated and cold, The Mortician (Method Man) processes the corpses with steely disregard. He is lonely and isolated. He is introduced to his new emp...

Wu-Tang Saga

Wu-Tang Saga

2010

2.0
Acting

Wu-Tang Saga is the story of the music super group the Wu-Tang Clan told by Cappadonna, chronicling over 9 concerts, a trip to Shaolin aka Staten Isla...

Sinners and Saints

Sinners and Saints

2010

as Weddo

5.6
Acting

In lawless storm ravaged New Orleans, eleaguered Detective Sean Riley is trying to cope with the death of his young son and the abandonment of his wif...

Big Pun: The Legacy

Big Pun: The Legacy

2009

as Self

4.5
Acting

His rhymes caught the attention of millions. His flow is un-matched by any. His story is captivating and triumphant. "Big Pun: The Legacy" chronicles ...

Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan

Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan

2008

as Himself

6.3
Acting

In the summer of 1993, the Wu-Tang Clan emerged from the slums of Staten Island, NY and took the hip-hop world by storm. Their legacy spanned over a d...

The Wackness

The Wackness

2008

as Percy

6.4
Acting

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 wit...

Meet the Spartans

Meet the Spartans

2008

as Persian Emissary

4.1
Acting

The heroic Leonidas, armed with nothing but leather underwear and a cape, leads a ragtag group of thirteen Spartans to defend their homeland against t...

The Wire: The Last Word

The Wire: The Last Word

2007

as Self

1.5
Acting

A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.

The Wire Odyssey

The Wire Odyssey

2007

as Self

6.6
Acting

A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.

Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip

Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip

2007

as Himself

7.3
Acting

The first ever live DVD from the infamous Wu-Tang emcee!

Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip

Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip

2007

Executive Producer

7.3
Producing

The first ever live DVD from the infamous Wu-Tang emcee!

Wu-Tang Clan: Live at Montreux

Wu-Tang Clan: Live at Montreux

2007

as himself

6.0
Acting

In July 2007 the famous Miles Davis Hall at Montreux was witness to a gathering of the Wu-Tang Clan. With the exception of the sadly deceased Ol’ Dirt...

Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life

Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life

2007

as Self

6.2
Acting

The greatest rapper to ever pick up a mic - with his velvety flow and unparalleled rhyme style he captivated everyone from Jay Z to Tupac. Now Notorio...

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

2006

as Himself

4.7
Acting

A hip hop horror anthology of three tales of terror told by the Hound of Hell (Snoop Dogg) that revolve around the residents of an inner-city neighbor...

Rock the Bells

Rock the Bells

2006

as Himself

6.7
Acting

An inside look at what it took to bring the Wu-Tang Clan together for their final performance at the Rock the Bells Hip-Hop festival.

Limp Bizkit - Greatest Videoz

Limp Bizkit - Greatest Videoz

2005

as Method Man (segment "N 2 Gether Now")

6.3
Acting

A compilation of music videos for songs by the nu metal band Limp Bizkit, most of which were directed by the band's frontman, Fred Durst.

Venom

Venom

2005

as Deputy Turner

5.5
Acting

A group of teenagers fear for their lives in the swamps of Louisiana, chased by Mr. Jangles, a man possessed by 13 evil souls, and now relentless in h...

The Fairly OddParents: School's Out! The Musical

The Fairly OddParents: School's Out! The Musical

2005

7.6
Acting

It’s the last day of school, and the kids of Dimmsdale eagerly await the start of those fun-filled months of Summer Vacation. But this summer the grow...

Letter to the President

Letter to the President

2005

as Self

2.0
Acting

Feature documentary that showcases the close-knit ties between the Hip Hop Music community and America's social and political policy in the last 30 ye...

The Strip Game

The Strip Game

2005

as Self

1.7
Acting

Method Man follows the lives of five strippers living in five different states. More than a voyeuristic trek between strip clubs, the film is an insig...

The Strip Game

The Strip Game

2005

Director, Writer

1.7
Directing Writing

Method Man follows the lives of five strippers living in five different states. More than a voyeuristic trek between strip clubs, the film is an insig...

Garden State

Garden State

2004

as Diego

7.1
Acting

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...

Wu Tang Clan: Disciples of the 36 Chambers Chapter 2

Wu Tang Clan: Disciples of the 36 Chambers Chapter 2

2004

7.3
Acting

The Wu-Tang Clan reunites with all 9 original members to perform and headline Chapter 2 of the Rock The Bells Festival in San Bernardino, CA on July 1...

Soul Plane

Soul Plane

2004

as Muggsy

5.4
Acting

Following a ridiculously awful flight that leads to his pet's death, Nashawn Wade files a lawsuit against the airline, and wins a multimillion-dollar ...

My Baby's Daddy

My Baby's Daddy

2004

as No Good (Randall)

4.6
Acting

A trio of young men are forced to grow up quick when their girlfriends all become pregnant around the same time.

Scary Movie 3

Scary Movie 3

2003

as Method Man

6.0
Acting

In the third installment of the Scary Movie franchise, news anchorwoman Cindy Campbell has to investigate mysterious crop circles and killing video ta...

Volcano High [MTV's Rapper Dub]

Volcano High [MTV's Rapper Dub]

2003

as Mr. Ma

6.0
Acting

Redubbing of a Korean kung fu film with the use of hip-hop and celebrity voiceovers. A young man with spectacular kung fu abilities is prohibited to u...

Brown Sugar

Brown Sugar

2002

as Self

6.7
Acting

Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-...

Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1

Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1

2002

5.0
Acting

Hype's acclaim for skillfully imaginative visually intoxicating music videos, The Videos Vol. 1, features 10 videos depicting his creative approach an...

How High

How High

2001

as Silas P. Silas

6.3
Acting

Multi-platinum rap superstars Redman and Method Man star as Jamal and Silas, two regular guys who smoke something magical, ace their college entrance ...

Xzibit | Restless Xposed

Xzibit | Restless Xposed

2001

as Self

5.6
Acting

Restless Xposed is the all-access pass that brings you into the world and behind the scenes of rising hip hop superstar Xzibit as he surges from under...

Street Life

2001

2.0
Acting

"Street Life" is the most controversial documentary ever to hit the streets. It's not only documentation, but also a bible to the streets. If focuses ...

Backstage

Backstage

2000

as Self

5.4
Acting

If you ever wanted to know what really goes on backstage, this is the definitive inside look - uncut and uncensored. Complete with on-stage performanc...

Boricua's Bond

Boricua's Bond

2000

2.6
Acting

Tommy, a talented Puerto Rican painter living in the South Bronx, befriends Allen, a white kid who's faced constant harassment since moving to the nei...

Black and White

Black and White

1999

as Method Man

4.7
Acting

Rich Bower is an up-and-coming star in the hip-hop world. Everyone wants to be around him, including Raven and her fellow upper-class white high schoo...

Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125

Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125

1999

as Self

2.0
Acting

Behind The Scenes at the World Famous Apollo Theatre. Raps hardest come to shut it down.

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor

1998

as Method Man

5.0
Acting
Belly

Belly

1998

as Shameek

6.1
Acting

Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all....

Wu Tang Clan - Da Mystery of Kung Fu

Wu Tang Clan - Da Mystery of Kung Fu

1998

as Self

2.5
Acting

Lyrical Assassins, Wu Tang Clan, reveal da mystery of Kung Fu in this ass kickin' dub plate presentation. The GZA, Chef Raekwon, Method Man, Ol' Dirty...

Cop Land

Cop Land

1997

as Shondel

6.8
Acting

Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s...

One Eight Seven

One Eight Seven

1997

as Dennis Broadway

6.7
Acting

After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teache...

Rhyme & Reason

Rhyme & Reason

1997

as Himself

7.0
Acting

A study in the world of hip-hop, done mostly with interviews, in order to see why it is as popular as it is today and what the future holds.

Wu-Tang Clan: This Shit is from the Heart

Wu-Tang Clan: This Shit is from the Heart

1997

as Self

2.0
Acting

Documentary about the Wu-Tang Clan.

The Great White Hype

The Great White Hype

1996

as Self

5.2
Acting

When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the on...

The Show

The Show

1995

as Self

6.4
Acting

A documentary about the culture of hip-hop. Through interviews with some of hip-hops biggest names, the film makers attempt to find out why it has bec...

Poetic License

N/A

Acting

Liz, a former therapist and soon-to-be empty nester, becomes the unexpected point of tension between two inseparable best friends and college seniors,...

Relationship Goals

N/A

Acting

Described as 'a funny and inspiring romantic comedy on finding lasting love and sustaining a healthy relationship at every stage of courtship.'