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Filmography
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
Movie · as Self
Gorillaz Tottenham Hotspur Stadium documentary
Movie · as Self
Gorillaz: Live at Rock Werchter 2026
Movie
Together for Palestine
Movie · as Self
Part of Me
Movie · as Himself
Gorillaz | MTV World Stage
Movie · as Mos Def
Hargrove
Movie · as Self
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
You're Watching Video Music Box
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Peculiar Contrast, Perfect Light
Movie
Gorillaz: Reject False Icons
Movie · as Mos Def
French Tour
Movie · as Focé
Amy
Movie · as Self
Begin Again
Movie · as Saul
Life of Crime
Movie · as Ordell Robbie
Standard Operating Procedure
Movie
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
Movie · as Self
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Movie · as Self
A Man's Story
Movie · as Self
I'm Still Here
Movie · as Mos Def
Bouncing Cats
Movie
The Making of Plastic Beach
Movie · as Mos Def
Gorillaz: Live at Roundhouse in London
Movie · as Mos Def
Next Day Air
Movie · as Eric
Be Kind Rewind
Movie · as Mike
In Prison My Whole Life
Movie · as Self
Cadillac Records
Movie · as Chuck Berry
Prince Among Slaves
Movie · as Narrator
Fats Waller Was Born Here
Movie · as "Fats" Wallter/Mike (as Mos Def)
Yo Gabba Gabba!
TV · 1 ep
16 Blocks
Movie · as Eddie Bunker
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Movie · as Mos Def
Journey to the End of the Night
Movie · as Wemba
Rap Sheet: Hip-Hop and the Cops
Movie
Coachella
Movie · as Self - Interviewee
September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block Party
Movie · as Self
Dexter
TV · as Brother Sam · 5 eps
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Movie · as Self - (as Mos Def)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Movie · as Ford Prefect
Lackawanna Blues
Movie · as The Bandleader
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Movie · as Self
Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth
Movie · as Self (as Mos Def)
Alicia Keys: Unplugged
Movie · as Self
The Boondocks
TV · as Gangstalicious (voice) · 3 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Something the Lord Made
Movie · as Vivien Thomas
The Woodsman
Movie · as Sgt. Lucas
House
TV · as Lee · 1 ep
The Italian Job
Movie · as Left Ear
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
Movie · as Self
Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Movie · as Himself
Chappelle's Show
TV · as Self - Black Star · 4 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Civil Brand
Movie · as Michael Meadows
Brown Sugar
Movie · as Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon
Showtime
Movie · as Lazy Boy
Monster's Ball
Movie · as Ryrus Cooper
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
Movie · as Lt. Miller
My Wife and Kids
TV · 1 ep
The Proud Family
TV · as Mos Def (voice) · 1 ep
Bamboozled
Movie · as Mau Mau: Big Blak Afrika
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
Movie · as Himself
Island of the Dead
Movie · as Robbie J
Mark Twain Prize
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
Where's Marlowe?
Movie · as Wilt Crawley
Ghosts
Movie · as Dante
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Brooklyn South
TV · as Darius · 2 eps
Spin City
TV · as Monty · 1 ep
The Cosby Mysteries
TV · 18 eps
Split Images
Movie · as Curtis Roy
Here and Now
TV · as Alonzo · 3 eps
HBO First Look
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Later... with Jools Holland
TV · 1 ep
The Hard Way
Movie · as Dead Romeos
You Take the Kids
TV · as Raymond Kirkland · 6 eps
God Bless the Child
Movie · as Richard Watkins
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep