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Clifford Smith Jr., better known by his stage name Method Man, is an American rapper, record producer and actor. He is known as a member of the East Coast hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He is also one half of the hip hop duo Method Man & Redman. He took his stage name from the 1979 film Method Man. In 1996, Smith 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 American R&B singer Mary J. Blige.
Birth Name
Clifford Smith
Born
Thursday, 01 April 1971
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| How I Learned to Fly | Cliff Davis | 2023 |
| Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop | Self | 2023 |
| Bupkis | Carnival Worker | 2023 |
| 54th NAACP Image Awards | Self - Presenter | 2023 |
| Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Torg | 2023 |
| On the Come Up | Supreme | 2022 |
| Sherri | Self | 2022 |
| The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self | 2022 |
| Murder Inc Documentary | Self | 2022 |
| Milestone Generations | Self - Host / Narrator (voice) | 2022 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| How I Learned to Fly | Cliff Davis | 2023 |
| Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop | Self | 2023 |
| Bupkis | Carnival Worker | 2023 |
| 54th NAACP Image Awards | Self - Presenter | 2023 |
| Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Torg | 2023 |
| On the Come Up | Supreme | 2022 |
| Sherri | Self | 2022 |
| The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self | 2022 |
| Murder Inc Documentary | Self | 2022 |
| Milestone Generations | Self - Host / Narrator (voice) | 2022 |
| Origins of Hip Hop | Self | 2022 |
| FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
| You're Watching Video Music Box | Self (archive footage) / Self | 2021 |
| Last Looks | Swag Dogggg / Swag Doggg | 2021 |
| This Is the Night | Louis | 2021 |
| CBS Mornings | Self | 2021 |
| All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997) | Self - Rapper | 2021 |
| Masters of the Universe: Revelation | Clamp Champ | 2021 |
| Mary J Blige's My Life | Self | 2021 |
| That Damn Michael Che | Self / Doctor | 2021 |
| Concrete Cowboy | Leroy | 2021 |
| Vampires vs. the Bronx | Father Jackson | 2020 |
| Power Book II: Ghost | Davis Maclean | 2020 |
| Teenage Bounty Hunters | Terrance Coin | 2020 |
| Difficult People | Method Man | 2020 |
| Magnum Dopus: The Making of Jay and Silent Bob Reboot | Self / Himself | 2020 |
| LA Originals | Self | 2020 |
| Jay and Silent Bob Reboot | Method Man | 2019 |
| Godfather of Harlem | Sam Christian | 2019 |
| First Wives Club | Beast | 2019 |
| A Year in Music | Self | 2019 |
| BET Awards 2019 | Self - Performer | 2019 |
| Shaft | Freddie P. / Freddy P. | 2019 |
| Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men | Self / Himself | 2019 |
| The New Negroes | Self - Musical Guest | 2019 |
| Desus & Mero | Self | 2019 |
| Black and Blue | Self | 2018 |
| Peppermint | Narcotics Detective Barker | 2018 |
| Future World | Tattooed Face | 2018 |
| Red Table Talk | Self | 2018 |
| The Last O.G. | Green Eyes | 2018 |
| Love Beats Rhymes | Ref | 2017 |
| Soul Train Awards 2017 | Self | 2017 |
| Secret History of Comics | Self | 2017 |
| Drop the Mic | Self - Co-Host / Self - Host | 2017 |
| Where's the Money | Trap | 2017 |
| The Deuce | Rodney | 2017 |
| Carpool Karaoke | Self | 2017 |
| Rebel | Terrance 'TJ' Jenkins | 2017 |
| The Breaks | Darryl Van Putten Sr. | 2017 |
| Paterson | Method Man | 2016 |
| Martha & Snoop's Potluck Party Challenge | Himself | 2016 |
| Luke Cage | Cliff 'Method Man' Smith | 2016 |
| Hip-Hop Evolution | Self | 2016 |
| Keanu | Cheddar | 2016 |
| The Breaks | Darryl Van Patten Sr. / David | 2016 |
| Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives | Self | 2015 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
| #Lucky Number | Tyson 'The Saint' St. James | 2015 |
| Street Bangaz | Self | 2015 |
| Trainwreck | Temembe | 2015 |
| Staten Island Summer | Konko | 2015 |
| The Secret to Success: They Can No Longer Keep It from Us | Self - Interviewee | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self | 2015 |
| The Cobbler | Leon Ludlow / Ludlow | 2015 |
| Seasons of Love | Big Rob | 2014 |
| Scorpion | Lucky the King | 2014 |
| Park Bench with Steve Buscemi | Self | 2014 |
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Self | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014 |
| Chozen | Phantasm | 2014 |
| The Real | Self | 2013 |
| Orange Is the New Black | Cardboard Cutout | 2013 |
| Drunk History | Joseph Saddler A.K.A. Grandmaster Flash | 2013 |
| Inside Amy Schumer | Method Man | 2013 |
| Sunset Strip | Self | 2012 |
| Comic Book Men | Self | 2012 |
| 1 More Hit | Self | 2012 |
| Red Tails | Sticks | 2012 |
| Impractical Jokers | Self - Special Guest | 2011 |
| The Sitter | Jacolby | 2011 |
| The Indestructible Jimmy Brown | Himself / Self | 2011 |
| The Chris Gethard Show | Self | 2011 |
| Big Morning Buzz Live | Self | 2011 |
| The Mortician | The Mortician | 2011 |
| Wu-Tang Saga | Self | 2010 |
| Blue Bloods | Mario Hunt | 2010 |
| RapFix Live | Self | 2010 |
| Sinners and Saints | Weddo | 2010 |
| The Good Guys | Kenny | 2010 |
| The Good Wife | Young Boxer | 2009 |
| Big Pun: The Legacy | Self | 2009 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Himself - Musical Guest / Himself | 2009 |
| Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan | Himself / Self | 2008 |
| The Wackness | Percy | 2008 |
| Meet the Spartans | Persian Emissary | 2008 |
| The Wire: The Last Word | Self | 2007 |
| The Wire Odyssey | Himself / Self | 2007 |
| Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip | Himself | 2007 |
| Burn Notice | Valentine | 2007 |
| Notorious B.I.G. Bigger Than Life | Himself / Self | 2007 |
| The Bronx Bunny Show | Self | 2007 |
| Rock the Bells | Himself / Self | 2007 |
| The Heart Specialist | Lorenzo | 2006 |
| Hood of Horror | Himself / Self | 2006 |
| The N Word | Self | 2006 |
| Pick Up the Mic | Self | 2006 |
| Venom | Deputy Turner | 2005 |
| Video on Trial | Self | 2005 |
| Wild 'N Out | Self | 2005 |
| The Strip Game | 2005 | |
| The MC: Why We Do It | Self | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Interviewee / Musical Guest / Self | 2005 |
| The Art of 16 Bars: Get Ya' Bars Up | Narrator | 2005 |
| Wu-Tang Clan: Disciples of the 36 Chambers, Chapter 2 | Self | 2004 |
| Beef II | Self - Recording Artist | 2004 |
| Garden State | Diego | 2004 |
| Method & Red | Method Man / Method | 2004 |
| Soul Plane | Muggsy | 2004 |
| Making 'Scary Movie 3' | Self | 2004 |
| My Baby's Daddy | No Good (Randall) / No Good | 2004 |
| Wildboyz | Self | 2003 |
| Scary Movie 3 | Himself / Method Man | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself - Co-Host / Himself | 2003 |
| Brown Sugar | Self | 2002 |
| The Twilight Zone | Kneigh | 2002 |
| The Wire | Melvin 'Cheese' Wagstaff | 2002 |
| $2 Bill | Self | 2002 |
| How High | Silas P. Silas | 2001 |
| Xzibit: Restless Xposed | Himself / Self | 2001 |
| Volcano High | Mr. Ma (MTV English Dub) | 2001 |
| One on One | Self | 2001 |
| Hard Knocks | Self | 2001 |
| MTV 20: Jams | Himself (segment "You're All I Need") | 2001 |
| Boston Public | Flash Master K | 2000 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Drops | 2000 |
| Backstage | Himself / Self | 2000 |
| Boricua's Bond | 2000 | |
| Black & White | Method Man | 1999 |
| Third Watch | C-Note | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dennis King | 1999 |
| Station Zero | Self | 1999 |
| Belly | Shameek | 1998 |
| The Fairly OddParents | Rapping Head Pixie | 1998 |
| Behind the Music | Self | 1997 |
| Cop Land | Shondel | 1997 |
| One Eight Seven | Dennis Broadway | 1997 |
| Oz | Carlton 'Tug' Daniels | 1997 |
| Rhyme & Reason | Himself / Self | 1997 |
| Rhyme and Reason | Self / Himself | 1997 |
| The Chris Rock Show | Self - Musical Guest | 1997 |
| The Jamie Foxx Show | Method Man | 1996 |
| The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
| The Great White Hype | Self / Method Man | 1996 |
| Mad TV | Gentry Abrams / Self | 1995 |
| The Show | Himself / Self | 1995 |
| Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Self | 1994 |
| Beavis and Butt-Head | Self - Interviewee | 1993 |
| WWE Raw | Self - Audience Member / Self | 1993 |
| Martin | Self | 1992 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
| Soul Train | Himself | 1971 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Strip Game | 2005 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Milestone Generations | 2022 |
| Wu-Tang: An American Saga | 2019 |
| Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men | 2019 |
| Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip | 2007 |
| The Strip Game | 2005 |
| Method & Red | 2004 |
