DMX
December 18, 1970 (54 years old) in Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Earl Simmons (December 18, 1970 - April 9, 2021), better known by his stage name DMX, was an American rapper and actor who rose to fame in the late 1990s. His stage name pays tribute to the Oberheim DMX drum machine, an instrument he used when he made his own rap beats in the 80's. To date, his best-selling album is his 1999 album ...And Then There Was X, which featured the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here)". As an actor, he also starred in the films Belly, Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 The Grave and Last Hour, and his own reality television series Soul of a Man on the American cable television network BET. In 2002, DMX wrote an autobiographical book titled E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX.
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · You're Watching Video Music Box as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · DMX: Don't Try to Understand as Self
- 2021 · Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Fast Vengeance as Captain Liddle
- 2020 · Chronicle of a Serial Killer as Detective White
- 2020 · Fast and Fierce: Death Race as Davie
- 2020 · VERZUZ as Self
- 2019 · Beyond the Law as Detective Ray Munce
- 2018 · Pimp as Midnight John
- 2018 · The After Party as Self
- 2017 · Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story as Himself
- 2015 · Fresh Off the Boat as DMX
- 2014 · Top Five as Self
- 2012 · Couples Therapy as Himself
- 2009 · The Bleeding as Tagg
- 2009 · Big Pun: The Legacy as Self
- 2008 · Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent as Nick
- 2008 · Death Toll as The Dog (Narrator)
- 2008 · Last Hour as Black Jack
- 2008 · Jump Out Boys as Thorn
- 2007 · Father of Lies as Paul
- 2006 · DMX: Soul of a Man as Self
- 2005 · Trippin' as Self
- 2004 · Beef II as Self
- 2004 · Never Die Alone as King David
- 2003 · Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards as
- 2003 · Eve as Xenon
- 2003 · Beef as Self
- 2003 · Cradle 2 the Grave as Anthony Fait
- 2002 · Half & Half as Himself
- 2002 · The Making of Exit Wounds as Self
- 2001 · DMX: Angel as Himself
- 2001 · Ruff Ryders: Uncensored as Self
- 2001 · Exit Wounds as Latrell Walker
- 2000 · Backstage as Self
- 2000 · Boricua's Bond as
- 2000 · Romeo Must Die as Silk
- 1999 · Third Watch as Kandid Jones
- 1999 · Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125 as Self
- 1998 · Belly as Tommy 'Buns' Bundy
- 1997 · South Park as DMX (voice)
- 1997 · The Chris Rock Show as
- 1996 · Moesha as
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 1995 · MADtv as Self - Special Guest
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest
- Future · A Journey to Sundance as Self
- Future · Doggmen as Cowboy