Method Man
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 to Get By" with Mary J. Blige. He appeared in the motion pictures Belly, How High, Garden State as well as a minor role in The Wackness. On television, he and hip-hop collaborator Redman co-starred on the short-lived Fox sitcom Method & Red, and he had a recurring role as Calvin "Cheese" Wagstaff on the acclaimed HBO drama series The Wire. Description above from the Wikipedia article Method Man, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2026 · Relationship Goals as Jarrett Roy
- 2025 · Shadow Force as Unc
- 2025 · Hollywood Squares as Self
- 2023 · Bupkis as Carnival Worker
- 2023 · Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Torg (voice)
- 2023 · Poker Face as Frank "Brick" Bricatino
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2022 · The Crew Has It as
- 2022 · Last Looks as Swag Dogggg
- 2021 · Masters of the Universe: Revelation as Clamp Champ (voice)
- 2020 · Power Book II: Ghost as Davis Maclean
- 2020 · Teenage Bounty Hunters as Terrance Coin
- 2020 · VERZUZ as Self
- 2019 · Godfather of Harlem as Sam Christian
- 2019 · First Wives Club as Beast
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · Shaft as Freddie P.
- 2019 · The Masked Singer as Self - Stud Muffin
- 2018 · Peppermint as Narcotics Detective Barker
- 2018 · Red Table Talk as Self
- 2018 · The Last O.G. as Green Eyes
- 2017 · Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics as Self
- 2017 · Drop the Mic as Self - Co-Host
- 2017 · The Deuce as Rodney
- 2016 · Paterson as Method Man
- 2016 · Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party as Team Snoop
- 2016 · Marvel's Luke Cage as Cliff 'Method Man' Smith
- 2016 · Keanu as Cheddar
- 2015 · Taraji's White Hot Holidays as Self
- 2015 · Difficult People as Method Man
- 2015 · Trainwreck as Temembe
- 2014 · Scorpion as Lucky the King
- 2014 · The Cobbler as Leon Ludlow
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Musical Guest
- 2012 · Comic Book Men as Self
- 2012 · Red Tails as Sticks
- 2011 · Impractical Jokers as
- 2011 · The Sitter as Jacolby
- 2010 · The Good Guys as Kenny
- 2009 · 30 for 30 as Himself
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Young Boxer
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Meet the Spartans as Persian Emissary
- 2007 · Burn Notice as Valentine
- 2006 · Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up as
- 2005 · Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out as
- 2004 · Garden State as Diego
- 2004 · Method & Red as Method Man
- 2004 · Soul Plane as Muggsy
- 2003 · Wildboyz as Self
- 2003 · Scary Movie 3 as Method Man
- 2003 · The New Tom Green Show as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2002 · The Twilight Zone as Kneigh
- 2002 · The Wire as Melvin 'Cheese' Wagstaff
- 2001 · How High as Silas P. Silas
- 2001 · One on One as Self
- 2000 · Boston Public as Flash Master K
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Drops
- 2000 · Wonderland as Method Man
- 2000 · Diary as Self
- 1999 · Third Watch as C-Note
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dennis King
- 1998 · Belly as Shameek
- 1997 · Cop Land as Shondel
- 1997 · One Eight Seven as Dennis Broadway
- 1997 · Oz as Carlton 'Tug' Daniels
- 1997 · The Chris Rock Show as
- 1996 · The Jamie Foxx Show as Method Man
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1994 · Space Ghost Coast to Coast as
- 1992 · Martin as Method Man
- 1988 · Yo! MTV Raps as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1984 · MTV Video Music Awards as Self
- 1977 · The BRIT Awards as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- Future · Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2 as Self
- 2026 · Poetic License as James Cassidy
- 2025 · Trouble Man as Money
- 2025 · Bad Shabbos as Jordan
- 2024 · Missionary as Voiceover (Voice)
- 2024 · The New York Sack Exchange as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Fat Joe Talks as Self - Guest
- 2024 · The 4:30 Movie as Cookie
- 2024 · Mother & Gun as
- 2024 · Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys as Self (archival footage)
- 2024 · How Music Got Free as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · How Music Got Free as Self
- 2024 · ODB: Wu Tang Forever as As Himself
- 2023 · How I Learned to Fly as Cliff Davis
- 2023 · A Wu-Tang Experience: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre as Self
- 2023 · Amazon Music Live: Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, and De La Soul's 'N.Y. State of Mind Tour' as Himself
- 2022 · On the Come Up as Supreme
- 2022 · Milestone Generations as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · You're Watching Video Music Box as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · This Is the Night as Louis
- 2021 · Mary J. Blige's My Life as Self
- 2020 · WWE Slammy Awards 2020 as Self - Presenter
- 2020 · Vampires vs. the Bronx as Father Jackson
- 2020 · Concrete Cowboy as Leroy
- 2020 · Magnum Dopus as Self
- 2019 · Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee as Self
- 2019 · Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as Self
- 2019 · Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men as Self
- 2018 · Future World as Tattooed Face
- 2017 · Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special as Self
- 2017 · Love Beats Rhymes as Ref
- 2017 · Where's the Money as Trap
- 2017 · Black and Blue as Self
- 2016 · The Breaks as Darryl Van Patten Sr.
- 2015 · #Lucky Number as Tyson 'The Saint' St. James
- 2015 · Staten Island Summer as Konko
- 2014 · Seasons of Love as Big Rob
- 2012 · Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ as Self
- 2012 · N.A.S.A.: The Spirit of Apollo as
- 2011 · The Indestructible Jimmy Brown as Himself
- 2011 · The Mortician as The Mortician
- 2010 · Wu-Tang Saga as
- 2010 · Sinners and Saints as Weddo
- 2009 · Big Pun: The Legacy as Self
- 2008 · Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan as Himself
- 2008 · The Wackness as Percy
- 2007 · The Wire: The Last Word as Self
- 2007 · The Wire Odyssey as Self
- 2007 · Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip as Himself
- 2007 · Wu-Tang Clan: Live at Montreux as himself
- 2007 · Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life as Self
- 2006 · Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror as Himself
- 2006 · Rock the Bells as Himself
- 2006 · Yo Momma as
- 2005 · Limp Bizkit: Greatest Videoz as Method Man (segment "N 2 Gether Now")
- 2005 · Venom as Deputy Turner
- 2005 · The Fairly OddParents: School's Out! The Musical as
- 2005 · Letter to the President as Self
- 2005 · The Strip Game as Self
- 2004 · Wu Tang Clan: Disciples of the 36 Chambers Chapter 2 as
- 2004 · My Baby's Daddy as No Good (Randall)
- 2003 · Volcano High [MTV's Rapper Dub] as Mr. Ma
- 2002 · Brown Sugar as Self
- 2002 · Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1 as
- 2001 · Xzibit | Restless Xposed as Self
- 2000 · Backstage as Self
- 1999 · Black and White as Method Man
- 1998 · Wu Tang Clan - Da Mystery of Kung Fu as Self
- 1997 · Rhyme & Reason as Self
- 1996 · The Great White Hype as Self
- 1995 · MADtv as Gentry Abrams
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 1995 · The Show as Self
- Future · Sunny as Ruskin
- 2001 · Street Life as
- 2000 · Boricua's Bond as
- 1999 · Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125 as Self
- 1998 · Pete Rock: Soul Survivor as Method Man
- 1997 · Wu-Tang Clan: This Shit is from the Heart as Self
- 1959 · The Grammys as Self