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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Torg (voice)
- 2022 · On the Come Up as Supreme
- 2022 · Milestone Generations as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · This Is the Night as Louis
- 2021 · Mary J. Blige's My Life as Self
- 2020 · Vampires vs. the Bronx as Father Jackson
- 2020 · Concrete Cowboy as Leroy
- 2019 · Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee as Self
- 2017 · Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special as Himself
- 2017 · Where's the Money as Trap
- 2015 · Taraji's White Hot Holidays as Self
- 2015 · #LuckyNumber 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
- 2010 · Sinners and Saints as Weddo
- 2008 · The Wackness as Percy
- 2007 · Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life as Himself
- 2006 · Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror as Himself
- 2006 · Yo Momma as
- 2005 · The Fairly OddParents: School's Out! The Musical as
- 2004 · Garden State as Diego
- 2004 · Method & Red as Method Man
- 2004 · My Baby's Daddy as No Good (Randall)
- 2002 · Brown Sugar as Self
- 2001 · Xzibit | Restless Xposed as Self
- 1999 · Black and White as Method Man
- 1998 · Belly as Shameek
- 1997 · Rhyme & Reason as Himself
- 1996 · The Great White Hype as Self
- 1995 · MADtv as Gentry Abrams
- 1995 · MADtv as
- 1995 · The Show as Self
- Future · Shadow Force as
- 2023 · How I Learned to Fly as Cliff Davis
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2022 · The Crew Has It as
- 2022 · Last Looks as Swag Dogggg
- 2021 · You're Watching Video Music Box as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Masters of the Universe: Revelation as Clamp Champ (voice)
- 2020 · WWE Slammy Awards 2020 as Himself - Presenter
- 2020 · Power Book II: Ghost as Davis Maclean
- 2020 · Teenage Bounty Hunters as Terrance Coin
- 2020 · Magnum Dopus: The Making of Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as Himself
- 2020 · VERZUZ as Self
- 2019 · Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as Method Man
- 2019 · Godfather of Harlem as Sam Christian
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · Shaft as Freddie P.
- 2019 · Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men as Self
- 2018 · Peppermint as Narcotics Detective Barker
- 2018 · Future World as Tattooed Face
- 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 · Black and Blue as Self
- 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
- 2016 · The Breaks as David
- 2016 · The Breaks as Darryl Van Patten Sr.
- 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
- 2013 · Orange Is the New Black as Cardboard Cutout (credit only)
- 2012 · Comic Book Men as Self
- 2012 · Red Tails as Sticks
- 2011 · Impractical Jokers as
- 2011 · The Sitter as Jacolby
- 2011 · The Indestructible Jimmy Brown as Himself
- 2011 · The Mortician as The Mortician
- 2010 · Wu-Tang Saga as
- 2009 · Big Pun: The Legacy as Self
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan as Himself
- 2008 · Meet the Spartans as Persian Emissary
- 2007 · The Wire: The Last Word as
- 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 · Burn Notice as Valentine
- 2006 · Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up as
- 2006 · Rock the Bells as Himself
- 2005 · Limp Bizkit - Greatest Videoz as Method Man (segment "N 2 Gether Now")
- 2005 · Venom as Deputy Turner
- 2005 · Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out as
- 2005 · Letter to the President as Self
- 2005 · The Strip Game as
- 2004 · Wu Tang Clan: Disciples of the 36 Chambers as
- 2004 · Soul Plane as Muggsy
- 2003 · Wildboyz as Self
- 2003 · Scary Movie 3 as Method Man
- 2003 · Volcano High [MTV's Rapper Dub] as Mr. Ma
- 2003 · The New Tom Green Show as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2002 · The Twilight Zone as Kneigh
- 2002 · The Wire as Melvin 'Cheese' Wagstaff
- 2002 · Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1 as
- 2001 · How High as Silas P. Silas
- 2001 · One on One as
- 2001 · The Fairly OddParents as Rapping Head Pixie (voice)
- 2000 · Boston Public as Flash Master K
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Drops
- 2000 · Backstage as Himself
- 2000 · Boricua's Bond as
- 2000 · Diary as Self
- 1999 · Third Watch as
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dennis King
- 1999 · Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125 as Self
- 1998 · Wu Tang Clan - Da Mystery of Kung Fu as Self
- Future · The 4:30 Movie as
- Future · Trouble Man! as
- 1998 · Pete Rock: Soul Survivor as Method Man
- 1997 · Cop Land as Shondel
- 1997 · One Eight Seven as Dennis Broadway
- 1997 · The Chris Rock Show as
- 1997 · Wu-Tang Clan: This Shit is from the Heart as Self
- 1996 · The Jamie Foxx Show as
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1994 · Space Ghost Coast to Coast as
- 1992 · Martin as
- 1988 · Yo! MTV Raps as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1984 · MTV Video Music Awards as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)