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
- 2024 · Fat Joe Talks as Self - Guest
- 2024 · The 4:30 Movie as Cookie
- 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
- 2023 · Amazon Music Live: Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, and De La Soul's 'N.Y. State of Mind Tour' as Himself
- 2023 · Bupkis as Carnival Worker
- 2023 · Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Torg (voice)
- 2022 · On the Come Up as Supreme
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Milestone Generations as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · The Crew Has It as
- 2022 · Last Looks as Swag Dogggg
- 2021 · This Is the Night as Louis
- 2021 · Masters of the Universe: Revelation as Clamp Champ (voice)
- 2021 · Mary J. Blige's My Life as Self
- 2020 · Vampires vs. the Bronx as Father Jackson
- 2020 · Concrete Cowboy as Leroy
- 2020 · Power Book II: Ghost as Davis Maclean
- 2020 · Teenage Bounty Hunters as Terrance Coin
- 2020 · VERZUZ as Self
- 2019 · Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee 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 · Love Beats Rhymes as Ref
- 2017 · Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics as Self
- 2017 · Drop the Mic as Self - Co-Host
- 2017 · Where's the Money as Trap
- 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 · Trainwreck as Temembe
- 2015 · Staten Island Summer as Konko
- 2014 · Seasons of Love as Big Rob
- 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 · Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ as Self
- 2012 · Comic Book Men as Self
- 2012 · Red Tails as Sticks
- 2011 · Impractical Jokers as
- 2011 · The Sitter as Jacolby
- 2011 · The Mortician as The Mortician
- 2010 · Sinners and Saints as Weddo
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Young Boxer
- 2009 · Big Pun: The Legacy as Self
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · The Wackness as Percy
- 2008 · Meet the Spartans as Persian Emissary
- 2007 · The Wire: The Last Word as
- 2007 · Burn Notice as Valentine
- 2007 · Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life as Self
- 2006 · Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror as Himself
- 2006 · Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up as
- 2006 · Yo Momma as
- 2005 · Venom as Deputy Turner
- 2005 · Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out as
- 2005 · The Fairly OddParents: School's Out! The Musical as
- 2004 · Garden State as Diego
- 2004 · Method & Red as Method Man
- 2004 · Soul Plane as Muggsy
- 2004 · My Baby's Daddy as No Good (Randall)
- 2003 · Wildboyz as Self
- 2003 · Scary Movie 3 as Method Man
- 2003 · The New Tom Green Show as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2002 · Brown Sugar as Self
- 2002 · The Twilight Zone as Kneigh
- 2002 · The Wire as Melvin 'Cheese' Wagstaff
- 2001 · How High as Silas P. Silas
- 2001 · Xzibit | Restless Xposed as Self
- 2001 · One on One as Self
- 2001 · The Fairly OddParents as Rapping Head Pixie (voice)
- 2000 · Boston Public as Flash Master K
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Drops
- 2000 · Wonderland as Self
- 2000 · Diary as Self
- 1999 · Third Watch as C-Note
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dennis King
- 1999 · Black and White as Method Man
- 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
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · The Great White Hype as Self
- 1995 · MADtv as Gentry Abrams
- 1995 · MADtv as
- 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
- Future · Shadow Force as
- 2024 · Mother & Gun as
- 2024 · Bad Shabbos as Jordan
- 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
- 2021 · You're Watching Video Music Box as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · WWE Slammy Awards 2020 as Himself - Presenter
- 2020 · Magnum Dopus: The Making of Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as Self
- 2017 · Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special as Self
- 2017 · Black and Blue as Self
- 2016 · The Breaks as Darryl Van Patten Sr.
- 2015 · #LuckyNumber as Tyson 'The Saint' St. James
- 2011 · The Indestructible Jimmy Brown as Himself
- 2010 · Wu-Tang Saga as
- 2008 · Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan as Himself
- 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
- 2006 · Rock the Bells as Himself
- 2005 · Limp Bizkit - Greatest Videoz as Method Man (segment "N 2 Gether Now")
- 2005 · Letter to the President as Self
- 2005 · The Strip Game as Self
- 2004 · Wu Tang Clan: Disciples of the 36 Chambers as
- 2003 · Volcano High [MTV's Rapper Dub] as Mr. Ma
- 2002 · Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1 as
- 2001 · Street Life as
- 2000 · Backstage as Self
- 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 · Rhyme & Reason as Himself
- Future · Trouble Man! as
- 1998 · Wu Tang Clan - Da Mystery of Kung Fu as Self
- 1997 · Wu-Tang Clan: This Shit is from the Heart as Self
- 1995 · The Show as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)