DMX
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. On April 9, 2021, DMX died at the age of 50 from a drug-related heart attack.
52 acting credits
Acting · 52
Saturday Night Live
1975
South Park
1997
Third Watch
1999
Fresh Off the Boat
2015
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Moesha
1996
Half & Half
2002
Eve
2003
The Chris Rock Show
1997
Cradle 2 the Grave
2003
Couples Therapy
2012
Romeo Must Die
2000
VERZUZ
2020
Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards
2003
Exit Wounds
2001
Trippin'
2005
MADtv
1995
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Beyond the Law
2019
Belly
1998
Top Five
2014
Never Die Alone
2004
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021
Last Hour
2008
A Journey to Sundance
2023
Pimp
2018
You're Watching Video Music Box
2021
The After Party
2018
Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent
2008
Beef
2003
In Whose Name?
2025
Fast and Fierce: Death Race
2020
Fast Vengeance
2021
DMX: Soul of a Man
2006
Chronicle of a Serial Killer
2020
The Bleeding
2009
Big Pun: The Legacy
2009
The Making of Exit Wounds
2002
Jump Out Boys
2008
Beef II
2004
Backstage
2000
Death Toll
2008
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story
2017
Woodstock '99
2000
DMX: Angel
2001
Boricua's Bond
2000
Cypress Hill Smoke Out Presents DMX
2002
Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125
1999
Ruff Ryders: Uncensored
2001
DMX: Don't Try to Understand
2021
Doggmen
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Father of Lies
2007