Rick Rubin
Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin (born March 10, 1963) is an American record executive and record producer. He is a co-founder (alongside Russell Simmons) of Def Jam Recordings, founder of American Recordings, and former co-president of Columbia Records. Rubin helped popularize hip-hop by producing records for acts such as the Beastie Boys, Geto Boys, Run-DMC, Public Enemy, and LL Cool J. He has also produced hit records for acts from a variety of other genres, predominantly heavy metal (Danzig, Metallica, and Slayer), alternative rock (the Cult, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Strokes and Weezer), hard rock (Audioslave and Aerosmith), nu-metal (Linkin Park, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down), and country (Johnny Cash and the Chicks). In 2007, Rubin was called "the most important producer of the last 20 years" by MTV and was named on Time's list of the "100 Most Influential People in the World". His first book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, was published in January 2023.
43 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 43
Saturday Night Live
1975
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
The Shop
2018
This Is Pop
2021
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
2022
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
Soundbreaking
2016
McCartney 3, 2, 1
2021
The Hip Hop Years
1999
Beastie Boys Story
2020
Krush Groove
1985
The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne
2020
Men Don't Leave
1990
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
2025
Chris Rock: Road To Live Special
2023
500 Days in UCLA (Cut Footage Documentary)
2020
Tougher Than Leather
1988
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
2003
May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers
2017
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
2015
JAY-Z: Fade to Black
2004
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
2006
Sound City
2013
Shangri-La
2019
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
2007
Circus Maximus
2023
808
2015
I Am Johnny Cash
2015
Johnny Cash: The Last Great American
2004
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks
1991
Truth to Power
2020
Black Sabbath: 13
2013
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird
2024
Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free
2021
Jim Jones - This Is Jim Jones
2009
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: World Record: The Making Of - A Chronicle of the Music
2022
Run DMC: Forever Kings
2004
Linkin Park: Meeting of A Thousand Suns
2010
The Cult: Pure Cult Anthology 1984-1995
2001
The Making of Minutes to Midnight
2007
whyrush?
2023
Tom Petty: Going Home
1994
One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das
2013