Method Man

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1971-04-01 (53 years old)

Place of Birth Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As Cliff 'Method Man' Smith, Clifford Smith, Wu-Tang Clan, Cliff Smith

Method Man

Biography

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

Actor

2024
The 4:30 Movie

as Cookie

2024
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys

as Self (archival footage)

2024
Bad Shabbos

as Jordan

2024
2024
Fat Joe Talks

as Self - Guest

2024
How Music Got Free

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2024
ODB: Wu Tang Forever

as As Himself

2023
How I Learned to Fly

as Cliff Davis

2023
Bupkis

as Carnival Worker

2022
On the Come Up

as Supreme

2022
Milestone Generations

as Narrator (voice)

2022
Last Looks

as Swag Dogggg

2022
Sherri

as Self - Guest

2021
You're Watching Video Music Box

as Self (archive footage)

2021
2021
2020
WWE Slammy Awards 2020

as Himself - Presenter

2020
Vampires vs. the Bronx

as Father Jackson

2020
2020
Power Book II: Ghost

as Davis Maclean

2020
Teenage Bounty Hunters

as Terrance Coin

2020
VERZUZ

as Self

2019
2019
Shaft

as Freddie P.

2019
Godfather of Harlem

as Sam Christian

2019
Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

2018
Peppermint

as Narcotics Detective Barker

2018
Future World

as Tattooed Face

2018
2018
The Last O.G.

as Green Eyes

2017
2017
2017
Drop the Mic

as Self - Co-Host

2017
The Deuce

as Rodney

2016
Paterson

as Method Man

2016
Keanu

as Cheddar

2016
The Breaks

as Darryl Van Patten Sr.

2016
Marvel's Luke Cage

as Cliff 'Method Man' Smith

2015
#LuckyNumber

as Tyson 'The Saint' St. James

2015
Trainwreck

as Temembe

2014
Seasons of Love

as Big Rob

2014
The Cobbler

as Leon Ludlow

2014
Scorpion

as Lucky the King

2013
Orange Is the New Black

as Cardboard Cutout (credit only)

2012
Red Tails

as Sticks

2012
2011
The Sitter

as Jacolby

2011
The Mortician

as The Mortician

2010
2009
The Good Wife

as Young Boxer

2008
The Wackness

as Percy

2008
Meet the Spartans

as Persian Emissary

2007
2007
Burn Notice

as Valentine

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
2004
Garden State

as Diego

2004
Soul Plane

as Muggsy

2004
My Baby's Daddy

as No Good (Randall)

2004
Method & Red

as Method Man

2003
Scary Movie 3

as Method Man

2003
Wildboyz

as Self

2002
Brown Sugar

as Self

2002
2002
The Wire

as Melvin 'Cheese' Wagstaff

2001
How High

as Silas P. Silas

2001
One on One

as Self

2001
The Fairly OddParents

as Rapping Head Pixie (voice)

2000
Backstage

as Self

2000
Boston Public

as Flash Master K

2000
Wonderland

as Self

2000
Diary

as Self

1999
Black and White

as Method Man

1999
Third Watch

as C-Note

1998
1998
Belly

as Shameek

1997
Cop Land

as Shondel

1997
One Eight Seven

as Dennis Broadway

1997
Rhyme & Reason

as Himself

1997
Oz

as Carlton 'Tug' Daniels

1996
1995
The Show

as Self

1995
MADtv

as Gentry Abrams

1995
1992
1988
Yo! MTV Raps

as Self

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Producer

2007

Director

2005
The Strip Game

as Director

Writer

2005
The Strip Game

as Writer

Creator

2004
Method & Red

as Creator