DMX
Acting
1970-12-18 · Mount Vernon, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
In Whose Name?
2025 · Movie
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Movie
A Journey to Sundance
2023 · Movie
You're Watching Video Music Box
2021 · Movie
Fast Vengeance
2021 · Movie
DMX: Don't Try to Understand
2021 · Movie
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021 · Movie
Chronicle of a Serial Killer
2020 · Movie
Fast and Fierce: Death Race
2020 · Movie
VERZUZ
2020 · Series
Beyond the Law
2019 · Movie
Pimp
2018 · Movie
The After Party
2018 · Movie
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story
2017 · Movie
Fresh Off the Boat
2015 · Series
Top Five
2014 · Movie
Couples Therapy
2012 · Series
The Bleeding
2009 · Movie
Big Pun: The Legacy
2009 · Movie
Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent
2008 · Movie
Last Hour
2008 · Movie
Death Toll
2008 · Movie
Jump Out Boys
2008 · Movie
Father of Lies
2007 · Movie
DMX: Soul of a Man
2006 · Series
Trippin'
2005 · Series
Beef II
2004 · Movie
Never Die Alone
2004 · Movie
Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards
2003 · Series
Eve
2003 · Series
Beef
2003 · Movie
Cradle 2 the Grave
2003 · Movie
Cypress Hill Smoke Out Presents DMX
2002 · Movie
Half & Half
2002 · Series
The Making of Exit Wounds
2002 · Movie
DMX: Angel
2001 · Movie
Ruff Ryders: Uncensored
2001 · Movie
Exit Wounds
2001 · Movie
Backstage
2000 · Movie
Boricua's Bond
2000 · Movie
Romeo Must Die
2000 · Movie
Woodstock '99
2000 · Movie
Third Watch
1999 · Series
Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125
1999 · Movie
Belly
1998 · Movie
South Park
1997 · Series
The Chris Rock Show
1997 · Series
Moesha
1996 · Series
MADtv
1995 · Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
Doggmen
Movie