DMX
Known for: Acting
Born: December 18, 1970
Died: April 9, 2021
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
37 movies · 15 TV shows, newest first
6.9
In Whose Name?
2025
7.7
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
NR
A Journey to Sundance
2023
6.4
You're Watching Video Music Box
2021
6.4
Fast Vengeance
2021
6.3
DMX: Don't Try to Understand
2021
6.5
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021
1.6
Chronicle of a Serial Killer
2020
5.4
Fast and Fierce: Death Race
2020
10.0
VERZUZ
2020
5.2
Beyond the Law
2019
6.2
Pimp
2018
6.1
The After Party
2018
6.2
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story
2017
7.2
Fresh Off the Boat
2015
6.1
Top Five
2014
8.2
Couples Therapy
2012
2.6
The Bleeding
2009
4.8
Big Pun: The Legacy
2009
2.8
Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent
2008
4.2
Last Hour
2008
3.3
Death Toll
2008
4.2
Jump Out Boys
2008
9.0
Father of Lies
2007
8.0
DMX: Soul of a Man
200610.0
Trippin'
2005
7.0
Beef II
2004
5.5
Never Die Alone
200410.0
Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards
2003
8.5
Eve
2003
7.1
Beef
2003
6.1
Cradle 2 the Grave
2003
NR
Cypress Hill Smoke Out Presents DMX
2002
8.3
Half & Half
2002
NR
The Making of Exit Wounds
2002
10.0
DMX: Angel
2001
NR
Ruff Ryders: Uncensored
2001
5.9
Exit Wounds
2001
5.5
Backstage
2000
3.3
Boricua's Bond
2000
6.3
Romeo Must Die
2000
5.4
Woodstock '99
2000
7.9
Third Watch
1999
6.0
Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125
1999
6.3
Belly
1998
8.3
South Park
1997
4.6
The Chris Rock Show
1997
6.9
Moesha
1996
7.1
MADtv
1995
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
NR
Doggmen
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