B-Real
Biography
Louis Freese, known professionally as B-Real, is an American rapper of Cuban and Mexican heritage, as well as a film and television actor. Born on June 2, 1970, in South Gate, California, he is best recognized for his role as the lead rapper in the hip-hop group Cypress Hill. He formed the group in 1988 with his friend Sen Dog, and the group later debuted with their self-titled album Cypress Hill in 1991. Across his career, he has accumulated forty-seven known credits in acting. Initially viewing his high-pitched vocal style as a silly gimmick, he decided to continue using the style after receiving surprising positive feedback.
Career overview
Louis Freese, known by his stage name B-Real, was born on June 2, 1970, in South Gate, California. He is an American rapper of Cuban and Mexican heritage, as well as a film and television actor. He has a total of forty-seven known credits in acting listed on The Movie Database.
B-Real is best known as the lead rapper of the hip-hop group Cypress Hill. He founded the group in 1988 alongside his friend Sen Dog. The group subsequently debuted with their self-titled studio album, Cypress Hill, in 1991. Early in his musical career, B-Real initially viewed his high voice as a silly gimmick. However, after receiving positive feedback for this distinct style, he decided to continue using it.
Throughout his career, B-Real has maintained a prominent profile in the entertainment industry through both his work in music with Cypress Hill and his acting credits in film and television. His professional background spans decades, marked by his enduring association with the hip-hop group he helped establish in the late nineteen eighties and their subsequent self-titled release in the early nineteen nineties.
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- Switched On Pop (2026) as Self - Guest
- Everybody's Live with John Mulaney (2025) as Self - Musical Guest
- Cypress Hill & the London Symphony Orchestra - Black Sunday Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2025) as Lead Vocals
- Cypress Hill & the London Symphony Orchestra - Black Sunday Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2025) Executive Producer
- Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World (2023) as Self
- A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop (2023) as Self
- Cypress Hill - Rock en Seine 2023 (2023) as Self
- Cypress Hill: Insane in the Brain (2022) as Self
- It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet (2020) as Self
- Grass Is Greener (2019) as Self
- Survivor's Guide to Prison (2018) as Self
- Prophets of Rage: Eurockéennes 2018 (2018)
- Burn Motherfucker, Burn! (2017) as Self
- Bong Appétit (2016) as Self - Host
- Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives (2015)
- The Eric Andre Show (2012) as Self
- Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012) as Self
- Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ (2012) as Self
- Cypress Hill on tour - Les Eurockéennes de Belfort 2012 (2012) as himself
- Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation (2011) as Self
- Rappin' With The Rickster (2010) as Self
- Cypress Hill - Live at Rock Am Ring (2010) as Self
- Big Pun: The Legacy (2009) as Self
- NPR Tiny Desk Concerts (2008) as Self
- Bigg Snoop Dogg Presents: The Adventures of Tha Blue Carpet Treatment (2008) as (voice)
- Dilated Peoples: The Release Party (2007)
- On Air with Ryan Seacrest (2004) as Cypress Hill - Performer
- Beef II (2004) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Musical Guest
- Shade (2003) as Nate
- Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003) as B-Real
- Beef (2003) as Self
- Straight from the Projects: Rappers That Live the Lyrics - Brownsville, Brooklyn (2003) as Himself
- Cypress Hill: Smoke Out (2002) as Self
- How High (2001) as Cypress Hill
- MacArthur Park (2001) as Freddie
- Cypress Hill - Live at the Fillmore (2000)
- Thicker Than Water (1999)
- Cypress Hill Live at Rock Im Park (1999)
- Winner Takes All (1998) as The Professional
- Rhyme & Reason (1997) as Self
- TFI Friday (1996)
- MTV Europe Music Awards (1994) as Self - Presenter
- The Meteor Man (1993) as Crip
- Who's the Man? (1993) as Jose Gomez
- The Word (1990)
- Yo! MTV Raps (1988) as Self
- Mi Familia: Sen Dog and the American Dream as Self