Busta Rhymes: movies and TV shows
Busta Rhymes has 76 credits in the archive: 47 films and 29 TV series, from 1959 to 2025. Highest rated: MTV Europe Music Awards (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1959 – 2025 · busiest year: 2004 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Naked Gun | Bank Robber | Film | 6.4 | 53 |
| 2025 | The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | Self - Performer | Film | 9.0 | 53 |
| 2024 | Everybody Still Hates Chris | (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 52 |
| 2024 | Piece by Piece | Busta Rhymes (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 52 |
| 2024 | 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | Film | 7.2 | 52 |
| 2023 | The Legacy of J Dilla | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 51 |
| 2023 | The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 51 |
| 2022 | 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | Film | 8.2 | 50 |
| 2022 | Janet Jackson: Japanese Singles Collection - Greatest Hits | Film | — | 50 | |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | TV | 4.7 | 47 |
| 2019 | The Masked Singer | Dragon | TV | 7.5 | 47 |
| 2019 | The Masked Singer | Dragon (archive footage) | TV | 7.5 | 47 |
| 2019 | Desus & Mero | Self | TV | 5.1 | 47 |
| 2019 | Devil's Pie: D'Angelo | Self | Film | 10.0 | 47 |
| 2018 | Survivor's Guide to Prison | Self | Film | 6.4 | 46 |
| 2017 | King of the Dancehall | Allestar | Film | 7.6 | 45 |
| 2016 | Straight Stuntin Chronicles: Volume 3 - The Man in the Mirror | Self | Film | — | 44 |
| 2015 | Fresh Off the Boat | Busta Rhymes | TV | 7.2 | 43 |
| 2015 | Master of None | Busta Rhymes | TV | 7.3 | 43 |
| 2015 | The Game: The Documentary 2 | Self | Film | — | 43 |
| 2015 | Club Life | Himself | Film | 4.8 | 43 |
| 2015 | Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives | Film | 8.0 | 43 | |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 42 |
| 2014 | Nas: Time Is Illmatic | Self | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 2013 | Generation Iron | Self | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 2012 | WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009 | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 40 |
| 2011 | Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest | Self | Film | 7.2 | 39 |
| 2011 | The Unforgiven | Lick Wilson | Film | 4.0 | 39 |
| 2009 | Breaking Point | Al Bowen | Film | 4.4 | 37 |
| 2009 | DJ SWB Volume 6 | This Is How We Do | Self | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 2009 | DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70 | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 2006 | The Shop | TV | — | 34 | |
| 2005 | Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out | TV | 8.0 | 33 | |
| 2005 | The Boondocks | TV | 8.3 | 33 | |
| 2005 | The Game: The Documentary | Self | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 2004 | Miley's New Year's Eve Party | Self - Musical Guest | TV | 7.2 | 32 |
| 2004 | Full Clip | Joshua Pope | Film | 5.5 | 32 |
| 2004 | SMACK: Platinum Edition | Self | Film | — | 32 |
| 2004 | Snoop Dogg's Buckwild Bus Tour | Self | Film | — | 32 |
| 2004 | DJ Domination: World Domination | Film | — | 32 | |
| 2004 | Busta Rhymes - Everything Remains Raw | Busta Rhymes | Film | 8.8 | 32 |
| 2004 | Mobb Deep: Infamous Allegiance: Part 1 | Film | — | 32 | |
| 2003 | Punk'd | Self | TV | 5.1 | 31 |
| 2003 | Dude...We're Going to Rio | Buster | Film | 9.0 | 31 |
| 2003 | Ice-T's Pimpin 101 | Film | 9.0 | 31 | |
| 2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly | Self | TV | 3.1 | 30 |
| 2002 | Halloween: Resurrection | Freddie Harris | Film | 4.6 | 30 |
| 2002 | Narc | Darnell 'Big D Love' Beery | Film | 6.8 | 30 |
| 2002 | It's Black Entertainment | Self | Film | 8.7 | 30 |
| 2002 | Halloween: Resurrected | Film | 7.0 | 30 | |
| 2002 | Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1 | Film | 6.0 | 30 | |
| 2001 | Dr. Dolittle 2 | Film | 5.3 | 29 | |
| 2001 | BET Awards | Self - Performer & Honoree | TV | 7.7 | 29 |
| 2000 | 106 & Park | TV | 6.8 | 28 | |
| 2000 | Diary | Self | TV | 7.0 | 28 |
| 2000 | Shaft | Rasaan | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 2000 | Finding Forrester | Terrell Wallace | Film | 7.1 | 28 |
| 2000 | Shaft: Still the Man | Self | Film | 7.5 | 28 |
| 1999 | One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute | Self - Perfomer | Film | 9.0 | 27 |
| 1998 | The Rugrats Movie | Reptar Wagon (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 26 |
| 1997 | The Chris Rock Show | Self | TV | 4.6 | 25 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 24 |
| 1996 | The Steve Harvey Show | Zack | TV | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1995 | The Wayans Bros. | Busta Rhymes | TV | 7.2 | 23 |
| 1995 | Higher Learning | Dreads | Film | 6.3 | 23 |
| 1994 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast | TV | 7.8 | 22 | |
| 1994 | MTV Europe Music Awards | Self - Honoree | TV | 10.0 | 22 |
| 1993 | Who's the Man? | Jawaan | Film | 5.4 | 21 |
| 1993 | Strapped | Buster | Film | 5.9 | 21 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | TV | 5.4 | 20 | |
| 1988 | Yo! MTV Raps | Self | TV | 7.5 | 16 |
| 1984 | MTV Video Music Awards | Self | TV | 7.8 | 12 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Musical Guest | TV | 6.9 | 3 |
| 1974 | American Music Awards | Self - Musical Guest | TV | 8.2 | 2 |
| 1959 | The Grammys | Self | TV | 8.6 | 12 |
| Conspiracy of Thieves | Winston | Film | — | — |