Method Man
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 2, 1971 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
- Active Years
- 1959–2026 (68 Years)
- Total Credits
- 165 credits in database
Acting Born Mar 2, 1971 Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA 165 credits
Biography
Method Man is an American actor and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. Born Clifford Smith on March 2, 1971, in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA. He is known for his acting credits in various films, including 187, Belly, How High, Garden State, The Wackness, Venom, Red Tails, Keanu, The Cobbler, and Bad Shabbos. Method Man has also appeared in television shows, often co-starring with fellow rapper Redman. He is a member of the rap duo Method Man & Redman and has 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.
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Career overview
Method Man is an American actor who has appeared in various films. He has a notable role in the 1998 film Belly. In addition to Belly, he has also appeared in other films such as How High, Garden State, and The Wackness. His filmography also includes appearances in 187, Venom, Red Tails, Keanu, The Cobbler, and Bad Shabbos.
Method Man's acting career spans multiple decades, with his earliest film appearance in 187 in 1997. He continued to act in films throughout the 2000s, appearing in How High in 2001 and Garden State in 2004. In the 2010s, he appeared in films such as The Wackness in 2008, Red Tails in 2012, and The Cobbler in 2014. His more recent film appearances include Keanu in 2016 and Bad Shabbos in 2024.
Method Man's filmography showcases his versatility as an actor, with a range of roles in different genres. His appearances in films such as Belly and Garden State demonstrate his ability to take on dramatic roles, while his appearances in films such as How High and Keanu showcase his comedic side.
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Frequent co-stars
Tiffany Haddish
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Samuel L. Jackson
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Allen Maldonado
2 shared titles
Anna Maria Horsford
2 shared titles
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
2 shared titles
Kat Graham
2 shared titles
Nikki Glaser
2 shared titles
Mary J. Blige
2 shared titles
Nicholas Cirillo
2 shared titles
Diedrich Bader
2 shared titles
Career timeline
Relationship Goals
Hollywood SquaresShadow ForceTrouble ManBad ShabbosPoetic License
The 4:30 MovieFat Joe TalksODB: Wu Tang ForeverHow Music Got FreeHow Music Got Free
Poker FaceMarvel's Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurBupkisHow I Learned to FlyAmazon Music Live: Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, and De La Soul's 'N.Y. State of Mind Tour'
The Jennifer Hudson ShowSherriThe Crew Has ItLast LooksMilestone Generations
Masters of the Universe: RevelationYou're Watching Video Music BoxThis Is the NightMary J. Blige's My Life
Power Book II: GhostTeenage Bounty HuntersMagnum DopusVERZUZVampires vs. the Bronx
Tamron HallThe Masked SingerGodfather of HarlemFirst Wives ClubShaft
Red Table TalkThe Last O.G.PeppermintFuture World
The DeuceDrop the MicRobert Kirkman's Secret History of ComicsWhere's the MoneyLove Beats Rhymes
Marvel's Luke CageMartha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner PartyPatersonKeanuThe Breaks
Difficult PeopleTrainwreckStaten Island SummerTaraji's White Hot Holidays#Lucky Number
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonLate Night with Seth MeyersLast Week Tonight with John OliverScorpionThe Cobbler
Comic Book MenRed TailsYo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’N.A.S.A.: The Spirit of Apollo
Impractical JokersThe SitterThe MorticianThe Indestructible Jimmy Brown
The Good GuysSinners and SaintsWu-Tang Saga
Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenThe Good Wife30 for 30Big Pun: The Legacy
Meet the SpartansThe WacknessWu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan
Burn NoticeMethod Man: Live from the Sunset StripMethod Man: Live from the Sunset Strip · Executive ProducerThe Wire: The Last WordThe Wire Odyssey
Yo MommaSnoop Dogg's Hood of HorrorRock the BellsJamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N OutVenomLetter to the PresidentThe Fairly OddParents: School's Out! The MusicalThe Strip Game
Soul PlaneGarden StateMethod & RedMethod & Red · CreatorMy Baby's Daddy
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Jimmy Kimmel Live!Scary Movie 3The New Tom Green ShowWildboyz
The WireThe Twilight ZoneBrown SugarHype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1
One on OneHow HighXzibit | Restless XposedStreet Life
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationBoston PublicDiaryWonderlandBackstage
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitThird WatchBlack and WhiteDef Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125
BellyPete Rock: Soul SurvivorWu Tang Clan - Da Mystery of Kung Fu
OzThe Chris Rock ShowCop LandOne Eight SevenRhyme & Reason
The Daily ShowThe Jamie Foxx ShowThe Great White Hype
Full Filmography
165 titles- Relationship Goals (2026) as Jarrett Roy
- Hollywood Squares (2025) as Self
- Shadow Force (2025) as Unc
- Trouble Man (2025) as Money
- Bad Shabbos (2025) as Jordan
- Poetic License (2025) as James Cassidy
- The 4:30 Movie (2024) as Cookie
- Fat Joe Talks (2024) as Self - Guest
- ODB: Wu Tang Forever (2024) as As Himself
- How Music Got Free (2024) as Self
- How Music Got Free (2024) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Missionary (2024) as Voiceover (Voice)
- Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys (2024) as Self (archival footage)
- The New York Sack Exchange (2024) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Mother & Gun (2024)
- Poker Face (2023) as Frank "Brick" Bricatino
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023) as Torg (voice)
- Bupkis (2023) as Carnival Worker
- How I Learned to Fly (2023) as Cliff Davis
- Amazon Music Live: Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, and De La Soul's 'N.Y. State of Mind Tour' (2023) as Himself
- A Wu-Tang Experience: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre (2023) as Self
- The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022) as Self - Guest
- Sherri (2022) as Self - Guest
- The Crew Has It (2022)
- Last Looks (2022) as Swag Dogggg
- Milestone Generations (2022) as Narrator (voice)
- On the Come Up (2022) as Supreme
- Masters of the Universe: Revelation (2021) as Clamp Champ (voice)
- You're Watching Video Music Box (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- This Is the Night (2021) as Louis
- Mary J. Blige's My Life (2021) as Self
- Power Book II: Ghost (2020) as Davis Maclean
- Teenage Bounty Hunters (2020) as Terrance Coin
- Magnum Dopus (2020) as Self
- VERZUZ (2020) as Self
- Vampires vs. the Bronx (2020) as Father Jackson
- Concrete Cowboy (2020) as Leroy
- WWE Slammy Awards 2020 (2020) as Self - Presenter
- Tamron Hall (2019) as Self - Guest
- The Masked Singer (2019) as Self - Stud Muffin
- Godfather of Harlem (2019) as Sam Christian
- First Wives Club (2019) as Beast
- Shaft (2019) as Freddie P.
- Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019) as Self
- Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee (2019) as Self
- Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men (2019) as Self
- Red Table Talk (2018) as Self
- The Last O.G. (2018) as Green Eyes
- Peppermint (2018) as Narcotics Detective Barker
- Future World (2018) as Tattooed Face
- The Deuce (2017) as Rodney
- Drop the Mic (2017) as Self - Co-Host
- Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics (2017) as Self
- Where's the Money (2017) as Trap
- Love Beats Rhymes (2017) as Ref
- Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special (2017) as Self
- Black and Blue (2017) as Self
- Marvel's Luke Cage (2016) as Cliff 'Method Man' Smith
- Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party (2016) as Team Snoop
- Paterson (2016) as Method Man
- Keanu (2016) as Cheddar
- The Breaks (2016) as Darryl Van Patten Sr.
- Difficult People (2015) as Method Man
- Trainwreck (2015) as Temembe
- Staten Island Summer (2015) as Konko
- Taraji's White Hot Holidays (2015) as Self
- #Lucky Number (2015) as Tyson 'The Saint' St. James
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self - Musical Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014) as Self
- Scorpion (2014) as Lucky the King
- The Cobbler (2014) as Leon Ludlow
- Seasons of Love (2014) as Big Rob
- Comic Book Men (2012) as Self
- Red Tails (2012) as Sticks
- Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ (2012) as Self
- N.A.S.A.: The Spirit of Apollo (2012)
- Impractical Jokers (2011)
- The Sitter (2011) as Jacolby
- The Mortician (2011) as The Mortician
- The Indestructible Jimmy Brown (2011) as Himself
- The Good Guys (2010) as Kenny
- Sinners and Saints (2010) as Weddo
- Wu-Tang Saga (2010)
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
- The Good Wife (2009) as Young Boxer
- 30 for 30 (2009) as Himself
- Big Pun: The Legacy (2009) as Self
- Meet the Spartans (2008) as Persian Emissary
- The Wackness (2008) as Percy
- Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan (2008) as Himself
- Burn Notice (2007) as Valentine
- Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip (2007) as Himself
- Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip (2007) Executive Producer
- The Wire: The Last Word (2007) as Self
- The Wire Odyssey (2007) as Self
- Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life (2007) as Self
- Wu-Tang Clan: Live at Montreux (2007) as himself
- Yo Momma (2006)
- Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror (2006) as Himself
- Rock the Bells (2006) as Himself
- Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up (2006)
- Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out (2005)
- Venom (2005) as Deputy Turner
- Letter to the President (2005) as Self
- The Fairly OddParents: School's Out! The Musical (2005)
- The Strip Game (2005) as Self
- The Strip Game (2005) Director
- The Strip Game (2005) Writer
- Limp Bizkit: Greatest Videoz (2005) as Method Man (segment "N 2 Gether Now")
- Soul Plane (2004) as Muggsy
- Garden State (2004) as Diego
- Method & Red (2004) as Method Man
- Method & Red (2004) Creator
- My Baby's Daddy (2004) as No Good (Randall)
- Wu Tang Clan: Disciples of the 36 Chambers Chapter 2 (2004)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- Scary Movie 3 (2003) as Method Man
- The New Tom Green Show (2003) as Self
- Wildboyz (2003) as Self
- Volcano High [MTV's Rapper Dub] (2003) as Mr. Ma
- The Wire (2002) as Melvin 'Cheese' Wagstaff
- The Twilight Zone (2002) as Kneigh
- Brown Sugar (2002) as Self
- Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1 (2002)
- One on One (2001) as Self
- How High (2001) as Silas P. Silas
- Xzibit | Restless Xposed (2001) as Self
- Street Life (2001)
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Drops
- Boston Public (2000) as Flash Master K
- Diary (2000) as Self
- Wonderland (2000) as Method Man
- Backstage (2000) as Self
- Boricua's Bond (2000)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Dennis King
- Third Watch (1999) as C-Note
- Black and White (1999) as Method Man
- Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125 (1999) as Self
- Belly (1998) as Shameek
- Pete Rock: Soul Survivor (1998) as Method Man
- Wu Tang Clan - Da Mystery of Kung Fu (1998) as Self
- Oz (1997) as Carlton 'Tug' Daniels
- The Chris Rock Show (1997)
- Cop Land (1997) as Shondel
- One Eight Seven (1997) as Dennis Broadway
- Rhyme & Reason (1997) as Self
- Wu-Tang Clan: This Shit is from the Heart (1997) as Self
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- The Jamie Foxx Show (1996) as Method Man
- The Great White Hype (1996) as Self
- MADtv (1995) as Gentry Abrams
- MADtv (1995) as Self
- The Show (1995) as Self
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994)
- Martin (1992) as Method Man
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self - Guest
- Yo! MTV Raps (1988) as Self
- MTV Video Music Awards (1984) as Self
- The BRIT Awards (1977) as Self
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- The Grammys (1959) as Self
- Sunny as Ruskin
- Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2 as Self
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Method Man best known for?
Method Man is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Relationship Goals (2026), Hollywood Squares (2025), Shadow Force (2025), The 4:30 Movie (2024).
When and where was Method Man born?
Method Man was born on March 2, 1971 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA.
How many credits does Method Man have?
Method Man has accumulated over 165 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1959 to 2026.
What is Method Man's background in cinema and television?
Method Man is an American actor and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. Born Clifford Smith on March 2, 1971, in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA. He is known for his acting credits in various films, including 187, Belly, How High, Garden State, The Wackness, Venom, Red Tails, Keanu, The Cobbler, ...
Method Man by the numbers
165credits
94films
71TV series
1959–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- The BRIT Awards (1977) as Self — aged about 6
- The Wire (2002) as Melvin 'Cheese' Wagstaff — aged about 31
- The Grammys (1959) as Self — aged about 11
- Power Book II: Ghost (2020) as Davis Maclean — aged about 49
- Scorpion (2014) as Lucky the King — aged about 43
- Godfather of Harlem (2019) as Sam Christian — aged about 48
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