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Suge Knight

Acting Born Apr 19, 1965 Compton, California, USA 23 credits

Biography

An American record producer, music executive, and a former replacement player as an American football defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He is the co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records. Death Row Records rose to dominate the rap charts after Dr. Dre's breakthrough album The Chronic in 1992. After several years of chart successes for artists including Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Outlawz and Tha Dogg Pound, Death Row Records stagnated after Knight's incarceration on probation violation charges in September 1996 and went bankrupt in 2006. In February 2015, Knight was charged with murder and attempted murder following a fatal hit-and-run in Compton, California. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. Known gang banger of at least two Blood gangs. Was driving the car that Tupac Shakur was shot in on September 7, 1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tupac died six days later.

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Known for

Last Call with Carson Daly

as Self

Frequent co-stars

Taiki Matsuno 16 shared titles
Chiaki Takahashi 16 shared titles
Shunsuke Sakuya 15 shared titles
Dai Matsumoto 11 shared titles
Sayuri 10 shared titles
Akiko Yajima 9 shared titles
Daisuke Namikawa 6 shared titles
Akio Otsuka 6 shared titles
Toshiyuki Morikawa 6 shared titles
Takeshi Kusao 6 shared titles

Career timeline

Sean Combs: The ReckoningSean Combs: The Reckoning
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
Who Killed Biggie and Tupac?BODR (Bacc On Death Row)
Biggie: I Got a Story to TellLast Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie and Tupac
American Dream/American Knightmare
The Defiant OnesWho Killed Tupac?
Vanilla Ice Archive
One Night in Vegas
Tupac Assassination Conspiracy Or RevengeMarried to the Game: The Real Inside Story of Death Row
Tupac: Live at the House of Blues
Tupac: Resurrection
Last Call with Carson Daly
Welcome to Death RowSuge Knight: On The Real Death Row Story
Death Row Uncut
Murder Was the Case · Executive Producer

Full filmography

  • Sean Combs: The Reckoning (2025) as Self - Founder of Death Row Records (archive footage)
  • Sean Combs: The Reckoning (2025) as Self - CEO, Death Row Records (archive footage)
  • TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy (2024) as Self (voice)
  • Who Killed Biggie and Tupac? (2022) as Self (archive footage)
  • BODR (Bacc On Death Row) (2022) as Self (archive footage)
  • Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell (2021) as Self - Co-Founder, Death Row Records (archive footage)
  • Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie and Tupac (2021) as Self (archive footage)
  • American Dream/American Knightmare (2018) as Self
  • The Defiant Ones (2017) as Self (archive footage)
  • Who Killed Tupac? (2017) as Self (archive footage)
  • Vanilla Ice Archive (2012) as Self (archive footage)
  • One Night in Vegas (2010) as Self
  • Tupac Assassination Conspiracy Or Revenge (2009) as Self
  • Married to the Game: The Real Inside Story of Death Row (2009) as Self
  • Tupac: Live at the House of Blues (2005) as Self
  • Tupac: Resurrection (2003) as Self (archival)
  • Last Call with Carson Daly (2002) as Self
  • Welcome to Death Row (2001) as Self - CEO, Death Row Records (archive footage)
  • Suge Knight: On The Real Death Row Story (2001) as Himself
  • Death Row Uncut (2000) as Self (archive footage)
  • Murder Was the Case (1995) Executive Producer
  • Hopelessly in Love: Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and Andre Rison as Self (archive footage)
  • Horrifying Hollywood Murders as Self