Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean (born October 17, 1969 in Croix-des-Bouquets) is a Haitian musician, record producer, and politician. At age nine, Jean moved to the United States with his family and has spent much of his life in the country. He first received fame as a member of the acclaimed New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees. Along with being a world famous and highly respected performing artist, he is now a visiting fellow at Brown University in the Department of Africana Studies.
On August 5, 2010, Jean filed for candidacy in the 2010 Haitian presidential election, although the Electoral Commission subsequently ruled him ineligible to stand as he had not met the requirement to have been resident in Haiti for five years.
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- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Vincent Love
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self
- Late Show with David Letterman (1993) as Self - Musical Guest
- The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022) as Self - Guest
- 30 Rock (2006) as Wyclef Jean
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) as Self
- Third Watch (1999) as Marcel Hollis
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
- Hell's Kitchen (2005) as Self - Restaurant Patron
- America's Next Top Model (2003) as Self - Guest
- Sherri (2022) as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- MTV Video Music Awards (1984) as Self
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
- American Dreams (2002) as Curtis Mayfield
- The Tyra Banks Show (2005)
- The Celebrity Apprentice (2004)
- Tout le monde en parle (2004) as Self
- American Music Awards (1974) as Self - Musical Guest
- MTV Europe Music Awards (1994) as Self - Host
- ECHO-Verleihung (1992) as Self
- Maya and the Three (2021) as Gran Brujo (voice)