DMX
Born: 1970-12-18 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Died: 2021-04-09
Known For: Acting
Biography
Earl Simmons (December 18, 1970 - April 9, 2021), better known by his stage name DMX, was an American rapper and actor who rose to fame in the late 1990s. His stage name pays tribute to the Oberheim DMX drum machine, an instrument he used when he made his own rap beats in the 80's. To date, his best-selling album is his 1999 album ...And Then There Was X, which featured the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here)". As an actor, he also starred in the films Belly, Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 The Grave and Last Hour, and his own reality television series Soul of a Man on the American cable television network BET. In 2002, DMX wrote an autobiographical book titled E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX. On April 9, 2021, DMX died at the age of 50 from a drug-related heart attack.
Filmography
2025
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self (archive footage)
- In Whose Name? as Self
2023
- A Journey to Sundance as Self
2021
- You're Watching Video Music Box as Self (archive footage)
- Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage as Self (archive footage)
- Fast Vengeance as Captain Liddle
- DMX: Don't Try to Understand as Self
2020
- VERZUZ as Self
- Fast and Fierce: Death Race as Davie
- Chronicle of a Serial Killer as Detective White
2019
- Beyond the Law as Detective Ray Munce
2018
- The After Party as Self
- Pimp as Midnight John
2017
2015
- Fresh Off the Boat as DMX
2014
- Top Five as DMX
2012
- Couples Therapy as Himself
2009
- The Bleeding as Tagg
- Big Pun: The Legacy as Self
2008
- Last Hour as Black Jack
- Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent as Nick
- Death Toll as The Dog (Narrator)
- Jump Out Boys as Thorn
2007
- Father of Lies as Paul
2006
- DMX: Soul of a Man as Self
2005
- Trippin' as Self
2004
- Never Die Alone as King David
- Beef II as Self
2003
- Eve as Xenon
- Cradle 2 the Grave as Anthony Fait
- Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards
- Beef as Self
2002
- Half & Half as Himself
- The Making of Exit Wounds as Self
- Cypress Hill Smoke Out Presents DMX
2001
- Exit Wounds as Latrell Walker
- Ruff Ryders: Uncensored as Self
- DMX: Angel as Himself
2000
- Romeo Must Die as Silk
- Woodstock '99
- Backstage as Self
- Boricua's Bond
1999
- Third Watch as Kandid Jones
- Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125 as Self
1998
- Belly as Tommy 'Buns' Bundy
1997
- South Park as DMX (voice)
- The Chris Rock Show as Self
1996
- Moesha as DMX
1995
- MADtv as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest