Method Man
Born: 1971-03-02 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Clifford Smith (born April 1, 1971 in Staten Island, New York), better known by his stage name Method Man or Meth is an American hip hop artist, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He took his stage name from the 1979 film The Fearless Young Boxer, also known as Method Man. He is one half of the rap duo Method Man & Redman along with fellow rapper Redman. He 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. He appeared in the motion pictures Belly, How High, Garden State as well as a minor role in The Wackness. On television, he and hip-hop collaborator Redman co-starred on the short-lived Fox sitcom Method & Red, and he had a recurring role as Calvin "Cheese" Wagstaff on the acclaimed HBO drama series The Wire. Description above from the Wikipedia article Method Man, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- Relationship Goals as Jarrett Roy
2025
- Hollywood Squares as Self
- Shadow Force as Unc
- Trouble Man as Money
- Bad Shabbos as Jordan
- Poetic License as James Cassidy
2024
- How Music Got Free as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The 4:30 Movie as Cookie
- Fat Joe Talks as Self - Guest
- ODB: Wu Tang Forever as As Himself
- Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys as Self (archival footage)
- How Music Got Free as Self
- Missionary as Voiceover (Voice)
- The New York Sack Exchange as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Mother & Gun
2023
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Torg (voice)
- Poker Face as Frank "Brick" Bricatino
- Bupkis as Carnival Worker
- How I Learned to Fly as Cliff Davis
- A Wu-Tang Experience: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre as Self
- Amazon Music Live: Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, and De La Soul's 'N.Y. State of Mind Tour' as Himself
2022
- Sherri as Self - Guest
- The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self - Guest
- Last Looks as Swag Dogggg
- The Crew Has It
- On the Come Up as Supreme
- Milestone Generations as Narrator (voice)
2021
- Masters of the Universe: Revelation as Clamp Champ (voice)
- You're Watching Video Music Box as Self (archive footage)
- This Is the Night as Louis
- Mary J. Blige's My Life as Self
2020
- Power Book II: Ghost as Davis Maclean
- Teenage Bounty Hunters as Terrance Coin
- VERZUZ as Self
- Vampires vs. the Bronx as Father Jackson
- Magnum Dopus as Self
- Concrete Cowboy as Leroy
- WWE Slammy Awards 2020 as Self - Presenter
2019
- Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- Godfather of Harlem as Sam Christian
- The Masked Singer as Self - Stud Muffin
- First Wives Club as Beast
- Shaft as Freddie P.
- Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as Self
- Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee as Self
- Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men as Self
2018
- The Last O.G. as Green Eyes
- Red Table Talk as Self
- Peppermint as Narcotics Detective Barker
- Future World as Tattooed Face
2017
- The Deuce as Rodney
- Drop the Mic as Self - Co-Host
- Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics as Self
- Love Beats Rhymes as Ref
- Where's the Money as Trap
- Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special as Self
- Black and Blue as Self
2016
- WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews as Self - Guest
- Marvel's Luke Cage as Cliff 'Method Man' Smith
- Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party as Team Snoop
- Paterson as Method Man
- Keanu as Cheddar
- The Breaks as Darryl Van Patten Sr.
2015
- Difficult People as Method Man
- Trainwreck as Temembe
- Taraji's White Hot Holidays as Self
- Staten Island Summer as Konko
- #Lucky Number as Tyson 'The Saint' St. James
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Musical Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
- Scorpion as Lucky the King
- The Cobbler as Leon Ludlow
- Seasons of Love as Big Rob
2012
- Comic Book Men as Self
- Red Tails as Sticks
- Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ as Self
- N.A.S.A.: The Spirit of Apollo
2011
- Impractical Jokers
- The Sitter as Jacolby
- The Mortician as The Mortician
- The Indestructible Jimmy Brown as Himself
2010
- The Good Guys as Kenny
- Sinners and Saints as Weddo
- Wu-Tang Saga
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- The Good Wife as Young Boxer
- 30 for 30 as Himself
- Big Pun: The Legacy as Self
2008
- Meet the Spartans as Persian Emissary
- The Wackness as Percy
- Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan as Himself
2007
- Burn Notice as Valentine
- The Wire Odyssey as Self
- The Wire: The Last Word as Self
- Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life as Self
- Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip as Himself
- Wu-Tang Clan: Live at Montreux as himself
2006
- Yo Momma
- Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up
- Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror as Himself
- Rock the Bells as Himself
2005
- Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
- Venom as Deputy Turner
- The Fairly OddParents: School's Out! The Musical
- Letter to the President as Self
- The Strip Game as Self
- Limp Bizkit: Greatest Videoz as Method Man (segment "N 2 Gether Now")
2004
- Method & Red as Method Man
- Soul Plane as Muggsy
- Garden State as Diego
- My Baby's Daddy as No Good (Randall)
- Wu Tang Clan: Disciples of the 36 Chambers Chapter 2
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- Scary Movie 3 as Method Man
- Wildboyz as Self
- The New Tom Green Show as Self
- Volcano High [MTV's Rapper Dub] as Mr. Ma
2002
- The Wire as Melvin 'Cheese' Wagstaff
- The Twilight Zone as Kneigh
- Brown Sugar as Self
- Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1
2001
- One on One as Self
- How High as Silas P. Silas
- Xzibit | Restless Xposed as Self
- Street Life
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Drops
- Boston Public as Flash Master K
- Diary as Self
- Wonderland as Method Man
- Backstage as Self
- Boricua's Bond
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dennis King
- Third Watch as C-Note
- Black and White as Method Man
- Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125 as Self
1998
- Belly as Shameek
- Wu Tang Clan - Da Mystery of Kung Fu as Self
- Pete Rock: Soul Survivor as Method Man
1997
- Oz as Carlton 'Tug' Daniels
- The Chris Rock Show
- Cop Land as Shondel
- One Eight Seven as Dennis Broadway
- Rhyme & Reason as Self
- Wu-Tang Clan: This Shit is from the Heart as Self
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- The Jamie Foxx Show as Method Man
- The Great White Hype as Self
1992
- Martin as Method Man
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- Yo! MTV Raps as Self
1984
- MTV Video Music Awards as Self
1977
- The BRIT Awards as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1959
- The Grammys as Self