Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, better known by his stage name Chuck D, is an American rapper, author, and producer. He helped create politically and socially conscious rap music in the mid-1980s as the leader of the rap group Public Enemy.

KNOWN FOR

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2023
The Daily Show
2017
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2007
Democracy Now!
2000
MTV Video Music Awards
2024
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2009
NewsRadio
1997
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2025
Behind the Music
1997
New York Undercover
1996
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1997
MTV Europe Music Awards
2017

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
130
Writing
2
Producing
2
Sound
2
Crew
2
2026
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
as Self
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as The Beetle (voice)
2025
Payback
as Self - Funeral Attendee (archive footage)
2025
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
as Self
2024
Camden
as Self
2024
James Brown: Say It Loud
as Self
2024
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
2023
Sign the Show
as Self
2023
Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History
as Narrator
2023
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
as Self
2023
Cover Your Ears
as Self
2023
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
as Self
2023
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2023
The Grammys
as Self
2022
Use of Force: The Policing of Black America
as Narrator (voice)
2022
Nothing Compares
as Self
2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
2021
Anthrax: 40th Anniversary Livestream
as Himself
2021
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
as Self
2021
Classic Albums: Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man
as Self
2021
This Is Pop
as Self
2020
For NYC
2020
American Rapstar
as Self [Archive]
2020
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
as Self
2020
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
as Self
2020
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
as Self
2019
System Shock: How the MP3 Changed Music
2019
Grass Is Greener
as Self
2019
Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare
as Self
2019
The Cobra at Twilight
2018
The King
as Self
2018
Rock Rubber 45s
as Self
2018
Survivor's Guide to Prison
as Self
2018
The Untold Story of Detroit Hip Hop
as Self
2018
System Shock
as self
2018
Prophets of Rage: Eurockéennes 2018
2017
G-Funk
as Self
2017
MTV Europe Music Awards
as Self - Presenter
2017
Who Killed Tupac?
as Self
2017
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest
2016
Full Court: The Spencer Haywood Story
as Narrator (voice)
2016
A Tale of James Brown
as Self
2016
The Bet
as Charles McD
2016
1971 Pirates: Forever Brothers
2016
Soundbreaking
as Self
2015
All Things Must Pass
as Self
2015
Public Enemy - Live From Metropolis Studios
as Himself
2015
Hustlers Convention
as Self
2014
Public Enemy Live at the Metro Theatre
as Rappeur
2014
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
as Self
2014
Ali vs Stevenson: The Greatest Fight That Never Was
as Narrator
2014
Heights Girl
2014
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
as Self (archive footage)
2014
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
as Self
2013
The Doctor
as Narrator (voice)
2013
Rebels Without a Pause: The Induction Celebration of Public Enemy
as Self
2013
Swing Lowe Sweet Chariote
as DJ Jonny Specials
2013
Dream School
as Self - Student Mentor/Self - Raptivist, Musician, Digital Advocate
2012
Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D
as Self
2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self
2012
City Teacher
2012
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
as Self
2012
Founding Fathers (The True Origins of Hip Hop)
2011
The Weird World of Blowfly
as Self
2011
Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation
as Self
2011
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
as Self
2011
Public Enemy: Prophets Of Rage
as Himself
2011
Prince: A Purple Reign
as Self
2011
The Fab Five
as Self
2010
My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop
as Self
2010
Straight Outta L.A.
as Self
2010
Legends
as Self
2009
Big Pun: The Legacy
as Self
2009
Copyright Criminals
as Self
2009
Founding Fathers: The Untold Story of Hip Hop
as Narrator
2009
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
as Self
2009
The Black Candle
as Self
2009
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
as Chuck D (voice)
2008
Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions
as Self
2007
Mixtape, Inc.
2007
Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome
as Self
2007
Public Enemy - Fight the Power: Greatest Hits Live!
as Himself
2007
Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk
as Self
2007
Ali's 65
as Self - Narrator
2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Musical Guest
2006
Fuck
as Self
2006
Rock the Bells
as Himself
2006
The Henry Rollins Show
2005
Left of the Dial
as Self
2005
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
as Self - Narrator
2005
Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship
as Self
2005
Black in the 80s
as Self
2005
Sealab 2021
as Abelard (voice)
2004
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
as Malcolm Y
2004
Public Enemy: Revolverlution Tour
as Himself
2004
Lightning in a Bottle
as Self
2004
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
as Self
2003
James Brown: Soul Survivor
2003
Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
as Himself
2003
Godfathers and Sons
as Self
2003
Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied
as Self
2003
Beef
as Self (archive footage)
2003
The Blues
as Self
2001
Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music
as Self
2001
Public Enemy - Live from House of Blues
2000
Democracy Now!
as Self
1999
The Hip Hop Years
as Self
1998
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
as Leon Brothers
1998
Jackie Chan: My Story
as Self - Rapper
1997
Anthem
as Self
1997
NewsRadio
as Chuck D
1997
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1997
Behind the Music
as Self
1996
Rage Against the Machine - Live at Pinkpop 1996
1996
New York Undercover
1995
Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
1992
Public Enemy: The Enemy Strikes...Live
as Hard Rhymer
1992
The Real Malcolm X
1991
Rap's Most Wanted
as Self
1991
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 16
as Self
1991
Yo! MTV Raps
as Self
1990
Public Enemy - Burn Hollywood Burn feat. Ice Cube and Big Daddy Kane
1990
Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1
as Self
1989
Impact Video Magazine
1989
Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live!
1987
Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation - The First London Invasion Tour 1987
as Self
Mi Familia: Sen Dog and the American Dream
as Self