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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 1, 1963
Died
September 28, 2022
Place of Birth
Monessen, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Artis Ivey, Jr.
- 古里奧
Coolio
1.2 Popularity
Biography
Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (August 1, 1963 – September 28, 2022), known professionally as Coolio, was an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Coolio achieved mainstream success in the mid-to-late 1990s with his albums It Takes a Thief (1994), Gangsta's Paradise (1995), and My Soul (1997). He was best known for his 1995 Grammy Award-winning hit single "Gangsta's Paradise", as well as other singles "Fantastic Voyage" (1994), "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" (1996), and "C U When U Get There" (1997). Description above from the Wikipedia article Coolio, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
7.7
Self - Musical Guest February 10, 1996 (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
2.0
Don Luscious
It Wants Blood 2
2023
5.9
Coolio
Bobcat Moretti
2023
9.0
Self
Game On!
2020
6.6
Self
The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story
2018
7.4
Self
United Skates
2018
6.0
Self
The Goddamn Comedy Jam
2016
🎬
5.0
Greatest Hits
2016
5.3
Mr. Wence
Teachers
2016
5.0
Self
Lord of the Freaks
2015
Credits
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self - Musical Guest February 10, 1996 (archive footage)
2025
7.7
It Wants Blood 2
as Don Luscious
2023
2.0
Bobcat Moretti
as Coolio
2023
5.9
Game On!
as Self
2020
9.0
The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story
as Self
2018
6.6
United Skates
as Self
2018
7.4
The Goddamn Comedy Jam
as Self
2016
6.0
🎬
Greatest Hits
2016
5.0
Teachers
as Mr. Wence
2016
5.3
Lord of the Freaks
as Self
2015
5.0
Hot Ones
as Self
2015
7.2
American Hustle Life
as Self
2014
7.0
Two Hundred Thousand Dirty
as Manny
2014
5.5
Gravity Falls
as Wax Coolio (voice)
2012
8.6
Ultimate Big Brother
as Self
2010
0.0
Star-ving
2009
5.0
🎬
Coolio's Rules
as Self
2008
0.0
Celebrity Juice
as Self
2008
6.6
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
5.5
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
as Roger
2008
3.5
Cookin' with Coolio
as Self
2008
0.0
Futurama: Bender's Big Score
as Kwanzaa-bot (voice)
2007
7.4
Three Days to Vegas
as The Flow
2007
3.4
Celebrity Paranormal Project
as Self
2006
7.0
Grad Night
as Michael Adkins
2006
1.5
Squidbillies
as Coolio (voice)
2005
6.8
The Beat
as Emcee
2005
0.0
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
as Self
2005
5.0
The Friday Night Project
as Self
2005
5.8
🎬
Celebrity Mix
as Self (archive footage)
2005
0.0
Pterodactyl
as Capt. Bergen
2004
4.4
Gang Warz
as Dunzio Day
2004
0.0
Joey
as Coolio
2004
6.3
Dracula 3000
as 187
2004
2.7
A Wonderful Night in Split
as Franky
2004
7.4
🎬
Celebrity Poker Showdown
as Self
2003
0.0
Exposed
as Big Heat
2003
5.0
Red Water
as Ice
2003
4.0
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
2003
4.0
Stealing Candy
as Brad Vorman
2003
4.9
Daredevil
as Dante Jackson (Director's Cut)
2003
5.3
Tapped Out
as Cool
2003
5.0
Stupidity
as Self
2003
5.2
🎬
Celebrity Bootcamp
2002
0.0
Storm Watch
as Outlaw
2002
4.0
Outlawz: Worldwide
as Self
2002
0.0
🎬
Media Whore
as Self
2002
1.0
🎬
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self
2002
6.7
Beat the Geeks
2001
4.2
Fear Factor
2001
5.7
Big Brother's Little Brother
as Self
2001
5.8
Perfume
as T
2001
4.7
Celebrity Big Brother
as Self
2001
4.9
Get Over It
as Coolio
2001
5.6
In Pursuit
as Carl Wright
2001
3.7
Gangland
as Officer Harris
2001
4.1
China Strike Force
as Coolio
2000
5.3
Submerged
as Jeff Cort
2000
3.1
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
as Principal
2000
4.7
Static Shock
as Replikon (voice)
2000
8.1
Big Brother
2000
4.3
Dope Case Pending
2000
5.0
Leprechaun in the Hood
as Self (uncredited)
2000
4.8
The Convent
as Officer Starkey
2000
5.4
18 Wheels of Justice
2000
4.8
Judgment Day
as Luther / 'Lucifer'
1999
5.2
Bad Trip
as Tyrone / Jerome / Cherone
1999
3.7
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self
1999
4.6
Futurama
as Kwanzaabot (voice)
1999
8.4
Charmed
as Lazarus Demon
1998
8.2
V.I.P.
as Coolio
1998
5.3
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1998
7.3
Hollywood Squares
as Self
1998
7.3
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
as Dion Brothers
1998
3.8
On the Line
as Lt. Gil Suggs
1998
2.2
Figure It Out
as Self
1997
7.0
Batman & Robin
as Banker
1997
4.4
Classic Albums
as Self
1997
7.7
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self
1996
7.0
Dear God
as Gerard
1996
5.5
Dangerous Minds
as Sex Educator
1996
8.5
Early Edition
as Julius 'C-Roc' Ruby
1996
7.3
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Coolio
1996
7.8
Malcolm & Eddie
1996
7.4
Arli$$
1996
6.7
Phat Beach
as Coolio
1996
5.0
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996
3.9
🎬
Saturday Night Special
1996
5.0
Muppets Tonight
as Self
1996
7.4
Space: Above and Beyond
1995
7.2
Space: Above and Beyond
as The Bacchus Host
1995
7.2
The Parent 'Hood
1995
7.3
🎬
The Watcher
1995
6.0
All That
as Self - Musical Guest
1994
7.7
Duckman
as Coolio (voice)
1994
7.1
The Nanny
as Coolio
1993
8.1
The Nanny
as Irwin
1993
8.1
Martin
as Coolio
1992
7.7
America's Funniest Home Videos
1989
6.6
Yo! MTV Raps
as Self
1988
7.5
Al TV
as Self
1984
6.3
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975
7.0
Top of the Pops
as Self
1964
6.6
Air Force Z
as Veep
N/A
0.0
Mayday Z
as Coolio
N/A
0.0