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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 1, 1960
Place of Birth
Roosevelt, Long Island, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Public Enemy
- Carlton Douglas Ridenhour
Chuck D
0.4 Popularity
Biography
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
7.5
Self (archive footage)
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
2025
7.7
Self - Musical Guest September 28, 1991 (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
6.2
Self
Camden
2024
8.0
Self
James Brown: Say It Loud
2024
9.0
Self
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023
0.0
Narrator
Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History
2023
6.0
Self
Cover Your Ears
2023
7.7
The Beetle (voice)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
7.0
Self
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
2023
0.0
Self
Sign the Show
2023
Credits
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
as Self (archive footage)
2025
7.5
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self - Musical Guest September 28, 1991 (archive footage)
2025
7.7
Camden
as Self
2024
6.2
James Brown: Say It Loud
as Self
2024
8.0
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
as Self
2023
9.0
Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History
as Narrator
2023
0.0
Cover Your Ears
as Self
2023
6.0
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as The Beetle (voice)
2023
7.7
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
as Self
2023
7.0
Sign the Show
as Self
2023
0.0
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
2022
8.2
Nothing Compares
as Self
2022
7.6
Payback
as Self - Funeral Attendee (archive footage)
2022
4.0
Use of Force: The Policing of Black America
as Narrator (voice)
2022
2.0
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
as Self
2021
6.5
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
as Self (archive footage)
2021
6.5
Anthrax: 40th Anniversary Livestream
as Himself
2021
0.0
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
as Self
2021
6.2
This Is Pop
as Self
2021
5.9
American Rapstar
as Self [Archive]
2020
6.5
For NYC
2020
0.0
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
as Self
2020
4.8
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
as Self
2020
6.6
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
as Self
2020
2.0
🎬
The Cobra at Twilight
2019
0.0
System Shock: How the MP3 Changed Music
2019
0.0
Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare
as Self
2019
6.3
Grass Is Greener
as Self
2019
6.6
The Untold Story of Detroit Hip Hop
as Self
2018
0.0
Rock Rubber 45s
as Self
2018
0.0
The King
as Self
2018
6.4
Survivor's Guide to Prison
as Self
2018
6.3
System Shock
as self
2018
7.0
Prophets of Rage: Eurockéennes 2018
2018
0.0
Who Killed Tupac?
as Self
2017
3.0
G-Funk
as Self
2017
6.8
🎬
1971 Pirates: Forever Brothers
2016
0.0
Full Court: The Spencer Haywood Story
as Narrator (voice)
2016
0.0
The Bet
as Charles McD
2016
4.7
A Tale of James Brown
as Self
2016
0.0
All Things Must Pass
as Self
2015
7.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
6.2
Public Enemy - Live From Metropolis Studios
as Himself
2015
10.0
Hustlers Convention
as Self
2015
5.7
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
as Self
2014
8.0
Heights Girl
2014
0.0
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
as Self (archive footage)
2014
7.6
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
as Self
2014
6.9
Public Enemy Live at the Metro Theatre
as Rappeur
2014
0.0
🎬
Ali vs Stevenson: The Greatest Fight That Never Was
as Narrator
2014
6.0
Swing Lowe Sweet Chariote
as DJ Jonny Specials
2013
0.0
The Doctor
as Narrator (voice)
2013
6.2
Rebels Without a Pause: The Induction Celebration of Public Enemy
as Self
2013
6.0
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
as Self
2012
6.7
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self
2012
5.0
City Teacher
2012
0.0
Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D
as Self
2012
0.0
Founding Fathers (The True Origins of Hip Hop)
2012
10.0
🎬
Public Enemy: Prophets Of Rage
as Himself
2011
7.0
Prince: A Purple Reign
as Self
2011
8.0
Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation
as Self
2011
7.0
The Weird World of Blowfly
as Self
2011
8.5
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
as Self
2011
7.2
The Fab Five
as Self
2011
7.9
My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop
as Self
2010
3.5
Straight Outta L.A.
as Self
2010
6.2
Big Pun: The Legacy
as Self
2009
4.8
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
as Self
2009
7.0
Copyright Criminals
as Himself
2009
6.8
The Black Candle
as Self
2009
5.8
Founding Fathers: The Untold Story of Hip Hop
as Narrator
2009
0.0
Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions
as Self
2008
0.0
🎬
Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome
as Self
2007
0.0
Mixtape, Inc.
2007
0.0
🎬
Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk
as Self
2007
8.0
🎬
Public Enemy - Fight the Power: Greatest Hits Live!
as Himself
2007
0.0
🎬
Ali's 65
as Self - Narrator
2007
7.0
Legends
as Self
2006
5.0
Fuck
as Self
2006
6.4
Rock the Bells
as Himself
2006
6.7
The Henry Rollins Show
2006
6.0
Left of the Dial
as Self
2005
7.5
Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship
as Self
2005
0.0
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
as Self - Narrator
2005
8.0
Black in the 80s
2005
0.0
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
as Malcolm Y
2004
6.0
🎬
Public Enemy: Revolverlution Tour
as Himself
2004
0.0
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
as Self
2004
4.0
Lightning in a Bottle
as Self
2004
7.3
James Brown: Soul Survivor
2003
7.5
Godfathers and Sons
as Self
2003
7.5
The Blues
as Self
2003
7.2
Beef
as Self (archive footage)
2003
6.7
Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
as Himself
2003
0.0
Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied
as Self
2003
0.0
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Musical Guest
2003
5.5
🎬
Public Enemy - Live from House of Blues
2001
0.0
Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music
as Self
2001
0.0
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
as Chuck D (voice)
2000
7.5
Sealab 2021
as Abelard (voice)
2000
7.5
The Hip Hop Years
as Self
1999
7.0
Jackie Chan: My Story
as Self - Rapper
1998
6.3
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
as Leon Brothers
1998
3.8
Behind the Music
as Self
1997
7.2
Anthem
as Self
1997
5.0
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
1995
7.0
NewsRadio
as Chuck D
1995
7.3
MTV Europe Music Awards
as Self - Presenter
1994
10.0
New York Undercover
1994
7.2
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
7.8
The Real Malcolm X
1992
0.0
Public Enemy: The Enemy Strikes...Live
as Hard Rhymer
1992
0.0
🎬
Rap's Most Wanted
as Self
1991
0.0
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 16
as Self
1991
0.0
Public Enemy - Burn Hollywood Burn feat. Ice Cube and Big Daddy Kane
1990
10.0
Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1
as Self
1990
0.0
Impact Video Magazine
1989
4.0
Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live!
1989
0.0
Yo! MTV Raps
as Self
1988
7.5
Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation - The First London Invasion Tour 1987
as Self
1987
0.0
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
1984
7.7
The Grammys
as Self
1959
8.6