12/18/1970
Mount Vernon, New York, USA:
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.
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In Whose Name? (2025) as Self |
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Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025) as Self (archive footage) |
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A Journey to Sundance (2023) as Self |
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You're Watching Video Music Box (2021) as Self (archive footage) |
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Fast Vengeance (2021) as Captain Liddle |
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DMX: Don't Try to Understand (2021) as Self |
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Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage (2021) as Self (archive footage) |
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Chronicle of a Serial Killer (2020) as Detective White |
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Fast and Fierce: Death Race (2020) as Davie |
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Beyond the Law (2019) as Detective Ray Munce |
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Pimp (2018) as Midnight John |
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The After Party (2018) as Self |
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Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story (2017) as Self |
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Top Five (2014) as DMX |
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The Bleeding (2009) as Tagg |
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Big Pun: The Legacy (2009) as Self |
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Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent (2008) as Nick |
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Death Toll (2008) as The Dog (Narrator) |
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Last Hour (2008) as Black Jack |
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Jump Out Boys (2008) as Thorn |
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Father of Lies (2007) as Paul |
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Beef II (2004) as Self |
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Never Die Alone (2004) as King David |
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Beef (2003) as Self |
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Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) as Anthony Fait |
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Cypress Hill Smoke Out Presents DMX (2002) as |
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The Making of Exit Wounds (2002) as Self |
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DMX: Angel (2001) as Himself |
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Ruff Ryders: Uncensored (2001) as Self |
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Exit Wounds (2001) as Latrell Walker |
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Backstage (2000) as Self |
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Boricua's Bond (2000) as |
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Romeo Must Die (2000) as Silk |
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Woodstock '99 (2000) as |
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Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125 (1999) as Self |
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Belly (1998) as Tommy 'Buns' Bundy |
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Doggmen () as Cowboy |
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Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent (2008) Executive Producer |
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Death Toll (2008) Executive Producer |
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Last Hour (2008) Original Music Composer |
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Never Die Alone (2004) Producer |
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Romeo Must Die (2000) Theme Song Performance |