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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1971-03-02 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA

Method Man

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.

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Known For

Acting

2025

2024

The 4:30 Movie as Cookie
Bad Shabbos as Jordan
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys as Self (archival footage)
The New York Sack Exchange as Self - Narrator (voice)
Missionary as Voiceover (Voice)
How Music Got Free as Self - Narrator (voice)
Fat Joe Talks as Self - Guest
ODB: Wu Tang Forever as As Himself

2023

How I Learned to Fly as Cliff Davis
Bupkis as Carnival Worker

2022

On the Come Up as Supreme
Milestone Generations as Narrator (voice)
Last Looks as Swag Dogggg
Sherri as Self - Guest

2021

You're Watching Video Music Box as Self (archive footage)

2020

Vampires vs. the Bronx as Father Jackson
Magnum Dopus as Self
WWE Slammy Awards 2020 as Self - Presenter
VERZUZ as Self
Power Book II: Ghost as Davis Maclean
Teenage Bounty Hunters as Terrance Coin

2019

Shaft as Freddie P.
Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
Godfather of Harlem as Sam Christian

2018

Future World as Tattooed Face
Peppermint as Narcotics Detective Barker
The Last O.G. as Green Eyes

2017

Drop the Mic as Self - Co-Host
The Deuce as Rodney

2016

Keanu as Cheddar
The Breaks as Darryl Van Patten Sr.
Paterson as Method Man
Marvel's Luke Cage as Cliff 'Method Man' Smith

2015

Trainwreck as Temembe
#Lucky Number as Tyson 'The Saint' St. James

2014

Seasons of Love as Big Rob
The Cobbler as Leon Ludlow
Scorpion as Lucky the King

2013

Orange Is the New Black as Cardboard Cutout (credit only)

2012

Red Tails as Sticks

2011

The Sitter as Jacolby
The Mortician as The Mortician

2010

2009

The Good Wife as Young Boxer
30 for 30 as Himself

2008

The Wackness as Percy
Meet the Spartans as Persian Emissary

2007

Burn Notice as Valentine

2006

Rock the Bells as Himself

2005

Limp Bizkit - Greatest Videoz as Method Man (segment "N 2 Gether Now")
Venom as Deputy Turner

2004

Garden State as Diego
Soul Plane as Muggsy
My Baby's Daddy as No Good (Randall)
Method & Red as Method Man

2003

Scary Movie 3 as Method Man
Wildboyz as Self

2002

Brown Sugar as Self
The Wire as Melvin 'Cheese' Wagstaff

2001

How High as Silas P. Silas
One on One as Self
The Fairly OddParents as Rapping Head Pixie (voice)

2000

Backstage as Self
Boston Public as Flash Master K
Diary as Self
Wonderland as Method Man

1999

Black and White as Method Man
Third Watch as C-Note

1998

Belly as Shameek

1997

Rhyme & Reason as Himself
One Eight Seven as Dennis Broadway
Cop Land as Shondel
Oz as Carlton 'Tug' Daniels

1996

1995

The Show as Self
MADtv as Gentry Abrams

1994

1992

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
Yo! MTV Raps as Self

1984

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

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Production

2007

Directing

2005

The Strip Game as Director

Writing

2005

The Strip Game as Writer

Creator

2004

Method & Red as Creator