Vanilla Ice

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1967-10-31 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Dallas, Texas, USA

Vanilla Ice

Biography

Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born October 31, 1967), known professionally by his stage name Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper, actor and television personality. Born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in Texas and South Florida, he released his debut album, Hooked, in 1989 through Ichiban Records, before signing a contract with SBK Records, which released a reformatted version of the album in 1990 under the title To the Extreme; which became the fastest-selling hip hop album of all time and contained Ice's best-known hits: "Ice Ice Baby" and a cover of "Play That Funky Music". "Ice Ice Baby" was the first hip hop single to top the Billboard charts ...

Acting

1991

Cool as Ice

as Johnny

2000

Da Hip Hop Witch

as Vanilla Ice

2007

The Bros.

as Self

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Zombie Plane

as Vanilla Ice

2012

That's My Boy

as Vanilla Ice

1992

Sex

as Self

2015

The Ridiculous 6

as Mark Twain

2010

2012

Vanilla Ice Archive

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Sandy Wexler

as Testimonial

1991

2010

Big Money Rustlas

as Heckler #3

2018

American Dream/American Knightmare

as Self (archive footage)

2002

The New Guy

as Music Store Employee

2020

The Wrong Missy

as Vanilla Ice

2023

Seaper Powers: Mystery of the Blue Pearls

as Steve the Starfish (voice)

Production

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Zombie Plane

as Executive Producer

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