DMX

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1970-12-18 (51 years old)

Deathday

2021-04-09

Place of Birth

Mount Vernon, New York, USA

DMX

Biography

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 autob...

Acting

2000

2003

Cradle 2 the Grave

as Anthony Fait

2001

Exit Wounds

as Latrell Walker

2004

Never Die Alone

as King David

2008

Last Hour

as Black Jack

2008

2008

Death Toll

as The Dog (Narrator)

1998

Belly

as Tommy 'Buns' Bundy

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Doggmen

as Cowboy

2009

2021

You're Watching Video Music Box

as Self (archive footage)

2004

Beef II

as Self

2000

Backstage

as Self

2021

Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Top Five

as Self

2018

2018

Pimp

as Midnight John

2003

Beef

as Self

2019

Beyond the Law

as Detective Ray Munce

2001

DMX: Angel

as Himself

2020

2007

2021

Fast Vengeance

as Captain Liddle

2025

Production

2008

2004

Never Die Alone

as Producer

2008

Death Toll

as Executive Producer

2008

Last Hour

as Original Music Composer

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