Coolio
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1963-08-01 (59 years old)
Deathday
2022-09-28
Place of Birth
Monessen, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known As
Artis Ivey, Jr.
古里奧
Coolio
Biography
Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (August 1, 1963 – September 28, 2022), known professionally as Coolio, was an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Coolio achieved mainstream success in the mid-to-late 1990s with his albums It Takes a Thief (1994), Gangsta's Paradise (1995), and My Soul (1997). He was best known for his 1995 Grammy Award-winning hit single "Gangsta's Paradise", as well as other singles "Fantastic Voyage" (1994), "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" (1996), and "C U When U Get There" (1997). Description above from the Wikipedia article Coolio, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting
2001
as Coolio
2000
2004
as 187
2003
as Ice
2000
as Officer Starkey
2003
as Big Heat
2004
as Capt. Bergen
-
as Veep
2000
as Coolio
2003
as Self
2002
as Self
2002
as Outlaw
2005
as Self (archive footage)
2003
as Brad Vorman
2005
as Emcee
2004
as Franky
1998
as Dion Brothers
1999
as Luther / 'Lucifer'
2001
as Officer Harris
2000
as Jeff Cort
2002
as Himself
2014
as Manny
2006
as Michael Adkins
-
as Coolio
2016
as Himself
1999
as Tyrone / Jerome / Cherone
2003
as Dante Jackson (Director's Cut)
2023
as Don Luscious
1996
as Himself
2023
as Coolio
2001
as Carl Wright
2007
as The Flow
1996
as Gerard
1998
as Lt. Gil Suggs
2000
as Self (uncredited)
1997
as Banker
2008
2007
as Kwanzaa-bot (voice)
2003
as Cool
2004
as Dunzio Day
2018
2001
as T
2015
as Self
2018
as Himself
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