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 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.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
South Park
Third Watch
Fresh Off the Boat
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Moesha
Half & Half
Eve
All Movies (37)
- In Whose Name?2025 · as Self
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music2025 · as Self (archive footage)
- A Journey to Sundance2023 · as Self
- You're Watching Video Music Box2021 · as Self (archive footage)
- Fast Vengeance2021 · as Captain Liddle
- DMX: Don't Try to Understand2021 · as Self
- Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage2021 · as Self (archive footage)
- Chronicle of a Serial Killer2020 · as Detective White
- Fast and Fierce: Death Race2020 · as Davie
- Beyond the Law2019 · as Detective Ray Munce
- Pimp2018 · as Midnight John
- The After Party2018 · as Self
- Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story2017 · as Self
- Top Five2014 · as DMX
- The Bleeding2009 · as Tagg
- Big Pun: The Legacy2009 · as Self
- Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent2008 · as Nick
- Last Hour2008 · as Black Jack
- Death Toll2008 · as The Dog (Narrator)
- Jump Out Boys2008 · as Thorn
- Father of Lies2007 · as Paul
- Beef II2004 · as Self
- Never Die Alone2004 · as King David
- Beef2003 · as Self
- Cradle 2 the Grave2003 · as Anthony Fait
- Cypress Hill Smoke Out Presents DMX2002
- The Making of Exit Wounds2002 · as Self
- DMX: Angel2001 · as Himself
- Ruff Ryders: Uncensored2001 · as Self
- Exit Wounds2001 · as Latrell Walker
- Backstage2000 · as Self
- Boricua's Bond2000
- Romeo Must Die2000 · as Silk
- Woodstock '992000
- Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 1251999 · as Self
- Belly1998 · as Tommy 'Buns' Bundy
- Doggmen— · as Cowboy
All TV Shows (16)
- VERZUZ2020 · as Self
- Fresh Off the Boat2015 · as DMX
- Couples Therapy2012 · as Himself
- DMX: Soul of a Man2006 · as Self
- Trippin'2005 · as Self
- Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards2003
- Eve2003 · as Xenon
- Half & Half2002 · as Himself
- Third Watch1999 · as Kandid Jones
- South Park1997 · as DMX (voice)
- The Chris Rock Show1997 · as Self
- Moesha1996 · as DMX
- MADtv1995 · as Self
- MADtv1995 · as Self - Special Guest
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
- Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Musical Guest