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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Method Man, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Daily Show

The Good Wife

Saturday Night Live

All Movies (91)

• Poetic License2026 · as James Cassidy
• Relationship Goals2026 · as Jarrett Roy
• Trouble Man2025 · as Money
• Bad Shabbos2025 · as Jordan
• Shadow Force2025 · as Unc
• The New York Sack Exchange2024 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Missionary2024 · as Voiceover (Voice)
• The 4:30 Movie2024 · as Cookie
• Mother & Gun2024
• Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys2024 · as Self (archival footage)
• How Music Got Free2024 · as Self
• How I Learned to Fly2023 · as Cliff Davis
• A Wu-Tang Experience: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre2023 · as Self
• Amazon Music Live: Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, and De La Soul's 'N.Y. State of Mind Tour'2023 · as Himself
• On the Come Up2022 · as Supreme
• Milestone Generations2022 · as Narrator (voice)
• Last Looks2022 · as Swag Dogggg
• You're Watching Video Music Box2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• This Is the Night2021 · as Louis
• Mary J. Blige's My Life2021 · as Self
• WWE Slammy Awards 20202020 · as Self - Presenter
• Vampires vs. the Bronx2020 · as Father Jackson
• Concrete Cowboy2020 · as Leroy
• Magnum Dopus2020 · as Self
• Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee2019 · as Self
• Jay and Silent Bob Reboot2019 · as Self
• Shaft2019 · as Freddie P.
• Peppermint2018 · as Narcotics Detective Barker
• Future World2018 · as Tattooed Face
• Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special2017 · as Self
• Love Beats Rhymes2017 · as Ref
• Where's the Money2017 · as Trap
• Black and Blue2017 · as Self
• Paterson2016 · as Method Man
• Keanu2016 · as Cheddar
• The Breaks2016 · as Darryl Van Patten Sr.
• #Lucky Number2015 · as Tyson 'The Saint' St. James
• Trainwreck2015 · as Temembe
• Staten Island Summer2015 · as Konko
• Seasons of Love2014 · as Big Rob
• The Cobbler2014 · as Leon Ludlow
• Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’2012 · as Self
• Red Tails2012 · as Sticks
• N.A.S.A.: The Spirit of Apollo2012
• The Sitter2011 · as Jacolby
• The Indestructible Jimmy Brown2011 · as Himself
• The Mortician2011 · as The Mortician
• Wu-Tang Saga2010
• Sinners and Saints2010 · as Weddo
• Big Pun: The Legacy2009 · as Self
• Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan2008 · as Himself
• The Wackness2008 · as Percy
• Meet the Spartans2008 · as Persian Emissary
• The Wire: The Last Word2007 · as Self
• The Wire Odyssey2007 · as Self
• Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip2007 · as Himself
• Wu-Tang Clan: Live at Montreux2007 · as himself
• Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life2007 · as Self
• Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror2006 · as Himself
• Rock the Bells2006 · as Himself
• Limp Bizkit: Greatest Videoz2005 · as Method Man (segment "N 2 Gether Now")
• Venom2005 · as Deputy Turner
• The Fairly OddParents: School's Out! The Musical2005
• Letter to the President2005 · as Self
• The Strip Game2005 · as Self
• Garden State2004 · as Diego
• Wu Tang Clan: Disciples of the 36 Chambers Chapter 22004
• Soul Plane2004 · as Muggsy
• My Baby's Daddy2004 · as No Good (Randall)
• Scary Movie 32003 · as Method Man
• Volcano High [MTV's Rapper Dub]2003 · as Mr. Ma
• Brown Sugar2002 · as Self
• Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 12002
• How High2001 · as Silas P. Silas
• Xzibit | Restless Xposed2001 · as Self
• Street Life2001
• Backstage2000 · as Self
• Boricua's Bond2000
• Black and White1999 · as Method Man
• Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 1251999 · as Self
• Pete Rock: Soul Survivor1998 · as Method Man
• Belly1998 · as Shameek
• Wu Tang Clan - Da Mystery of Kung Fu1998 · as Self
• Cop Land1997 · as Shondel
• One Eight Seven1997 · as Dennis Broadway
• Rhyme & Reason1997 · as Self
• Wu-Tang Clan: This Shit is from the Heart1997 · as Self
• The Great White Hype1996 · as Self
• The Show1995 · as Self
• Sunny— · as Ruskin
• Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2— · as Self

All TV Shows (70)

• Hollywood Squares2025 · as Self
• Fat Joe Talks2024 · as Self - Guest
• How Music Got Free2024 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• ODB: Wu Tang Forever2024 · as As Himself
• Bupkis2023 · as Carnival Worker
• Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur2023 · as Torg (voice)
• Poker Face2023 · as Frank "Brick" Bricatino
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022 · as Self - Guest
• Sherri2022 · as Self - Guest
• The Crew Has It2022
• Masters of the Universe: Revelation2021 · as Clamp Champ (voice)
• Power Book II: Ghost2020 · as Davis Maclean
• Teenage Bounty Hunters2020 · as Terrance Coin
• VERZUZ2020 · as Self
• Godfather of Harlem2019 · as Sam Christian
• First Wives Club2019 · as Beast
• Tamron Hall2019 · as Self - Guest
• Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men2019 · as Self
• The Masked Singer2019 · as Self - Stud Muffin
• Red Table Talk2018 · as Self
• The Last O.G.2018 · as Green Eyes
• Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics2017 · as Self
• Drop the Mic2017 · as Self - Co-Host
• The Deuce2017 · as Rodney
• Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party2016 · as Team Snoop
• Marvel's Luke Cage2016 · as Cliff 'Method Man' Smith
• Taraji's White Hot Holidays2015 · as Self
• Difficult People2015 · as Method Man
• Scorpion2014 · as Lucky the King
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Musical Guest
• Comic Book Men2012 · as Self
• Impractical Jokers2011
• The Good Guys2010 · as Kenny
• 30 for 302009 · as Himself
• The Good Wife2009 · as Young Boxer
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Burn Notice2007 · as Valentine
• Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up2006
• Yo Momma2006
• Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out2005
• Method & Red2004 · as Method Man
• Wildboyz2003 · as Self
• The New Tom Green Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• The Twilight Zone2002 · as Kneigh
• The Wire2002 · as Melvin 'Cheese' Wagstaff
• One on One2001 · as Self
• Boston Public2000 · as Flash Master K
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Drops
• Wonderland2000 · as Method Man
• Diary2000 · as Self
• Third Watch1999 · as C-Note
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Dennis King
• Oz1997 · as Carlton 'Tug' Daniels
• The Chris Rock Show1997
• The Jamie Foxx Show1996 · as Method Man
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• MADtv1995 · as Gentry Abrams
• MADtv1995 · as Self
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast1994
• Martin1992 · as Method Man
• Yo! MTV Raps1988 · as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• MTV Video Music Awards1984 · as Self
• The BRIT Awards1977 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• The Grammys1959 · as Self