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Mos Def

Highest Rated:: 92% Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006)
Lowest Rated:: 13% Labor Day (2009)

Birthday:: Dec 1, 1973
Birthplace:: Brooklyn, New York City, USA
Bio:: Dante Terrell Smith, best known by stage name Mos Def, is a critically acclaimed rapper and actor. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City and is Muslim. He also goes by the stage names "Mighty Mos Def," "The Freaky Night Watchman," "Boogie Man," "Black Dante," "Dante Beze," "Doo Doo Dante,"…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 13% - 92%

Number of Movies: 47

Box Office Since 2001: $484.0M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2012		Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap	Actor	--
2012	50%	Re:Generation	Mos Def	--
2011		Keep Coming Back	Actor	--
2011	91%	Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest	Actor	$1.2M
2009		ReGeneration	Actor	--
2009	13%	Labor Day	Actor	--
2009		PoliWood	Actor	--
2009		Number One with a Bullet	Actor	--
2009	21%	Next Day Air	Eric	$10.0M
2008	38%	In Prison My Whole Life	Actor	--
2008	65%	Be Kind Rewind	Mike	$11.0M
2008	68%	Cadillac Records	Chuck Berry	$8.1M
2008		Black August - A Celebration of Hip-Hop and Our Freedom Fighters	Actor	--
2007		A History of DJ Krush	Actor	--
2006		Journey to the End of the Night	Wemba	--
2006		Journey to the End of the Night	Actor	--
2006		Prince Among Slaves	Narrator	--
2006	72%	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Mos Def	$148.2M
2006	55%	16 Blocks	Eddie Bunker	$36.9M
2006	88%	Coachella: The Film	Actor	--
2006	92%	Dave Chappelle's Block Party	Actor	$11.7M
2006		Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes	Actor	--
2005		Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth	Actor	--
2005		Beyond Beats and Rhymes: A Hip-Hop Head Weighs in on Manhood in Hip-Hop Culture	Actor	--
2005		Shades of Hip Hop - Cypher	Actor	--
2005	60%	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Ford Prefect	$51.0M
2005		Alicia Keys: Unplugged	Actor	--
2005	71%	Lackawanna Blues	The Bandleader	--
2004	88%	The Woodsman	Det. Lucas	$1.5M
2004		Something the Lord Made	Vivien Thomas	--
2004		Devil's Music	Actor	--
2004		Juvies	Poetry Narrator	--
2004		Shades of Hip Hop - Resurrection	Actor	--
2003		From the Outside Looking In	Actor	--
2003	72%	The Italian Job	Left Ear	$106.0M
2002	65%	Brown Sugar	Chris	$27.2M
2002		European Muslims and Eastern Christians: The Broken Mirrors	Actor	--
2002	16%	Civil Brand	Michael Meadows	$0.1M
2002	25%	Showtime	Lazy Boy	$37.9M
2002		Scratch vs. Freestyle	Actor	--
2001		Carmen - A Hip Hopera	Frank Miller	--
2001	85%	Monster's Ball	Ryrus Cooper	$31.3M
2001		The Freshest Kids - A History of the B-Boy	Actor	--
2000	48%	Bamboozled	Big Black	$1.9M
2000	89%	Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme	Actor	--
2000		Island of the Dead	Actor	--
1998	17%	Where's Marlowe	Wilton Crawley	--

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Quotes from Mos Def's Characters

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1. Jerry: This calls for Robocop.
2. Mike: This calls for Robocop to get shot!
From Be Kind Rewind. Submitted by Miguel S (2 days ago)

1. Frank Nugent: You can't be lucky all the time...
2. Eddie Bunker: But you can be smart everyday.
From 16 Blocks. Submitted by Nicholas S (6 months ago)