DMX
Actor
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.
Filmography
Cradle 2 the Grave
as Anthony Fait 2003
Exit Wounds
as Latrell Walker 2001
Top Five
as Self 2014
The After Party
as Self 2018
Belly
as Tommy 'Buns' Bundy 1998
Never Die Alone
as King David 2004
Beyond the Law
as Detective Ray Munce 2019
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
as Self (archive footage) 2021
Pimp
as Midnight John 2018
The Bleeding
as Tagg 2009
Fast and Fierce: Death Race
as Davie 2020
Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent
as Nick 2008
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story
as Self 2017
Beef
as Self 2003
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage) 2025
Death Toll
as The Dog (Narrator) 2008