Portrait of Method Man

Method Man

Acting

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.

Born: March 2, 1971

Place of Birth: Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

2026
Poetic License

as James Cassidy

2025
Trouble Man

as Money

2025
Bad Shabbos

as Jordan

2025
2024
Missionary

as Voiceover (Voice)

2024
The New York Sack Exchange

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2024
Fat Joe Talks

as Self - Guest

2024
2024
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys

as Self (archival footage)

2024
How Music Got Free

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2024
2023
How I Learned to Fly

as Cliff Davis

2023
Bupkis

as Carnival Worker

2023
Poker Face

as Frank "Brick" Bricatino

2022
On the Come Up

as Supreme

2022
Sherri

as Self - Guest

2022
Milestone Generations

as Narrator (voice)

2022
Last Looks

as Swag Dogggg

2021
You're Watching Video Music Box

as Self (archive footage)

2021
2021
2020
WWE Slammy Awards 2020

as Self - Presenter

2020
Vampires vs. the Bronx

as Father Jackson

2020
2020
Power Book II: Ghost

as Davis Maclean

2020
Teenage Bounty Hunters

as Terrance Coin

2020
2020
VERZUZ

as Self

2019
2019
Godfather of Harlem

as Sam Christian

2019
Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

2019
Shaft

as Freddie P.

2018
Peppermint

as Narcotics Detective Barker

2018
Future World

as Tattooed Face

2018
2018
The Last O.G.

as Green Eyes

2017
Drop the Mic

as Self - Co-Host

2017
2017
The Deuce

as Rodney

2016
Paterson

as Method Man

2016
Marvel's Luke Cage

as Cliff 'Method Man' Smith

2016
Keanu

as Cheddar

2016
The Breaks

as Darryl Van Patten Sr.

2015
#Lucky Number

as Tyson 'The Saint' St. James

2015
Difficult People

as Method Man

2015
Trainwreck

as Temembe

2014
Seasons of Love

as Big Rob

2014
Scorpion

as Lucky the King

2014
The Cobbler

as Leon Ludlow

2012
2012
Red Tails

as Sticks

2011
The Sitter

as Jacolby

2011
The Mortician

as The Mortician

2010
2010
2009
30 for 30

as Himself

2009
The Good Wife

as Young Boxer

2008
The Wackness

as Percy

2008
Meet the Spartans

as Persian Emissary

2007
2007
Burn Notice

as Valentine

2006
Rock the Bells

as Himself

2005
Limp Bizkit - Greatest Videoz

as Method Man (segment "N 2 Gether Now")

2005
Venom

as Deputy Turner

2005
2004
Garden State

as Diego

2004
Method & Red

as Method Man

2004
Soul Plane

as Muggsy

2004
My Baby's Daddy

as No Good (Randall)

2003
Wildboyz

as Self

2003
Scary Movie 3

as Method Man

2002
2002
2002
The Wire

as Melvin 'Cheese' Wagstaff

2001
How High

as Silas P. Silas

2001
One on One

as Self

2000
Boston Public

as Flash Master K

2000
Backstage

as Self

2000
Wonderland

as Method Man

1999
Third Watch

as C-Note

1999
Black and White

as Method Man

1998
1998
Belly

as Shameek

1997
Cop Land

as Shondel

1997
One Eight Seven

as Dennis Broadway

1997
Oz

as Carlton 'Tug' Daniels

1997
Rhyme & Reason

as Himself

1996
The Jamie Foxx Show

as Method Man

1996
1995
MADtv

as Gentry Abrams

1995
MADtv

as Self

1995
The Show

as Self

1992
1988
1988
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1959