Yasiin Bey

Q: Has Yasiin Bey won any awards?

Yasiin Bey has received several awards, including a Grammy Award for his music. He is also recognized for his performances in film and television.

Q: What was Yasiin Bey's first film?

Yasiin Bey made his acting debut in the film 'The Cosby Show' in 1992. His film career took off with roles in various projects throughout the 1990s.

Q: What is Yasiin Bey's estimated net worth?

Yasiin Bey's estimated net worth is approximately $4 million, attributed to his successful career in music and film.

Q: What is Yasiin Bey known for in his acting style?

Yasiin Bey is known for his naturalistic acting style and his ability to convey deep emotion. His performances often resonate with audiences due to their authenticity.

Q: What are some highlights of Yasiin Bey's career?

Career highlights for Yasiin Bey include his Grammy-winning music career, critically acclaimed film roles, and his work as a social activist. He remains a prominent figure in both music and film.

Q: What are Yasiin Bey's contributions to social issues?

Yasiin Bey is an outspoken advocate for various social issues, including racial equality and humanitarian efforts. His work extends beyond entertainment, aiming to raise awareness and inspire change.

Q: What is Yasiin Bey's impact on hip-hop?

Yasiin Bey has had a significant impact on hip-hop, blending music with social commentary. His unique style and thought-provoking lyrics have influenced a generation of artists.

Known for

The Italian Job (2003)

IMDb 7.0 / 10

2003 / Action, Crime / 111 min

Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead...

Name

Yasiin Bey

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Born

11 December 1973, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Spouses

Ghazala Ali (2016–present)

Children

3 children, names not publicly known

Parents

Yasiin Bey (father), name not publicly known (mother)

Estimated Net Worth

$4 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	Movie Together for Palestine Broadcast of the "Together for Palestine" charity concert organized by Brian Eno along with several artists to raise funds and...	Self	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2023	Movie Gorillaz \| MTV World Stage Performing live from the Tonhalle, Dusseldorf, Germany. Gorillaz played live in this unique classical venue to an intimate audience.	Mos Def	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2023	Movie Part of Me This is the story of the appreciation, respect and fondness of musician, actor and activist Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def)...	Himself	Not rated
2022	Movie Hargrove Follows Grammy award-winning Roy Hargrove during the last year of his life and illuminates his impact on Black music while...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2022	TV jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy The lives of an emerging superstar and a filmmaker intertwine in this intense, intimate docuseries charting Kanye West's career, filmed...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2021	Movie You're Watching Video Music Box The untold story of the world’s longest running video show, Video Music Box. A hip hop mainstay since 1983, VMB...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2021	Movie Peculiar Contrast, Perfect Light My Blackest self, whose whitest death, is luxury. I am no stranger anymore. The world is love to me.	Unknown character	Not rated
2019	Movie Gorillaz: Reject False Icons Focused on the life of the band and their collaborators over the 3 vital years in which they developed critically...	Mos Def	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2016	Movie French Tour Far’Hook is a 20-year-old rapper. Following a violent dispute with a rival, he’s forced to leave Paris for a while....	Focé	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2015	Movie Amy A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen...	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2014	Movie Begin Again Gretta, a budding songwriter, finds herself alone after her boyfriend Dave ditches her. Her life gains purpose when Dan, a...	Saul	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2013	Movie Life of Crime Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows...	Ordell Robbie	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2013	Movie Standard Operating Procedure Yasiin Bey appears in a video demonstrating the Standard Operating Procedure for force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay.	Unknown character	Not rated
2012	Movie Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is a feature length performance documentary about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap...	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2011	Movie A Man's Story Documentary about British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng.	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2011	Movie Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest Having forged a 20-year run as one of the most innovative and influential hip hop bands of all time, the...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2010	Movie I'm Still Here I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access,...	Mos Def	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2010	Movie Gorillaz: Live at Roundhouse in London Recorded at The Roundhouse in London, UK on 30th April, 2010.	Mos Def	Not rated
2010	Movie Bouncing Cats This documentary follows the efforts of Abraham "Abramz" Tekya and Breakdance Project Uganda (BPU) to use dance to empower youth...	Unknown character	Not rated
2010	Movie The Making of Plastic Beach A documentary about the production, recording and development of Gorillaz' third studio album, Plastic Beach.	Mos Def	Not rated
2009	Movie Next Day Air Two inept criminals are mistakenly delivered a package of cocaine and think they've hit the jackpot, triggering a series of...	Eric	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2008	Movie Cadillac Records The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of...	Chuck Berry	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2008	Movie Fats Waller Was Born Here The (partially) true story of American jazz pianist Thomas “Fats” Waller and the little town of Passaic, New Jersey. As...	"Fats" Wallter/Mike (as Mos Def)	Not rated
2008	Movie Be Kind Rewind A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the...	Mike	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2008	Movie Prince Among Slaves Abdul Rahman, an African prince who was sold into slavery, spent four decades in servitude before an amazing coincidence took...	Narrator	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2008	Movie In Prison My Whole Life William Francome is a fairly typical, white middle-class guy. Typical except for the fact that he is about to embark...	Self	Not rated
2007	TV Yo Gabba Gabba! Yo Gabba Gabba! is an American children's television show that airs on the Nick Jr. cable network in the United...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2006	TV Dexter Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial...	Brother Sam	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2006	Movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby The fastest man on four wheels, Ricky Bobby, is one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. A big, hairy...	Mos Def	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2006	Movie September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block Party Behind the scenes look at Dave Chappelle's Block Party.	Self	Not rated
2006	Movie Coachella Filmmaker Drew Thomas brings California's popular Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival to the screen with a different kind of...	Self - Interviewee	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2006	Movie Journey to the End of the Night In a dark and decadent area of São Paulo, the exiled Americans Rosso and his son Paul own a brothel....	Wemba	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2006	Movie 16 Blocks An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but...	Eddie Bunker	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2006	Movie Rap Sheet: Hip-Hop and the Cops A documentary on the secret dossiers that police, FBI, and task agencies have compiled on hip-hop performers and industry executives.	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2005	TV The Boondocks When Robert “Granddad” Freeman becomes legal guardian to his two grandsons, he moves from the tough south side of Chicago...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2005	Movie Alicia Keys: Unplugged Grammy-winning singer Alicia Keys kicks off a new generation of MTV’s Unplugged series. Performing songs from her first two albums...	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2005	Movie Dave Chappelle's Block Party The American comedian/actor delivers a story about the alternative Hip Hop scene. A small town Ohio mans moves to Brooklyn,...	Self - (as Mos Def)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2005	Movie Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' An in-depth examination of the complete production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).	Self	Not rated
2005	Movie The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the...	Ford Prefect	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2005	Movie Lackawanna Blues In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of...	The Bandleader	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2005	Movie Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth The life and the sound of Bernie Worrell, best known as a founding member of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective and a...	Self (as Mos Def)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2005	TV The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson,...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2004	Movie The Woodsman After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his brother-in-law. Few know he's...	Sgt. Lucas	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2004	TV House Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital...	Lee	TMDB 8.6 / 10
2004	Movie Something the Lord Made A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.	Vivien Thomas	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2003	Movie Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! This documentary praises comedian Richard Pryor by showing fragments of various shows Pryor made and having famous comedians talk about...	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2003	Movie The Italian Job Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed....	Left Ear	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2003	Movie Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Gil Scott-Heron was one of the most influential musicians and poets of the last 50 years. In Don Letts's documentary,...	Himself	Not rated
2003	TV Real Time with Bill Maher Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2003	TV Chappelle's Show Dave Chappelle's singular point of view is unleashed through a combination of laidback stand-up and street-smart sketches.	Self - Black Star	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2002	Movie Brown Sugar Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing...	Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2002	Movie Civil Brand Forced to work under slave-like conditions in a "prison for profit" program, the inmates of a mostly-African-American female prison, Whitehead...	Michael Meadows	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2002	Movie Showtime A spoof of buddy cop movies where two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality...	Lazy Boy	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2001	Movie Monster's Ball A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.	Ryrus Cooper	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2001	TV The Proud Family Follow the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a 14-year-old African American girl who's doing her best to navigate through the...	Mos Def (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2001	Movie Carmen: A Hip Hopera An engaged Philadelphia policeman falls in love with a beautiful woman while dealing with a corrupt superior.	Lt. Miller	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2001	TV My Wife and Kids Michael Kyle is a loving husband and modern-day patriarch who rules his household with a unique and distinct parenting style....	Unknown character	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2000	Movie Bamboozled Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in...	Mau Mau: Big Blak Afrika	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2000	Movie Island of the Dead Stranded on a deserted island, a group of people struggle to survive against a swarm of supernatural flies.	Robbie J	TMDB 3.5 / 10
2000	Movie Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme From neighborhood ciphers to the most notorious MC battles, "Freestyle: the Art of Rhyme" captures the electrifying energy of improvisational...	Himself	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1999	TV Mark Twain Prize Honoring the best in American comedy annually since 1998, the recipients of the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor...	Self - Musical Guest	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1998	Movie Where's Marlowe? After making a disastrous 3-hour documentary on New York City's water supply, two young filmmakers focus on the goings-on of...	Wilt Crawley	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1997	TV Brooklyn South An American ensemble police drama series following the life of police officers from the 74th Precinct in southern Brooklyn, New...	Darius	TMDB 9.6 / 10
1997	Movie Ghosts In the town of Normal Valley, an eccentric magician named Maestro entertains the local children every day in his spooky...	Dante	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1996	TV Spin City Workaholic Mike Flaherty is the Deputy Mayor of New York City, serving as Mayor Randall Winston's key strategist and much-needed...	Monty	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1994	TV The Cosby Mysteries	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1992	TV Here and Now Here and Now is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 19, 1992 to January 2, 1993....	Alonzo	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1992	TV HBO First Look HBO First Look is an American television show on HBO that chronicles up and coming movies. It first started in...	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1992	Movie Split Images A journalist knows more about a grizzly murder than is good for her. All her evidence points toward a mysterious...	Curtis Roy	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1991	Movie The Hard Way Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new...	Dead Romeos	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1990	TV You Take the Kids You Take the Kids is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from December 1990 to January 1991. The series...	Raymond Kirkland	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1988	Movie God Bless the Child Single mother, Theresa Johnson, becomes homeless, loses her job and tries to survive with her young daughter, Hillary, through charities...	Richard Watkins	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Musical Guest	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Performer	Not rated
TBA	Movie Gorillaz Tottenham Hotspur Stadium documentary Documentary commemorating this one-off event.	Self	Not rated
TBA	Movie Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2 Actor, writer and comic Dave Chappelle loads up a bus with residents of his Ohio hometown and takes them to...	Self	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2008	Movie Passaic Mosaic A short documentary, looking at life in Passaic, New Jersey, whilst the film Be Kind Rewind (2008) is being shot...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 1.0 / 10

Gorillaz | MTV World Stage

2023 / TMDB 8.0

Part of Me

2023

Hargrove

2022 / TMDB 7.0

You're Watching Video Music Box

2021 / TMDB 6.4

Peculiar Contrast, Perfect Light

2021

Gorillaz: Reject False Icons

2019 / TMDB 7.6

Got a question about Yasiin Bey?

What are Yasiin Bey's most successful films?

Yasiin Bey's most successful films include 'The Italian Job', 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', and 'Be Kind Rewind'. These films showcased his talent in both comedic and dramatic roles.

Has Yasiin Bey won any awards?

What was Yasiin Bey's first film?

What is Yasiin Bey's estimated net worth?

What is Yasiin Bey known for in his acting style?

What are some highlights of Yasiin Bey's career?

What are Yasiin Bey's contributions to social issues?

What is Yasiin Bey's impact on hip-hop?