Also known as: Public Enemy · Carlton Douglas Ridenhour
Biography
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, better known by his stage name Chuck D, is an American rapper, author, and producer. He helped create politically and socially conscious rap music in the mid-1980s as the leader of the rap group Public Enemy.
Known for
6.4
TV
The Daily Show
1996
6.1
TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
7.5
TV
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
6.0
Movie
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
5.3
TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
7.4
TV
NewsRadio
1995
7.8
TV
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
7.4
TV
Sealab 2021
2000
7.2
Movie
All Things Must Pass
2015
6.5
Movie
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021
6.4
Movie
Fuck
2006
7.3
TV
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
2025
Filmography(129)
129 titles across Movies & TV
8.7
Movie
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
2026
7.3
TV
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
2025
7.7
Movie
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
0
Movie
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
2024
5.8
TV
Camden
2024
8.0
TV
James Brown: Say It Loud
2024
9.0
Movie
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023
0
Movie
Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History
2023
6.0
Movie
Cover Your Ears
2023
7.5
TV
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
7.0
TV
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
2023
0
Movie
Sign the Show
2023
8.2
Movie
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
7.8
Movie
Nothing Compares
2022
4.0
TV
Payback
2022
2.0
Movie
Use of Force: The Policing of Black America
2022
0
Movie
Classic Albums: Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man
2021
6.5
Movie
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021
0
Movie
Anthrax: 40th Anniversary Livestream
2021
6.2
Movie
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
2021
5.9
TV
This Is Pop
2021
6.5
Movie
American Rapstar
2020
0
Movie
For NYC
2020
4.8
Movie
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
2020
6.8
Movie
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
2020
2.0
Movie
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
2020
0
Movie
The Cobra at Twilight
2019
0
Movie
System Shock: How the MP3 Changed Music
2019
6.3
Movie
Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare
2019
6.7
Movie
Grass Is Greener
2019
0
Movie
The Untold Story of Detroit Hip Hop
2018
0
Movie
Rock Rubber 45s
2018
6.3
Movie
The King
2018
6.4
Movie
Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018
7.0
Movie
System Shock
2018
0
Movie
Prophets of Rage: Eurockéennes 2018
2018
3.0
TV
Who Killed Tupac?
2017
6.8
Movie
G-Funk
2017
7.8
TV
Soundbreaking
2016
0
Movie
1971 Pirates: Forever Brothers
2016
0
Movie
Full Court: The Spencer Haywood Story
2016
4.7
Movie
The Bet
2016
0
Movie
A Tale of James Brown
2016
7.2
Movie
All Things Must Pass
2015
6.1
TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
10.0
Movie
Public Enemy - Live From Metropolis Studios
2015
5.7
Movie
Hustlers Convention
2015
8.0
Movie
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
2014
0
Movie
Heights Girl
2014
7.7
Movie
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
2014
6.9
Movie
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
2014
0
Movie
Public Enemy Live at the Metro Theatre
2014
6.0
Movie
Ali vs Stevenson: The Greatest Fight That Never Was
2014
0
TV
Dream School
2013
0
Movie
Swing Lowe Sweet Chariote
2013
6.2
Movie
The Doctor
2013
6.0
Movie
Rebels Without a Pause: The Induction Celebration of Public Enemy
2013
6.7
Movie
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
2012
5.0
Movie
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
0
Movie
City Teacher
2012
0
Movie
Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D
2012
10.0
Movie
Founding Fathers (The True Origins of Hip Hop)
2012
7.0
Movie
Public Enemy: Prophets Of Rage
2011
8.0
Movie
Prince: A Purple Reign
2011
7.0
Movie
Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation
2011
8.5
Movie
The Weird World of Blowfly
2011
7.2
Movie
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
2011
7.9
Movie
The Fab Five
2011
3.5
Movie
My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop
2010
6.3
Movie
Straight Outta L.A.
2010
4.8
Movie
Big Pun: The Legacy
2009
7.0
Movie
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
2009
6.8
Movie
Copyright Criminals
2009
5.8
Movie
The Black Candle
2009
6.0
Movie
Founding Fathers: The Untold Story of Hip Hop
2009
0
Movie
Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions
2008
0
Movie
Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome
2007
0
Movie
Mixtape, Inc.
2007
8.0
Movie
Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk
2007
0
Movie
Public Enemy - Fight the Power: Greatest Hits Live!
2007
7.0
TV
Ali's 65
2007
5.0
TV
Legends
2006
6.4
Movie
Fuck
2006
6.7
Movie
Rock the Bells
2006
6.0
TV
The Henry Rollins Show
2006
7.4
Movie
Left of the Dial
2005
10.0
Movie
Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship
2005
7.8
Movie
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
2005
0
TV
Black in the 80s
2005
6.0
Movie
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
0
Movie
Public Enemy: Revolverlution Tour
2004
0
TV
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
2004
7.6
Movie
Lightning in a Bottle
2004
7.7
Movie
James Brown: Soul Survivor
2003
7.5
Movie
Godfathers and Sons
2003
7.4
TV
The Blues
2003
7.1
Movie
Beef
2003
0
Movie
Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
2003
10.0
Movie
Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied
2003
5.3
TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
10.0
Movie
Public Enemy - Live from House of Blues
2001
0
Movie
Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music
2001
7.5
TV
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
7.4
TV
Sealab 2021
2000
7.0
TV
The Hip Hop Years
1999
6.3
Movie
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998
3.9
Movie
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
7.3
TV
Behind the Music
1997
5.4
Movie
Anthem
1997
6.4
TV
The Daily Show
1996
8.0
Movie
Rage Against the Machine - Live at Pinkpop 1996
1996
7.5
Movie
Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
1995
7.4
TV
NewsRadio
1995
10.0
TV
MTV Europe Music Awards
1994
7.3
TV
New York Undercover
1994
7.8
TV
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
8.0
Movie
The Real Malcolm X
1992
0
Movie
Public Enemy: The Enemy Strikes...Live
1992
0
Movie
Rap's Most Wanted
1991
0
Movie
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 16
1991
10.0
Movie
Public Enemy - Burn Hollywood Burn feat. Ice Cube and Big Daddy Kane
1990
0
Movie
Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1
1990
4.0
Movie
Impact Video Magazine
1989
0
Movie
Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live!
1989
7.5
TV
Yo! MTV Raps
1988
8.0
Movie
Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation - The First London Invasion Tour 1987
