Actor profile

Coolio

1st August 1963 Monessen, Pennsylvania, USA Acting

Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (August 1, 1963 – September 28, 2022), known professionally as Coolio, was an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Coolio achieved mainstream success in the mid-to-late 1990s with his albums It Takes a Thief (1994), Gangsta's Paradise (1995), and My Soul (1997). He was best known for his 1995 Grammy Award-winning hit single "Gangsta's Paradise", as well as other singles "Fantastic Voyage" (1994), "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" (1996), and "C U When U Get There" (1997). Description above from the Wikipedia article Coolio, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

47 Movies 58 TV Shows 105 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music poster

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music 27th January 2025 as Self (archive footage)

It Wants Blood 2 poster

It Wants Blood 2 10th August 2023 as Don Luscious

Bobcat Moretti poster

Bobcat Moretti 4th August 2023 as Coolio

The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story poster

The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story 15th November 2018 as Self

United Skates poster

United Skates 19th April 2018 as Self

The Goddamn Comedy Jam poster

The Goddamn Comedy Jam 28th August 2016 as Self

Lord of the Freaks poster

Lord of the Freaks 29th June 2015 as Self

Two Hundred Thousand Dirty poster

Two Hundred Thousand Dirty 16th July 2014 as Manny

Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance poster

Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance 14th May 2008 as Roger

Futurama: Bender's Big Score poster

Futurama: Bender's Big Score 27th November 2007 as Kwanzaa-bot (voice)

Three Days to Vegas poster

Three Days to Vegas 2nd February 2007 as The Flow

Grad Night poster

Grad Night 9th September 2006 as Michael Adkins

The Beat poster

The Beat 16th August 2005 as Emcee

Celebrity Mix 17th January 2005 as Self (archive footage)

Pterodactyl poster

Pterodactyl 17th October 2004 as Capt. Bergen

Gang Warz poster

Gang Warz 1st October 2004 as Dunzio Day

Dracula 3000 poster

Dracula 3000 9th August 2004 as 187

A Wonderful Night in Split poster

A Wonderful Night in Split 20th July 2004 as Franky

Exposed poster

Exposed 17th October 2003 as Big Heat

Red Water poster

Red Water 17th August 2003 as Ice

Stealing Candy poster

Stealing Candy 14th May 2003 as Brad Vorman

Daredevil poster

Daredevil 14th February 2003 as Dante Jackson (Director's Cut)

Stupidity poster

Stupidity 1st January 2003 as Self

Tapped Out poster

Tapped Out 1st January 2003 as Cool

Storm Watch poster

Storm Watch 1st May 2002 as Outlaw

Outlawz: Worldwide poster

Outlawz: Worldwide 30th April 2002 as Self

Media Whore 20th April 2002 as Self

Perfume poster

Perfume 8th April 2001 as T

Get Over It poster

Get Over It 8th March 2001 as Coolio

In Pursuit poster

In Pursuit 27th February 2001 as Carl Wright

Gangland poster

Gangland 1st January 2001 as Officer Harris

China Strike Force poster

China Strike Force 21st December 2000 as Coolio

Submerged poster

Submerged 24th October 2000 as Jeff Cort

Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth poster

Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth 17th October 2000 as Principal

Dope Case Pending poster

Dope Case Pending 2nd July 2000

Leprechaun in the Hood poster

Leprechaun in the Hood 28th March 2000 as Self (uncredited)

The Convent poster

The Convent 21st January 2000 as Officer Starkey

Judgment Day poster

Judgment Day 12th November 1999 as Luther / 'Lucifer'

Bad Trip poster

Bad Trip 7th October 1999 as Tyrone / Jerome / Cherone

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn poster

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn 27th February 1998 as Dion Brothers

On the Line poster

On the Line 15th January 1998 as Lt. Gil Suggs

Batman & Robin poster

Batman & Robin 20th June 1997 as Banker

Dear God poster

Dear God 1st November 1996 as Gerard

Phat Beach poster

Phat Beach 2nd August 1996 as Coolio

Air Force Z poster

Air Force Z as Veep

Mayday Z poster

Mayday Z as Coolio

Vegas High as Uncle Ray

Game On! poster

Game On! 27th May 2020 as Self

Greatest Hits 30th June 2016

Teachers poster

Teachers 13th January 2016 as Mr. Wence

Hot Ones poster

Hot Ones 12th March 2015 as Self

American Hustle Life poster

American Hustle Life 24th July 2014 as Self

American Hustle Life poster

American Hustle Life 24th July 2014 as Self

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars poster

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 9th June 2013 as Self - Contestant

Gravity Falls poster

Gravity Falls 15th June 2012 as Wax Coolio (voice)

Ultimate Big Brother poster

Ultimate Big Brother 24th August 2010 as Self

Star-ving poster

Star-ving 18th January 2009

Coolio's Rules 28th October 2008 as Self

Celebrity Juice poster

Celebrity Juice 24th September 2008 as Self

The Wendy Williams Show poster

The Wendy Williams Show 14th July 2008

Cookin' with Coolio poster

Cookin' with Coolio 9th February 2008 as Self

Celebrity Paranormal Project poster

Celebrity Paranormal Project 22nd October 2006 as Self

Squidbillies poster

Squidbillies 16th October 2005 as Coolio (voice)

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List poster

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List 3rd August 2005 as Self

The Friday Night Project poster

The Friday Night Project 4th February 2005 as Self

Joey poster

Joey 9th September 2004 as Coolio

Celebrity Poker Showdown poster

Celebrity Poker Showdown 2nd December 2003 as Self

Celebrities Uncensored poster

Celebrities Uncensored 4th June 2003 as Self

Celebrity Bootcamp 30th September 2002

Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks 4th March 2002 as Self

Beat the Geeks poster

Beat the Geeks 7th November 2001

Fear Factor poster

Fear Factor 11th June 2001

Big Brother's Little Brother poster

Big Brother's Little Brother 29th May 2001 as Self

Celebrity Big Brother poster

Celebrity Big Brother 8th March 2001 as Self

Static Shock poster

Static Shock 23rd September 2000 as Replikon (voice)

Big Brother poster

Big Brother 18th July 2000

18 Wheels of Justice poster

18 Wheels of Justice 12th January 2000

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn 30th March 1999 as Self

Futurama poster

Futurama 28th March 1999 as Kwanzaabot (voice)

Charmed poster

Charmed 7th October 1998 as Lazarus Demon

V.I.P. poster

V.I.P. 26th September 1998 as Coolio

Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares 14th September 1998 as Self - Panelist

Figure It Out poster

Figure It Out 7th July 1997 as Self

Classic Albums poster

Classic Albums 14th April 1997 as Self

Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks 12th November 1996 as Self

Dangerous Minds poster

Dangerous Minds 30th September 1996 as Sex Educator

Early Edition poster

Early Edition 28th September 1996 as Julius 'C-Roc' Ruby

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch poster

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch 27th September 1996 as Coolio

Malcolm & Eddie poster

Malcolm & Eddie 26th August 1996

Arli$$ poster

Arli$$ 10th August 1996 as Ernest Pierce

The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show 10th June 1996 as Self

Saturday Night Special 13th April 1996

Muppets Tonight poster

Muppets Tonight 8th March 1996 as Self

Space: Above and Beyond poster

Space: Above and Beyond 24th September 1995 as The Bacchus Host

The Parent 'Hood poster

The Parent 'Hood 18th January 1995

The Watcher 17th January 1995

All That poster

All That 16th April 1994 as Self - Musical Guest

Duckman poster

Duckman 5th March 1994 as Coolio (voice)

The Nanny poster

The Nanny 3rd November 1993 as Irwin

Martin poster

Martin 27th August 1992 as Coolio

America's Funniest Home Videos poster

America's Funniest Home Videos 26th November 1989

Yo! MTV Raps poster

Yo! MTV Raps 21st September 1988 as Self

Al TV poster

Al TV 1st April 1984 as Self

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Self - Musical Guest

Top of the Pops poster

Top of the Pops 1st January 1964 as Self