Actor profile

Fab 5 Freddy

Brooklyn, New York, USA Acting

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Fred Brathwaite (born 1959), more popularly known as Fab 5 Freddy, is an American Hip hop historian, Hip hop pioneer and former graffiti artist. He was active in New York City in the 1970s and early 1980s, and later hosted the first hip-hop music video show on TV, "Yo! MTV Raps". Description above from the Wikipedia article Fab 5 Freddy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

39 Movies 8 TV Shows 47 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports poster

The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports 11th August 2023 as Self

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes poster

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes 12th March 2023 as Self

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell poster

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 1st March 2021 as Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist

Keith Haring: Street Art Boy poster

Keith Haring: Street Art Boy 4th July 2020 as Self

Ricky Powell: The Individualist poster

Ricky Powell: The Individualist 30th May 2020 as Self

It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet poster

It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet 13th February 2020 as Self

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks poster

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks 14th August 2019 as Self

A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy 27th July 2019 as Himself - Presenter

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat poster

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat 19th December 2018 as Self

Basquiat: Rage to Riches poster

Basquiat: Rage to Riches 7th October 2017 as Self

Barry poster

Barry 10th September 2016 as Rameek

Hustlers Convention poster

Hustlers Convention 1st January 2015 as Self

Nas: Time Is Illmatic poster

Nas: Time Is Illmatic 4th April 2014 as Self

NB90s poster

NB90s 4th September 2013

Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer poster

Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer 2nd August 2013 as Self

Picasso Baby 2nd August 2013 as Self

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ poster

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ 7th June 2012 as Self

NB80s poster

NB80s 30th November 2011 as Narrator (voice)

Blank City poster

Blank City 6th April 2011 as Self

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child poster

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child 25th January 2010 as Self

Downtown Calling poster

Downtown Calling 24th October 2009 as Self

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB poster

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB 24th April 2009 as Self

Rachel Getting Married poster

Rachel Getting Married 3rd September 2008 as Rehearsal Dinner Guest

The Universe of Keith Haring poster

The Universe of Keith Haring 1st April 2008 as Self

American Gangster poster

American Gangster 2nd November 2007 as Smalls Patron

TV Party poster

TV Party 3rd August 2005 as Self

The Manchurian Candidate poster

The Manchurian Candidate 30th July 2004 as Political Pundit

And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop poster

And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop 2nd April 2004 as Self

Tupac: Resurrection poster

Tupac: Resurrection 14th November 2003 as Self (archival)

Blondie Greatest Video Hits poster

Blondie Greatest Video Hits 8th October 2002 as Self (segment "Rapture")

The Freshest Kids poster

The Freshest Kids 1st October 2002

Downtown '81 poster

Downtown '81 13th July 2001 as Graffiti Artist

Who's the Man? poster

Who's the Man? 23rd April 1993 as Fab 5 Freddy

Juice poster

Juice 17th January 1992 as Self

New Jack City poster

New Jack City 8th March 1991 as Master of Ceremonies

She's Gotta Have It poster

She's Gotta Have It 8th August 1986 as Dog 10

Good to Go poster

Good to Go 1st August 1986 as Mr. Aint

Wild Style poster

Wild Style 1st August 1982 as "Phade"

Pusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American Gangster poster

Pusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American Gangster

The Andy Warhol Diaries poster

The Andy Warhol Diaries 9th March 2022 as Self

Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America poster

Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America 13th October 2019 as Self

The Defiant Ones poster

The Defiant Ones 9th July 2017 as Self

Marvel's Luke Cage poster

Marvel's Luke Cage 30th September 2016 as Fab 5 Freddy

Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent 30th September 2001 as Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith

The Hip Hop Years poster

The Hip Hop Years 1st January 1999 as Self

Yo! MTV Raps poster

Yo! MTV Raps 21st September 1988 as Self

TV Party poster

TV Party 18th December 1978