Actor profile

Method Man

2nd March 1971 Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA Acting

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.

91 Movies 67 TV Shows 158 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Relationship Goals poster

Relationship Goals 4th February 2026 as Jarrett Roy

Poetic License poster

Poetic License 6th September 2025 as James Cassidy

Trouble Man poster

Trouble Man 1st August 2025 as Money

Bad Shabbos poster

Bad Shabbos 23rd May 2025 as Jordan

Shadow Force poster

Shadow Force 1st May 2025 as Unc

Missionary poster

Missionary 13th December 2024 as Voiceover (Voice)

The New York Sack Exchange poster

The New York Sack Exchange 13th December 2024 as Self - Narrator (voice)

Mother & Gun poster

Mother & Gun 13th September 2024

The 4:30 Movie poster

The 4:30 Movie 13th September 2024 as Cookie

Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys poster

Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys 25th August 2024 as Self (archival footage)

How Music Got Free poster

How Music Got Free 9th March 2024 as Self

How I Learned to Fly poster

How I Learned to Fly 15th November 2023 as Cliff Davis

A Wu-Tang Experience: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre poster

A Wu-Tang Experience: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre 3rd November 2023 as Self

Amazon Music Live: Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, and De La Soul's 'N.Y. State of Mind Tour' poster

Amazon Music Live: Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, and De La Soul's 'N.Y. State of Mind Tour' 18th October 2023 as Himself

On the Come Up poster

On the Come Up 23rd September 2022 as Supreme

Milestone Generations poster

Milestone Generations 29th July 2022 as Narrator (voice)

Last Looks poster

Last Looks 27th January 2022 as Swag Dogggg

You're Watching Video Music Box poster

You're Watching Video Music Box 3rd December 2021 as Self (archive footage)

This Is the Night poster

This Is the Night 17th September 2021 as Louis

Mary J. Blige's My Life poster

Mary J. Blige's My Life 25th June 2021 as Self

WWE Slammy Awards 2020 poster

WWE Slammy Awards 2020 23rd December 2020 as Self - Presenter

Vampires vs. the Bronx poster

Vampires vs. the Bronx 2nd October 2020 as Father Jackson

Concrete Cowboy poster

Concrete Cowboy 13th September 2020 as Leroy

Magnum Dopus poster

Magnum Dopus 20th April 2020 as Self

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee poster

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee 20th December 2019 as Self

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot poster

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot 15th October 2019 as Self

Shaft poster

Shaft 14th June 2019 as Freddie P.

Peppermint poster

Peppermint 6th September 2018 as Narcotics Detective Barker

Future World poster

Future World 25th May 2018 as Tattooed Face

Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special poster

Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special 14th December 2017 as Self

Love Beats Rhymes poster

Love Beats Rhymes 1st December 2017 as Ref

Where's the Money poster

Where's the Money 20th October 2017 as Trap

Black and Blue poster

Black and Blue 29th September 2017 as Self

Paterson poster

Paterson 17th November 2016 as Method Man

Keanu poster

Keanu 29th April 2016 as Cheddar

The Breaks poster

The Breaks 4th January 2016 as Darryl Van Patten Sr.

#Lucky Number poster

#Lucky Number 1st September 2015 as Tyson 'The Saint' St. James

Trainwreck poster

Trainwreck 17th July 2015 as Temembe

Staten Island Summer poster

Staten Island Summer 30th June 2015 as Konko

Seasons of Love poster

Seasons of Love 23rd November 2014 as Big Rob

The Cobbler poster

The Cobbler 11th September 2014 as Leon Ludlow

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

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

Red Tails poster

Red Tails 19th January 2012 as Sticks

N.A.S.A.: The Spirit of Apollo 1st January 2012

The Sitter poster

The Sitter 9th December 2011 as Jacolby

The Indestructible Jimmy Brown 27th September 2011 as Himself

The Mortician poster

The Mortician 15th February 2011 as The Mortician

Wu-Tang Saga poster

Wu-Tang Saga 5th October 2010

Sinners and Saints poster

Sinners and Saints 30th June 2010 as Weddo

Big Pun: The Legacy poster

Big Pun: The Legacy 1st September 2009 as Self

Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan poster

Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan 8th November 2008 as Himself

The Wackness poster

The Wackness 3rd July 2008 as Percy

Meet the Spartans poster

Meet the Spartans 24th January 2008 as Persian Emissary

The Wire: The Last Word poster

The Wire: The Last Word 27th December 2007 as Self

The Wire Odyssey poster

The Wire Odyssey 20th December 2007 as Self

Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip poster

Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip 30th October 2007 as Himself

Wu-Tang Clan: Live at Montreux poster

Wu-Tang Clan: Live at Montreux 7th October 2007 as himself

Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life poster

Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life 16th May 2007 as Self

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror poster

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror 27th June 2006 as Himself

Rock the Bells poster

Rock the Bells 27th April 2006 as Himself

Limp Bizkit: Greatest Videoz poster

Limp Bizkit: Greatest Videoz 9th November 2005 as Method Man (segment "N 2 Gether Now")

Venom poster

Venom 16th September 2005 as Deputy Turner

The Fairly OddParents: School's Out! The Musical poster

The Fairly OddParents: School's Out! The Musical 14th June 2005

Letter to the President poster

Letter to the President 29th March 2005 as Self

The Strip Game poster

The Strip Game 8th March 2005 as Self

Garden State poster

Garden State 28th July 2004 as Diego

Wu Tang Clan: Disciples of the 36 Chambers Chapter 2 poster

Wu Tang Clan: Disciples of the 36 Chambers Chapter 2 3rd July 2004

Soul Plane poster

Soul Plane 28th May 2004 as Muggsy

My Baby's Daddy poster

My Baby's Daddy 9th January 2004 as No Good (Randall)

Scary Movie 3 poster

Scary Movie 3 24th October 2003 as Method Man

Volcano High [MTV's Rapper Dub] poster

Volcano High [MTV's Rapper Dub] 23rd October 2003 as Mr. Ma

Brown Sugar poster

Brown Sugar 5th October 2002 as Self

Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1 poster

Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1 1st January 2002

How High poster

How High 21st December 2001 as Silas P. Silas

Xzibit | Restless Xposed poster

Xzibit | Restless Xposed 11th December 2001 as Self

Street Life poster

Street Life 1st January 2001

Backstage poster

Backstage 8th September 2000 as Self

Boricua's Bond poster

Boricua's Bond 21st June 2000

Black and White poster

Black and White 4th September 1999 as Method Man

Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125 poster

Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125 12th March 1999 as Self

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor poster

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor 10th November 1998 as Method Man

Belly poster

Belly 4th November 1998 as Shameek

Wu Tang Clan - Da Mystery of Kung Fu poster

Wu Tang Clan - Da Mystery of Kung Fu 8th April 1998 as Self

Cop Land poster

Cop Land 15th August 1997 as Shondel

One Eight Seven poster

One Eight Seven 29th July 1997 as Dennis Broadway

Rhyme & Reason poster

Rhyme & Reason 4th March 1997 as Self

Wu-Tang Clan: This Shit is from the Heart poster

Wu-Tang Clan: This Shit is from the Heart 1st January 1997 as Self

The Great White Hype poster

The Great White Hype 3rd May 1996 as Self

The Show poster

The Show 25th August 1995 as Self

Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2 as Self

Sunny as Ruskin

Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares 16th January 2025 as Self

Fat Joe Talks poster

Fat Joe Talks 4th October 2024 as Self - Guest

How Music Got Free poster

How Music Got Free 11th June 2024 as Self - Narrator (voice)

ODB: Wu Tang Forever poster

ODB: Wu Tang Forever 28th January 2024 as As Himself

Bupkis poster

Bupkis 4th May 2023 as Carnival Worker

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur poster

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur 10th February 2023 as Torg (voice)

Poker Face poster

Poker Face 26th January 2023 as Frank "Brick" Bricatino

Sherri poster

Sherri 12th September 2022 as Self - Guest

The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show 12th September 2022 as Self - Guest

The Crew Has It poster

The Crew Has It 4th May 2022

Masters of the Universe: Revelation poster

Masters of the Universe: Revelation 23rd July 2021 as Clamp Champ (voice)

Power Book II: Ghost poster

Power Book II: Ghost 6th September 2020 as Davis Maclean

Teenage Bounty Hunters poster

Teenage Bounty Hunters 14th August 2020 as Terrance Coin

VERZUZ poster

VERZUZ 24th March 2020 as Self

Godfather of Harlem poster

Godfather of Harlem 29th September 2019 as Sam Christian

First Wives Club poster

First Wives Club 19th September 2019 as Beast

Tamron Hall poster

Tamron Hall 9th September 2019 as Self - Guest

Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men poster

Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men 10th May 2019 as Self

The Masked Singer poster

The Masked Singer 2nd January 2019 as Self - Stud Muffin

Red Table Talk poster

Red Table Talk 7th May 2018 as Self

The Last O.G. poster

The Last O.G. 3rd April 2018 as Green Eyes

Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics poster

Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics 12th November 2017 as Self

Drop the Mic poster

Drop the Mic 24th October 2017 as Self - Co-Host

The Deuce poster

The Deuce 10th September 2017 as Rodney

Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party poster

Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party 7th November 2016 as Team Snoop

Marvel's Luke Cage poster

Marvel's Luke Cage 30th September 2016 as Cliff 'Method Man' Smith

Taraji's White Hot Holidays poster

Taraji's White Hot Holidays 9th December 2015 as Self

Difficult People poster

Difficult People 5th August 2015 as Method Man

Scorpion poster

Scorpion 22nd September 2014 as Lucky the King

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver poster

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 27th April 2014 as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers 25th February 2014 as Self - Guest

Comic Book Men poster

Comic Book Men 12th February 2012 as Self

Impractical Jokers poster

Impractical Jokers 15th December 2011

The Good Guys poster

The Good Guys 19th May 2010 as Kenny

30 for 30 poster

30 for 30 6th October 2009 as Himself

The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife 22nd September 2009 as Young Boxer

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 16th July 2009 as Self - Guest

Burn Notice poster

Burn Notice 28th June 2007 as Valentine

Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up 16th May 2006

Yo Momma poster

Yo Momma 3rd April 2006

Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out poster

Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out 28th July 2005

Method & Red poster

Method & Red 16th June 2004 as Method Man

Wildboyz poster

Wildboyz 26th October 2003 as Self

The New Tom Green Show 23rd June 2003 as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self - Guest

The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone 18th September 2002 as Kneigh

The Wire poster

The Wire 2nd June 2002 as Melvin 'Cheese' Wagstaff

One on One poster

One on One 3rd September 2001 as Self

Boston Public poster

Boston Public 23rd October 2000 as Flash Master K

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 6th October 2000 as Drops

Wonderland poster

Wonderland 30th March 2000 as Method Man

Diary poster

Diary 16th February 2000 as Self

Third Watch poster

Third Watch 23rd September 1999 as C-Note

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 20th September 1999 as Dennis King

Oz poster

Oz 12th July 1997 as Carlton 'Tug' Daniels

The Chris Rock Show poster

The Chris Rock Show 7th February 1997

The Jamie Foxx Show poster

The Jamie Foxx Show 28th August 1996 as Method Man

The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show 22nd July 1996 as Self

MADtv poster

MADtv 14th October 1995 as Self

Space Ghost Coast to Coast poster

Space Ghost Coast to Coast 15th April 1994

Martin poster

Martin 27th August 1992 as Method Man

Yo! MTV Raps poster

Yo! MTV Raps 21st September 1988 as Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5th September 1988 as Self - Guest

MTV Video Music Awards poster

MTV Video Music Awards 14th September 1984 as Self

The BRIT Awards poster

The BRIT Awards 18th October 1977 as Self

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

The Grammys poster

The Grammys 29th November 1959 as Self