Name
Ice Cube
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1969-06-15 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
O'Shea Jackson (born June 15, 1969), known professionally as Ice Cube, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, and film producer. His work on N.W.A.'s 1989 album Straight Outta Compton helped boost gangsta rap's popularity. His political rap solo albums AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990), Death Certificate (1991), and The Predator (1992) were all critically and commercially successful. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of N.W.A in 2016.
A native of Los Angeles, Ice Cube formed his first rap group, C.I.A., in 1986. In 1987, with Eazy-E and Dr. Dre, he formed the gangsta rap group N.W.A. As its lead rapper, Ice Cube also wrote most of the lyrics on Straight Outta Compton. This landmark album shaped West Coast hip-hop's early violent and controversial identity. It helped differentiate it from East Coast rap. After a monetary dispute over the group's management by Eazy-E and Jerry Heller, Ice Cube left N.W.A in late 1989 and embarked on a solo career, releasing eleven albums, with seven charting within the top-10 on the U.S. Billboard200. His singles "It Was a Good Day", "Check Yo Self", "You Know How We Do It", "Bop Gun (One Nation)", "Pushin' Weight", and "You Can Do It" all charted in the top-40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
Ice Cube has also had an active film career since the early 1990s. His first acting role was in the hood film Boyz n the Hood (1991), named after a 1987 N.W.A. song he wrote. He also co-wrote and starred in the 1995 comedy film Friday, which spawned a franchise and reshaped his public image into an actor. He made his directorial debut with the 1998 film The Players Club, and also produced and curated the film's accompanying soundtrack. His film credits include comedies Three Kings (1999), the Barbershop and Are We There Yet? franchises, 21 Jump Street (2012), 22 Jump Street (2014), Ride Along (2014) and Ride Along 2 (2016). He has also appeared in the XXX franchise (2005–2017), the crime drama Rampart (2012), the animated fantasy The Book of Life (2014), and the thriller War of the Worlds (2025). Ice Cube has also served as executive producer, including for the 2015 biopic Straight Outta Compton.
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- 1991 Boyz n the Hood as Doughboy
- 2007 Are We Done Yet? as Nick Persons
- 2001 Ghosts of Mars as James 'Desolation' Williams
- 2002 Barbershop as Calvin Palmer
- 1995 Friday as Craig
- 2004 Torque as Trey
- 2000 Next Friday as Craig Jones
- 2004 Barbershop 2: Back in Business as Calvin
- 1999 Three Kings as Chief Elgin
- 1992 Trespass as Savon
- 2005 xXx: State of the Union as Darius Stone / xXx
- 2005 Are We There Yet? as Nick Persons
- 2009 Janky Promoters as Russell Redds
- 1997 Anaconda as Danny Rich
- 2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem as Superfly (voice)
- 2008 The Longshots as Curtis Plummer
- 1998 I Got the Hook-Up as Gun Runner
- 2008 First Sunday as Durell
- 2010 Lottery Ticket as Mr. Washington
- 1995 Higher Learning as Fudge
- 2012 21 Jump Street as Captain Dickson
- 2021 You're Watching Video Music Box as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 Beef as Self
- 2004 Beef II as Self
- 2000 The Up in Smoke Tour as Self
- 2010 Katt Williams: 9 Lives as Self
- 1997 Dangerous Ground as Vusi Madlazi
- 1994 The Glass Shield as Theodore 'Teddy' Woods
- 2012 Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap as Self
- 2009 DJ SWB Volume 6 | This Is How We Do as Self
- 2011 Rampart as Kyle Timkins
- 2007 DJ Crazy Toones | It's A CT Experience: The DVD Files as Self
- 2002 Korn: Deuce as Self
- 2022 The DOC
- 2014 22 Jump Street as Captain Dickson
- 2014 Ride Along as James
- 2021 Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James as Self
- 1995 Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
- 2023 The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports as Self
- 2004 Westside Connection: Gangsta Nation Live
- 2023 Stand as Self - Rapper-Actor; Founder BIG3
- 1999 Family Values Tour '98 as Self
- 2016 Ride Along 2 as James Payton
- 2012 Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ as Self
- 2016 Barbershop: The Next Cut as Calvin Palmer
- 2001 Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars as Self
- 2014 The Book of Life as Candle Maker (voice)
- 2017 Fist Fight as Ron Strickland
- 2004 Ice Cube: The Making of a Don as Self
- 2002 Friday After Next as Craig
- 2002 All About the Benjamins as Bucum
- 2016 NWA & Eazy-E: The Kings of Compton
- 2024 Comin' Up Short as Self
- 2017 xXx: Return of Xander Cage as Darius Stone / xXx
- 2017 G-Funk as Self
- 1999 Thicker Than Water as Slink
- 2017 Comedy Central's Colossal Clusterfest as Performer
- 2000 An Intimate Look Inside the Acting Process with Ice Cube as Self
- 1998 The Players Club as Reggie
- Soon Last Friday as Craig Jones
- 2007 20 Most Shocking Unsolved Crimes as Self - Rapper
- 2010 Straight Outta L.A. as Self
- 2011 The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood' as Self
- 2003 Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend as Self
- 1993 CB4 as Self
- 2019 Africa Rising as Self - Musician (archive footage)
- 2020 The High Note as Jack Robertson
- Soon Humbug
- 2014 Hip Hop Don't Stop as Self
- 2020 Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert as Self
- 2017 The Tuck Rule
- 2016 Flashback Cops as James
- 2005 Letter to the President as Self
- 2016 The Making of Mr. October: The Reggie Jackson Story as Self
- 2025 War of the Worlds as William Radford
- 2009 ‘Friday’ Straight Up
- 2011 The Fab Five as Self
- 2021 Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren as Self
- 2017 Burn Motherfucker, Burn! as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 Straight from the Streets as Self
- 2021 Beats Music Presents: It Was A Good Day, The Live 90s Hip Hop Playlist
- 2025 N.W.A.: Not Without Alonzo
- 2015 The Game: The Documentary 2 as Self
- 1993 Birth of a Nation: 4.29.92 as Self
- 2025 Anaconda as Ice Cube
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- 2000 Woodstock '99
- Soon Ride Along 3 as James Payton
- Soon Outside Man as Ruben
- 2027 24 Jump Street as Captain Dickson
- Soon Are They Gone Yet? as Nick Persons
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2001 The Bernie Mac Show ( 1 episode ) as Ice Cube
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 1 episode )
- 1997 The View ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2003 Celebrities Uncensored ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2005 Criss Angel Mindfreak ( 1 episode )
- 1999 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2001 Good Day Live ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2017 Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Co-narrator
- 2021 This Is Pop ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 The Hip Hop Years ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2019 Untold Stories of Hip Hop ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2016 Hip Hop Evolution ( 16 episodes ) as Self
- 2016 Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2017 The F Word ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1988 Yo! MTV Raps ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2021 Snacked ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2021 Hart to Heart ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2013 The Arsenio Hall Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2018 The Shop ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1981 Entertainment Tonight ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2003 Real Time with Bill Maher ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2001 Primetime Glick ( 1 episode )
- 2017 The Defiant Ones ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2010 Conan ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2024 We Got Time Today ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2025 Number One on the Call Sheet ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2025 The Studio ( 1 episode ) as Ice Cube
- 1996 The Jamie Foxx Show ( 1 episode ) as Ice Cube
- 2025 Sean Combs: The Reckoning ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2024 Hollywood Black ( 4 episodes ) as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 Steve ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2010 The Talk ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- Soon Cube & Epps ( 1 episode ) as Ice Cube
