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Yasiin Bey

Yasiin Bey
  • First Movie - The Hard Way (1991)
  • Last Movie - Gorillaz: Reject False Icons (2019)
  • Total Movies - 25
  • Highest Grossing Movies
    • UK: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
    • US: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
    • World: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
  • Combined grosses
    • UK - £33.9 Million
    • US - $248.8 Million
    • Global - $170.8 Million
  • Highest Rated Movie - Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) - 100%
  • Lowest rated movie - Be Kind Rewind (2008) - 2%

Acting credits By Year of release

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Starring With

Year

1.

Gorillaz: Reject False Icons

(Yasiin Bey plays Himself)

Directed by: Denholm Hewlett

Starring: Seye Adelekan and Damon Albarn

2019
2.

Tour De France

(Yasiin Bey plays Foce)

Directed by: Rachid Djaidani

Starring: Gérard Depardieu and Sadek

2016
3.

Amy

Directed by: Asif Kapadia

Starring: Amy Winehouse and Yasiin Bey

2015
4.

Life of Crime

(Yasiin Bey plays Ordell Robbie)

Directed by: Daniel Schechter

Starring: Jennifer Aniston and Yasiin Bey

2014
5.

Begin Again

(Yasiin Bey plays Saul)

Directed by: John Carney

Starring: Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo

2014
6.

Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap

(Yasiin Bey plays Self)

Directed by: Ice-T and Andy Baybutt

Starring: Bun B and B-Real

2012
7.

I'm Still Here

Directed by: Casey Affleck

Starring: Joaquin Phoenix and Antony Langdon

2010
8.

Cadillac Records

(Yasiin Bey plays Chuck Berry)

Directed by: Darnell Martin

Starring: Josh Alscher and Tim Bellow

2009
9.

Next Day Air

(Yasiin Bey plays Eric)

Directed by: Benny Boom

Starring: Donald Faison and Mike Epps

2009
10.

Be Kind Rewind

(Yasiin Bey plays Mike)

Directed by: Michel Gondry

Starring: Jack Black and Yasiin Bey

2008
11.

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

(Yasiin Bey plays Mos Def)

Directed by: Adam McKay

Starring: Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly

2006
12.

16 Blocks

(Yasiin Bey plays Eddie Bunker)

Directed by: Richard Donner

Starring: Bruce Willis and Yasiin Bey

2006
13.

Journey to the End of the Night

(Yasiin Bey plays Wemba)

Directed by: Eric Eason

Starring: Brendan Fraser and Yasiin Bey

2006
14.

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

(Yasiin Bey plays Ford Prefect)

Directed by: Garth Jennings

Starring: Sam Rockwell and Yasiin Bey

2005
15.

Lackawanna Blues

(Yasiin Bey plays The Bandleader)

Directed by: George C. Wolfe

Starring: S. Epatha Merkerson and Marcus Carl Franklin

2005
16.

The Woodsman

(Yasiin Bey plays Sgt. Lucas)

Directed by: Nicole Kassell

Starring: Kevin Bacon and David Alan Grier

2004
17.

The Italian Job

(Yasiin Bey plays Left Ear)

Directed by: F. Gary Gray

Starring: Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron

2003
18.

Brown Sugar

(Yasiin Bey plays Chris 'Cav' Anton Vichon)

Directed by: Rick Famuyiwa

Starring: Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan

2002
19.

Showtime

(Yasiin Bey plays Lazy Boy)

Directed by: Tom Dey

Starring: Robert De Niro and Rachael Harris

2002
20.

Civil Brand

(Yasiin Bey plays Michael Meadows)

Directed by: Neema Barnette

Starring: LisaRaye McCoy and NBushe Wright

2002
21.

Monsters Ball

(Yasiin Bey plays Ryrus Cooper)

Directed by: Marc Forster

Starring: Billy Bob Thornton and Taylor Simpson

2001
22.

Carmen: A Hip Hopera

(Yasiin Bey plays Lt. Miller)

Directed by: Robert Townsend

Starring: Mekhi Phifer and Beyoncé

2001
23.

Bamboozled

(Yasiin Bey plays Mau Mau: Big Blak Afrika (Julius Hopkins))

Directed by: Spike Lee

Starring: Damon Wayans and Savion Glover

2000
24.

Where's Marlowe?

(Yasiin Bey plays Wilt Crawley)

Directed by: Daniel Pyne

Starring: Miguel Ferrer and John Livingston

1998
25.

The Hard Way

(Yasiin Bey plays Dead Romeos)

Directed by: John Badham

Starring: Michael J. Fox and James Woods

1991