
Method Man
Known for Acting · 158 credits
- Born
- 1971-03-02 (age 55)
- Place of birth
- Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Cliff 'Method Man' Smith · Clifford Smith · Wu-Tang Clan · Cliff Smith · متد من
Biography
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (67)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dennis King

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

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Drops

The Daily Show
1996
as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

The Good Wife
2009
as Young Boxer

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self - Guest

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest

The Wire
2002
as Melvin 'Cheese' Wagstaff

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self / Self - Guest

Third Watch
1999
as C-Note

Scorpion
2014
as Lucky the King

Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest

Burn Notice
2007
as Valentine

Oz
1997
as Carlton 'Tug' Daniels

Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest

MTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self

Boston Public
2000
as Flash Master K

The Masked Singer
2019
as Self - Stud Muffin

Martin
1992
as Method Man

Godfather of Harlem
2019
as Sam Christian

Poker Face
2023
as Frank "Brick" Bricatino

Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994

Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
2005

Impractical Jokers
2011

The Twilight Zone
2002
as Kneigh

One on One
2001
as Self

Marvel's Luke Cage
2016
as Cliff 'Method Man' Smith

The Deuce
2017
as Rodney

The Jamie Foxx Show
1996
as Method Man

Power Book II: Ghost
2020
as Davis Maclean

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

Comic Book Men
2012
as Self

30 for 30
2009
as Himself

The Last O.G.
2018
as Green Eyes

Red Table Talk
2018
as Self

The Good Guys
2010
as Kenny

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

The Chris Rock Show
1997

Drop the Mic
2017
as Self - Co-Host

Difficult People
2015
as Method Man

Hollywood Squares
2025
as Self

Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
2016
as Team Snoop
The New Tom Green Show
2003
as Self

Yo! MTV Raps
1988
as Self

First Wives Club
2019
as Beast

Bupkis
2023
as Carnival Worker

Teenage Bounty Hunters
2020
as Terrance Coin

The BRIT Awards
1977
as Self

Diary
2000
as Self

Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
2017
as Self

Wonderland
2000
as Method Man

VERZUZ
2020
as Self

Wildboyz
2003
as Self

The Crew Has It
2022

Taraji's White Hot Holidays
2015
as Self
Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up
2006

MADtv
1995
as Gentry Abrams / Self
Movies (91)

Scary Movie 3
2003
as Method Man

Shadow Force
2025
as Unc

Cop Land
1997
as Shondel

Meet the Spartans
2008
as Persian Emissary

Trainwreck
2015
as Temembe

Soul Plane
2004
as Muggsy

Peppermint
2018
as Narcotics Detective Barker

Shaft
2019
as Freddie P.

How High
2001
as Silas P. Silas

The Cobbler
2014
as Leon Ludlow

Garden State
2004
as Diego

Last Looks
2022
as Swag Dogggg

The Sitter
2011
as Jacolby

Red Tails
2012
as Sticks

Paterson
2016
as Method Man

Relationship Goals
2026
as Jarrett Roy

One Eight Seven
1997
as Dennis Broadway

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2019
as Self

Trouble Man
2025
as Money

Future World
2018
as Tattooed Face

Belly
1998
as Shameek

Black and White
1999
as Method Man

The Fairly OddParents: School's Out! The Musical
2005

Venom
2005
as Deputy Turner

Keanu
2016
as Cheddar

The Wackness
2008
as Percy

Brown Sugar
2002
as Self

The 4:30 Movie
2024
as Cookie

Concrete Cowboy
2020
as Leroy

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
2019
as Self

The Great White Hype
1996
as Self

Vampires vs. the Bronx
2020
as Father Jackson

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006
as Himself

Where's the Money
2017
as Trap

Staten Island Summer
2015
as Konko

Magnum Dopus
2020
as Self

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

Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
2017
as Self

Love Beats Rhymes
2017
as Ref

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

This Is the Night
2021
as Louis

The Wire Odyssey
2007
as Self

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

Sinners and Saints
2010
as Weddo

On the Come Up
2022
as Supreme

The Wire: The Last Word
2007
as Self

Poetic License
2025
as James Cassidy

Milestone Generations
2022
as Narrator (voice)

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

Bad Shabbos
2025
as Jordan

Wu-Tang Saga
2010
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Volcano High [MTV's Rapper Dub]
2003
as Mr. Ma

Seasons of Love
2014
as Big Rob

How I Learned to Fly
2023
as Cliff Davis

Big Pun: The Legacy
2009
as Self

Mary J. Blige's My Life
2021
as Self

The Mortician
2011
as The Mortician

Amazon Music Live: Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, and De La Soul's 'N.Y. State of Mind Tour'
2023
as Himself
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
as Self

Rhyme & Reason
1997
as Self

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

Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1
2002

The Show
1995
as Self

How Music Got Free
2024
as Self

Backstage
2000
as Self

Rock the Bells
2006
as Himself

Missionary
2024
as Voiceover (Voice)

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

The Breaks
2016
as Darryl Van Patten Sr.

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

WWE Slammy Awards 2020
2020
as Self - Presenter
The Indestructible Jimmy Brown
2011
as Himself

Letter to the President
2005
as Self

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

Wu-Tang Clan: Live at Montreux
2007
as himself

Boricua's Bond
2000

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

Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan
2008
as Himself
Sunny
as Ruskin

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

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

The Strip Game
2005
as Self

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998
as Method Man

Black and Blue
2017
as Self

Street Life
2001

Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125
1999
as Self
N.A.S.A.: The Spirit of Apollo
2012

Xzibit | Restless Xposed
2001
as Self

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

Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip
2007
as Himself

Mother & Gun
2024
About Method Man
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… With 158 credits spanning from 1959 to 2026, Method Man has appeared in 91 films and 67 TV shows.
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- Cop Land (1997) — as Shondel
- Meet the Spartans (2008) — as Persian Emissary
- Trainwreck (2015) — as Temembe
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