Acting · Mount Vernon, New York, USA · Born December 18, 1970
Earl Simmons (December 18, 1970 - April 9, 2021), better known by his stage name DMX, was an American rapper and actor who rose to fame in the late 1990s. His stage name pays tribute to the Oberheim DMX drum machine, an instrument he used when he made his own rap beats in the 80's. To date, his best-selling album is his 1999 album ...And Then There Was X, which featured the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here)". As an actor, he also starred in the films Belly, Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 The Grave and Last Hour, and his own reality television series Soul of a Man on the American cable television network BET. In 2002, DMX wrote an autobiographical book titled E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX. On April 9, 2021, DMX died at the age of 50 from a drug-related heart attack.
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2025
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MovieLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
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MovieA Journey to Sundance
2023
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MovieYou're Watching Video Music Box
2021
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MovieFast Vengeance
2021
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MovieDMX: Don't Try to Understand
2021
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MovieWoodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
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MovieChronicle of a Serial Killer
2020
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MovieFast and Fierce: Death Race
2020
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TVVERZUZ
2020
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MovieBeyond the Law
2019
as Detective Ray Munce
MoviePimp
2018
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MovieThe After Party
2018
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MovieCan't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story
2017
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TVFresh Off the Boat
2015
as DMX
MovieTop Five
2014
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TVCouples Therapy
2012
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MovieThe Bleeding
2009
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MovieBig Pun: The Legacy
2009
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MovieLockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent
2008
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MovieLast Hour
2008
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MovieDeath Toll
2008
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MovieJump Out Boys
2008
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TVDMX: Soul of a Man
2006
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Trippin'
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MovieBeef II
2004
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MovieNever Die Alone
2004
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Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards
2003
TVEve
2003
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MovieBeef
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MovieCradle 2 the Grave
2003
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MovieCypress Hill Smoke Out Presents DMX
2002
TVHalf & Half
2002
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MovieThe Making of Exit Wounds
2002
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MovieDMX: Angel
2001
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MovieRuff Ryders: Uncensored
2001
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MovieExit Wounds
2001
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MovieBackstage
2000
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MovieBoricua's Bond
2000
MovieRomeo Must Die
2000
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2000
TVThird Watch
1999
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MovieDef Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125
1999
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MovieBelly
1998
as Tommy 'Buns' Bundy
TVSouth Park
1997
as DMX (voice)
TVThe Chris Rock Show
1997
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TVMoesha
1996
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TVMADtv
1995
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TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
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MovieDoggmen
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