Cast & creator
Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels
Best known for Late Show with David Letterman, Saturday Night Live, Sherri
Darryl "D.M.C." Matthews McDaniels (born May 31, 1964) is an American rapper. He is a founding member of the hip hop group RUN-D.M.C., and is considered one of the pioneers of hip hop culture.
Also known as: RUN-D.M.C., RUN-DMC, Darryl McDaniels
39
film credits
33
television credits
70
1959–2025 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (72)
Showing 72 of 72 credits
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Musical Guest
1993
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
1979
WWF Superstars
Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels
1986
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Self
1986
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
1984
Reading Rainbow
Self
1983
CMT Crossroads
Self
2002
Comic Book Men
Self
2012
WeCrashed
Darryl DMC McDaniels
2022
Yo! MTV Raps
Self
1988
The Big Narstie Show
Self
2018
Soundbreaking
Self
2016
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
Self (archive footage)
2025
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
Self
2006
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
Self (archive footage)
2022The Great Debate
2009
Payback
Self - Funeral Attendee (archive footage)
2022
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
Self
2019
Sneaker Wars: Adidas V. Puma
Self
2025
Death by Fame
Self [RUN-D.M.C] (archive footage)
2023
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
Self
2015
Black in the 80s
Self
2005
Roll Bounce
Garden D.J. Smooth Dee
2005
Good Burger 2
Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels
2023
The Hip Hop Years
Self
1999
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
Self [RUN-D.M.C]
2023100 Most Shocking Music Moments
Self [RUN-D.M.C]
2009
100 Greatest Songs of the '80s
Self
2006
Graffiti Rock
DMC
1984
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
2025
Marvel's Behind the Mask
Self
2021
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
Self
2004
Hard Luck
The Employer
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Self
2019
Live Aid
Self
1985
You're Watching Video Music Box
Self
2021
Kings from Queens: The RUN DMC Story
Executive Producer
2024
Death of a Dynasty
Old School Rapper #2 (as DMC)
2003
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
Self
2022
Who's the Man?
Detective
1993
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Self
2012
Harry Chapin - Cat’s in the Cradle: The Song That Changed Our Lives
Self
2025
Krush Groove
DMC
1985
American Rap Stars
Self
2002
VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments
Self
2009
20 Most Shocking Unsolved Crimes
Self
2007
Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
Self
2006
The Grammys
Self
1959
For NYC
2020
Run DMC: Forever Kings
Self
2004
50 Cent: Refuse 2 Die
Self
2005
Rappin' With The Rickster
Self
2010Mi Familia: Sen Dog and the American Dream
Self
The Making of Sun City
Self
1985
Big Fun in the Big Town
Self
1986
A Hip Hop Minute
Self
2024
Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship
Self
2005
Beastie Boys: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1999
1999
Rebels Without a Pause: The Induction Celebration of Public Enemy
Self [RUN-D.M.C]
2013
Premium
Songs
2006
Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras
2002
ReMastered: Who Killed Jam Master Jay?
Self [RUN-DMC]
2018
Grass Is Greener
Self
2019
Run DMC: Live at Montreux 2001
2001
Tougher Than Leather
DMC
1988The Gathering
Bogart
Run-DMC | Together Forever
Self
2002MTV 20: Jams
2001
Just for Kicks
Self
2005