Cast & creator
Method Man
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Method Man, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Clifford Smith, Wu-Tang Clan, Cliff Smith
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film credits
71
television credits
160
1959–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (164)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Musical Guest
2014
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dennis King
1999
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Drops
2000
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2022
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
The Good Wife
Young Boxer
2009
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
2014
Third Watch
C-Note
1999
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
Scorpion
Lucky the King
2014
The Wire
Melvin 'Cheese' Wagstaff
2002
The Masked Singer
Self - Stud Muffin
2019
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
1984
Oz
Carlton 'Tug' Daniels
1997
Burn Notice
Valentine
2007
Boston Public
Flash Master K
2000
Martin
Method Man
1992
Impractical Jokers
2011
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
2005
Godfather of Harlem
Sam Christian
2019
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Torg (voice)
2023
One on One
Self
2001
The Twilight Zone
Kneigh
2002
The Jamie Foxx Show
Method Man
1996
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Poker Face
Frank "Brick" Bricatino
2023
Power Book II: Ghost
Davis Maclean
2020
30 for 30
Himself
2009
The Deuce
Rodney
2017
Marvel's Luke Cage
Cliff 'Method Man' Smith
2016
Difficult People
Method Man
2015
The Last O.G.
Green Eyes
2018
Drop the Mic
Self - Co-Host
2017
Scary Movie 3
Method Man
2003
Comic Book Men
Self
2012
Hollywood Squares
Self
2025
Red Table Talk
Self
2018
The Chris Rock Show
1997
The Good Guys
Kenny
2010The New Tom Green Show
Self
2003
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Clamp Champ (voice)
2021
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
Team Snoop
2016
The BRIT Awards
Self
1977
Yo! MTV Raps
Self
1988
First Wives Club
Beast
2019
Teenage Bounty Hunters
Terrance Coin
2020
Shadow Force
Unc
2025
The Cobbler
Leon Ludlow
2014
Bupkis
Carnival Worker
2023
VERZUZ
Self
2020
Cop Land
Shondel
1997
Meet the Spartans
Persian Emissary
2008
Trainwreck
Temembe
2015
The Crew Has It
2022
Soul Plane
Muggsy
2004
Paterson
Method Man
2016
Wonderland
Method Man
2000
Wildboyz
Self
2003
Diary
Self
2000
Peppermint
Narcotics Detective Barker
2018
Yo Momma
2006
The Sitter
Jacolby
2011
One Eight Seven
Dennis Broadway
1997
How High
Silas P. Silas
2001
Shaft
Freddie P.
2019
Garden State
Diego
2004
Relationship Goals
Jarrett Roy
2026
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
Self
2017
Trouble Man
Money
2025
Vampires vs. the Bronx
Father Jackson
2020
Method & Red
Method Man
2004Method & Red
Creator
2004
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Self
2019
Keanu
Cheddar
2016
Last Looks
Swag Dogggg
2022
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
Self
2015Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up
2006
MADtv
Gentry Abrams
1995MADtv
Self
1995
The 4:30 Movie
Cookie
2024
Future World
Tattooed Face
2018
Red Tails
Sticks
2012
Venom
Deputy Turner
2005
On the Come Up
Supreme
2022
The Great White Hype
Self
1996
Concrete Cowboy
Leroy
2020
Black and White
Method Man
1999
Belly
Shameek
1998
Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men
Self
2019
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Himself
2006
Where's the Money
Trap
2017
How Music Got Free
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Brown Sugar
Self
2002
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Self
2019
My Baby's Daddy
No Good (Randall)
2004
Bad Shabbos
Jordan
2025
This Is the Night
Louis
2021
ODB: Wu Tang Forever
As Himself
2024
How I Learned to Fly
Cliff Davis
2023
Love Beats Rhymes
Ref
2017
The Wire Odyssey
Self
2007
Fat Joe Talks
Self - Guest
2024
Magnum Dopus
Self
2020Sunny
Ruskin
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
Self (archival footage)
2024
Sinners and Saints
Weddo
2010
The Wackness
Percy
2008
WWE Slammy Awards 2020
Self - Presenter
2020
You're Watching Video Music Box
Self (archive footage)
2021
Mary J. Blige's My Life
Self
2021
Backstage
Self
2000
Staten Island Summer
Konko
2015
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Self
2012
The Wire: The Last Word
Self
2007
Letter to the President
Self
2005Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
Self
The Fairly OddParents: School's Out! The Musical
2005
Poetic License
James Cassidy
2025
The Mortician
The Mortician
2011
How Music Got Free
Self
2024
Milestone Generations
Narrator (voice)
2022
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
Method Man
1998
The Grammys
Self
1959
Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1
2002![Volcano High [MTV's Rapper Dub]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/4SCTZpoePeCaMMNrMXZuL0iudmX.jpg?width=1200)
Volcano High [MTV's Rapper Dub]
Mr. Ma
2003
The Strip Game
Self
2005The Strip Game
Director
2005The Strip Game
Writer
2005
Seasons of Love
Big Rob
2014
#Lucky Number
Tyson 'The Saint' St. James
2015
Rhyme & Reason
Self
1997
Wu Tang Clan: Disciples of the 36 Chambers Chapter 2
2004
The New York Sack Exchange
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Big Pun: The Legacy
Self
2009
Wu-Tang Clan: Live at Montreux
himself
2007The Indestructible Jimmy Brown
Himself
2011
Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life
Self
2007
Wu Tang Clan - Da Mystery of Kung Fu
Self
1998
Amazon Music Live: Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, and De La Soul's 'N.Y. State of Mind Tour'
Himself
2023
Wu-Tang Clan: This Shit is from the Heart
Self
1997
Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip
Himself
2007Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip
Executive Producer
2007
Boricua's Bond
2000
Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan
Himself
2008
The Breaks
Darryl Van Patten Sr.
2016N.A.S.A.: The Spirit of Apollo
2012
Wu-Tang Saga
2010
Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125
Self
1999
The Show
Self
1995
Rock the Bells
Himself
2006
Xzibit | Restless Xposed
Self
2001
A Wu-Tang Experience: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Self
2023
Limp Bizkit: Greatest Videoz
Method Man (segment "N 2 Gether Now")
2005
Missionary
Voiceover (Voice)
2024
Street Life
2001
Black and Blue
Self
2017