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Acting

Known Credits

54

Gender

Male

Birthday

null (NaN years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Also Known As

Fred Brathwaite

Fred Braithwaite

Fab Five Freddy

Fred "Fab 5 Freddy" Brathwaite

Fab 5 Freddy

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Fred Brathwaite (born 1959), more popularly known as Fab 5 Freddy, is an American Hip hop historian, Hip hop pioneer and former graffiti artist. He was active in New York City in the 1970s and early 1980s, and later hosted the first hip-hop music video show on TV, "Yo! MTV Raps". Description above from the Wikipedia article Fab 5 Freddy,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Who's the Man?

1993

Who's the Man?

as

Fab 5 Freddy

Downtown '81

2001

Downtown '81

as

Graffiti Artist

Wild Style

1982

Wild Style

as

"Phade"

Juice

1992

Juice

as

Self

American Gangster

2007

American Gangster

as

Smalls Patron

Blank City

2011

Blank City

as

Self

Barry

2016

Barry

as

Rameek

New Jack City

1991

New Jack City

as

Master of Ceremonies

Blondie Greatest Video Hits

2002

Blondie Greatest Video Hits

as

Self (segment "Rapture")

TV Party

2005

TV Party

as

Self

NB80s

2011

NB80s

as

Narrator (voice)

Picasso Baby

2013

Picasso Baby

as

Self

NB90s

2013

NB90s

as

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

2021

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

as

Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist

Rachel Getting Married

2008

Rachel Getting Married

as

Rehearsal Dinner Guest

The Manchurian Candidate

2004

The Manchurian Candidate

as

Political Pundit

Tupac: Resurrection

2003

Tupac: Resurrection

as

Self (archival)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as

Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith

Marvel's Luke Cage

Marvel's Luke Cage

as

Fab 5 Freddy

Production

Crew

Directing