Yasiin Bey
ActingTotal Credits
78
Acting
77
First Credit
1956
Latest Credit
2025
House
Lee
2004
The Boondocks
Actor
2005
Dexter
Brother Sam
2006
Chappelle's Show
Self - Black Star
2003
Ghosts
Dante
1997
Something the Lord Made
Vivien Thomas
2004
The Proud Family
Mos Def (voice)
2001
Amy
Self
2015
Gorillaz: Reject False Icons
Mos Def
2019
My Wife and Kids
Actor
2001
Begin Again
Saul
2014
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Self
2011
Yo Gabba Gabba!
Actor
2007
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
Self (archive footage)
2022
Cadillac Records
Chuck Berry
2008
Spin City
Monty
1996
Civil Brand
Michael Meadows
2003
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
Himself
2000
The Woodsman
Sgt. Lucas
2004
Monster's Ball
Ryrus Cooper
2001
The Italian Job
Left Ear
2003
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Self - (as Mos Def)
2005
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
Self
2012
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Ford Prefect
2005
Brown Sugar
Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon
2002
16 Blocks
Eddie Bunker
2006
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Mos Def
2006
Bamboozled
Mau Mau: Big Blak Afrika
2000
Be Kind Rewind
Mike
2008
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
Lt. Miller
2001
The Hard Way
Dead Romeos
1991
I'm Still Here
Mos Def
2010
Lackawanna Blues
The Bandleader
2005
Journey to the End of the Night
Wemba
2006
Life of Crime
Ordell Robbie
2013
HBO First Look
Self
1992
Showtime
Lazy Boy
2002
Where's Marlowe?
Wilt Crawley
1998
French Tour
Focé
2016
Next Day Air
Eric
2009
Island of the Dead
Robbie J
2000
Brooklyn South
Darius
1997
Split Images
Curtis Roy
1992
Rap Sheet: Hip-Hop and the Cops
Actor
2006
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
Self
2003
Gorillaz | MTV World Stage
Mos Def
2023
Hargrove
Self
2022
A Man's Story
Self
2011
God Bless the Child
Richard Watkins
1988
Here and Now
Alonzo
1992
Alicia Keys: Unplugged
Self
2005
Coachella
Self - Interviewee
2006
You're Watching Video Music Box
Self (archive footage)
2021
Mark Twain Prize
Self - Musical Guest
1999
The Cosby Mysteries
Actor
1994
You Take the Kids
Raymond Kirkland
1990
Prince Among Slaves
Narrator
2008
Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth
Self (as Mos Def)
2005
Together for Palestine
Self
2025
Passaic Mosaic
Thanks
2008