Method Man
Biography
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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Daily Show
1996
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Good Wife
2009
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Musical Guest · 2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest · 2009
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dennis King · 1999
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Daily Show
as Self · 1996
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Drops · 2000
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1975
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self - Guest · 2022
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest · 2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest · 1988
The Good Wife
as Young Boxer · 2009
Sherri
as Self - Guest · 2022
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self · 2014
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest · 2019
Third Watch
as C-Note · 1999
The Wire
as Melvin 'Cheese' Wagstaff · 2002
Scorpion
as Lucky the King · 2014
Burn Notice
as Valentine · 2007
Oz
as Carlton 'Tug' Daniels · 1997
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self · 1984
The Masked Singer
as Self - Stud Muffin · 2019
Boston Public
as Flash Master K · 2000
Impractical Jokers
· 2011
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
· 2005
Martin
as Method Man · 1992
Godfather of Harlem
as Sam Christian · 2019
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Torg (voice) · 2023
One on One
as Self · 2001
The Jamie Foxx Show
as Method Man · 1996
The Twilight Zone
as Kneigh · 2002
Power Book II: Ghost
as Davis Maclean · 2020
The Deuce
as Rodney · 2017
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
· 1994
Poker Face
as Frank "Brick" Bricatino · 2023
30 for 30
as Himself · 2009
Marvel's Luke Cage
as Cliff 'Method Man' Smith · 2016
Difficult People
as Method Man · 2015
The Last O.G.
as Green Eyes · 2018
A Different World
as Coach Coles · 2026
Scary Movie 3
as Method Man · 2003
Drop the Mic
as Self - Co-Host · 2017
The Chris Rock Show
· 1997
Comic Book Men
as Self · 2012
Hollywood Squares
as Self · 2025
The Good Guys
as Kenny · 2010
Red Table Talk
as Self · 2018
The New Tom Green Show
as Self · 2003
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
as Clamp Champ (voice) · 2021
Yo! MTV Raps
as Self · 1988
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
as Team Snoop · 2016
Shadow Force
as Unc · 2025
First Wives Club
as Beast · 2019
Meet the Spartans
as Persian Emissary · 2008
The BRIT Awards
as Self · 1977
Teenage Bounty Hunters
as Terrance Coin · 2020
Bupkis
as Carnival Worker · 2023
The Cobbler
as Leon Ludlow · 2014
Trainwreck
as Temembe · 2015
Wildboyz
as Self · 2003
Soul Plane
as Muggsy · 2004
Peppermint
as Narcotics Detective Barker · 2018
VERZUZ
as Self · 2020
Garden State
as Diego · 2004
The Crew Has It
· 2022
The Sitter
as Jacolby · 2011
Shaft
as Freddie P. · 2019
Wonderland
as Method Man · 2000
Relationship Goals
as Jarrett Roy · 2026
Cop Land
as Shondel · 1997
Diary
as Self · 2000
One Eight Seven
as Dennis Broadway · 1997
How High
as Silas P. Silas · 2001
Last Looks
as Swag Dogggg · 2022
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
as Self · 2019
Yo Momma
· 2006
Future World
as Tattooed Face · 2018
Vampires vs. the Bronx
as Father Jackson · 2020
Paterson
as Method Man · 2016
Trouble Man
as Money · 2025
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
as Self · 2017
Black and White
as Method Man · 1999
Red Tails
as Sticks · 2012
Keanu
as Cheddar · 2016
Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up
· 2006
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
as Self · 2015
MADtv
as Gentry Abrams · 1995
MADtv
as Self · 1995
Method & Red
as Method Man · 2004
Venom
as Deputy Turner · 2005
Belly
as Shameek · 1998
Brown Sugar
as Self · 2002
The 4:30 Movie
as Cookie · 2024
The Great White Hype
as Self · 1996
How Music Got Free
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2024
On the Come Up
as Supreme · 2022
Concrete Cowboy
as Leroy · 2020
Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men
as Self · 2019
Where's the Money
as Trap · 2017
Love Beats Rhymes
as Ref · 2017
Staten Island Summer
as Konko · 2015
ODB: Wu Tang Forever
as As Himself · 2024
Fat Joe Talks
as Self - Guest · 2024
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as Himself · 2006
This Is the Night
as Louis · 2021
Sinners and Saints
as Weddo · 2010
The Wackness
as Percy · 2008
My Baby's Daddy
as No Good (Randall) · 2004
Bad Shabbos
as Jordan · 2025
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
as Self
How I Learned to Fly
as Cliff Davis · 2023
Seasons of Love
as Big Rob · 2014
Magnum Dopus
as Self · 2020
The Wire Odyssey
as Self · 2007
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
as Self · 2019
The Mortician
as The Mortician · 2011
Mary J. Blige's My Life
as Self · 2021
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
as Self (archival footage) · 2024
Milestone Generations
as Narrator (voice) · 2022
WWE Slammy Awards 2020
as Self - Presenter · 2020
The Grammys
as Self · 1959
The Wire: The Last Word
as Self · 2007
Sunny
as Ruskin
#Lucky Number
as Tyson 'The Saint' St. James · 2015
You're Watching Video Music Box
as Self (archive footage) · 2021
Backstage
as Self · 2000
The Fairly OddParents: School's Out! The Musical
· 2005
Poetic License
as James Cassidy · 2025
Letter to the President
as Self · 2005
How Music Got Free
as Self · 2024
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Volcano High [MTV's Rapper Dub]
as Mr. Ma · 2003
Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life
as Self · 2007
Rhyme & Reason
as Self · 1997
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self · 2012
The Indestructible Jimmy Brown
as Himself · 2011
Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1
· 2002
Amazon Music Live: Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, and De La Soul's 'N.Y. State of Mind Tour'
as Himself · 2023
Wu Tang Clan - Da Mystery of Kung Fu
as Self · 1998
Big Pun: The Legacy
as Self · 2009
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
as Method Man · 1998
Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip
as Himself · 2007
Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan
as Himself · 2008
The New York Sack Exchange
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2024
Wu-Tang Saga
· 2010
The Strip Game
as Self · 2005
The Show
as Self · 1995
The Breaks
as Darryl Van Patten Sr. · 2016
Boricua's Bond
· 2000
A Wu-Tang Experience: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre
as Self · 2023
Wu-Tang Clan: Live at Montreux
as himself · 2007
Wu Tang Clan: Disciples of the 36 Chambers Chapter 2
· 2004
N.A.S.A.: The Spirit of Apollo
· 2012
Wu-Tang Clan: This Shit is from the Heart
as Self · 1997
Limp Bizkit: Greatest Videoz
as Method Man (segment "N 2 Gether Now") · 2005
Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125
as Self · 1999
Rock the Bells
as Himself · 2006
Black and Blue
as Self · 2017
Xzibit | Restless Xposed
as Self · 2001
Missionary
as Voiceover (Voice) · 2024
Street Life
· 2001
Mother & Gun
· 2024