Dr. Dre

Biography

Andre Romelle Young, known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American rapper, record producer, record executive, entrepreneur, and actor. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics.

Career Overview

Dr. Dre has 81 screen credits in a career dating back to 1975. Their work spans 3 cinematic universes — most prominently Beef Collection with 1 titles. Signature works include Training Day, The Wash, The Up in Smoke Tour. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Acting
Gender: male
Known Credits: 81
Birth Date: 1965-02-18 00:00:00
Birth Place: Compton, California, USA

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 3 universes

Beef Collection (1 titles)
Training Day Series (1 titles)
Bang Bang Films (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Snoop Dogg (3 collaborations)
Eminem (3 collaborations)
Ice Cube (3 collaborations)
Xzibit (2 collaborations)
Kurupt (2 collaborations)
Denzel Washington (1 collaborations)
Ethan Hawke (1 collaborations)
Scott Glenn (1 collaborations)
Tom Berenger (1 collaborations)
Harris Yulin (1 collaborations)

Credits

actors (67 credits)
- A Portrait of an Artist: The Making of 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Stans
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- FireAid Benefit Concert
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- N.W.A.: Not Without Alonzo
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Sean Combs: The Reckoning
  
  - What Goes Down Must Come Up (2025) ... Self (archive footage) actor actors
  
  - Pain vs Love (2025) ... Self (archive footage) actor actors
  
  2025
- Missionary
  Dr. Dre
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- Diddy: Summit to Plummet
  Self (archive)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- The Pop Out: Ken & Friends
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- THE SHOW: California Love
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
  Self - Presenter / Performer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- The DOC
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- BODR (Bacc On Death Row)
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie and Tupac
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Beats Music Presents: It Was A Good Day, The Live 90s Hip Hop Playlist
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
  Self - Hip-Hop Artist (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Lennox Lewis: The Untold Story
  Narrator
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- David Blaine: The Magic Way
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Eminem: A Shady Story
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Eminem The Man Behind The Music
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Quincy
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- NWA & Eazy-E: The Kings of Compton
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- The Game: The Documentary 2
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Unity
  Narrator (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Not Afraid: The Shady Records Story
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Beats - The Life Story of Dr. Dre
  self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Money, Power, Respect: Hip Hop Billion Dollar Industry
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Reincarnated
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Vanilla Ice Archive
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Married to the Game: The Real Inside Story of Death Row
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- The Robbery
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- DJ Cinema Presents: Masterpiece Theater Blend Dvd
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- The Game: One Blood
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- Beef IV
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Mixtape, Inc.
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- The Game: The Documentary
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- Ice Cube: The Making of a Don
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Tupac: Resurrection
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- Beef
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- 50 Cent | The New Breed
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- Pauly Shore Is Dead
  Dr. Dre
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
  
  - Tue, Mar 19, 2024 (2024) ... Self actor actors
  
  2003
- Eminem: All Access Europe
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2002
- It's Black Entertainment
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2002
- Xzibit | Restless Xposed
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- The Wash
  Sean
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Training Day
  Paul
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Welcome to Death Row
  Self - Former Death Row Artist / Producer (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- The Up in Smoke Tour
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Straight from the Streets
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Death Row Uncut
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Whiteboyz
  Don Flip Crew #1
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1999
- Rhyme & Reason
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- Set It Off
  Black Sam
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1996
- The Show
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- N.W.A. - EfiL4zaggiN
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1992
- Seriously... Phil Collins
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1990
- MTV Video Music Awards
  
  - 16th Annual MTV Video Music Awards (1999) ... Self actor actors
  
  1984
- Saturday Night Live
  
  - Norm MacDonald/Dr. Dre (1999) ... Self - Musical Guest actor actors
  
  - Dana Carvey/Dr. Dre (1996) ... Self - Musical Guest actor actors
  
  1975
- The Grammys
  
  - The 67th Annual Grammy Awards (2025) ... Self actor actors
  
  - 66th Annual Grammy Awards (2024) ... Self actor actors
  
  - 65th Annual Grammy Awards (2023) ... Self actor actors
  
  1959
writing (3 credits)
- Missionary
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2024
- The Up in Smoke Tour
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2000
- Murder Was the Case
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1995
production (6 credits)
- Missionary
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2024
- Straight Outta Compton
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2015
- The Game: The Documentary
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2005
- 50 Cent | The New Breed
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2003
- The Wash
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2001
- Murder Was the Case
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1995
directing (2 credits)
- The Robbery
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2009
- Murder Was the Case
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1995
crew (1 credits)
- War
  
  additional music
  
  crew
  
  2007
sound (2 credits)
- Paperboys
  
  songs
  
  sound
  
  2001
- Murder Was the Case
  
  original music composer
  
  sound
  
  1995

Content sources

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