Busta Rhymes

Biography

An American rapper, singer, musician, record producer, record executive, and actor. Busta was born to Jamaican parents Geraldine Green and Trevor Smith. He went to Uniondale High School class of '92. Description above from the Wikipedia article Busta Rhymes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Career Overview

Busta Rhymes has 61 screen credits in a career dating back to 1975. Their work spans 9 cinematic universes — most prominently The Naked Gun with 1 titles. Signature works include Halloween: Resurrection, Finding Forrester, The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports. 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

61

Birth Date

1972-05-20 00:00:00

Birth Place

Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  Halloween: Resurrection
• 

  Finding Forrester
• 

  The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports
• 

  Breaking Point
• 

  Full Clip
• 

  Busta Rhymes - Everything Remains Raw

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 9 universes

• The Naked Gun (1 titles)
• Naked Gun Collection (1 titles)
• Generation Iron Collection (1 titles)
• Halloween (1 titles)
• Shaft Film Series (1 titles)
• Shaft (Reboot) Collection (1 titles)
• Rugrats Collection (1 titles)
• Doctor Dolittle (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Brad Loree (1 collaborations)
• Bianca Kajlich (1 collaborations)
• Katee Sackhoff (1 collaborations)
• Thomas Ian Nicholas (1 collaborations)
• Tyra Banks (1 collaborations)
• Sean Patrick Thomas (1 collaborations)
• Ryan Merriman (1 collaborations)
• Jamie Lee Curtis (1 collaborations)
• Daisy McCrackin (1 collaborations)
• Luke Kirby (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (60 credits)

  • Conspiracy of Thieves

    Winston

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

    Self - Performer

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • The Naked Gun

    Bank Robber

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Piece by Piece

    Busta Rhymes (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Everybody Still Hates Chris

    - Everybody Still Hates Block Parties (2024) ... (voice) actor actors

    - Everybody Still Hates the GED (2024) ... (voice) actor actors
    2024
  • The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • The Legacy of J Dilla

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Janet Jackson: Japanese Singles Collection - Greatest Hits

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Devil's Pie: D'Angelo

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • The Masked Singer

    - The Holiday Sing-a-Long (2020) ... Dragon (archive footage) actor actors

    - The Season Premiere -- The Masks Return (2020) ... Dragon actor actors
    2019
  • Tamron Hall

    - Busta Rhymes (2021) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - Alyssa Milano, Busta Rhymes (2020) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    2019
  • Survivor's Guide to Prison

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • King of the Dancehall

    Allestar

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Straight Stuntin Chronicles: Volume 3 - The Man in the Mirror

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • The Game: The Documentary 2

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Club Life

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Fresh Off the Boat

    - Hi, My Name Is... (2016) ... Busta Rhymes actor actors
    2015
  • Master of None

    - Indians on TV (2015) ... Busta Rhymes actor actors
    2015
  • Nas: Time Is Illmatic

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    - Joe Manganiello, Charli D'Amelio, Busta Rhymes (2025) ... Self actor actors

    - Nick Offerman, Stacey Abrams, Busta Rhymes ft. Anderson .Paak (2020) ... Self actor actors
    2014
  • Generation Iron

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • The Unforgiven

    Lick Wilson

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Breaking Point

    Al Bowen

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • DJ SWB Volume 6 | This Is How We Do

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • The Game: The Documentary

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • The Boondocks

    - The Story of Gangstalicious: Part 2 (2008) ... actor actors

    - Shinin' (2007) ... actor actors

    - The Story of Thugnificent (2007) ... actor actors
    2005
  • Snoop Dogg's Buckwild Bus Tour

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Full Clip

    Joshua Pope

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • DJ Domination: World Domination

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Busta Rhymes - Everything Remains Raw

    Busta Rhymes

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Mobb Deep: Infamous Allegiance: Part 1

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • SMACK: Platinum Edition

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Dude...We're Going to Rio

    Buster

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Punk'd

    - Rosario Dawson, Britney Spears, NFL (2003) ... Self actor actors
    2003
  • Halloween: Resurrected

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Halloween: Resurrection

    Freddie Harris

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • It's Black Entertainment

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Narc

    Darnell 'Big D Love' Beery

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Finding Forrester

    Terrell Wallace

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Shaft

    Rasaan

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Shaft: Still the Man

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute

    Self - Perfomer

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • The Rugrats Movie

    Reptar Wagon (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • The Daily Show

    - Ijeoma Oluo & Busta Rhymes (2020) ... Self actor actors

    - Robert Duvall (2003) ... Self actor actors

    - Arianna Huffington (2003) ... Self actor actors
    1996
  • The Steve Harvey Show

    - Everybody Loves Regina (1998) ... Zack actor actors
    1996
  • Higher Learning

    Dreads

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • The Wayans Bros.

    - Busta Saves the Day (1998) ... Busta Rhymes actor actors
    1995
  • Strapped

    Buster

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Who's the Man?

    Jawaan

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    - Megan Mullally, Kevin Brauch, Busta Rhymes (2006) ... actor actors

    - Show #2491 (2003) ... actor actors
    1992
  • MTV Video Music Awards

    - MTV Video Music Awards 2025 (2025) ... Self actor actors

    - 2024 MTV Video Music Awards (2024) ... Self actor actors

    - MTV Video Music Awards 2021 (2021) ... Self actor actors

    - 23rd Annual MTV Video Music Awards (2006) ... Self actor actors

    - 19th Annual MTV Video Music Awards (2002) ... Self actor actors
    1984
  • Saturday Night Live

    - Dave Chappelle with A Tribe Called Quest (2016) ... Self - Musical Guest actor actors

    - Brendan Fraser/Busta Rhymes (1999) ... Self - Musical Guest actor actors
    1975
  • The Grammys

    - 65th Annual Grammy Awards (2023) ... Self actor actors
    1959

• sound (1 credits)

  • Dr. Dolittle 2

    songs

    sound
    2001