Directed credits
1
Emerging
Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Fab 5 Freddy
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 6
TMDB ID: 240799
IMDb ID: nm0292735
Known for: Acting
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1978 - 2023
Years active: 46
Average TMDB rating: 6.82
Wikidata: Q958532
Also known as
Fred Brathwaite • Fred Braithwaite • Fab Five Freddy • Fred "Fab 5 Freddy" Brathwaite
Frequent jobs
Director (1)Associate Producer (1)Consulting Producer (1)Executive Producer (1)Original Concept (1)Producer (1)
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.
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Fab 5 Freddy.
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Fab 5 Freddy.
Tupac: Resurrection
as Self (archival)
2003 Movie
American Gangster
as Smalls Patron
2007 Movie
Juice
as Self
1992 Movie
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
as Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
2021 Movie
New Jack City
Associate Producer
1991 Movie
She's Gotta Have It
as Dog 10
1986 Movie
The Manchurian Candidate
as Political Pundit
2004 Movie
Rachel Getting Married
as Rehearsal Dinner Guest
2008 Movie
Barry
as Rameek
2016 Movie
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Fab 5 Freddy.
The Defiant Ones
as Self • 2 eps
2017 Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith • 1 eps
2001 Series
Marvel's Luke Cage
as Fab 5 Freddy • 1 eps
2016 Series
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Fab 5 Freddy.
American Gangster
as Smalls Patron
2007 Movie
The Manchurian Candidate
as Political Pundit
2004 Movie
Rachel Getting Married
as Rehearsal Dinner Guest
2008 Movie
TV Party
as Self
2005 Movie
New Jack City
Associate Producer
1991 Movie
Juice
as Self
1992 Movie
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
as Self
2019 Movie
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
as Self
2020 Movie
Tupac: Resurrection
as Self (archival)
2003 Movie
She's Gotta Have It
as Dog 10
1986 Movie
Pusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American Gangster
Movie
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Fab 5 Freddy.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith • 1 eps
2001 Series
Marvel's Luke Cage
as Fab 5 Freddy • 1 eps
2016 Series
Yo! MTV Raps
as Self • 50 eps
1988 Series
The Andy Warhol Diaries
as Self • 6 eps
2022 Series
TV Party
7 eps
1978 Series
The Defiant Ones
as Self • 2 eps
2017 Series
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
as Self • 6 eps
2019 Series
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
as Self • 5 eps
2004 Series
The Hip Hop Years
as Self • 2 eps
1999 Series
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Fab 5 Freddy.
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
Hold Your Fire
Producer
2021 Movie
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Consulting Producer
2012 Movie
New Jack City
Associate Producer
1991 Movie
Wild Style
Original Concept
1982 Movie
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Fab 5 Freddy.
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports
as Self
2023 Movie
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self
2023 Movie
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
as Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
2021 Movie
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
as Self
2020 Movie
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
as Self
2020 Movie
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
as Self
2020 Movie
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
as Self
2019 Movie
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
as Self
2018 Movie
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
as Self
2017 Movie
Barry
as Rameek
2016 Movie
Hustlers Convention
as Self
2015 Movie
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
as Self
2014 Movie
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Fab 5 Freddy.
The Andy Warhol Diaries
as Self • 6 eps
2022 Series
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
as Self • 6 eps
2019 Series
The Defiant Ones
as Self • 2 eps
2017 Series
Marvel's Luke Cage
as Fab 5 Freddy • 1 eps
2016 Series
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
as Self • 5 eps
2004 Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith • 1 eps
2001 Series
The Hip Hop Years
as Self • 2 eps
1999 Series
Yo! MTV Raps
as Self • 50 eps
1988 Series
TV Party
7 eps
1978 Series