Directed credits
1
Emerging
Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Fab 5 Freddy
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.5
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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: 6.83
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)Music (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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Fab 5 Freddy.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Fab 5 Freddy.
as Self (archival)
Tupac: Resurrection
2003 • Movie
as Smalls Patron
American Gangster
2007 • Movie
as Self
Juice
1992 • Movie
as Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
2021 • Movie
Associate Producer
New Jack City
1991 • Movie
as Dog 10
She's Gotta Have It
1986 • Movie
as Political Pundit
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 • Movie
as Rehearsal Dinner Guest
Rachel Getting Married
2008 • Movie
as Rameek
Barry
2016 • Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Fab 5 Freddy.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Fab 5 Freddy.
as Smalls Patron
American Gangster
2007 • Movie
Associate Producer
New Jack City
1991 • Movie
as Rehearsal Dinner Guest
Rachel Getting Married
2008 • Movie
as Political Pundit
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 • Movie
as Self
Juice
1992 • Movie
as Self
TV Party
2005 • Movie
as Self
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019 • Movie
as Self (archival)
Tupac: Resurrection
2003 • Movie
as Rameek
Barry
2016 • Movie
Music
Wild Style
1982 • Movie
as Dog 10
She's Gotta Have It
1986 • Movie
as Self
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
2020 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Fab 5 Freddy.
as Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith • 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 • Series
as Fab 5 Freddy • 1 eps
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016 • Series
as Self • 50 eps
Yo! MTV Raps
1988 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Defiant Ones
2017 • Series
as Self • 6 eps
The Andy Warhol Diaries
2022 • Series
7 eps
TV Party
1978 • Series
as Self • 6 eps
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
2019 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Hip Hop Years
1999 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Fab 5 Freddy.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Fab 5 Freddy.
as Self
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports
2023 • Movie
as Self
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023 • Movie
as Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
2021 • Movie
as Self
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
2020 • Movie
as Self
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
2020 • Movie
as Self
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
2020 • Movie
as Self
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019 • Movie
as Self
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2018 • Movie
as Self
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
2017 • Movie
as Rameek
Barry
2016 • Movie
as Self
Hustlers Convention
2015 • Movie
as Self
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
2014 • Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Fab 5 Freddy.
as Self • 6 eps
The Andy Warhol Diaries
2022 • Series
as Self • 6 eps
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
2019 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Defiant Ones
2017 • Series
as Fab 5 Freddy • 1 eps
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016 • Series
as Self • 5 eps
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
2004 • Series
as Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith • 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Hip Hop Years
1999 • Series
as Self • 50 eps
Yo! MTV Raps
1988 • Series
7 eps
TV Party
1978 • Series