Coolio
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1 August 1963 · Monessen, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- 28 September 2022
Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (August 1, 1963 – September 28, 2022), known professionally as Coolio, was an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Coolio achieved mainstream success in the mid-to-late 1990s with his albums It Takes a Thief (1994), Gangsta's Paradise (1995), and My Soul (1997). He was best known for his 1995 Grammy Award-winning hit single "Gangsta's Paradise", as well as other singles "Fantastic Voyage" (1994), "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" (1996), and "C U When U Get There" (1997). Description above from the Wikipedia article Coolio, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Acting 49
- 2026Mayday Z as Coolio
- 2026Air Force Z as Veep
- 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self (archive footage)
- 2023It Wants Blood 2 as Don Luscious
- 2023Bobcat Moretti as Coolio
- 2020Vegas High as Uncle Ray
- 2018The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story as Self
- 2018United Skates as Self
- 2016The Goddamn Comedy Jam as Self
- 2015Lord of the Freaks as Self
- 2014Two Hundred Thousand Dirty as Manny
- 2008Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance as Roger
- 2007Futurama: Bender's Big Score as Kwanzaa-bot (voice)
- 2007Three Days to Vegas as The Flow
- 2006Grad Night as Michael Adkins
- 2005The Beat as Emcee
- 2005Celebrity Mix as Self (archive footage)
- 2004Pterodactyl as Capt. Bergen
- 2004Gang Warz as Dunzio Day
- 2004Dracula 3000 as 187
- 2004A Wonderful Night in Split as Franky
- 2003Exposed as Big Heat
- 2003Red Water as Ice
- 2003Stealing Candy as Brad Vorman
- 2003Daredevil as Dante Jackson (Director's Cut)
- 2003Tapped Out as Cool
- 2003Stupidity as Self
- 2002Storm Watch as Outlaw
- 2002Outlawz: Worldwide as Self
- 2002Media Whore as Self
- 2001Perfume as T
- 2001Get Over It as Coolio
- 2001In Pursuit as Carl Wright
- 2001Gangland as Officer Harris
- 2000China Strike Force as Coolio
- 2000Submerged as Jeff Cort
- 2000Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th as Principal
- 2000Dope Case Pending
- 2000Leprechaun in the Hood as Self (uncredited)
- 2000The Convent as Officer Starkey
- 1999Judgment Day as Luther / 'Lucifer'
- 1999Bad Trip as Tyrone / Jerome / Cherone
- 1999Futurama as Kwanzaabot (voice) · 3 episodes
- 1998An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn as Dion Brothers
- 1998On the Line as Lt. Gil Suggs
- 1997Batman & Robin as Banker
- 1996Dear God as Gerard
- 1996Phat Beach as Coolio
- 1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest · 1 episode
Sound 1
- 2001Gang Tapes · original music composer
crew 1
- 1999Futurama · 1 episode