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Fab 5 Freddy

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Place of BirthBrooklyn, New York, USA
Career Span1978 – 2023
Known Credits48 Titles
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Fab 5 Freddy

Also known as:Fred BrathwaiteFred BraithwaiteFab Five FreddyFred "Fab 5 Freddy" Brathwaite
Total Works

48

39 movies • 9 shows

Avg Rating

6.8 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

American Gangster
7.6
American Gangster
2007•movie
as Smalls Patron
Marvel's Luke Cage
6.9
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016•series
as Fab 5 Freddy
The Manchurian Candidate
6.5
as Political Pundit
Rachel Getting Married
6.3
as Rehearsal Dinner Guest

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 48 titles featuring Fab 5 Freddy

American Gangster
7.6
American Gangster
2007•movie

as Smalls Patron

Marvel's Luke Cage
6.9
1 eps
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016•series

as Fab 5 Freddy

The Manchurian Candidate
6.5

as Political Pundit

Rachel Getting Married
6.3

as Rehearsal Dinner Guest

New Jack City
6.7
New Jack City
1991•movie

as Master of Ceremonies

Juice
7.2
Juice
1992•movie

as Self

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
7.6
1 eps

as Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith

She's Gotta Have It
6.6

as Dog 10

Barry
5.7
Barry
2016•movie

as Rameek

Tupac: Resurrection
7.9

as Self (archival)

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
7.1

as Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist

The Defiant Ones
7.8
2 eps
The Defiant Ones
2017•series

as Self

Nas: Time Is Illmatic
6.9

as Self

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
6.7

as Self

Wild Style
6.1
Wild Style
1982•movie

as "Phade"

Grass Is Greener
6.7
Grass Is Greener
2019•movie

Role: Director

Who's the Man?
5.5
Who's the Man?
1993•movie

as Fab 5 Freddy

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
7.2

as Self

Downtown '81
6.7
Downtown '81
2001•movie

as Graffiti Artist

The Andy Warhol Diaries
6.7
6 eps

as Self

Blank City
6.9
Blank City
2011•movie

as Self

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
6.8

as Self

Basquiat: Rage to Riches
6.0

as Self

Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
7.4

as Self

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
6.8

Role: Executive Producer

The Universe of Keith Haring
6.6

as Self

The Freshest Kids
7.9
The Freshest Kids
2002•movie
Hold Your Fire
6.5
Hold Your Fire
2021•movie

Role: Producer

Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer
6.4

as Self

Ricky Powell: The Individualist
4.8

as Self

Hustlers Convention
5.7

as Self

TV Party
8.0
TV Party
2005•movie

as Self

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
5.0

as Self

Blondie Greatest Video Hits
9.0

as Self (segment "Rapture")

Good to Go
6.5
Good to Go
1986•movie

as Mr. Aint

Yo! MTV Raps
7.5
50 eps
Yo! MTV Raps
1988•series

as Self

Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
7.5
6 eps

as Self

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
8.0

as Self

It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
2.0

as Self

Pusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American Gangster
7.0
The Hip Hop Years
7.0
2 eps
The Hip Hop Years
1999•series

as Self

TV Party
7.0
7 eps
TV Party
1978•series
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports

as Self

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

as Self

Downtown Calling
Downtown Calling
2009•movie

as Self

NB80s
NB80s
2011•movie

as Narrator (voice)

NB90s
NB90s
2013•movie
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
5 eps

as Self