Coolio
Actor
- Born
- August 1, 1963 · Monessen, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- September 28, 2022 (age 59)
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).
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Known for
Daredevil
February 14, 2003
Batman & Robin
June 20, 1997
Futurama: Bender's Big Score
November 27, 2007
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th
October 17, 2000
Get Over It
March 8, 2001
Leprechaun in the Hood
March 28, 2000
Dracula 3000
August 9, 2004
Pterodactyl
October 17, 2004
The Convent
January 21, 2000
Dear God
November 1, 1996
Red Water
August 17, 2003
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
February 27, 1998
Acting47
- 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