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Curtis James Jackson III, known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, producer, and entrepreneur. Born in the South Jamaica neighborhood of the borough of Queens, Jackson began selling drugs at age twelve during the 1980s crack epidemic. He later began pursuing a musical career and in 2000 he produced Power of the Dollar for Columbia Records, but days before the planned release he was shot and the album was never released. In 2002, after Jackson released the compilation album Guess Who's Back?, he was discovered by Eminem and signed to Shady Records, under the aegis of Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records.
Birth Name
Curtis James Jackson III
Born
Sunday, 06 July 1975
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Expend4bles | Easy Day / Drew 'Easy Day' Farrell | 2023 |
| See It Loud: The History of Black Television | Self | 2023 |
| The BMF Documentary: Blowing Money Fast | Self - Award-Winning Artist And Producer | 2022 |
| Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World | Self | 2022 |
| Murder Inc Documentary | Self | 2022 |
| Supreme Team | Self | 2022 |
| You're Watching Video Music Box | Self (archive footage) / Self | 2021 |
| 2021 MTV Video Music Awards | Self - Presenter | 2021 |
| Hip Hop Uncovered | (archive footage) | 2021 |
| Kobe Bryant: The Greatest of All | Self | 2021 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Expend4bles | Easy Day / Drew 'Easy Day' Farrell | 2023 |
| See It Loud: The History of Black Television | Self | 2023 |
| The BMF Documentary: Blowing Money Fast | Self - Award-Winning Artist And Producer | 2022 |
| Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World | Self | 2022 |
| Murder Inc Documentary | Self | 2022 |
| Supreme Team | Self | 2022 |
| You're Watching Video Music Box | Self (archive footage) / Self | 2021 |
| 2021 MTV Video Music Awards | Self - Presenter | 2021 |
| Hip Hop Uncovered | (archive footage) | 2021 |
| Kobe Bryant: The Greatest of All | Self | 2021 |
| The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest - Co- Host / Self - Guest / Self | 2020 |
| Power Book II: Ghost | Kanan | 2020 |
| LA Originals | Self | 2020 |
| For Life | Cassius Dawkins | 2020 |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self - Guest / Self | 2019 |
| Power Confidential | Self | 2019 |
| A Year in Music | Self | 2019 |
| Escape Plan: The Extractors | Hush | 2019 |
| BET Awards 2019 | Self | 2019 |
| ReMastered: Who Killed Jam Master Jay? | Self | 2018 |
| Escape Plan 2: Hades | Hush | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Den of Thieves | Enson Levoux / Levi Enson Levoux | 2018 |
| Complex x Fuse | Self | 2017 |
| 50 Central | Host / Self / Self - Various / Self - Host / Self - Good Cop / Self - Bank Robber / Curtis, Himself / Black Spiderman, Himself | 2017 |
| The Defiant Ones | Self | 2017 |
| Hollywood First Look | Self | 2017 |
| Martha & Snoop's Potluck Party Challenge | Self | 2016 |
| Harry | Self | 2016 |
| Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | 50 Cent | 2016 |
| Vengeance | Black | 2016 |
| 50 Cent: Rap Star | Self / Himself | 2016 |
| Patti LaBelle's Place | Self | 2015 |
| Southpaw: Inside the Ring | Self | 2015 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self / Self - Guest | 2015 |
| Spy | Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson / 50 Cent | 2015 |
| Southpaw | Jordan Mains | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest / Self | 2015 |
| Champs | Self | 2015 |
| The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore | Self - Panelist | 2015 |
| The Meredith Vieira Show | Self | 2014 |
| The Prince | The Pharmacy | 2014 |
| Power | Kanan | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Throwing Out Mets First Pitch / Self - Musical Guest: G-Unit | 2014 |
| The Drunken Peasants | Self | 2014 |
| Last Vegas | 50 Cent | 2013 |
| Dream School | Multi-Platinum Award Winning Recording Artist & Entrepreneur / Self - Student Mentor | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Escape Plan | Hush | 2013 |
| Circus Halligalli | Self | 2013 |
| The Frozen Ground | Pimp Clate Johnson | 2013 |
| Bellator MMA Live | Self | 2013 |
| Katie | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| How to Make Money Selling Drugs | Himself / Self | 2012 |
| Fire with Fire | Lamar | 2012 |
| Freelancers | Malo | 2012 |
| Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Dream Machines | Self | 2012 |
| Million Dollar Listing New York | Self | 2012 |
| The Finder | Big Glade | 2012 |
| Oprah Prime | Self | 2012 |
| VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul | Self | 2011 |
| Limelight | Self | 2011 |
| The X Factor | Himself - Special Guest | 2011 |
| Setup | Sonny | 2011 |
| Ridiculousness | Self | 2011 |
| Dish Nation | Self | 2011 |
| GGN: Snoop Dogg's Double G News Network | Self | 2011 |
| Big Morning Buzz Live | Self | 2011 |
| Blood Out | Detective Hardwick | 2011 |
| All Things Fall Apart | Deon | 2011 |
| Morning Glory | 50 Cent / Self | 2010 |
| Conan | Himself - Guest (as Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson) / Himself - Guest / Himself - Guest (as Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson / ) / Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson (segment "Young Han Solo Audition") | 2010 |
| The Talk | Self / Self - Guest | 2010 |
| Twelve | Lionel | 2010 |
| Caught in the Crossfire | Tino | 2010 |
| Gun | Rich | 2010 |
| Funk Flex Full Throttle | Self | 2010 |
| 13 | Jimmy | 2010 |
| Before I Self Destruct | Clarence | 2009 |
| Talk Stoop | Self | 2009 |
| Streets of Blood | Det. Stan Johnson / Stan Green | 2009 |
| Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self | 2009 |
| The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Himself | 2009 |
| Dead Man Running | Thigo | 2009 |
| Check It Out! Video | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Party Monsters: Cabo | Self | 2008 |
| Unsung | Self | 2008 |
| 50 Cent: The Money and the Power | Self | 2008 |
| Righteous Kill | Spider | 2008 |
| The Duchess in Hull | Self | 2008 |
| Live! | Self | 2007 |
| 2007 MTV Video Music Awards | Self | 2007 |
| Chelsea Lately | Himself - Performer / Himself - Guest, 'Katie' | 2007 |
| De La Hoya/Mayweather 24/7 | Self | 2007 |
| The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest / Self | 2007 |
| Home of the Brave | Jamal Aiken | 2006 |
| Rachael Ray | Self | 2006 |
| Black and Blue: Legends of the Hip-Hop Cop | Himself / Self | 2006 |
| Amazon Fishbowl with Bill Maher | Self | 2006 |
| Morning Glory | Self | 2006 |
| Lockdown, USA | Self | 2006 |
| Flavor of Love | Self | 2006 |
| Beef III | Self | 2005 |
| Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Marcus | 2005 |
| 50 Cent: Refuse 2 Die | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| The Tyra Banks Show | Self | 2005 |
| Video on Trial | Self / Self - Accused | 2005 |
| Live 8 | Self | 2005 |
| The Infamous Times, Volume I: The Original 50 Cent | Interview / Self | 2005 |
| The MC: Why We Do It | Self | 2005 |
| The Hour | Self | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005 |
| 50 Cent | Who Dares Wins | Self | 2005 |
| Who Dares Wins | Self | 2005 |
| Orange Playlist | Self | 2004 |
| Beef II | Himself / Self - Shady / Aftermath Recording Artist | 2004 |
| Entourage | 50 Cent | 2004 |
| The 46th Annual Grammy Awards | Self | 2004 |
| Beef | Himself / Self - Shady / Aftermath Recording Artist | 2003 |
| America's Next Top Model | Self | 2003 |
| 50 Cent: Shoot First | Self | 2003 |
| 50 Cent: The New Breed | Himself / Self | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself / Himself (as Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson) / Malefiftycent / Coach | 2003 |
| Chappelle's Show | Self | 2003 |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self | 2001 |
| Robot Chicken | 50 Cent / Gun | 2001 |
| Cribs | Self | 2000 |
| SexTV | Self | 1998 |
| The View | Himself (as Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson) / Himself - Guest Co-Host (as Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson) / Self | 1997 |
| Access Hollywood | Self | 1996 |
| The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
| Sen kväll med Luuk | Self | 1996 |
| Extra | Self | 1994 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest / Himself - Guest | 1993 |
| Late Show with David Letterman | Self - Musical Guest | 1993 |
| The Simpsons | 50 Cent | 1989 |
| Sidewalks Entertainment | Self - Guest | 1988 |
| Wetten, dass..? | Self - Guest | 1981 |
| Saturday Night Live | Self - Musical Guest | 1975 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| BMF | 2021 |
| Power | 2014 |
| Before I Self Destruct | 2009 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Den of Thieves 2: Pantera | 2024 |
| BMF | 2021 |
| Power Book III: Raising Kanan | 2021 |
| Power Book II: Ghost | 2020 |
| For Life | 2020 |
| Power Confidential | 2019 |
| The Oath | 2018 |
| Power | 2014 |
| Dream School | 2013 |
| Tapia | 2013 |
| The Frozen Ground | 2013 |
| Fire with Fire | 2012 |
| Freelancers | 2012 |
| Setup | 2011 |
| Blood Out | 2011 |
| All Things Fall Apart | 2011 |
| Caught in the Crossfire | 2010 |
| Gun | 2010 |
| Before I Self Destruct | 2009 |
| 50 Cent: The New Breed | 2003 |
