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person_profile-LL Cool J

LL Cool J Age: 57

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

LL Cool J

Date of Birth:

Jan 14, 1968

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

LL Cool J

    James Todd Smith, better known as LL Cool J (acronym for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is one of the earliest rappers to achieve commercial success, alongside fellow new school hip hop acts Beastie Boys and Run-DMC.

    Signed to Def Jam Recordings in 1984, his breakthrough came with his single "I Need a Beat" and his landmark debut album, Radio (1985). He achieved further commercial and critical success with the albums Bigger and Deffer (1987), Walking with a Panther (1989), Mama Said Knock You Out (1990), Mr. Smith (1995), and Phenomenon (1997). His twelfth album, Exit 13 (2008), was his last in his long-tenured deal with Def Jam.

    A two-time Grammy Award winner, LL Cool J is known for hip hop songs such as "Going Back to Cali", "I'm Bad", "The Boomin' System", "Rock the Bells", and "Mama Said Knock You Out", as well as R&B hits such as "Doin' It", "I Need Love", "Around the Way Girl" and "Hey Lover". In 2010, VH1 placed him on their "100 Greatest Artists Of All Time" list. In 2017, LL Cool J became the first rapper to receive the Kennedy Center Honors. In 2021, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with an award for Musical Excellence.

    While he first appeared as a rapper in the movie Krush Groove (performing "I Can't Live Without My Radio"), his first acting part was a small role in a high school football movie called Wildcats. He continued to work in movies from then until 1995 when he landed his own television sitcom, In the House (1995-2000).

    He has appeared in numerous films, including Last Holiday, Edison, Mindhunters, S.W.A.T., Deliver Us from Eva, Rollerball, Charlie's Angels, In Too Deep, Any Given Sunday, Deep Blue Sea, Halloween H20, B.A.P.S., Toys, and The Hard Way.

    In 2005, he returned to television in a guest starring role on the FOX medical drama House. He also guest starred on 30 Rock in 2007, and on Sesame Street 's 39th season where he introduced the word of the day, "Unanimous” and performed "The Addition Expedition" in episode 4172 (Sept. 30, 2008).

    As of 2011, he stars as Special Agent Sam Hanna on CBS's police procedural NCIS: L.A., a spin-off of NCIS. He was also the host of MTV's Lip Sync Battle.

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LL Cool J

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Filmography of

LL Cool J

Found 55 Movies in total

A Hip Hop Minute

Self ( Actor )

... 2024

... 2024

Comin' Up Short

Self ( Actor )

... 2024

A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop

Self ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2023

You're Watching Video Music Box

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Self - Hip-Hop Artist (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

... 2020

... 2020

Grudge Match

Frankie Brite ( Actor )

... 2013

... 2009

The Deal

Bobby Mason ( Actor )

... 2008

... 2007

Last Holiday

Sean Matthews ( Actor )

... 2006

Slow Burn

Luther Pinks ( Actor )

... 2005

Edison

Deed ( Actor )

... 2005

Mindhunters

Gabe Jensen ( Actor )

... 2004

S.W.A.T.

Deacon 'Deke' Kay ( Actor )

... 2003

Beef

Himself (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2003

Deliver Us from Eva

Ray Adams ( Actor )

... 2003

It's Black Entertainment

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2002

Rollerball

Marcus Ridley ( Actor )

... 2002

Kingdom Come

Ray Bud Slocumb ( Actor )

... 2001

Charlie's Angels

Mr. Jones ( Actor )

... 2000

Any Given Sunday

Julian Washington ( Actor )

... 1999

In Too Deep

Dwayne Gittens / God ( Actor )

... 1999

Deep Blue Sea

Sherman 'Preacher' Dudley ( Actor )

... 1999

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

Ronald 'Ronny' Jones ( Actor )

... 1998

Woo

Darryl ( Actor )

... 1998

Caught Up

Roger ( Actor )

... 1998

B.A.P.S

Himself ( Actor )

... 1997

Touch

Self ( Actor )

... 1997

The Right to Remain Silent

Charles Red Taylor ( Actor )

... 1996

The Show

Himself ( Actor )

... 1995

Out-of-Sync

Jason St. Julian ( Actor )

... 1995

Toys

Captain Patrick Zevo ( Actor )

... 1992

... 1991

The Hard Way

Billy ( Actor )

... 1991

Big Fun in the Big Town

Himself ( Actor )

... 1986

Wildcats

Rapper ( Actor )

... 1986

Krush Groove

Himself ( Actor )

... 1985