Snoop Dogg, althrough widely recognised as a music artist, has also had a varied and extensive career as an actor, appearing in roles across a wide range of genres through a variety of mediums. These include music videos, feature films, television, animated voice-over work and video-games. He has appeared in a number of documentaries on Hip Hop Music and a number of other subjects and in 2012 he was the subject of the documentary Reincarnated on his conversion to Rastafarianism and his subsequent transformation into "Snoop Lion", a reggae artist
Video Snoop Dogg filmography
Filmography
- Half Baked (1998) as Scavenger Smoker
- Caught Up (1998) as Kool Kitty Kat
- Ride (1998) as Mente
- Documentary of Shawn (1998) as Shawn's Retarded Friend Brian
- Da Game of Life (1998)
- Whiteboys (1999) (cameo) (also song "Whiteboys")
- Hot Boyz (1999) as C-Dawg
- Up In Smoke Tour (2000)
- Tha Eastsidez (2000) as Killa Pop
- Crime Partners 2000 (2001)
- Baby Boy (2001) as Rodney (Gold)
- Training Day (2001) as Blue
- Bones (2001) as Jimmy Bones
- The Wash (2001) as Dee Loc (also executive producer)
- Old School (2003) as Himself (Cameo)
- Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
- Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
- Starsky & Hutch (2004) as Huggy Bear
- Soul Plane (2004) as Captain Antoine Mack
- Beef II (2004) as Himself
- The L.A. Riot Spectacular (2005) (narrator)
- Boss'n Up (2005)
- The Tenants (2006)
- Hood of Horror (2006) (also executive producer)
- Singh Is Kinng (2008) (as Himself)
- Down for Life (2009)
- Falling Up (2009)
- Brüno (2009) (cameo appearance)
- Malice n Wonderland (2010) as Malice
- The Big Bang (2011) as Puss
- The Wash 2 (2011)
- Mac & Devin Go to High School (2012) as Mac
- Scary Movie 5 (2013) as Himself
- Odnoklassniki.ru: CLICK a luck (2013) as Himself
- Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) as Himself
- High School 2 (2015) as Mac
- Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) as Himself
- Meet the Blacks (2016) as Todd
- Grow House as Himself
Maps Snoop Dogg filmography
Documentaries
- The Show (1995) (himself)
- Welcome to Death Row (2001) (himself)
- Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel: The Life of an Outlaw (2002) (himself)
- It's Black Entertainment (2002) (himself)
- The Real Cancun (2003) (reality show) (himself)
- Beef (2003) (himself)
- Tupac: Resurrection (2003 (bonus feature only)
- Beef II (2004) (himself)
- Letter to the President (2005) (narrator)
- DPG Eulogy (2006) (documentary) (himself)
- Beef IV (2007) (himself)
- Mics On Fire (2010) (documentary) (himself)
- Reincarnated (2012) (featuring himself)
- The Distortion of Sound (2014) (himself)
Animation movies
- Volcano High (2001) (voice in English-dubbed version)
- Racing Stripes (2005) (voice)
- Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) (voice) (also song "Go Girl")
- Arthur and the Minimoys (2007) (voice)
- Arthur and the Vengeance of Maltazard (2009) (voice)
- Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009) (voice)
- Turbo (2013) as Smooth Move (voice)
Direct-to-video
- Murder Was the Case (1994) (video) as Himself (Platinum)
- MP Tha Last Don (1998) as Bar Patron
- Da Game of Life (1998) as Smooth
- I Got the Hook Up (1998) (Cameo) as Bar Patron
- The Wrecking Crew (1999) as Dra-Man
- Hot Boyz (aka Gang Law) (1999) as C-Dawg - #2 Top Video Rentals '99-'01 ($5 million from rentals)
- Urban Menace (1999) as Preacher
- Tha Eastsidaz (2000) as Killa Pop (also executive producer) (2X Platinum)
- Mac & Devin Go to High School as Macolm "MAC" Johnson
Pornographic movies
Snoop has directed and co-produced, and guest starred in these movies, although he does not feature in any sex scenes.
- Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle (2001) as executive producer
- Snoop Dogg's Hustlaz: Diary of a Pimp (2002) as executive producer
TV series appearances
- The League as himself
- 90210 as himself
- Weeds as himself
- Las Vegas as himself
- Just Shoot Me as himself
- Playmakers as Big E (episode 10)
- King of the Hill as "Alabaster" a white pimp
- Futurama as himself (actual voice not provided)
- Crank Yankers as himself
- The Steve Harvey Show as himself
- Robot Chicken as himself (actual voice not provided)
- South Park though he didn't provide an additional voice for his cartoon character in the episode Here Comes the Neighborhood
- Where My Dogs At? as himself (no voice assistance)
- Doggy Fizzle Televizzle self-hosted sketch show on MTV
- The L Word as Slim Daddy (episodes 9-10)
- Monk as Murderuss ("Mr. Monk and the Rapper")
- Chappelle's Show as Dangle the puppet, and himself
- The Boondocks as Macktastic
- The Bernie Mac Show as Calvin
- One Life to Live as himself on May 8, 2008
- Entourage as himself
- Brothers as Kenny (episodes 4 and 10)
- Freaknik: The Musical as one of Trap Jesus' gangsters. (actual voice provided unknown)
- Big Time Rush as himself
- Snoop Dogg's Father Hood as himself
- Dogg After Dark as himself
- Straight Outta L.A. as himself
- Gigantic as himself
- Xavier: Renegade Angel as Per Se (episode 15)
- The Cleveland Show as himself
- Black Dynamite as Leroy Van Nuys
- Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta as himself
- Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood as himself
- Empire as himself
- Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire? as himself
- Trailer Park Boys as himself
- Mike Tyson Mysteries as himself (episode 22)
- Danger Games as himself
Video games
As well as starring and producing films Snoop Dogg has also appeared in a few video games, such as True Crime: Streets of LA (as a hidden character) and Def Jam: Fight for NY (as Crow).
On June 5, 2012 at E3, Namco Bandai announced a partnership with American rapper Snoop Dogg for content for Tekken Tag Tournament 2. Snoop recorded an original song for the game, titled "Knocc 'Em Down", and makes a special appearance as a non-playable character in the "Snoop Dogg Stage" offered as a free pre-order bonus. On July 14, 2012 during Comic Con, Namco announced the "Big Bikini Bundle", which includes over 150 swimsuit outfits. The swimsuit DLC includes suits for all characters: male, female and animal. The "Big Bikini Bundle" was available as a pre-order bonus in addition to the "Snoop Dogg Stage" and additional early access to DLC characters.
Snoop Dogg makes an appearance in the video game Call of Duty: Ghosts as a DLC announcer voice.
Guest appearances
- Katt Williams: The Pimp Chronicles Pt.1* as himself
- Wild n Out* as himself
- Epic Rap Battles of History as Moses
Music videos
As lead artist
Cameo appearances
- Britney Spears' Outrageous as himself.
- Korn's Twisted Transistor as Munky.
- Flo Rida's Good Feeling (song) as himself.
- R. Kelly's Backyard Party as himself.
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia