Coolio

Actor

Born: August 1, 1963
Died: September 28, 2022 (age 59)
From: Monessen, Pennsylvania, USA

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…

Filmography (47)

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
Self (archive footage)
It Wants Blood 2 (2023)
Don Luscious
Bobcat Moretti (2023)
Coolio
Vegas High
Vegas High (2020)
Uncle Ray
The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story (2018)
Self
United Skates (2018)
Self
The Goddamn Comedy Jam (2016)
Self
Lord of the Freaks (2015)
Self
Two Hundred Thousand Dirty (2014)
Manny
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance (2008)
Roger
Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007)
Kwanzaa-bot (voice)
Three Days to Vegas (2007)
The Flow
Grad Night (2006)
Michael Adkins
The Beat (2005)
Emcee
Celebrity Mix
Celebrity Mix (2005)
Self (archive footage)
Pterodactyl (2004)
Capt. Bergen
Gang Warz (2004)
Dunzio Day
Dracula 3000 (2004)
187
A Wonderful Night in Split (2004)
Franky
Exposed (2003)
Big Heat
Red Water (2003)
Ice
Stealing Candy (2003)
Brad Vorman
Daredevil (2003)
Dante Jackson (Director's Cut)
Stupidity (2003)
Self
Tapped Out (2003)
Cool
Storm Watch (2002)
Outlaw
Outlawz: Worldwide (2002)
Self
Media Whore
Media Whore (2002)
Self
Perfume (2001)
T
Get Over It (2001)
Coolio