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Coolio

Coolio

Born: 1963-08-01 • 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 singles "Fantastic Voyage" (1994), "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" (1996), and "C U When U Get There" (1997).

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Filmography
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music poster
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 • Self (archive footage)
It Wants Blood 2 poster
It Wants Blood 2
2023 • Don Luscious
Bobcat Moretti poster
Bobcat Moretti
2023 • Coolio
The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story poster
The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story
2018 • Self
United Skates poster
United Skates
2018 • Self
The Goddamn Comedy Jam poster
The Goddamn Comedy Jam
2016 • Self
Lord of the Freaks poster
Lord of the Freaks
2015 • Self
Two Hundred Thousand Dirty poster
Two Hundred Thousand Dirty
2014 • Manny
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance poster
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
2008 • Roger
Futurama: Bender's Big Score poster
Futurama: Bender's Big Score
2007 • Kwanzaa-bot (voice)
Three Days to Vegas poster
Three Days to Vegas
2007 • The Flow
Grad Night poster
Grad Night
2006 • Michael Adkins
The Beat poster
The Beat
2005 • Emcee
No Image
Celebrity Mix
2005 • Self (archive footage)
Pterodactyl poster
Pterodactyl
2004 • Capt. Bergen
Gang Warz poster
Gang Warz
2004 • Dunzio Day
Dracula 3000 poster
Dracula 3000
2004 • 187
A Wonderful Night in Split poster
A Wonderful Night in Split
2004 • Franky
Exposed poster
Exposed
2003 • Big Heat
Red Water poster
Red Water
2003 • Ice
Stealing Candy poster
Stealing Candy
2003 • Brad Vorman
Daredevil poster
Daredevil
2003 • Dante Jackson (Director's Cut)
Stupidity poster
Stupidity
2003 • Self
Tapped Out poster
Tapped Out
2003 • Cool
Storm Watch poster
Storm Watch
2002 • Outlaw
Outlawz: Worldwide poster
Outlawz: Worldwide
2002 • Self
No Image
Media Whore
2002 • Self
Perfume poster
Perfume
2001 • T
Get Over It poster
Get Over It
2001 • Coolio
In Pursuit poster
In Pursuit
2001 • Carl Wright
Gangland poster
Gangland
2001 • Officer Harris
China Strike Force poster
China Strike Force
2000 • Coolio
Submerged poster
Submerged
2000 • Jeff Cort
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth poster
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
2000 • Principal
Dope Case Pending poster
Dope Case Pending
2000
Leprechaun in the Hood poster
Leprechaun in the Hood
2000 • Self (uncredited)
The Convent poster
The Convent
2000 • Officer Starkey
Judgment Day poster
Judgment Day
1999 • Luther / 'Lucifer'
Bad Trip poster
Bad Trip
1999 • Tyrone / Jerome / Cherone
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn poster
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998 • Dion Brothers
On the Line poster
On the Line
1998 • Lt. Gil Suggs
Batman & Robin poster
Batman & Robin
1997 • Banker
Dear God poster
Dear God
1996 • Gerard
Phat Beach poster
Phat Beach
1996 • Coolio
Air Force Z poster
Air Force Z
— • Veep
Mayday Z poster
Mayday Z
— • Coolio
No Image
Vegas High
— • Uncle Ray