Def, Mos Filmography

• Life of Crime
  2013, role: actor , character name: Ordell Robbie
• Can a Song Save Your Life?
  2013, role: actor , character name: Saul
• Standard Operating Procedure
  2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Mama Black Widow
  2011, role: actor , character name: Papa Tilson
• Re:Generation
  2011, role: actor
• 9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Gulf Aid: Concert for the Coast
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Takin' It to the Streets
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• I'm Still Here
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Glastonbury 2010
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• NRJ 12 Grammys Awards 2010
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• MTV World Stage: Gorillaz
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• MTV Video Music Awards 2010
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself - Nominee
• Bury Me Standing
  2010, role: actor
• Little Scarlet
  2010, role: actor , character name: Mouse
• Bobby Zero
  2009, role: producer
• Welcome to Blakroc
  2009, role: actor
• Bobby Zero
  2009, role: actor
• Next Day Air
  2009, role: actor , character name: Eric
• Number One with a Bullet
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Cadillac Records
  2008, role: actor , character name: Chuck Berry
• Talib Kweli presents Blacksmith TV
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Be Kind Rewind
  2008, role: actor , character name: Mike
• Prince Among Slaves
  2007, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• In Prison My Whole Life
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Journey to the End of the Night
  2006, role: actor , character name: Wemba
• September in Brooklyn: The Making of 'Block Party'
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Rap Sheet: Hip-Hop and the Cops
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Coachella
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• 16 Blocks
  2006, role: actor , character name: Eddie Bunker
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  2005, role: actor , character name: Ford Prefect
• Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth
  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Kanye West: College Dropout - Video Anthology
  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Lackawanna Blues
  2005, role: actor , character name: The Bandleader
• Block Party
  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Making of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards
  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie
• Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
• MOBO Awards 2004
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself - Host
• The Woodsman
  2004, role: actor , character name: Sgt. Lucas
• Juvies
  2004, role: actor
• Focused Digizine #1
  2004, role: actor , character name: Blak
• Something the Lord Made
  2004, role: actor , character name: Vivien Thomas
• Essence Awards
  2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Italian Job
  2003, role: actor , character name: Left Ear
• Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
  2003, role: actor , character name: Himself

Famous quotes by Mos Def:

"Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else."

"And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone."

"I'm the only person who's providing for my children."

"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

"Something the Lord Made."

"Hip-hop is the last true folk art."

"I come from a family of very devout, praying people. That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind."

"Everything's got space between it, the planets, trees, your eyes. Your eyes get too close together, it's a whole different world. You can lose perspective."

"I guess something that you love to do, you gotta ease up off it and give it a little space, come back and be fresh to it."

"I don't want to waste anyone's time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift."

"Reckless capitalism kills black people."

"Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in black music and culture in general. It's no surprise because black music is such a reflection of what's going on in black life. It's not unusual for hip-hop."

"I have no confidence issues with the impact or the quality of the music. No one in hip-hop, before this point and to this point, with all due respect, has done this."

"I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture."

"Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate."

"To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldn't have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way."

"I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so I'm cool with that."

"It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people. You don't have to be a thug to get love from black people."

"I was taught when there's somethin' you can change around keep quiet, you got nothin' to complain about."

"It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch.'"