Earl Simmons (December 18, 1970 - April 9, 2021), better known by his stage name DMX, was an American rapper and actor who rose to fame in the late 1990s. His stage name pays tribute to the Oberheim DMX drum machine, an instrument he used when he made his own rap beats in the 80's. To date, his best-selling album is his 1999 album ...And Then There Was X, which featured the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here)". As an actor, he also starred in the films Belly, Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 The Grave and Last Hour, and his own reality television series Soul of a Man on the American cable television network BET. In 2002, DMX wrote an autobiographical book titled E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX.
On April 9, 2021, DMX died at the age of 50 from a drug-related heart attack.
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
2025
You're Watching Video Music Box
Self (archive footage)
2021
DMX: Don't Try to Understand
Self
2021
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
Self (archive footage)
2021
Fast Vengeance
Captain Liddle
2021
A Journey to Sundance
Self
2021
Chronicle of a Serial Killer
Detective White
2020
Fast and Fierce: Death Race
Davie
2020
VERZUZ
Self · (1 episode)
2020
Beyond the Law
Detective Ray Munce
2019
Pimp
Midnight John
2018
The After Party
Self
2018
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story
Himself
2017
Fresh Off the Boat
DMX · (1 episode)
2015
Top Five
Self
2014
Couples Therapy
Himself · (8 episodes)
2012
The Bleeding
Tagg
2009
Big Pun: The Legacy
Self
2009
Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent
Nick
2008
Last Hour
Black Jack
2008
Death Toll
The Dog (Narrator)
2008
Jump Out Boys
Thorn
2008
Father of Lies
Paul
2007
DMX: Soul of a Man
Self · (6 episodes)
2006
Trippin'
Self · (2 episodes)
2005
Beef II
Self
2004
Never Die Alone
King David
2004
Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards
(10 episodes)
2003
Eve
Xenon · (1 episode)
2003
Beef
Self
2003
Cradle 2 the Grave
Anthony Fait
2003
Half & Half
Himself · (1 episode)
2002
The Making of Exit Wounds
Self
2002
DMX: Angel
Himself
2001
Ruff Ryders: Uncensored
Self
2001
Exit Wounds
Latrell Walker
2001
Backstage
Self
2000
Boricua's Bond
2000
Romeo Must Die
Silk
2000
Third Watch
Kandid Jones · (1 episode)
1999
Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125
Self
1999
Belly
Tommy 'Buns' Bundy
1998
Doggmen
Cowboy
South Park
DMX (voice) · (1 episode)
1997
The Chris Rock Show
Self · (1 episode)
1997
Moesha
(1 episode)
1996
MADtv
Self · (1 episode)
1995
MADtv
Self - Special Guest · (1 episode)
1995
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(1 episode)
1992
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest · (1 episode)
1975