Sean Love Combs (born Sean John Combs; November 4, 1969), also known by his stage names Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, or Diddy, is an American rapper, actor, record producer, and record executive. Born in New York City, he worked as a talent director at Uptown Records before founding his own record label, Bad Boy Records in 1993. Combs has produced and cultivated artists such as the Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, and Usher. Combs' debut album, No Way Out (1997), has been certified seven times platinum. The album was followed by Forever (1999), The Saga Continues... (2001), and Press Play (2006), all of which were commercially successful. In 2009, Combs created and produced the musical group Diddy – Dirty Money; they released their successful debut album Last Train to Paris in 2010. Combs has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards and is the producer of MTV's Making the Band. In 2022, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$1 billion. In 1998, he launched his own clothing line Sean John. He was nominated for the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Award for Menswear Designer of the Year in 2000 and won in 2004. In late 2023, Combs settled a high-profile sexual assault and abuse lawsuit filed by his former partner Cassie Ventura. Numerous lawsuits regarding sexual misconduct were filed in the following months, with several claimants alleging sexual assault and abuse by Combs between 1991 and 2009. A year later, several of Combs's properties were raided by the Department of Homeland Security, and that September he was charged with federal sex trafficking, transportation to engage in prostitution, and racketeering. In May 2025, Combs was criminally tried for sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. He was found not guilty in all but two transportation charges, for which he was sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison and a $500,000 fine.

Filmography

• Insider — P. Diddy
• 2023The French Montana Story: For Khadija — Self, Executive Producer
• 2022Machine Gun Kelly's Life In Pink — Executive Producer
• 2021Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell — Self - aka Puff Daddy, Executive Producer
• 2020Two Distant Strangers — Executive Producer
• 2017Girls Trip — Sean 'Diddy' Combs aka Puff Daddy
• 2016VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
• 2015Dope — Co-Executive Producer
• 2014Draft Day — Chris Crawford
• 2014Muppets Most Wanted — Sean Combs
• black-ish — Elroy Savoy
• 2013WWE WrestleMania 29 — Sean Combs (Musical Guest)
• 2010Get Him to the Greek — Sergio Roma
• Hawaii Five-0 — Reggie Williams
• 2010I'm Still Here — Sean Combs, Thanks
• Daddy's Girls — Producer, Creator
• 2009Notorious — Executive Producer
• P. Diddy's Starmaker — Producer, Creator
• 2008A Raisin in the Sun — Walter Lee Younger, Executive Producer
• I Want to Work for Diddy — Producer
• Celebrity Cooking Showdown — Producer
• 2006Getting Up — Executive Music Producer
• 2005Carlito's Way: Rise to Power — Hollywood Nicky
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia — Dr. Jinx
• Run's House — Producer, Creator
• 2005The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents
• 2004Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary... The Hits — Director
• 2003Bad Boys II — Executive Music Producer
• CSI: Miami — Derek Powell
• 2002Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1
• 2002The Making of What's Going On: All-Star Tribute — P. Diddy
• 2001Made — Ruiz
• 2001Monster's Ball — Lawrence Musgrove
• The Steve Harvey Show — Puff Daddy

Appearances as themselves (97)

• 2026Ain't No Party — Himself (Uncredited)
• 2026Silenced — Self (Archive Footage)
• 2025Diddy in Plain Sight: UNTOLD — Self (archive footage)
• Diddy on Trial: As It Happened — Self (archive footage)
• 2025Diddy: Monster's Fall — Self (archive footage)
• 2025Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy — Self (archive footage)
• 2025In Whose Name? — Self
• 2025P Diddy: The Rise and Fall — Self (archive footage)
• Sean Combs: The Reckoning — Self (archive footage)
• 2025TMZ Presents | The Downfall of Diddy 4: His Defense — Self (archive footage)
• TMZ Presents: United Sates V. Sean Combs: Inside the Diddy Trial — Himself
• The Fall of Diddy — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Diddy: Summit to Plummet — Self
• 2024IMPACT x Nightline: Diddy: Drugs, Lies, & Freak Offs — Self (archive footage)
• 2024TMZ Presents | The Downfall of Diddy 2: The Indictment — Self (archive footage)
• 2024TMZ Presents | The Downfall of Diddy 3: Inside the Freak-Offs — Self (archive footage)
• 2024TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy — Self (archive footage)
• 2024The Hip-Hop Mogul’s Fall – The Sex Parties and the Abuse — Self (archive footage)
• jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy — Self (archive footage)
• 20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• 2021Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie and Tupac — Self (archive photos)
• 2021Mary J. Blige's My Life — Self
• 2021You're Watching Video Music Box — Self
• 2020Hydration — Self
• 2020The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions — Self
• 2019The Black Godfather — Self
• The Four: Battle for Stardom — Self
• 2018The Gospel According to André — Self
• The Shop — Self
• 2017Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. — Self
• 2017Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story — Self
• 2017Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives — Self
• The Defiant Ones — Self
• 2016House of Z — Self
• Kocktails With Khloé — Self
• Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party — Self
• 2016The Art of Organized Noize — Self
• 2015Fresh Dressed — Self
• 2015Skrillex LIVE @ ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2015 — Self
• 2015The Game: The Documentary 2 — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
• 2013Mademoiselle C — Self
• 201212-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief — Self
• Finding Your Roots — Self
• 2012Me @ the Zoo — Self (archive footage)
• 2012Money, Power, Respect: Hip Hop Billion Dollar Industry — Self
• 2012Romeo Santos: The King Stays King – Live at Madison Square Garden — Self
• 2011Jay-Z Live From Madison Square Garden: Answer The Call — Self
• 2011Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition — Self
• America: The Story of Us — Self
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2008Dreams Worth While: The Journey of "A Raisin in the Sun" — Self
• 2008Prince: 21 Nights in London — Self
• 2008The Black List: Volume One — Self
• 2007Concert for Diana — Self
• 2007Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life — Self (archive footage)
• The Graham Norton Show — Self, Self - Guest
• 2006Full Length & Fabulous: The Beckhams' World Cup Party — Self
• On n'est pas couché — Self - Guest
• 2005Letter to the President — Self
• My Super Sweet 16 — Self
• 2005Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up — Self
• 2005Seamless — Self
• 2005This Divided State — Self (archive footage) (as Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs)
• Entourage — Self
• 2004JAY-Z: Fade to Black — Self
• 2004SMACK: Platinum Edition — Self
• 2003Beef — Self
• 2003Bigg Snoop Dogg | Raw N Uncut Volume 1 — Self
• 2003Death of a Dynasty — Self (as Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Emmys Segment
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• 2003The Blackout - Fat Joe Vs Jay-Z At The Rucker — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2003Tupac: Resurrection — Self (archival)
• 2002It's Black Entertainment — Self (archive footage)
• Last Call with Carson Daly — Self
• 2002The Cosby Show: A Look Back — Self
• 2001Mugshots: P. Diddy — Self (archive footage)
• Star Academy — Self
• 2000Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration — Self
• Jackass — Self
• TV total — Self
• Teen Choice Awards — Self
• The Hip Hop Years — Self
• 1998Motown 40: The Music Is Forever — Self (as Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs)
• The Chris Rock Show — Self
• 1995The Show — Self
• Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin — self
• MTV Europe Music Awards — Self - Host
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
• Yo! MTV Raps — Self
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self, Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest
• The Oscars — Self