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.

Filmography

• 2021Fast Vengeance — Captain Liddle
• 2020Chronicle of a Serial Killer — Detective White
• 2020Fast and Fierce: Death Race — Davie
• 2019Beyond the Law — Detective Ray Munce
• 2018Pimp — Midnight John
• Fresh Off the Boat — DMX
• 2014Top Five — DMX
• 2009The Bleeding — Tagg
• 2008Death Toll — The Dog (Narrator), Executive Producer
• 2008Jump Out Boys — Thorn
• 2008Last Hour — Black Jack, Original Music Composer
• 2008Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent — Nick, Executive Producer
• 2007Father of Lies — Paul
• 2004Never Die Alone — King David, Producer
• 2003Cradle 2 the Grave — Anthony Fait
• Eve — Xenon
• Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards
• 2002Cypress Hill Smoke Out Presents DMX
• 2001Exit Wounds — Latrell Walker
• 2000Boricua's Bond
• 2000Romeo Must Die — Silk, Theme Song Performance
• 2000Woodstock '99
• Third Watch — Kandid Jones
• 1998Belly — Tommy 'Buns' Bundy
• South Park — DMX (voice)
• Moesha — DMX
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Doggmen — Cowboy

Appearances as themselves (25)

• 2025In Whose Name? — Self
• 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self (archive footage)
• 2024The Honey Trap: A True Story of Love, Lies and the FBI — Self (archive footage)
• 2023A Journey to Sundance — Self
• 2021DMX: Don't Try to Understand — Self
• 2021Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage — Self (archive footage)
• 2021You're Watching Video Music Box — Self (archive footage)
• VERZUZ — Self
• 2018The After Party — Self
• 2017Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story — Self
• Couples Therapy — Himself
• 2009Big Pun: The Legacy — Self
• DMX: Soul of a Man — Self
• Trippin' — Self
• 2004Beef II — Self
• 2003Beef — Self
• Half & Half — Himself
• 2002The Making of Exit Wounds — Self
• 2001DMX: Angel — Himself
• 2001Ruff Ryders: Uncensored — Self
• 2000Backstage — Self
• 1999Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125 — Self
• The Chris Rock Show — Self
• MADtv — Self, Self - Special Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest