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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Coolio, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2023Bobcat Moretti — Coolio
• 2023It Wants Blood 2 — Don Luscious
• 2020Vegas High — Uncle Ray
• Greatest Hits
• Teachers — Mr. Wence
• 2014Two Hundred Thousand Dirty — Manny
• Gravity Falls — Wax Coolio (voice)
• Star-ving
• Cookin' with Coolio — Self, Creator
• 2008Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance — Roger
• The Wendy Williams Show
• 2007Futurama: Bender's Big Score — Kwanzaa-bot (voice)
• 2007Three Days to Vegas — The Flow
• 2006Grad Night — Michael Adkins
• Squidbillies — Coolio (voice)
• 2005The Beat — Emcee
• web62.com InterViews — Coolio
• 2004A Wonderful Night in Split — Franky
• 2004Dracula 3000 — 187
• 2004Gang Warz — Dunzio Day
• Joey — Coolio
• 2004Pterodactyl — Capt. Bergen
• 2003Daredevil — Dante Jackson (Director's Cut)
• 2003Exposed — Big Heat
• 2003Red Water — Ice
• 2003Stealing Candy — Brad Vorman
• 2003Tapped Out — Cool
• Celebrity Bootcamp
• 2002Storm Watch — Outlaw
• Beat the Geeks
• Fear Factor
• 2001Gang Tapes — Original Music Composer
• 2001Gangland — Officer Harris
• 2001Get Over It — Coolio
• 2001In Pursuit — Carl Wright
• 2001Perfume — T
• 18 Wheels of Justice
• Big Brother
• 2000China Strike Force — Coolio
• 2000Dope Case Pending
• 2000Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th — Principal
• Static Shock — Replikon (voice)
• 2000Submerged — Jeff Cort
• 2000The Convent — Officer Starkey
• 1999Bad Trip — Tyrone / Jerome / Cherone
• Futurama — Kwanzaabot (voice), In Memory Of
• 1999Judgment Day — Luther / 'Lucifer'
• 1998An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn — Dion Brothers
• Charmed — Lazarus Demon
• 1998On the Line — Lt. Gil Suggs
• V.I.P. — Coolio
• 1997Batman & Robin — Banker
• Arli$$ — Ernest Pierce
• Dangerous Minds — Sex Educator
• 1996Dear God — Gerard
• Early Edition — Julius 'C-Roc' Ruby
• Kenan & Kel — Theme Song Performance
• Malcolm & Eddie
• 1996Phat Beach — Coolio
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Coolio
• Saturday Night Special
• TFI Friday
• Space: Above and Beyond — The Bacchus Host
• The Parent 'Hood
• The Watcher
• Duckman — Coolio (voice)
• The Nanny — Coolio, Irwin
• Martin — Coolio
• America's Funniest Home Videos
• Air Force Z — Veep
• Mayday Z — Coolio

Appearances as themselves (37)

• 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self (archive footage)
• Game On! — Self
• 2018The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story — Self
• 2018United Skates — Self
• 2016The Goddamn Comedy Jam — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• 2015Lord of the Freaks — Self
• American Hustle Life — Self
• Tipping Point: Lucky Stars — Self - Contestant
• Ultimate Big Brother — Self
• Celebrity Juice — Self
• Coolio's Rules — Self
• Celebrity Paranormal Project — Self
• 2005Celebrity Mix — Self (archive footage)
• Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List — Self
• The Friday Night Project — Self
• Celebrities Uncensored — Self
• Celebrity Poker Showdown — Self
• 2003Stupidity — Self
• 2002Media Whore — Self
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self
• 2002Outlawz: Worldwide — Self
• Big Brother's Little Brother — Self
• Celebrity Big Brother — Self
• 2000Leprechaun in the Hood — Self (uncredited)
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self
• Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist
• Classic Albums — Self
• Figure It Out — Self
• Muppets Tonight — Self
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self
• All That — Self - Musical Guest
• Yo! MTV Raps — Self
• Al TV — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest
• Top of the Pops — Self