David Khari Webber "Dave" Chappelle was born on August 24, 1973 in Washington, D.C. He is a comedian, screenwriter, television/film producer and actor. Chappelle began his film career in the film Robin Hood: Men in Tights in 1993 and continued to star in minor roles in the films The Nutty Professor, Con Air, and Blue Streak. His first lead role in a film was in Half Baked in 1998. In 2003, he became widely known for his popular sketch comedy television series, Chappelle's Show, which ran until 2006. Comedy Central ranked him forty-third in its list of the 100 greatest stand-up comedians

Filmography

• 2025Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable... — Self, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2024Chappelle's Home Team - Donnell Rawlings: A New Day — Executive Producer
• 2024Ricky Stanicky — Thanks
• 2023Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer — Self, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2022Chappelle's Home Team - Earthquake: Legendary — Executive Producer
• 2022Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? — Self, Writer
• 2021Dave Chappelle: Redemption Song — Self, Writer
• 2021Dave Chappelle: The Closer — Self, Writer, Executive Producer
• 20208:46 — Self, Writer, Producer
• 2020Dave Chappelle: Unforgiven — Self, Writer
• 2019Before They Were Kings: Vol. 2
• 2019Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones — Self, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2018A Star Is Born — George "Noodles" Stone
• 2017Dave Chappelle: Deep in the Heart of Texas — Self, Writer
• 2017Dave Chappelle: Equanimity — Self, Executive Producer, Writer
• 2017Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin — Self, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2017Dave Chappelle: The Bird Revelation — Self, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2015Chi-Raq — Morris
• 2005Dave Chappelle's Block Party — Self, Producer, Writer
• 2004Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth — Self, Executive Producer, Writer
• Chappelle's Show — Host / Various Characters, Writer, Creator
• Wanda at Large — Vincent
• Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn
• 2002Undercover Brother — Conspiracy Brother
• 2000Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly — Self, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2000Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 7
• 2000Screwed — Rusty P. Hayes
• 1999200 Cigarettes — Disco Cabbie
• 1999Blue Streak — Tulley
• 1998Bowl of Pork — Black Forrest Gump
• 1998Dave Chappelle: HBO Comedy Half-Hour — Self, Writer
• 1998Half Baked — Thurgood Jenkins / Sir Smoke-a-Lot, Writer
• 1998The Real Blonde — Zee
• 1998Woo — Lenny
• 1998You've Got Mail — Kevin Jackson
• 1997Con Air — "Pinball" Parker
• 1997Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special — The Spider (voice)
• Buddies — Dave Carlisle
• 1996Joe's Apartment — Cockroach (voice)
• 1996Prince: Love 4 One Another
• 1996The Nutty Professor — Reggie Warrington
• Where's Elvis This Week?
• Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist — Dave (voice), Additional Writing
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — The Spider (voice)
• 1994Getting In — Ron
• 1993Robin Hood: Men in Tights — Ahchoo
• 1993Undercover Blues — Ozzie
• The Larry Sanders Show — Dave Chappelle
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Home Improvement — Dave
• The Word
• Damn Whitey — Dave, Writer
• Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2 — Self/Host

Appearances as themselves (67)

• 2026AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy — Self
• Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! — Self - Comedian
• 2025Being Eddie — Self
• 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self
• 2025The Truth About Jussie Smollett? — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Hollywood Black — Self (archive footage)
• Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Chris Rock: Road To Live Special — Self
• 20222022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• 2022Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute — Self
• 2022Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special — Self
• Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy — Self
• 2022Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert — Self
• 2022The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM — Self (archive footage)
• 2022The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up — Self
• jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy — Self (archive footage)
• 20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• 2021Dave Chappelle: Live in Real Life — Self
• 2021Madonna: Madame X — Self
• 2021Stunted — Self
• 2021The One and Only Dick Gregory — Self
• 2020537 Votes — Self (archive footage)
• 2020David Blaine: The Magic Way — Self
• 2019Devil's Pie: D'Angelo — Self
• 2019Epilogue: The Punchline — Self
• 2019Fyre Fraud — Himself (Archival Footage)
• Will Smith's Bucket List — Himself
• 2018Back To School Just For Laughs — Self
• My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman — Self
• 2018Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones — Self
• 2018Quincy — Self
• 2018The Road to Stardom: The Making of A Star Is Born — Self
• Dave Chappelle — Self
• 2017Def Comedy Jam 25 — Self
• 2016BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration — Self
• 2016David Blaine: Beyond Magic — Self
• Ride with Norman Reedus — Self
• 2016The Last Laugh — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2015Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber — Self
• 2014Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience — self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• 2013Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic — Self
• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee — Self
• 2009Just for Laughs: Launching Pad — Self
• 2006September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block Party — Self
• 2006World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One — self
• Iconoclasts — Self
• 2005Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 1: Best of the Uptown Comics — Himself
• 2005Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• 2003Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! — Self
• 2002Hip-Hop Honeys — Himself
• 1999Funny Is Money — Self
• Mark Twain Prize — Self
• Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist
• The Daily Show — Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self
• HBO Comedy Half Hour — Self
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• 1993'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour — self
• Biography — Himself (archival footage)
• Laugh Factory — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• The Grammys — Self