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Rick James
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Overview
Date of Birth:
1 February
1948
,
Buffalo, New York, USA
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Date of Death:
6 August
2004
, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Trivia:
(1992) Son, Tazman, born
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Timbaland Says Justin Timberlake's 'Carry Out' Is His Favorite Shock Value II Track
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. 8 December 2009, 2:48 AM, PST)
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Alternate Names:
Rick James & The Stone City Band | James Boys | Ricky James
US TV Schedule:
Sat. Dec. 12
4:00 AM
WGNAMER
Chappelle's Show
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Filmography
Jump to filmography as:
In Development
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Music Department
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Self
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Archive Footage
In Development:
Super Freak: The Rick James Story
(details only on
IMDbPro
)
Soundtrack:
2000s
1990s
1980s
"America's Got Talent"
(1 episode, 2009)
-
Audition Show #1
(2009)
TV episode
(performer: "Super Freak")
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
(2009) (performer: "Super Freak")
... aka Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (IMAX DMR version) (Hong Kong: English title: IMAX version)
... aka Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
Bride Wars
(2009) (writer: "Give It To Me Baby") (performer: "Give It To Me Baby")
"Being Erica"
(1 episode, 2009)
-
Dr. Tom
(2009)
TV episode
(writer: "Can't Touch This")
Tropic Thunder
(2008) (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
(2008) (writer: "All Night Long")
Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins
(2008) (writer: "Super Freak") (performer: "Super Freak")
Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?
(2008) (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
Skate.
(2007) (VG) (performer: "Give It To Me Baby")
Into the Wild
(2007) (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
Superbad
(2007) (writer: "Bustin' Out (On Funk)") (performer: "Bustin' Out (On Funk)")
"Ugly Betty"
(1 episode, 2007)
-
Derailed
(2007)
TV episode
("Superfreak")
Norbit
(2007) (writer: "Superfreak")
Scarface: The World Is Yours
(2006) (VG) ("Give It To Me Baby", "Super Freak")
"The Wire"
(1 episode, 2006)
-
Margin of Error
(2006)
TV episode
(performer: "Give It to Me Baby")
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
(2006) (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
... aka Borat (UK) (USA: working title)
... aka Borat! (USA: poster title)
Astérix et les Vikings
(2006) (writer: "Super Freak")
... aka Asterix and the Vikings (International: English title)
... aka Asterix og vikingerne (Denmark)
American Dreamz
(2006) (writer: "Super Freak")
... aka American Dreamz (Australia)
Little Miss Sunshine
(2006) (writer: "Super Freak") (performer: "Super Freak")
"Everybody Hates Chris"
(1 episode, 2005)
-
Everybody Hates Food Stamps
(2005)
TV episode
(writer: "Bustin' Out (On Funk)") (performer: "Bustin' Out (On Funk)")
The Business
(2005) (writer: "All Night Long", "Ghetto Life") (performer: "Ghetto Life")
King's Ransom
(2005) (writer: "Fire and Desire") (performer: "Fire and Desire")
Man of the House
(2005/I) (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
Racing Stripes
(2005) (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
After the Sunset
(2004) (writer: "Party All the Time")
Shark Tale
(2004) (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
The Cookout
(2004) (writer: "All Night Long", "Mary Jane") (performer: "Mary Jane")
White Chicks
(2004) (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
EuroTrip
(2004) (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
"Chappelle's Show"
(1 episode, 2004)
... aka Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes (USA: third season title)
-
Episode #2.4
(2004)
TV episode
(writer: "Give it to Me Baby", "Cold-Blooded", "Unity") (performer: "Give it to Me Baby", "Super Freak") ("Super Freak")
"I Love the '80s Strikes Back"
(2003)
TV series
(performer: "Super Freak")
Lost in Translation
(2003) (writer: "Love Gun" (1979)) (performer: "Love Gun" (1979))
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
(2003) (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
Tupac: Resurrection
(2003) (writer: "Super Freak")
"Less Than Perfect"
(1 episode, 2002)
-
One Office Party Too Many
(2002)
TV episode
(writer: "Super Freak") (performer: "Super Freak")
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
(2002) (VG) (performer: "Ghetto Life")
... aka Vice City (USA: short title)
The Master of Disguise
(2002) (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
Undercover Brother
(2002) (writer: "All Night Long")
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
(2002) (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
... aka Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (USA: video box title)
Biggie and Tupac
(2002) ("Superfreak")
Bubble Boy
(2001) (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
Freddy Got Fingered
(2001) (writer: "I Just Wanna Love You (Give It 2 Me)", "All Night Long")
Big Momma's House
(2000) (writer: "Give It to Me Baby") (performer: "Give It to Me Baby")
... aka Big Mamas Haus (Germany)
"The Simpsons"
(1 episode, 1999)
-
Treehouse of Horror X
(1999)
TV episode
("Superfreak")
Three Kings
(1999) (writer: "Party All the Time")
Blue Streak
(1999) (writer: "All Eyes On Me (Revisiting Cold Blooded)") (performer: "All Eyes On Me (Revisiting Cold Blooded)")
... aka Der Diamanten-Cop (Germany)
Grass
(1999) (performer: "Bustin' Out")
The Muse
(1999) (writer: "Super Freak") (performer: "Super Freak")
200 Cigarettes
(1999) (writer: "Give It to Me Baby") (performer: "Give It to Me Baby")
She's All That
(1999) (writer: "Give It To Me Baby") (performer: "Give It To Me Baby")
Half Baked
(1998) (writer: "(I'm in Love with) Mary Jane")
Money Talks
(1997) (performer: "Back In You Again") ("Back In You Again")
How to Be a Player
(1997) (writer: "Hard to Get (Revisited)") (performer: "Hard to Get (Revisited)")
... aka Def Jam's How to Be a Player (USA: complete title)
Booty Call
(1997) (writer: "Fire and Desire")
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
(1996) (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
... aka Don't Be a Menace
Friday
(1995) (writer: "Mary Jane") (performer: "Mary Jane")
An Ambition Reduced to Ashes
(1995) (writer: "Super Freak") (performer: "Super Freak")
"Beavis and Butt-Head"
(2 episodes, 1993)
-
The Crush
(1993)
TV episode
(performer: "Super Freak")
-
Yogurt's Cool
(1993)
TV episode
(performer: "Superfreak")
Bound by Honor
(1993) (writer: "Superfreak") (performer: "Superfreak")
... aka Blood In, Blood Out (Australia)
... aka Blood In, Blood Out... Bound by Honor
Batman Returns
(1992) (writer: "SUPER FREAK")
Class Act
(1992) (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
The Super
(1991) (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
Hot Shots!
(1991) (writer: "U CAN'T TOUCH THIS")
Look Who's Talking Too
(1990) (writer: "Party All The Time")
Colors
(1988) (writer: "EVERYWHERE I GO (COLORS)") (performer: "EVERYWHERE I GO (COLORS)")
Summer School
(1987) (writer: "Party All the Time")
The Bedroom Window
(1987) (writer: "Seduction", "Sweet & Sexy Thing") (performer: "Sweet & Sexy Thing")
The Whoopee Boys
(1986) ("PARTY ALL THE TIME")
A Fine Mess
(1986) (producer: "Walk Like a Man")
... aka Blake Edwards' A Fine Mess (USA: complete title)
"The A-Team"
(1 episode, 1985)
-
The Heart of Rock N' Roll
(1985)
TV episode
(writer: "Super Freak") (performer: "Glow", "Super Freak", "Steamroller Blues")
Doctor Detroit
(1983) (performer: "Super Freak")
Actor:
2000s
1990s
"Holla"
(2002)
TV series
.... Guest
Life
(1999/I) .... Spanky Johnson
Music Department:
Jennifer Lopez: The Reel Me
(2003) (V) (composer: song "Ain't it Funny [Remix]")
Self:
2000s
1990s
1980s
1970s
20th Century Masters: The Best of Rick James - The DVD Collection
(2005) (V) .... Himself
4th Annual BET Awards
(2004) (TV) .... Himself
"Chappelle's Show"
.... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
... aka Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes (USA: third season title)
-
Episode #2.4
(2004)
TV episode
.... Himself
"The Surreal Life"
.... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
-
The Good, the Bad, & the Porn Stars
(2004)
TV episode
.... Himself
40 Most Awesomely Bad Dirrty Songs... Ever
(2004) (TV) .... Himself (Song "She Blew My Mind 69 Times")/Archive Footage
20th Century Masters: The Best of 'The Temptations' - The DVD Collection
(2004) (V) .... Himself
"I Love the '70s"
(2003)
TV series
.... Himself (unknown episodes)
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
(2003) (TV) .... Himself
"VH-1 Where Are They Now?"
.... Himself (1 episode, 2002)
-
Disco Kings and Queens
(2002)
TV episode
.... Himself
"South Park"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1998)
-
Chef Aid
(1998)
TV episode
(voice) .... Himself
"Getting Personal"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1998)
-
Fix Me Up, Tie Me Down
(1998)
TV episode
.... Himself
"E! True Hollywood Story"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1998)
-
Studio 54
(1998)
TV episode
.... Himself
"Behind the Music"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1998)
... aka VH1's Behind the Music (USA: alternative title)
-
Rick James
(1998)
TV episode
.... Himself
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever
(1998) (TV) .... Himself
Motown on Showtime: Temptations and Four Tops
(1986) (TV) .... Himself
"The A-Team"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1985)
-
The Heart of Rock N' Roll
(1985)
TV episode
.... Himself
The 11th Annual American Music Awards
(1984) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
(1983) (TV) .... Himself
... aka Motown 25 (USA: short title)
The 25th Annual Grammy Awards
(1983) (TV) .... Himself
The 10th Annual American Music Awards
(1983) (TV) .... Himself
The American Music Awards
(1982) (TV) .... Himself
... aka The 9th Annual American Music Awards (USA: alternative title)
... aka The 9th Annual American Music Awardsm (USA: alternative title)
"Saturday Night Live"
.... Himself - Musical Guest (1 episode, 1981)
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: complete title)
... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
... aka Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 15 (USA: fifteenth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 20 (USA: twentieth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 25 (USA: twentiefifth season title)
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Lauren Hutton/Rick James & The Stone City Band
(1981)
TV episode
(as Rick James & The Stone City Band) .... Himself - Musical Guest
"Soul Train"
.... Guest (1 episode, 1981)
-
Episode #10.31
(1981)
TV episode
.... Guest
"The Midnight Special"
.... Himself / ... (2 episodes, 1978-1979)
-
Episode #7.20
(1979)
TV episode
.... Himself - Host
-
Episode #7.9
(1978)
TV episode
.... Himself
"'Die Drehscheibe'"
.... Singer (1 episode, 1974)
-
Episode dated 17 December 1974
(1974)
TV episode
(as James Boys) .... Singer
Archive Footage:
I'm Rick James
(2009) .... Himself
Marvin Gaye
(1987) (TV) .... Himself
Additional Details
Other Works:
Music video for
Eddie Murphy
: "Party All The Time"
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Publicity Listings:
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