50 Cent
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 6, 1975 (age 51)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 123
Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, and television producer. Born in Queens, a borough of New York City, Jackson began pursuing a musical career in 1996. In 1999–2000, he recorded his debut album Power of the Dollar for Columbia Records; however, he was struck by nine bullets during a shooting in May 2000, causing its release to be cancelled. Jackson is to be dropped from the label. His 2002 mixtape, Guess Who's Back?, was discovered by Detroit rapper Eminem, who signed Jackson to his label Shady Records, an imprint of Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records that same year.
His debut studio album, Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003), was released to critical acclaim and commercial success. Peaking atop the Billboard200, it spawned the Billboard Hot 100-number singles "In da Club" and "21 Questions" (featuring Nate Dogg). It received nonuple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). That same year, he launched the record label G-Unit Records, the namesake of a hip-hop group he formed two years prior; the label's initial signees were its members, fellow East Coast rappers Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo. His second album, The Massacre (2005), was met with similar success and supported by his third number-one single, "Candy Shop" (featuring Olivia). He adopted a lighter, further commercially oriented approach for his third and fourth albums, Curtis (2007) and Before I Self Destruct (2009)—both were met with critical and commercial declines—and aimed for a return to his roots with his fifth album, Animal Ambition (2014), which was met with mixed reviews. He has since focused on his career in television and media, having executive-produced and starred in the television series Power (2014–2020), as well as its numerous spin-offs under his company G-Unit Films and Television Inc.
Jackson has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and earned several accolades, including a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, thirteen Billboard Music Awards, six World Music Awards, three American Music Awards and four BET Awards. In his acting career, Jackson first starred in the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005), which received critical panning. He was also cast in the war film Home of the Brave (2006) and the crime thriller Righteous Kill (2008). Billboard ranked Jackson as 17th on their "50 Greatest Rappers" list in 2023. and named him the sixth top artist of the 2000s decade. Rolling Stone ranked Get Rich or Die Tryin' and "In da Club" in its lists of the "100 Best Albums of the 2000s" and "100 Best Songs of the 2000s" at numbers 37 and 13, respectively.
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Known for
Filmography
Street Fighter
2026Movie
Balrog
50 Ways to Catch a Killer with 50 Cent
2025TV
Self - Host
Skillhouse
2025Movie
50 Cent
Missionary
2024Movie
50 Cent
Boneyard
2024Movie
Chief Carter
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
Tale of the Tape
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
How Music Got Free
2024Movie
Self
Expend4bles
2023Movie
Drew "Easy Day" Farrell
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
2023Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige
2023TV
Self
THE SHOW: California Love
2022Movie
Self
Hip Hop Homicides
2022TV
Self
Hyperfate
2022Movie
Self
Mixtape
2022Movie
Self
The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent
2022Movie
Self - Performer
You're Watching Video Music Box
2021Movie
Self (archive footage)
Kobe Bryant: The Greatest of All
2021Movie
Self
Power Book II: Ghost
2020TV
Kanan
LA Originals
2020Movie
Self
For Life
2020TV
Cassius Dawkins
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self - Guest
Power Confidential
2019TV
Escape Plan: The Extractors
2019Movie
Hush
Escape Plan 2: Hades
2018Movie
Hush
Den of Thieves
2018Movie
Enson Levoux
Steve
2017TV
Self
The Defiant Ones
2017TV
Self (archive footage)
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
2016TV
Self
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016Movie
50 Cent
50 Cent | Rap Star
2016Movie
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self - Guest
Southpaw
2015Movie
Jordan Mains
Spy
2015Movie
50 Cent
Champs
2015Movie
Self
Not Afraid: The Shady Records Story
2015Movie
Self
The Prince
2014Movie
The Pharmacy
Power
2014TV
Kanan
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014TV
Self - Guest
Last Vegas
2013Movie
50 Cent
Escape Plan
2013Movie
Hush
Dream School
2013TV
Self - Student Mentor/Self - Multi-Platinum Award Winning Recording Artist & Entrepreneur
The Frozen Ground
2013Movie
Pimp Clate Johnson
50 Cent | X Games Barcelona 2013
2013Movie
Self
Circus Halligalli
2013TV
Money, Power, Respect: Hip Hop Billion Dollar Industry
2012Movie
Self
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
2012Movie
Self
Fire with Fire
2012Movie
Lamar
Freelancers
2012Movie
Malo
The Finder
2012TV
Big Glade
Setup
2011Movie
Sonny
Ridiculousness
2011TV
Self
The Voice
2011TV
Self
Blood Out
2011Movie
Detective Hardwick
All Things Fall Apart
2011Movie
Deon
Morning Glory
2010Movie
Self
Conan
2010TV
Self
Twelve
2010Movie
Lionel
Gun
2010Movie
Rich
Caught in the Crossfire
2010Movie
Tino
13
2010Movie
Jimmy
50 Cent: Rise Above
2010Movie
Before I Self Destruct
2009Movie
Clarence
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009TV
Self - Guest
DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70
2009Movie
Self (archive footage)
Streets of Blood
2009Movie
Stan Green
DJ Cinema Presents: Masterpiece Theater Blend Dvd
2009Movie
Self (archive footage)
Dead Man Running
2009Movie
Thigo
Elvis | Viva Las Vegas
2008Movie
Self
Righteous Kill
2008Movie
Spider
G-Unit: Bullets Can't Touch Us
2008Movie
Self
The Game: One Blood
2008Movie
Self
Live!
2007Movie
Self
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007TV
Self
Hoodz: Big Beef
2007Movie
Actor
50 Cent | Live in Concert
2007Movie
Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
Home of the Brave
2006Movie
Jamal Aiken
Black and Blue: Legends of the Hip-Hop Cop
2006Movie
Self
Jack's Law
2006Movie
Black
50 Cent: Refuse 2 Die
2005Movie
Self (archive footage)
Beef III
2005Movie
Self
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005Movie
Marcus
Live 8
2005Movie
Self
50 Cent | The Best Music Videos On DVD
2005Movie
Self (archive footage)
Top of the Pops Reloaded
2005TV
Self
Hip-Hop Honeys | Las Vegas
2005Movie
Self
The Game: The Documentary
2005Movie
Self
Letter to the President
2005Movie
Self
The Infamous Times, Volume I: The Original 50 Cent
2005Movie
Self
Robot Chicken
2005TV
50 Cent / Gun (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005TV
50 Cent | Who Dares Wins
2005Movie
Self
Beef II
2004Movie
Self
Entourage
2004TV
50 Cent
SMACK: Platinum Edition
2004Movie
Self
Tupac: Resurrection
2003Movie
Self
Top of the Pops Saturday
2003TV
Self
Beef
2003Movie
Self
50 Cent & G-Unit | In Da Club: The Movie
2003Movie
Self
Born To Ball
2003Movie
Self
America's Next Top Model
2003TV
Self - Guest
50 Cent | Shoot First
2003Movie
Self
50 Cent | The New Breed
2003Movie
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001TV
Self
Star Academy
2001TV
Self
Grounded for Life
2001TV
Making the Video
1999TV
CD:UK
1998TV
The View
1997TV
Self, Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
ECHO-Verleihung
1992TV
Self
The Simpsons
1989TV
50 Cent (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Self, Self - Guest
MTV Video Music Awards
1984TV
Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981TV
Self
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Musical Guest
Top of the Pops
1964TV
Self
The Fifth Wheel
Movie
A Portrait of an Artist: The Making of 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Movie
Self
50 Cent: Gangsta Unit
Movie
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