Tupac Shakur (1971–1996)

Actor | Composer | Music Department

Born in New York City, Tupac grew up primarily in Harlem. In 1984, his family moved to Baltimore, ...

Born: June 16, 1971
Died: September 13, 1996 (age 25)

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Filmography

Known For

Juice Bishop (1992)
Poetic Justice Lucky (1993)
Above the Rim Birdie (1994)
Known For

Gang Related Det. Rodriguez (1997)
Soundtrack

Atlanta (2022)
America's Morning Headquarters (2022)
Euphoria (2022)
Scooby-Doo: A New Universe (2020)
Little Fires Everywhere (2020)
Show Kafka's Dudes (2020)
The Big Fight Live (2019)
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé (2019)
The Hate U Give (2018)
Sharp Objects (2018)
Sky World News (2017)
The Defiant Ones (2017)
All Eyez on Me (2017)
Everything Wrong with... (2017)
Master of None (2017)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2017)
Skam (2017)
CHIPS (2017)
Office Christmas Party (2016)
I Am the Future: A Conor McGregor Film (2016)
Fresh Off the Boat (2016)
Mr. Robot (2016)
One Hit Wonderland (2016)
Power (2016)
Creed (2015)
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
Alpha and Omega 5: Family Vacation (2015)
Get Hard (2015)
Parks and Recreation (2015)
Rap Critic Reviews (2014)
This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
While We're Young (2014)
California (2014)
21 Coolest Collabs of the 21st Century (2014)
Battle of the Year (2013)
Grand Theft Auto V (2013)
Around the Block (2013)
That Music Show (2013)
Turbo (2013)
Django Unchained (2012)
Tosh.0 (2012)
The Nostalgia Chick (2012)
Good Deeds (2012)
10 Years (2011)
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011)
Battle Los Angeles (2011)
Marmaduke (2010)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Valentine's Day (2010)
Madden NFL 2010 (2009)
Middle Men (2009)
Cold Case (2009)
United States of Tara (2009)
Notorious (2009)
Generation Kill (2008)
Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2008)
100 Greatest Songs of the 90s (2007)
Bling: A Planet Rock (2007)
Entourage (2007)
Premiya Muz-TV 2007 (2007)
Freedom Writers (2007)
Blood Diamond (2006)
UFC 59: Reality Check (2006)
Tupac Is Not Dead (2006)
Alpha Dog (2006)
Sunday Driver (2005)
Tupac: Live at the House of Blues (2005)
Underclassman (2005)
Havoc (2005)
xXx: State of the Union (2005)
Independent Lens (2005)
The Wire (2004)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004)
Family 420 (2004)
High Chaparall (2004)
Look at Me (2004)
How to Be: Emo (2004)
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
The Fighting Temptations (2003)
Beef (2003)
Head of State (2003)
Tupac: Resurrection (2003)
Friday After Next (2002)
Half Past Dead (2002)
8 Mile (2002)
Biggie & Tupac (2002)
Training Day (2001)
Baby Boy (2001)
Scary Movie (2000)
Showtime at the Apollo (1998)
Soul Train (1998)
Gang Related (1997)
The Chris Rock Show (1997)
The Sunchaser (1996)
Sunset Park (1996)
Top of the Pops (1996)
Saturday Night Live (1996)
Scenes for the Soul (1995)
Casper (1995)
Bad Boys (1995)
Above the Rim (1994)
House Party 3 (1994)
Poetic Justice (1993)
Supercop (1992)
Monsters of Rap (1992)
Soundtrack

Nothing But Trouble (1991)
Actor

Gang Related Det. Rodriguez (1997)
Makaveli Feat. Outlawz & Prince Ital Joe: Hail Mary Makaveli (1997)
Gridlock'd Spoon (1997)
Makaveli Feat. Val Young: To Live & Die in L.A. Makaveli (1996)
2Pac Feat. Outlawz: Made Niggaz Tupac Shakur (1996)
Makaveli Feat. Danny Boy, Aaron Hall, K-Ci & JoJo: Toss It Up Makaveli (1996)
2pac Feat. Danny Boy: I Ain't Mad at Cha 2Pac (1996)
2pac Feat. K-Ci & JoJo: How Do U Want It, Live 2Pac (1996)
2pac Feat. K-Ci & JoJo: How Do U Want It 2Pac (1996)
2Pac Feat. Outlawz: Hit 'Em Up Tupac Shakur (1996)
2Pac & Snoop Doggy Dogg: 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted 2Pac (1996)
Bullet Tank (1996)
Eyes on Hip Hop Rapper (1995)
2Pac: Temptations Tupac Shakur (1995)
2Pac: So Many Tears Tupac Shakur (1995)
2Pac: Dear Mama Tupac Shakur (1995)
Murder Was the Case: The Movie Sniper (segment "Natural Born Killaz") (1995)
Dr. Dre and Ice Cube: Natural Born Killaz Sniper (1994)
Thug Life: Pour Out A Little Liquor 2Pac (1994)
Above the Rim Birdie (1994)
Salt 'N' Pepa Feat. En Vogue: Whatta Man Tupac Shakur (1994)
2Pac: Keep Ya Head Up 2Pac (1993)
2Pac: Holler If Ya Hear Me 2Pac (1993)
Poetic Justice Lucky (1993)
A Different World Piccolo (1993)
Naughty by Nature: Uptown Anthem 2Pac (1992)
2Pac: Trapped Tupac Shakur (1992)
2Pac: If My Homie Calls Tupac Shakur (1992)
2Pac: Brenda's Got a Baby Tupac Shakur (1992)
Drexell's Class 2Pac (1992)
Juice Bishop (1992)
Actor

Nothing But Trouble Digital Underground member (1991)
Director

Makaveli Feat. Val Young: To Live & Die in L.A. (1996)
2Pac Feat. Outlawz: Made Niggaz (1996)
2pac Feat. Danny Boy: I Ain't Mad at Cha (1996)
Director

2Pac: If My Homie Calls (1992)
Writer

2Pac: Dear Mama (1995)
Writer

Thug Life: Pour Out A Little Liquor (1994)
Archive footage

Unsung (2022)
BODR (2022)
Janet Jackson. (2022)
The Super Bob Einstein Movie (2021)
You're Watching Video Music Box (2021)
The Life & Death of Tupac Shakur (2021)
Snoop Dogg - The Doggfather (2021)
Hotboii: Hail Mary (2021)
Mike Tyson: The Knockout (2021)
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell (2021)
Hip Hop Uncovered (2021)
Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
History of Swear Words (2021)
Hollywood Insider (2020)
A Year in Music (2020)
Entertainment Tonight (2020)
Hopelessly in Love (2020)
Untold Stories of Hip Hop (2019)
Napoleon: Life of an Outlaw (2019)
Tarantino: surcoté? (2018)
City of Lies (2018)
ReMastered: Who Killed Jam Master Jay? (2018)
The '90s Greatest (2018)
Quincy (2018)
Celebrity Page (2018)
Death Row Chronicles (2018)
Who Killed Tupac? (2017)
Unsung Hollywood (2017)
Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. (2017)
The Nineties (2017)
The Defiant Ones (2017)
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story (2017)
The 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2017)
Hollywood Homicide Uncovered (2016)
Kardashian: The Man Who Saved OJ Simpson (2016)
Vanity Fair Confidential (2016)
The Big Short (2015)
Physics Girl (2015)
Murder Rap: Inside the Biggie and Tupac Murders (2015)
The '90s: The Last Great Decade? (2014)
Jamaica House (2013)
Rude Tube (2013)
Elvis What If? (2012)
Runnin' Rebels of UNLV (2011)
Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel 2 (2011)
Tupac: Reckoning (2009)
Inside Death Row (2008)
R.I.P. Tribute - Collector's Edition II - EYES ON HIP HOP (2007)
Final 24 (2007)
106 & Park (2007)
2Pac, Ashanti, & T.I.: Pac's Life (2006)
2Pac Feat. T.I., Ashanti: Pac's Life (2006)
20 Most Horrifying Hollywood Murders (2006)
Rap Dreams (2006)
E! True Hollywood Story (2006)
Remembering Makaveli, Volume 1 (2006)
The Come Up (2006)
So Many Years, So Many Tears (2006)
BET's Top 25 Countdown (2006)
Tupac: Live at the House of Blues (2005)
Rebels on the Run: The Rise and Fall of UNLV Basketball (2005)
2Pac: Ghetto Gospel (2005)
Legendz of Rap (2005)
Hip-Hop Honors (2004)
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (2004)
Tupac vs. (2004)
Beef II (2004)
The N Word (2004)
Tupac Feat. The Notorious B.I.G.: Runnin' (Dying to Live) (2003)
The Best of the Source Awards Vol. 1: Hip-Hop History (2003)
MTV Movie Special: Tupac Resurrection (2003)
Beef (2003)
2Pac 4 Ever (2003)
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (2003)
Scarface: Greatest Hits on DVD (2003)
Tupac: Resurrection (2003)
2Pac Feat. Nas: Thugz Mansion (2002)
Tha Westside (2002)
Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel (2002)
Biggie & Tupac (2002)
Journeys in Black (2001)
HipHop Story: Tha Movie (2001)
Welcome to Death Row (2001)
Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake... (2001)
2Pac: Letter 2 My Unborn (2001)
Suge Knight: On The Real Death Row Story (2001)
2Pac Feat. R.L. Hugger: Until the End of Time (2001)
I-5 North: Hiphopumentary (2001)
The Early Show (2000)
And Ya Don't Stop: Hip Hop's Greatest Videos, Vol. 1 (2000)
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (2000)
2Pac Feat. Outlawz: Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II) (1999)
2Pac: Unconditional Love (1999)
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity (1999)
Charlie Hustle: Blueprint of Self-Made Millionaire (1999)
2Pac Feat. Talent: Changes (1998)
2Pac Feat. Eric Williams: Do for Love (1998)
2Pac: I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto (1997)
Tupac Shakur: Thug Immortal (1997)
The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997)
Unsolved Mysteries (1997)
Rhyme & Reason (1997)
2Pac Feat. Snoop Dogg: Wanted Dead or Alive (1997)
Archive footage

Primetime (1996)
Top of the Pops (1996)
Composer

MTV Movie Special: Tupac Resurrection (2003)
2Pac Feat. Nas: Thugz Mansion (2002)
2Pac Feat. Talent: Changes (1998)
Makaveli Feat. Val Young: To Live & Die in L.A. (1996)
2Pac Feat. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman: California Love (1996)
2Pac Feat. Outlawz: Made Niggaz (1996)
2Pac: All About U (1996)
Makaveli Feat. Danny Boy, Aaron Hall, K-Ci & JoJo: Toss It Up (1996)
2pac Feat. Danny Boy: I Ain't Mad at Cha (1996)
2pac Feat. K-Ci & JoJo: How Do U Want It, Live (1996)
2pac Feat. K-Ci & JoJo: How Do U Want It (1996)
2Pac Feat. Outlawz: Hit 'Em Up (1996)
2Pac & Snoop Doggy Dogg: 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted (1996)
2Pac: Temptations (1995)
2Pac: So Many Tears (1995)
2Pac Feat. Wycked: Papa'z Song (1994)
2Pac: Keep Ya Head Up (1993)
2Pac: Holler If Ya Hear Me (1993)
2Pac Feat. Digital Underground: I Get Around (1993)
2Pac: Trapped (1992)
2Pac: If My Homie Calls (1992)
Composer

2Pac: Brenda's Got a Baby (1992)
Music Department

All Eyez on Me (2017)
Keyshia Cole Feat. 2Pac: Playa Cardz Right (2008)
2Pac Feat. T.I., Ashanti: Pac's Life (2006)
2Pac: Ghetto Gospel (2005)
2Pac: Letter 2 My Unborn (2001)
2Pac Feat. R.L. Hugger: Until the End of Time (2001)
2Pac Feat. Outlawz: Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II) (1999)
2Pac: Unconditional Love (1999)
2Pac Feat. Talent: Changes (1998)
2Pac Feat. Eric Williams: Do for Love (1998)
Jon B. & 2Pac: Are U Still Down (1998)
2Pac: I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto (1997)
Scarface Feat. Makaveli & Johnny P: Smile (1997)
Music Department

Makaveli Feat. Outlawz & Prince Ital Joe: Hail Mary (1997)
2Pac Feat. Snoop Dogg: Wanted Dead or Alive (1997)

Videos

Awards

3 wins & 12 nominations.

Did You Know

Recorded close to 150 songs during the final year of his life, and often completed three songs per day in the same period. Shakur also wrote lyrics in the studio and often performed his verses in one take. He felt that rappers who could not perform ...