Suge Knight

Acting

Suge Knight

Born April 19, 1965Compton, California, USA21 credits

An American record producer, music executive, and a former replacement player as an American football defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He is the co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records. Death Row Records rose to dominate the rap charts after Dr. Dre's breakthrough album The Chronic in 1992. After several years of chart successes for artists including Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Outlawz and Tha Dogg Pound, Death Row Records stagnated after Knight's incarceration on probation violation charges in September 1996 and went bankrupt in 2006. In February 2015, Knight was charged with murder and attempted murder following a fatal hit-and-run in Compton, California. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. Known gang banger of at least two Blood gangs. Was driving the car that Tupac Shakur was shot in on September 7, 1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tupac died six days later.

Known For

Filmography

Sean Combs: The Reckoning
2025Sean Combs: The Reckoning
as Self - Founder of Death Row Records (archive footage)TV
Who Killed Biggie and Tupac?
2022Who Killed Biggie and Tupac?
as Self (archive footage)Movie
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2022BODR (Bacc On Death Row)
as Self (archive footage)Movie
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
2021Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
as Self - Co-Founder, Death Row Records (archive footage)Movie
Who Killed Tupac?
2017Who Killed Tupac?
as Self (archive footage)Movie
The Defiant Ones
2017The Defiant Ones
as Self (archive footage)TV
V
2012Vanilla Ice Archive
as Self (archive footage)Movie
Tupac: Resurrection
2003Tupac: Resurrection
as Self (archival)Movie
Welcome to Death Row
2001Welcome to Death Row
as Self - CEO, Death Row Records (archive footage)Movie
Death Row Uncut
2000Death Row Uncut
as Self (archive footage)Movie
Murder Was the Case
1995Murder Was the Case
Executive ProducerMovie