Suge Knight
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.
Acting
Movie
Tupac: Resurrection
as Self (archival)
2003
Movie
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
as Self - Co-Founder, Death Row Records (archive footage)
2021
TV
The Defiant Ones
as Self (archive footage)
2017
TV
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
as Self - Founder of Death Row Records (archive footage)
2025
TV
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
as Self - CEO, Death Row Records (archive footage)
2025
Movie
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
as Self (voice)
2024
TV
Last Call with Carson Daly
as Self
2002
Movie
Tupac: Live at the House of Blues
as Self
2005
Movie
Welcome to Death Row
as Self - CEO, Death Row Records (archive footage)
2001
Movie
Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie and Tupac
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Movie
One Night in Vegas
as Self
2010
Movie
American Dream/American Knightmare
as Self
2018
Movie
Tupac Assassination Conspiracy Or Revenge
as Self
2009
Movie
Death Row Uncut
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Movie
Who Killed Tupac?
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Movie
Suge Knight: On The Real Death Row Story
as Himself
2001
Movie
BODR (Bacc On Death Row)
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Movie
Who Killed Biggie and Tupac?
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Movie
Married to the Game: The Real Inside Story of Death Row
as Self
2009
Movie
Vanilla Ice Archive
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Movie
Horrifying Hollywood Murders
as Self
