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Sean 'Diddy' Combs

Sean 'Diddy' Combs

Actor and producer, also writer · Born November 4, 1969 (56) · New York City, New York, USA

Primetime Emmy nominee · 2 other major award bodies

Sean Love Combs (born Sean John Combs; November 4, 1969), also known by his stage names Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, or Diddy, is an American rapper, actor, record producer, and record executive. Born in New York City, he worked as a talent director at Uptown Records before founding his own record label, Bad Boy Records in 1993. Combs has produced and cultivated artists such as the Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, and Usher. Combs' debut album, No Way Out (1997), has been certified seven times platinum. The album was followed by Forever (1999), The Saga Continues... (2001), and Press Play (2006), all of which were commercially successful. In 2009, Combs created and produced the musical group Diddy – Dirty Money; they released their successful debut album Last Train to Paris in 2010. Combs has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards and is the producer of MTV's Making the Band. In 2022, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$1 billion. In 1998, he launched his own clothing line Sean John. He was nominated for the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Award for Menswear Designer of the Year in 2000 and won in 2004. In late 2023, Combs settled a high-profile sexual assault and abuse lawsuit filed by his former partner Cassie Ventura. Numerous lawsuits regarding sexual misconduct were filed in the following months, with several claimants alleging sexual assault and abuse by Combs between 1991 and 2009. A year later, several of Combs's properties were raided by the Department of Homeland Security, and that September he was charged with federal sex trafficking, transportation to engage in prostitution, and racketeering. In May 2025, Combs was criminally tried for sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. He was found not guilty in all but two transportation charges, for which he was sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison and a $500,000 fine.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 4, 1969 (56)
From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor and producer, also writer
Titles
24 on MovieCove · 35 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 27% in 30 days

What are Sean 'Diddy' Combs' films like?

Across their 22 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Genres

Documentary14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 71st percentile
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
31%
Society
21%
Power
15%
Bonds
14%
Morality
10%
Survival
5%
Ideas
4%
Ambition9 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame6 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 21 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 9 · Serious 5 · Dark 7

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 19 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 6 · Charged 10 · Intense 5

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 10 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 16 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Contemplative
10
Melancholic
8
Hopeful
8
Warm
5
Other
20

How their films linger

Hopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous8

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Sean 'Diddy' Combs' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 23 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Sean 'Diddy' Combs' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

35 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page; 97 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Insider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 1 episode · as P. Diddy

  • The French Montana Story: For Khadija(2023)

    Executive Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Machine Gun Kelly's Life in Pink(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Mary J Blige's My Life(2021)

    Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell(2021)

    Executive Producer · as Self - aka Puff Daddy

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Two Distant Strangers(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Girls Trip(2017)

    as Sean 'Diddy' Combs aka Puff Daddy

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • Dope(2015)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Black-ish(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Elroy Savoy

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • Draft Day(2014)

    as Chris Crawford

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Muppets Most Wanted(2014)

    as Sean Combs

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • WWE WrestleMania 29 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Sean Combs (Musical Guest)

  • Undefeated(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Hawaii Five-0(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Reggie Williams

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • I'm Still Here(2010)

    Thanks · as Sean Combs

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Get Him to the Greek(2010)

    as Sergio Roma

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • P. Diddy's Starmaker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 6 episodes · Creator · Producer

  • Notorious(2009)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Daddy's Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 15 episodes · Creator · Producer

  • I Want to Work for Diddy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 20 episodes · Producer

  • A Raisin in the Sun(2008)

    Executive Producer · as Walter Lee Younger

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Celebrity Cooking Showdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 5 episodes · Producer

  • Getting Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Executive Music Producer

  • Run's House(2005)

    Show 60 episodes · Creator · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Carlito's Way: Rise to Power(2005)

    as Hollywood Nicky

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Jinx

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Actor

  • Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary... The Hits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Actor

  • Bad Boys II(2003)

    Executive Music Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • CSI: Miami(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · as Derek Powell

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Actor

  • Monster's Ball(2001)

    as Lawrence Musgrove

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Made(2001)

    as Ruiz

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Steve Harvey Show(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Puff Daddy

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 90th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 33 titles from 1996 to 2025; peak year 2001.

Biggest box office

Monster's Ball (2001)

$45M worldwide

Highest rated

Undefeated (2011)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

Draft Day (2014)

Film career

19962025

Peak 2001 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2001Screen debut· Made
  • 2008First top-billed film· A Raisin in the Sun

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting20 of 33: 17 only acting, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score59thDirecting1 of 33: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleProducing12 of 33: 8 only producing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score70thMusic2 of 33: 2 only music, 0 with another roleOther crew4 of 33: 0 only other crew, 4 with another role

33 titles, 6 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1990s1 · acting2000s17 · 9 acting · 10 crew2010s10 · 9 acting · 2 crew2020s5 · 1 acting · 4 crew

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 14% of 7 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

Awards

3 major awards from 16 major nominations, 1996–2024.

WinNomination
  1. 2024
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Progressive R&B Album
  2. 2016
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Song
  3. 2009
    • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
  4. 2008
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Made for Television Movie
  5. 2004
    • Grammy Award, won · Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
  6. 2003
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
  7. 2002
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
  8. 2000
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
Show 2 earlier years
  1. 1998
    • Grammy Award, won · Best Rap Album
    • Grammy Award, won · Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best New Artist
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Album
    • Grammy Award, nominated ×2 · Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rhythm & Blues Song
  2. 1996
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best R&B Album

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Sean 'Diddy' Combs' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 67th percentile, the median of all 18; across their 21 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Reach · how many have seen their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Midcredits score across 24 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 24 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser12
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor, producer

The French Montana Story: For Khadija (2023)

99th percentile spread · 33% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Undefeated (2011)

Midcredits 96th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 56/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Sean 'Diddy' Combs' work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 65 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles29–81 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 73 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 67 · intenseMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 74 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Sean 'Diddy' Combs work with?

People who share at least 2 of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Brian Aabech shares the most, 3.

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles