Shad Gregory Moss (born March 9, 1987) is an American rapper and actor. As Lil' Bow Wow, Moss made his rap debut with Beware of Dog in 2000 at the age of 13. He followed with Doggy Bag in 2002 and became Bow Wow. He made his first movie appearance in All About the Benjamins, in 2002 as a cameo. In the same year, Bow Wow made his debut as the lead role in, Like Mike. He later began to undertake lead roles in movies such as Johnson Family Vacation in 2004, and Roll Bounce, in 2005. He played as a supporting role in the film, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift in 2006. His next few movies were Hurricane Season (2009), Lottery Ticket (2010), The Family Tree (2011), Madea's Big Happy Family (2011), Allegiance (2012), and Scary Movie 5 (2013). In 2015, he landed a supporting character role in the CSI spinoff series CSI: Cyber. Starting in 2017, he was a regular in the reality series Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta. In 2021, he reprised his role as Twinkie in the Fast & Furious sequel F9.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 9, 1987 (39)
- Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 26 on MovieCove · 37 credits in all
What are Shad Moss' films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 8
Light 7 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 3 · Intense 2
A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 3
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 3
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 2
Casual 7 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 0
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 3 of 7 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Calvin in Like Mike (2002)
- Tricksteras D.J. Johnson in Johnson Family Vacation (2004)
- Heroas Xavier 'X' in Roll Bounce (2005)
- Heroas Kevin Carson in Lottery Ticket (2010)
- Tricksteras Marcus 'Marc' Kingston-Persons in Are We There Yet? (2010)
- Shadowas Byron in Madea's Big Happy Family (2011)
- Allyas Brody Nelson in CSI: Cyber (2015)
Moods and endings
- Happy7
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
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 Shad Moss' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 22 of their 26 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).
- Hurricane Season (2009) · actor · free
- Roll Bounce (2005) · actor · free
- Madea's Big Happy Family (2011) · actor · free
- All About the Benjamins (2002) · actor · free
- The Steve Harvey Show (1996) · actor · free
- Like Mike (2002) · actor · free
- The Family Tree (2011) · actor · free
- The Masked Singer (2019) · actor · free
- Johnson Family Vacation (2004) · actor · free
- Allegiance (2012) · actor · free
- Are We There Yet? (2010) · actor · free
- Scary Movie 5 (2013) · actor · free
Subscription and free streaming for Shad Moss' 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
37 credits, 26 with a MovieCove page; 15 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
F9: The Fast Saga(2021)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
I Can See Your Voice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
In Broad Daylight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The Masked Singer(2019)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows
Furious 7(2015)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
CSI: Cyber(2015)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows
Scary Movie 5(2013)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Allegiance(2012)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
The Family Tree(2011)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Madea's Big Happy Family(2011)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Lottery Ticket(2010)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Hurricane Season(2009)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Are We There Yet?(2010)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
Ugly Betty(2006)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all showsFast Incorporated (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all filmsJamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Dizzy & Bop's Big Adventure: The Great Music Caper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Roll Bounce(2005)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
The Tyra Banks Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Entourage(2004)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Johnson Family Vacation(2004)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Like Mike(2002)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
All About the Benjamins(2002)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Smallville(2001)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Carmen: A Hip Hopera(2001)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
106 & Park (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
TRL (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
The Steve Harvey Show(1996)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Moesha(1996)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
WWE Monday Night RAW(1993)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
The Jenny Jones Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Career shape
Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 35 titles from 1991 to 2022; peak year 2001.
Biggest box office
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
Highest rated
Hurricane Season (2009)
Most popular right now
Are We There Yet? (2010)
Film career
Peak 2001 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 4 MovieCove titles. 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· Carmen: A Hip Hopera
- 2002First top-billed film· Like Mike
- 2002Breakout· Like Mike
- 2015Career best· CSI: Cyber
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; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Shad Moss' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 33rd percentile, the median of all 15; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th9
- Below 25th10
Shape of the crowd
15 of their 26 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive4
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed15
Reviewers score the acting 57/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 35. 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 Shad Moss' work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Shad Moss work with?
People who share at least 2 of Shad Moss' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Datari Turner shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Datari TurnerShared titles: Hip Hop Family Christmas Wedding (2022), Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Datari Turner
- Michael ElliotShared titles: Like Mike (2002), Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Elliot
Actors
- Loretta DevineShared titles: Madea's Big Happy Family (2011), Lottery Ticket (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Loretta Devine
- Brandon T. JacksonShared titles: Lottery Ticket (2010), Roll Bounce (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Brandon T. Jackson
- Charlie MurphyShared titles: Lottery Ticket (2010), Roll Bounce (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Charlie Murphy
- Ice CubeShared titles: Are We There Yet? (2010), Lottery Ticket (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Ice Cube
Composers and cinematographers
- Richard GibbsShared titles: Johnson Family Vacation (2004), Like Mike (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Gibbs
- Shawn MaurerShared titles: Johnson Family Vacation (2004), Like Mike (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Shawn Maurer
Mixed roles
- Da BratShared titles: Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta (2017), Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Da Brat
