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Ol' Dirty Bastard

Ol' Dirty Bastard

Actor · Died November 13, 2004, aged 35 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Grammy Award nominee

Russell Tyrone Jones, better known by his stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard (often abbreviated as O.D.B.), was an American rapper and producer. He was one of the founding members of the Wu-Tang Clan, a rap group primarily from Staten Island, New York, which rose to mainstream prominence with its 1993 debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 15, 1968
Died
November 13, 2004 (aged 35)
From
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 6 credits in all

What are Ol' Dirty Bastard's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
26%
Power
26%
Ideas
18%
Morality
12%
Survival
11%
Society
7%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1

Steady 2 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 1

Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
1
Warm
1
Bittersweet
1
Cold
1
Contemplative
1
Other
2

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 Ol' Dirty Bastard's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Ol' Dirty Bastard's 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

6 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 9 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • ODB: Wu Tang Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 4 episodes · as As Himself

  • Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
  • Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Actor

  • The Replacements(2000)

    as O.D.B.

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
  • South Park(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Ol' Dirty Bastard (voice)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 30th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 6 titles from 1997 to 2024.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting5 of 6: 5 only acting, 0 with another roleOther crew1 of 6: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1990s1 · acting2000s4 · 3 acting · 1 crew2020s1 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Awards

3 major nominations and no wins, 1996–1999.

  1. 1999
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
  2. 1998
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Album
  3. 1996
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap 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 Ol' Dirty Bastard's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 65th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 23rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

23rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

23rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 4 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th1
  • Below 25th1

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.

Who does Ol' Dirty Bastard work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ol' Dirty Bastard's MovieCove titles; Damon Dash shares the most, 2.