Kid Cudi filmography


Kid Cudi is an American actor, producer, film composer, music video director and musician.
Having initially majored in film at the University of Toledo, before dropping out to pursue a career in music, Cudi would venture into acting in 2009, when he was cast in the HBO series How to Make It in America. Cudi would continue to hone his acting skills, starring alongside fellow American rapper Cage, in Maniac, a short horror film directed by American actor Shia LaBeouf. Cudi went on to appear in several feature films, including Goodbye World, Need for Speed, Entourage, Bill & Ted Face the Music, and Don't Look Up. In addition, he has made appearances on television shows such as One Tree Hill, The Cleveland Show, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Westworld. In 2015, he was the bandleader on the IFC series Comedy Bang! Bang! and in 2020 starred in the TV drama We Are Who We Are.
In 2020, Cudi launched production company Mad Solar, which went on to produce A Man Named Scott, a documentary storying Cudi's musical career, as well as Cudi's Netflix animated special Entergalactic, which Cudi co-created alongside fellow American producer Kenya Barris. In 2021, Cudi was credited as an executive producer on the award-winning film Malcolm & Marie. Mad Solar would also produce the critically acclaimed horror X, which Cudi starred in, and its prequel Pearl and sequel MaXXXine.
In March 2022, Cudi revealed he would be making his feature directorial debut with the Netflix film, Teddy, a project he’s also written and in which he’ll star. Cudi announced the news in a social media post, noting that he’d been working on the project since 2013. Fellow American musicians Jay-Z and Jeymes Samuel would serve as executives on the film, which was also produced by Bron Studios and Cudi's Mad Solar banner. Mad Solar is also set to produce a film adaptation of the coming-of-age campus novel Real Life, with Cudi set to star.

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010HimselfMini-documentary; packaged alongside the deluxe edition of Man on the Moon II
2011ManiacTwisted KillerShort film; also screenwriter, composer
2012Cruel SummerRafiShort film
2013Goodbye WorldLev Berkowitz
2013TacomaYanni
2014Need for SpeedSergeant Benny "Maverick" JacksonFeature film debut
2014Scott
2014Two Night StandCedric
2015EntourageAllen
2015MeadowlandJason
2015James WhiteNickAlso composer
2017Vincent N RoxxySuga
2017Killing HasselhoffHimself
2018The After PartyWilliamAlso composer
2019Drunk ParentsScottie Tow Driver
2019JexiHimself
2020Bill & Ted Face the MusicHimself
2021Malcolm & MarieExecutive producer
2021CrisisBen Walker
2021A Man Named ScottHimselfDocumentary film
2021Don't Look UpDJ Chello
2022XJackson HollisAlso executive producer
2022PearlExecutive producer
2023House PartyHimself
2023ParachuteJustin
2023CraterMichael Channing
2023Trolls Band TogetherClay
2023Silent NightDennis Vassel
2024MaXXXineExecutive producer
2024TrapThe Thinker
2025NeverlandVampireAlso writer
2025Happy Gilmore 2FBI agent
TBAUrsa Major BlairPost-production