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Rick Rubin

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Rick Rubin

Born Mar 10, 1963 · 63 years53 titles 42 movies · 11 TV
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Biography

Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin (born March 10, 1963) is an American record executive and record producer. He is a co-founder (alongside Russell Simmons) of Def Jam Recordings, founder of American Recordings, and former co-president of Columbia Records. Rubin helped popularize hip-hop by producing records for acts such as the Beastie Boys, Geto Boys, Run-DMC, Public Enemy, and LL Cool J. He has also produced hit records for acts from a variety of other genres, predominantly heavy metal (Danzig, Metallica, and Slayer), alternative rock (the Cult, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Strokes and Weezer), hard rock (Audioslave and Aerosmith), nu-metal (Linkin Park, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down), and country (Johnny Cash and the Chicks). In 2007, Rubin was called "the most important producer of the last 20 years" by MTV and was named on Time's list of the "100 Most Influential People in the World". His first book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, was published in January 2023.

Also known as

Frederick Jay Rubin · Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin

Born

Mar 10, 1963

Lido Beach, New York, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

45

Acting credits

2

Directing

1

Writing

11

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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1975 1 title(s)

1985 1 title(s)

1987 1 title(s)

1988 1 title(s)

1990 2 title(s)

1991 2 title(s)

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1999 2 title(s)

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2010 1 title(s)

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2015 3 title(s)

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2020 4 title(s)

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2026 1 title(s)

Undated 1 title(s)