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Birthday: Mar 10, 1963
Place of Birth: Lido Beach, New York, USA

Rick Rubin

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing Self 2006
Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free Himself 2021
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks Himself 1991
Chris Rock: Road To Live Special Self 2023
Krush Groove Rick 1985
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Self 2021
Fade to Black Self 2004
Sound City Self 2013
Circus Maximus Self 2023
One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das Himself 2013
500 Days in UCLA (Cut Footage Documentary) Self (archive footage) 2020
Beastie Boys Story Self (archive footage) 2020
Men Don't Leave Craig 1990
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: World Record: The Making Of - A Chronicle of the Music Himself 2022
Johnny Cash: American Rebel Self 2015
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird Self 2023
Run DMC: Forever Kings Subject 2004
May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers Himself 2017
808 Self 2015
Tougher Than Leather Vic Ferrante 1988
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones Self 2003
The Cult: Pure Cult Anthology 1984-1995 2001
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream Self 2007
Jim Jones - This Is Jim Jones Self 2009
Black Sabbath: 13 Himself 2013
Tom Petty: Going Home Self 1994
The Making of Minutes to Midnight Self 2007
Linkin Park: Meeting of A Thousand Suns Self 2010
Truth to Power Self 2020
The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne Self 2020
Johnny Cash: The Last Great American Self 2004
I Am Johnny Cash Self 2015
Series Cast Year
The Shop Self 2018
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy Self (voice) (archive footage) 2022
McCartney 3, 2, 1 Self 2021
Shangri-La 2019
This Is Pop Self (archive footage) 2021
Saturday Night Live Self - Musical Guest 1975
The Hip Hop Years Self 1999
WWE SmackDown Self 1999
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