Acting
Rick Rubin
1963-03-10 · Lido Beach, New York, USA
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.
Known for
Saturday Night Live
Less Than Zero
Sound City
Beastie Boys Story
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
Krush Groove
McCartney 3, 2, 1
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
Men Don't Leave
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
808
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks
Circus Maximus
Movie credits · 43
Portrait of an Artist: Stephen Curry
The Strokes: In Transit: Part II
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
Thank You Very Much
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird
Circus Maximus
whyrush?
Chris Rock: Road To Live Special
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: World Record: The Making Of - A Chronicle of the Music
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free
The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne
Beastie Boys Story
Truth to Power
500 Days in UCLA (Cut Footage Documentary)
May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
808
I Am Johnny Cash
Black Sabbath: 13
One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das
Sound City
Linkin Park: Meeting of A Thousand Suns
Jim Jones - This Is Jim Jones
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
The Making of Minutes to Midnight
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
JAY-Z: Fade to Black
Johnny Cash: The Last Great American
Run DMC: Forever Kings
Rage Against the Machine: Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
The Cult: Pure Cult Anthology 1984-1995
Johnny Cash - Manhattan Center
Tom Petty: Going Home
SMW Thanksgiving Thunder 1993
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks
AAA Travel Video Series: Appalachian Trail
Danzig: Home Video
Men Don't Leave
TV credits · 11
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