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RZA

RZA

Birthday: 1969-07-05 | Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, better known by his stage name RZA or The RZA ( /ˈrɪzə/; born July 5, 1969), is an American Grammy-winning music producer, multi-instrumentalist, author, rapper, and occasional actor, director, and screenwriter. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the Wu-Tang Clan. He has produced almost all of Wu-Tang Clan's albums as well as many Wu-Tang solo and affiliate projects. He is widely considered one of the most influential and landmark hip-hop producers of all time. He subsequently gained attention for his work scoring and acting in films. He has also released solo albums under the alter-ego Bobby Digital. In addition to the Wu-Tang Clan and his solo releases, RZA was also a founding member of the horrorcore rap group Gravediggaz where he used the name The Rzarector. He has also acted in several movies including Coffee and Cigarettes, American Gangster, Gospel Hill, Life Is Hot in Cracktown, Ghost Dog, Funny People, Derailed, Due Date and Repo Men. In 2008, RZA was ranked number four on About.com's best hip hop producers of all time list. Description above from the Wikipedia article RZA, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Clean

as    Pawn Shop Kurt

2021
Nobody

as    Harry Mansell

2021
Hard Luck Love Song

as    Louis

2020
Life in a Year

as    Ron

2019
2018
2016
Mr. Right

as    Shotgun Steve

2015
AWOL-72

as    Det. Adams

2015
The Man with the Iron Fists 2

as    The Blacksmith

2014
Gang Related

as    Cassius Green

2014
The Protector 2

as    Mr. LC

2014
Brick Mansions

as    Tremaine

2012
The Man with the Iron Fists

as    Blacksmith

2010
Due Date

as    Airport Screener

2010
The Next Three Days

as    Mouss

2010
Repo Men

as    T-Bone

2009
Funny People

as    Chuck

2009
How Bruce Lee Changed the World

as    Interviewee

2008
2008
Gospel Hill

as    Lonnie

2007
The Box

as    Duece

2007
American Gangster

as    Moses Jones