Rick Rubin

Known for ActingBorn 1963-03-10 (age 63)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.Read more

Movies & web series

500 Days in UCLA (Cut Footage Documentary)

Johnny Cash: The Last Great American

Johnny Cash - Manhattan Center

The Making of Minutes to Midnight

Tom Petty: Going Home

McCartney 3, 2, 1

Linkin Park: Meeting of A Thousand Suns

Johnny Cash: American Rebel

Soundbreaking

May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers

Beastie Boys Story

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream

One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones

The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

WrestleMania 41: Saturday

Sound City

Shangri-La

WWE Friday Night SmackDown

808

jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy

Thank You Very Much

Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird

The Cult: Pure Cult Anthology 1984-1995

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks

The Hip Hop Years

Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free

Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing

I Am Johnny Cash

Saturday Night Live

Circus Maximus

JAY-Z: Fade to Black

Less Than Zero

Men Don't Leave

Krush Groove

This Is Pop

A Little Inappropriate

Rage Against the Machine: Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium

The Shop

Tougher Than Leather

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Truth to Power

Chris Rock: Road To Live Special

whyrush?

Neil Young & Crazy Horse: World Record: The Making Of - A Chronicle of the Music

Black Sabbath: 13

Jim Jones - This Is Jim Jones

Run DMC: Forever Kings