Tone-Loc Movies
Ex-gang member Tone-Loc is probably best known for his hit 1989 rap songs "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina" than for his acting career. Nevertheless, Loc was not welcomed into the hip-hop community, despite his debut Loc-ed After Dark being only the second rap album to top the Billboard charts. After the poor performance of his second album, 1991's Cool Hand Loc, Loc... (read more) turned his attentions to acting. He appeared several times in Charles S. Dutton's sitcom Roc, and also had supporting roles in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Heat, and Titan A.E., among others.
Born Anthony Smith on March 3, 1966, in Los Angeles, Loc still lives in the city of his birth. He spends his free time hanging out with his children and, as he told the Iowa State Daily in 1999, finding ways to make money. He shouldn't have much trouble with the latter -- the rapper/actor put out a new album and tour in 2001, and took on a starring role in Thieves, a television series starring John Stamos. ~ Stephanie M. Kuenn, Rovi
Totally Awesome
2006
Chappelle's Show writer/producer/director Neal Brennan makes his feature directorial debut with this retro-minded comedy purported to have been produced in the 1980s but...
Code Hunter
R 2002
Terry Cunningham's cyber-thriller Code Hunter features an interactive game called SHOCK. The creator of the game steals the identity of the best SHOCK player in the whole...
Thieves [TV Series]
2001
This tongue-in-cheek ABC adventure series used the basic premise of the old Robert Wagner starrer It Takes a Thief, but with an attractive addition to the formula....
They Crawl
R 2001
After a fiery wreck involving half the city and a runaway bus, the coroner (Ken Lerner) discovers that the bus driver's body has no internal organs, which is eerily similar to...
C Bear and Jamal: Most Valuable Grandpa
2000
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C Bear and Jamal: The Truth and Nothing But the Truth
2000
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Titan A.E.
PG 2000
Titan A.E. combines cel and CG imagery in this science fiction saga. In 3028, after the Earth is destroyed by an invading alien race, a tiny number of surviving humans roam the...
C Bear and Jamal: The Prince and the Po' Boy
2000
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C Bear and Jamal: Dumbing Down
2000
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Freedom Strike
R 1998
In this high-flying action adventure, courageous American fighter pilots head skyward in hopes of preventing Arab rebels from terrorizing the nation. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
Fakin' Da Funk
R 1997
A theme of racial harmony underlies this comedy-drama. The couple Joe (Ernie Hudson) and Annabelle Lee (Pam Grier) learn the baby they are adopting is not black but Chinese....
C Bear and Jamal [Animated TV Series]
1996
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Touched By an Angel: Operation Smile
1995
While babysitting Emily (Kelsi Copier), a young girl with a cleft lip, Monica allows the child to play with a neighbor kid. This infuriates Emily's overprotective mother Ginger...
Heat
R 1995
A successful career criminal considers getting out of the business after one last score, while an obsessive cop desperately tries to put him behind bars in this intelligent...
Blank Check
PG 1994
This low-rent Disney comedy mines the Home Alone territory for labored laughs. Brian Bonsall stars as the eleven-year-old Preston Waters, who is low-kid on the family...
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
PG13 1994
When your dog, bird, or water-dwelling mammal disappears, who do you call? Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey) is a low-rent private eye who specializes in recovering lost animals, so...
Car 54, Where Are You?
PG13 1994
In this campy, nostalgic comedy based on a popular TV series from the early '60s, the two bungling cops Toody and Muldoon are assigned to guard a key witness who is planning to...
Poetic Justice
R 1993
R&B star Janet Jackson made an impressive film debut in Poetic Justice as Justice, a hairdresser at a small salon in South Central Los Angeles. Justice uses her poetry to...
Surf Ninjas
PG 1993
Also known as Surf Warriors, this film is a low-budget, offbeat comedy aimed at the teen audience. Two young surfer dudes from southern California, Johnny (Ernie Reyes, Jr.)...
Posse
R 1993
Writer, director, and star Mario Van Peebles tried to correct historical misconceptions about African-Americans on the frontier with this action-packed western that's also...