Mos Def Profile

Birth Name: Dante Terrell Smith

Nicknames:
Mighty Mos Def
The Freaky Night Watchman
Boogie Man
Black Dante
Dante Beze

Birth Date: December 11th, 1973

Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York City

Genres:
Hip Hop

Height: 5' 9" (176 cm)

Spouse:
Maria Yepes (1996 - 2006) (divorced)

Debut Album: Black Star (with Talib Kweli) (1998)

Associated Acts:
Black Star

Filmography
Little Scarlet (2008)as Mouse
The Brazilian Job (2008) as Left Ear
Stringbean and Marcus (2007)
Keep Coming Back (2007)
Toussaint (2007)
Be Kind Rewind (2007)
Journey to the End of the Night (2006) as Wemba
16 Blocks (2006) as Eddie Bunker
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) as Ford Prefect
The Woodsman (2004) as Sgt. Lucas
The Italian Job (2003) as Left Ear
Brown Sugar (2002) as Chris 'Cav' Anton Vichon
Civil Brand (2002) as Michael Meadows
Showtime (2002) as Lazy Boy
Monster's Ball (2001) as Ryrus Cooper
Bamboozled (2000) as Mau Mau: Big Blak Afrika (Julius Hopkins)
Where's Marlowe? (1998) as Wilt Crawley
Ghosts (1997/I) as Dante
The Hard Way (1991) (as Dante Smith) as Dead Romeos

Did You Know:
He is a vegetarian