O'Shea Jackson Sr., known professionally as Ice Cube was born in Crenshaw, California, United States, on June 15, 1969, is an American rapper and actor. Young Ice Cube first started his career as a rapper and songwriter. He made big screen debut in coming-of-age hood drama film Boyz n the Hood (1991) in his breakthrough role as Darin "Doughboy" Baker. He got his television debut in Fox sitcom The Sinbad Show (1994) in episode "The Mr. Science Show", in role as Himself. He released his debut solo studio album "AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted" in 1990. He landed his directorial debut with black comedy drama thriller film The Players Club (1998), which he also wrote and starred in role as Reggie.
How tall is Ice Cube and what is his weight? Ice Cube's height is 5' 8" іn fееt аnd іnсhеѕ or 173 іn cеntіmеtrеѕ, his weight is 185 іn pоunds or 84 іn kіlоgrаmѕ. He is 55 years old. His shoe size is 10 US | 43 EU.
Ice Cube
June 15, 1969
55 years old
United States
Gemini
Black
Dark Brown
5 ft 8 in | 173 cm
$160 Million
84 kg | 185 lbs
10 US | 43 EU
He portrayed Craig Jones in buddy stoner comedy films:
Friday (1995)
Next Friday (2000)
Friday After Next (2002)
He played Rubeus Hagrid in Barbershop movie franchise:
Barbershop (2002), for which he was nominated for the Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture and a Black Reel Award for Theatrical - Best Actor
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004), for which he was nominated for the BET Comedy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Box Office Movie
Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016), for which he was nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor: Comedy
He portrayed Detective James Payton in comedy movies:
Ride Along (2014)
Ride Along 2 (2016), for which he was nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor: Comedy
He played Capt. Dickson in buddy cop comedie films:
21 Jump Street (2012)
22 Jump Street (2014)
He won the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor for his role as Darin "Doughboy" Baker in coming-of-age hood drama movie Boyz n the Hood (1991).
He was nominated for the Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his role as Fudge in drama movie Higher Learning (1995).
He won the All Def Movie Award for Best Black Survivor in a Movie for his role as Danny Rich in adventure horror film Anaconda (1997).
He portrayed Nick Persons in family comedy films:
Are We There Yet? (2005), for which he was nominated for the BET Comedy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Theatrical Film
Are We Done Yet? (2007)
He played Darius Stone / XXX in action spy movies:
XXX: State of the Union (2005)
XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017)
He was nominated for the Black Reel Award for Theatrical - Best Supporting Actor and won the Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Action Team for his role as Sgt. Chief Elgin in satirical black comedy war film Three Kings (1999).
Trespass (1992) action as Savon
Ghosts of Mars (2001) science fiction action horror as James 'Desolation' Williams
All About the Benjamins (2002) buddy action comedy as Bucum
Fist Fight (2017) comedy as Strickland
The High Note (2020) comedy drama as Jack Robertson
He was nominated for the Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Terrence Kingston in TBS sitcom Are We There Yet? (2010-2013).
Attended George Washington Preparatory High School.
Graduated from William Howard Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California.
Studied at Phoenix Institute of Technology.
Has older brother, Clyde and half-sister, Beverley Jean Brown.
Has African-American ancestry.
He released first studio album with NWA "N.W.A. and the Posse" in 1987.
He left N.W.A in 1989.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of N.W.A in 2016.
He released studio albums:
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990)
Death Certificate (1991)
The Predator (1992)
Lethal Injection (1993)
War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc) (1998)
War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc) (2000)
Laugh Now, Cry Later (2006)
Raw Footage (2008)
I Am the West (2010)
Everythang's Corrupt (2018)
Good friends with Ice-T and Kevin Hart.
Founded his own production company, Cube Vision in 1999.
Has his own clothing line, Solo by Cube.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6752 Hollywood Boulevard in 2017.
Lives in Los Angeles, California, United States.
He started dating Kimberly Woodruff in 1985, the couple got married in 1992, they have three sons: Darrell Jackson, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Shareef and one daughter, Kareema.