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Method Man
Method Man in 2010
Background information
Birth name	Clifford Smith, Jr.
Also known as	Johnny Blaze, Tical, Shakwon the Panty Raider,[1] Shotgun
Born	(1971-03-02) March 2, 1971 (age 53) Long Island, New York, U.S.
Genres	East Coast hip hop
Occupations	Rapper songwriter record producer actor
Discography	Method Man discography
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Def Jam Island Def Jam Tommy Boy RBC Wu-Tang Productions
Member of	Wu-Tang Clan Method Man & Redman

Clifford Smith, Jr. ^[2] (born March 2, 1971),^[3] better known by his stage name Method Man, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. He is a member of the East Coast hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, and is half of the hip hop duo Method Man & Redman. He took his stage name from the 1979 film Method Man.^[4] In 1996, Method Man won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By", featuring R&B singer Mary J. Blige, with whom he currently stars in Power Book II: Ghost, a spin-off of Power.

Method Man has appeared in films such as 187 (1997), Belly (1998), How High (2001), Garden State (2004), The Wackness (2008), Venom (2005), Red Tails (2012), Keanu (2016), and The Cobbler (2014). He and frequent collaborator rapper Redman co-starred on the short-lived Fox television sitcom Method & Red. He has also had recurring roles in three HBO series, as Tug Daniels in Oz, Melvin "Cheese" Wagstaff in The Wire, and Rodney in The Deuce.^[5] Method Man also appeared in the TBS comedy series The Last O.G..