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name: "muMs da Schemer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/craig-mums-grant"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 December 1968"
died: "24 March 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 78
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:58.805450+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# muMs da Schemer

Actor. Born 18 December 1968 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 24 March 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 December 1968, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 24 March 2021
- **Active:** 1997–2021
- **Also known as:** Craig muMs Grant, Craig 'muMs' Grant, muMs

## Biography

Craig muMs Grant, also credited as muMs da Schemer or Craig muMs Grant, was an American actor and poet. He was born on 18 December 1968 in New York City and raised in the Bronx. He died on 24 March 2021 in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Grant began his career in slam poetry as a member of the 1996 Nuyorican Poetry Slam team and appeared in the 1998 documentary *SlamNation*. He performed on seasons 2–4 of HBO's *Def Poetry Jam* and was a member of New York City's LAByrinth Theater Company. He attended Mount St. Michael Academy High School in the Bronx.

He was best known for playing Arnold 'Poet' Jackson, a recurring character across all six seasons of the HBO series *Oz* (1997–2003). Other credits include roles in *The Sopranos* (2006), *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (2013), *Marvel's Luke Cage* (2016), *Good Time* (2017), *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* (2014), *Side Effects* (2013) and *No Sudden Move* (2021).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *No Sudden Move* (2021), Fi1m 76, as Jimmy — [page](https://film.one/film/no-sudden-move.md)
- *Good Time* (2017), Fi1m 82, as Denny the Access-A-Ride Driver — [page](https://film.one/film/good-time.md)
- *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Broadway Man on Street — [page](https://film.one/film/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance.md)
- *Side Effects* (2013), Fi1m 70, as Wards Island Orderly — [page](https://film.one/film/side-effects.md)
- *Oz* (1997), Fi1m 80, as Poet — [page](https://film.one/tv/oz.md)

## Also known for

- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Eddie Baker
- *Marvel's Luke Cage* (2016), Squabbles aka Reggie
- *Bringing Out the Dead* (1999), Voice in Crowd
- *Dark Water* (2005), Platzer's Backseat Client
- *The Knick* (2014), Hernia Patient
- *Bull* (2016), Walter Mora
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), Cousin Chet
- *Nurse Jackie* (2009), Wayne

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