---
name: "Dr. Dre"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dr-dre"
fi1m_id: "dr-dre"
imdb_id: "nm0236564"
tmdb_id: 2041
wikidata_id: "Q6078"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "18 February 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T05:39:37.842441+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."
---

# Dr. Dre

## Identity

Dr. Dre

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dr-dre
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dr-dre
- **IMDb ID:** nm0236564
- **TMDB ID:** 2041
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6078
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dre, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6078, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0236564/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2041

Producer. Born 18 February 1965 in Compton, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 18 February 1965, Compton, California, USA
- **Active:** 2001–2015
- **Also known as:** Andre Young, Andre Romelle Young, N.W.A.
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 1 producing, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (1), 2010s 70 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dre, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6078, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0236564/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2041

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Training Day*](https://film.one/film/training-day.md) (80)
- **Netflix:** [*Straight Outta Compton*](https://film.one/film/straight-outta-compton.md) (76)
- **Apple TV:** [*Quincy*](https://film.one/film/quincy.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Dr. Dre

> Dr. Dre’s involvement in *Straight Outta Compton* gives us a lively account of musicians working together, but an unduly forgiving account of the men themselves. We recommend the film for its studio scenes, not its even-handedness.

In *Straight Outta Compton* (2015), Corey Hawkins makes Dr. Dre’s musical concentration look serious without making it solemn. The studio exchanges with O’Shea Jackson Jr.’s Ice Cube and Jason Mitchell’s Eazy-E leave room for jokes and the pleasure of working together. We laughed because the actors make these men funny without making them foolish. Dre is one of the film’s producers, and those passages make a good case for letting musicians help tell their own story.

His record production had moved from the raw, sample-driven N.W.A. album *Straight Outta Compton* (1988) to the G-funk of *The Chronic* (1992). Work with Snoop Dogg and later Eminem made developing other performers a substantial part of his job. His studio reputation rests on repeated takes and close control of the sound. The connection between his record and film work is direct: *Compton* (2015) was an album inspired by the biopic.

F. Gary Gray directs the film, with Dre and Ice Cube among its producers, and its treatment of those men is where our reservations begin. Their screen selves receive patient explanations that the women rarely get. We need not guess at conversations behind the scenes to notice that the women have too little space for wishes or grievances of their own. The group’s misogyny is largely sidestepped. A less protective account would have made the men more interesting, and given a strong cast more difficult things to do.

The other limitation is less delicate: the film spends too long arguing about contracts. Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff’s screenplay keeps returning to business disputes, and Paul Giamatti’s unease as Jerry Heller cannot make every discussion necessary. Those passages are a drag, particularly beside the humour and energy of the studio scenes. See it for the cast and the force of the music; keep some scepticism for the account its producers give of themselves.

## Biography

Dr. Dre, born Andre Romelle Young on 18 February 1965 in Compton, California, is an American rapper, record producer and actor. He is also credited as Andre Young and Andre Romelle Young, and as a member of N.W.A.

His acting credits include the role of Paul in *Training Day* (2001), Black Sam in *Set It Off* (1996) and Sean in *The Wash* (2001). He has also appeared as himself in documentaries such as *Tupac: Resurrection* (2003) and *The Defiant Ones* (2017). He is the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *Training Day* (2001), Fi1m 80, as Paul — [page](https://film.one/film/training-day.md)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Straight Outta Compton* (2015), Fi1m 76, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/straight-outta-compton.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Quincy* (2018), Fi1m 63, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/quincy.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *N.W.A.: Not Without Alonzo* (2025), Actor
- *Missionary* (2024), as Dr. Dre · Writer, Executive Producer
- *The DOC* (2022), Actor
- *Beats Music Presents: It Was A Good Day, The Live 90s Hip Hop Playlist* (2021), Actor
- *Lennox Lewis: The Untold Story* (2020), as Narrator
- *NWA & Eazy-E: The Kings of Compton* (2016), Actor
- *Unity* (2015), as Narrator (voice)
- *Straight Outta Compton* (2015), Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/straight-outta-compton.md)
- *The Robbery* (2009), Director
- *War* (2007), Additional Music
- *Mixtape, Inc.* (2007), Actor
- *The Game: The Documentary* (2005), Executive Producer
- *50 Cent | The New Breed* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Pauly Shore Is Dead* (2003), as Dr. Dre
- *Paperboys* (2001), as Songs
- *The Wash* (2001), as Sean · Executive Producer
- *Training Day* (2001), as Paul — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/training-day.md)
- *The Up in Smoke Tour* (2000), Writer
- *Whiteboyz* (1999), as Don Flip Crew #1
- *The Chris Rock Show* (1997), series, Actor
- *Set It Off* (1996), as Black Sam
- *E! True Hollywood Story* (1996), series, Actor
- *Murder Was the Case* (1995), Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Original Music Composer
- *Distorted Memory*, Music

## Gallery

- ![Dr. Dre](https://film.one/media/person/97390/gallery-8be64b1a5bd7.jpg) Dr. Dre — Commondr3ads, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Dr._Dre_in_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Coachella - Dr Dre & Snoop Dogg (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/97390/gallery-26de6c0f36ec.jpg) Coachella - Dr Dre & Snoop Dogg (2012) — lottebelice, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Coachella_-_Dr_Dre_%26_Snoop_Dogg.jpg/1280px-Coachella_-_Dr_Dre_%26_Snoop_Dogg.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dr.Dre in Vegas (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/97390/gallery-85bcafb0c6ee.jpg) Dr.Dre in Vegas (2013) — Jordan Miller | Propagandaphoto.net from Sherwood, OR, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Dr._Dre_2013-2.jpg/1280px-Dr._Dre_2013-2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dr.Dre in Vegas (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/97390/gallery-0ab21380f20d.jpg) Dr.Dre in Vegas (2013) — Jordan Miller | Propagandaphoto.net from Sherwood, OR, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Dr._Dre_2013-2_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dr. Dre](https://film.one/media/person/97390/gallery-0ab45ee38159.jpg) Dr. Dre — Image via TMDB
- ![Dr.Dre at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2012](https://film.one/media/person/97390/gallery-cefae9af9210.jpg) Dr.Dre at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2012 — Jason Persse, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Dr._Dre_at_Coachella_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dre Los Angeles Lakers vs Boston Celtics Game 7 (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/97390/gallery-1218b1a34f2c.jpg) Dre Los Angeles Lakers vs Boston Celtics Game 7 (2010) — Chris Yarzab, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Dre_Los_Angeles_Lakers_vs_Boston_Celtics_Game_7_%284711327342%29.jpg/1280px-Dre_Los_Angeles_Lakers_vs_Boston_Celtics_Game_7_%284711327342%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- California Hall of Fame 2014: California Hall of Fame (won)
- American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist 2001: American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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