---
name: "Ludacris"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ludacris"
fi1m_id: "ludacris"
imdb_id: "nm0524839"
tmdb_id: 8171
wikidata_id: "Q193676"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 September 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-13T04:18:52.927245+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."
---

# Ludacris

## Identity

Ludacris

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ludacris
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ludacris
- **IMDb ID:** nm0524839
- **TMDB ID:** 8171
- **Wikidata ID:** Q193676
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludacris, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193676, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0524839/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8171

Actor. Born 11 September 1977 in Champaign, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 September 1977, Champaign, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 2003–present
- **Also known as:** Christopher Bridges, Chris Bridges,  Christopher Brian Bridges, C. Bridges, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, 루다크리스, 路達克里斯, لوداکریس, لودا کریس, ლუდაკრისი 
- **Frequently works with:** [Neal H. Moritz](https://film.one/person/neal-h-moritz.md), [Tyrese Gibson](https://film.one/person/tyrese-gibson.md), [Vin Diesel](https://film.one/person/vin-diesel.md), [Michelle Rodriguez](https://film.one/person/michelle-rodriguez.md), [Chris Morgan](https://film.one/person/chris-morgan.md), [Justin Lin](https://film.one/person/justin-lin.md), [Paul Walker](https://film.one/person/paul-walker-8167.md), [Dwayne Johnson](https://film.one/person/dwayne-johnson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 58 (2), 2010s 68 (4), 2020s 61 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 65 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 8 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 7, Crime 7, Thriller 6, Adventure 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $5,932m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludacris, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193676, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0524839/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8171

## Coming up

- *Groove Tails* (2027-08-19), as (voice)

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Fast Five*](https://film.one/film/fast-five.md) (72), [*Fast & Furious 6*](https://film.one/film/fast-and-furious-6.md) (70), [*Furious 7*](https://film.one/film/furious-7.md) (66), [*2 Fast 2 Furious*](https://film.one/film/2-fast-2-furious.md) (61)
- **Peacock:** [*F9*](https://film.one/film/f9.md) (64), [*Fast X*](https://film.one/film/fast-x.md) (58)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Crash*](https://film.one/film/crash-2005.md) (54)

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

## Fi1m on Ludacris

> Ludacris is a quick, dry talker in ensembles. *Crash* (2005) gave him jokes and an argument on a Los Angeles street; the *Fast & Furious* films have given him seven outings as Tej, a mechanic turned hacker, and rarely a scene of his own.

Anthony walks down a white street in Los Angeles and explains to his friend Peter why the two of them are the ones who ought to be frightened. He is right about enough of it to be funny, and that is the best writing Paul Haggis gives Ludacris in *Crash* (2005). The actor knows what to do with it: he gets the jokes, and he gets them without reaching. We laughed, and then felt the film's hand on our shoulder, because Haggis has built the scene so that the joke can be turned into a lesson, and we could see the turn coming before Anthony could.

That is the career in miniature. He began as a rapper and a radio DJ in Atlanta, made an acting debut in *The Wash* (2001), and was given his first real part by John Singleton as Tej Parker in *2 Fast 2 Furious* (2003), a role that sat close to the public persona and did not ask him to leave it. Then came 2005 and two films in a year, *Crash*, written to put some distance between the actor and the name on the record sleeve, and *Hustle & Flow*, in which he played a rapper called Skinny Black. *RocknRolla* (2008), for Guy Ritchie, followed. He went back to the garage for *Fast Five* (2011) and has played Tej in seven of the films, through *Fast X* (2023), while the character was upgraded from mechanic to hacker to someone who can also throw a punch.

What he does well is talk. His timing in a crowd is quick and unforced, and the bickering with Tyrese Gibson's Roman, across seven films now, is a double act that works because neither man waits for the laugh. What the *Fast* films rarely do is give him a scene of his own. In *Fast X* Tej is in London with Roman, Ramsey and Han, one of three strands the script never gets back into a room, and somewhere in that strand we stopped following and were waiting for Jason Momoa to come back. That is not the actor's failure. It is what happens when a part is defined by its equipment.

He has said he tells the writers that if his character does not grow he would consider not being part of it. After seven appearances the growth is mostly in the hardware. If you want to see what he can do when a script hands him an argument, it is the stretch of *Crash* in which Anthony is allowed to be the smartest person on the street, before the film decides what he is for.

## Biography

Ludacris, born Christopher Brian Bridges, is an American rapper and actor. He was born on 11 September 1977 in Champaign, Illinois, and later moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he attended Georgia State University.

He began his career as a rapper before making his film debut as Tej Parker in *2 Fast 2 Furious* (2003). He has reprised the role in multiple entries in the *Fast & Furious* series, including *Fast Five* (2011), *Fast & Furious 6* (2013), *Furious 7* (2015), *The Fate of the Furious* (2017), *F9* (2021) and *Fast X* (2023). Other film roles include *Crash* (2004) and *Hustle & Flow* (2005).

*Sources: imdb.com, britannica.com, screenrant.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Fast X* (2023), Fi1m 58, as Tej — [page](https://film.one/film/fast-x.md)
- *F9* (2021), Fi1m 64, as Tej Parker — [page](https://film.one/film/f9.md)
- *The Fate of the Furious* (2017), Fi1m 63, as Tej Parker — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fate-of-the-furious.md)
- *Furious 7* (2015), Fi1m 66, as Tej Parker — [page](https://film.one/film/furious-7.md)
- *Fast & Furious 6* (2013), Fi1m 70, as Tej Parker — [page](https://film.one/film/fast-and-furious-6.md)
- *Fast Five* (2011), Fi1m 72, as Tej Parker — [page](https://film.one/film/fast-five.md)
- *Crash* (2005), Fi1m 54, as Anthony — [page](https://film.one/film/crash-2005.md)
- *2 Fast 2 Furious* (2003), Fi1m 61, as Tej Parker — [page](https://film.one/film/2-fast-2-furious.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

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

- *Groove Tails* (2027), as (voice)
- *Dashing Through the Snow* (2023), as Eddie Garrick
- *Fast X* (2023), as Tej — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/fast-x.md)
- *End of the Road* (2022), as Reggie Beaumont
- *2021 World Series Champions: Atlanta Braves* (2021), as Narrator
- *Karma’s World* (2021), series, as Conrad Grant (voice)
- *F9* (2021), as Tej Parker — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/f9.md)
- *John Henry* (2020), as Hell · Executive Producer
- *Deion's Double Play* (2019), as Narrator (voice)
- *Show Dogs* (2018), as Max (voice)
- *The Ride* (2018), as Eldridge Buultjens · Executive Producer
- *The Fate of the Furious* (2017), as Tej Parker — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fate-of-the-furious.md)
- *Inside the Label* (2016), series, Actor
- *Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow* (2015), as Narrator (voice)
- *Furious 7* (2015), as Tej Parker — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/furious-7.md)
- *Empire* (2015), series, as Officer Mcknight
- *Being Mary Jane* (2013), series, as Terence Mitchell
- *Fast & Furious 6* (2013), as Tej Parker — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fast-and-furious-6.md)
- *Doc McStuffins* (2012), series, as Gus (voice)
- *New Year's Eve* (2011), as Brendan
- *Breakaway* (2011), as Ludacris
- *Fast Five* (2011), as Tej Parker — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/fast-five.md)
- *No Strings Attached* (2011), as Wallace
- *Plies: Goon In the Trap* (2010), Actor
- *Gamer* (2009), as Humanz Brother
- *Max Payne* (2008), as Jim Bravura
- *RocknRolla* (2008), as Mickey
- *Battleground Earth* (2008), series, Actor
- *Ball Don't Lie* (2008), as Julius
- *Fred Claus* (2007), as DJ Donnie
- *Katt Williams: American Hustle* (2007), as Ludacris
- *Hustle & Flow* (2005), as Skinny Black
- *Ludacris - The Red Light District* (2005), Music
- *Crash* (2005), as Anthony — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/crash-2005.md)
- *Lil' Pimp* (2005), as Weathers (voice)
- *DJ Domination: World Domination* (2004), Actor
- *Eve* (2003), series, as Rufus
- *Groupies* (2003), Actor
- *2 Fast 2 Furious* (2003), as Tej Parker, Songs — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/2-fast-2-furious.md)
- *Paper Chasers* (2003), Actor
- *The Wash* (2001), as Customer
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Darius Parker
- *Making the Video* (1999), series, Actor
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Ludacris (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Limited Edition*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Ludacris at Taste of Minnesota festival Downtown Minneapolis.](https://film.one/media/person/18151/gallery-142f64602bcb.jpg) Ludacris at Taste of Minnesota festival Downtown Minneapolis. — Taylor Dahlin, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/7.6.2025_-_Ludacris_at_Taste_of_MN%2C_Downtown_Minneapolis_%2854649059703%29.jpg/1280px-7.6.2025_-_Ludacris_at_Taste_of_MN%2C_Downtown_Minneapolis_%2854649059703%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ludacris (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/18151/gallery-3ba63628c47c.jpg) Ludacris (2009) — Kelseymariebell, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Crop_3.jpg/1280px-Crop_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Fast Five cast (Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Jordana Brewster, Ludacris & the Rock: Dwayne Johnson) pre-interview. (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/18151/gallery-00e3e2350646.jpg) Fast Five cast (Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Jordana Brewster, Ludacris & the Rock: Dwayne Johnson) pre-interview. (2011) — Jack Zalium, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Fast_Five_Cast.jpg/1280px-Fast_Five_Cast.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Fast Five cast (Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Jordana Brewster, Ludacris & the Rock: Dwayne Johnson) with Natalie Morales for NBC 'The Today Show'. Photo backgro (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/18151/gallery-1d12135b67c4.jpg) Fast Five cast (Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Jordana Brewster, Ludacris & the Rock: Dwayne Johnson) with Natalie Morales for NBC 'The Today Show'. Photo backgro (2011) — Jack Zalium, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Fast_Five_Cast_2.jpg/1280px-Fast_Five_Cast_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ludacris](https://film.one/media/person/18151/gallery-030be1b99081.jpg) Ludacris — Image via TMDB
- ![Ludacris](https://film.one/media/person/18151/gallery-e00b5f6a07bd.jpg) Ludacris — Image via TMDB
- ![Ludacris](https://film.one/media/person/18151/gallery-9293eb5b93e9.jpg) Ludacris — Image via TMDB
- ![Ludacris performs during Fort Wainwright's summer concert June 5. The outdoor concert featured performances by rapper and movie star Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, c (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/18151/gallery-73644cfffd62.jpg) Ludacris performs during Fort Wainwright's summer concert June 5. The outdoor concert featured performances by rapper and movie star Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, c (2021) — Eve Baker, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Fort_Wainwright_hosts_first_summer_concert_in_two_years_%281%29.jpg/1280px-Fort_Wainwright_hosts_first_summer_concert_in_two_years_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 2023: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (won)
- Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance 2005: Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance (won), for *Yeah!*

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

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