---
name: "Proof"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/proof"
fi1m_id: "proof"
imdb_id: "nm1146084"
tmdb_id: 337
wikidata_id: "Q314597"
roles: []
born: "2 October 1973"
died: "11 April 2006"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T08:01:07.222230+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."
---

# Proof

## Identity

Proof

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/proof
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** proof
- **IMDb ID:** nm1146084
- **TMDB ID:** 337
- **Wikidata ID:** Q314597
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_(rapper), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314597, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1146084/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/337

Actor. Born 2 October 1973 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Died 11 April 2006.

## Details

- **Born:** 2 October 1973, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- **Died:** 11 April 2006
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_(rapper), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314597, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1146084/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/337

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*8 Mile*](https://film.one/film/8-mile.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Proof, born DeShaun Dupree Holton, was an American rapper and actor from Detroit, Michigan. He appeared as Lil'Tic in the 2002 film *8 Mile*, and played a Basketball Convict in *The Longest Yard* (2005).

A member of the hip-hop group D12 and a childhood friend of Eminem, Proof was often a hype man at Eminem's concerts. He died in Detroit on 11 April 2006.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *8 Mile* (2002), Fi1m 74, as Lil'Tic — [page](https://film.one/film/8-mile.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *La Haine : jusqu'ici rien n'a changé* (2025), as Compositor · Original Music Composer
- *The Longest Yard* (2005), as Basketball Convict
- *8 Mile* (2002), as Lil'Tic — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/8-mile.md)

## Gallery

- ![Munich/Germany Stadthalle 1998](https://film.one/media/person/3373530/gallery-37e902e0d027.jpg) Munich/Germany Stadthalle 1998 — Mika Väisänen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Eminem-04.jpg/1280px-Eminem-04.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Proof and Eminem 1999 at the Juice Jam in Munich/Germany](https://film.one/media/person/3373530/gallery-f3230374a133.jpg) Proof and Eminem 1999 at the Juice Jam in Munich/Germany — MikaV, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Proof-eminem.jpg/1280px-Proof-eminem.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Proof in August 2005.](https://film.one/media/person/3373530/gallery-5dada9acc2b6.jpg) Proof in August 2005. — Timothy M. Moore at https://www.flickr.com/photos/photocology/, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/ProofAug05.jpg/1280px-ProofAug05.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/proof