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In addition to being one of the most celebrated rappers of all sentence , Tupac Shakur ’s movies proved he was also a hunky-dory actor in his own right wing . After making his screen debut as a background participant in the star - studded comedyNothing But Troublein 1991 , Tupac earned critical plaudits for his villainous function as Bishop in his stick to - up cinema , Juice . In 1993 , Tupac once again shifted geartrain by playing a delicate - hearted letter carrier opposite Janet Jackson inPoetic Justice . In total , Tupac starred in seven feature film and two television installment prior to his demise , not counting appearing in archived footage or as himself on various telly shows .
Whenever Tupac Shakur is mentioned , everyone believe about his music career . That makes sense as he ’s consideredone of the greatest rappers of all time . However , his do life history likely deserve more course credit . While he was n’t someone who was hold up to gain an Oscar , he typically delivered quality performance . The movies Tupac was in were often met with jolly serious acclaim , as was his acting and the same goes for his telly appearances . Many buff believe that he would ’ve branch out into even bigger purpose had he lived longer since he was still on the rise at the clock time of his last .
9Nothing But Trouble (1991)
As part of the Digital Underground rap work party , Tupac appeared along with Shock - GB ( aka Humpty Hump ) in the Dan Aykroyd - directed farceNothing But Trouble . The movie star Chevy Chase as financial consultant Chris Thorne who , along with his girlfriend Diane ( Demi Moore ) , need a wrong turn in a dilapidated backwater . Upon being apprehend for hurrying , Chris and Diane are aim to a creepy manse full of strange trap designed by a lecherous jurist ( Aykroyd ) . Sadly , the movie was mostly pan out , blame up Aykroyd a Razzie for his performance . Lucky , the best Tupac Shakur movies were still to add up .
8Drexell’s Class, S1E17 (1992)
In the short - live sitcomDrexell ’s Class , which function for one time of year and eighteen sequence from 1991 - 1992 , Tupac made an appearance as himself in the penultimate episode of the serial . The show revolves around white - collar outlaw Otis Drexell ( Dabney Coleman ) , a bourgeois entrance evading taxation . As punishment , Drexell is forced to learn an elementary class until the back taxes are paid in full . Tupac makes a cameo in the episode entitle " Cruisin'“which also featured Jason Priestly and Brittany Murphy . It stay on a mostly forgotten show and carrying out for the rap phenomenon .
7A Different World, S6E21 (1993)
Tupac Shakur appear in the telecasting episode " Homey , Do n’t You Know " from the'90s sitcomA Different World . Rather than appearing as himself or part of the Digital Underground rap group , Tupac plays a character named Piccolo alongside his longtime friend Jada Pinkett Smith . The instalment concerns Lena ’s ( Pinkett Smith ) ex - swain Piccolo ( Tupac ) and his ally get in in her new neighbourhood to give her a visit . However , it becomes absolved that Piccolo and his bunch do not match in with Lena ’s young environment . TheCosby Showspinoff was hugely popular and this was a prissy pocket-size coming into court by Tupac in the series .
6Gang Related (1997)
The last of Tupac Shakur ’s movies to be publish posthumously wasGang Related , a drug - themed action - thriller costarring James Belushi , Dennis Quaid , James Earl Jones , Gary Cole , and Lela Rochon . Written and target by Jim Kouf , the film revolves around Detectives Divinci ( Belushi ) and Rodriguez ( Tupac ) , two dirty cop who get in style over their head when accidentally murdering a DEA agentive role . As the two adult male sputter to conceal the crime by framing a homeless man , they end up creating more harm than good . Tupac turned in a large performance , showing that he could have been something special in Hollywood if he had lived .
5Bullet (1996)
Co - written by and asterisk Mickey Rourke , who also served as the music supervisor , Bullethit theaters three hebdomad after Tupac ’s death in 1996 . However , the film was shot in 1994 under the direction of Julien Temple . Plot - wise , the moving picture follow Butch " Bullet " Stein ( Rourke ) , a Jewish heroin freak fresh out of an eight - year jail prison term . Upon his release , Bullet steals from a rival drug dealer named Tank ( Tupac ) who in turn engage a hitman to kill Bullet . This was easily the most pompous performance in Tupac Shakur ’s movies , as he was a cartoonish bad guy cable who looked like he was having the meter of his life in the role of the cock-a-hoop bad guy .
4Above The Rim (1994)
Above the Rimfollows Kyle Lee Watson ( Duane Martin ) , a high - school day hoops whizz with an center on bring for Georgetown University . When Kyle ’s coach intimate his mother ’s boyfriend Shep ( Leon ) take over as the Modern coach , Kyle opts to participate in a basketball street tourney or else . Shep ’s younger brother Birdie ( Tupac ) is a ruthless gang drawing card who coach a rival basketball game team in the tourney . Tupac took the villain role he played inJuiceand ramped it up here , really repose into the role as the bad guy wire he play in most of his flick .
3Gridlock’d (1997)
InGridlock’d , Tupac and Tim Roth star as a couplet of honest friend and diacetylmorphine addicts dire to kick the drugs in the backwash of a supporter ’s fateful overdose . Upon enter a detox program , Stretch ( Roth ) and Spoon ( Tupac ) have far more bureaucratic trouble than it ’s deserving . Written and directed by Vondie Curtis - Hall , the picture also star Thandie Newton , Charles Fleischer , John Sayles , and Lucy Liu . The film won a Special Recognition Award for Excellence in Filmmaking from the National Board of Review . This was the good performance of Tupac Shakur ’s moving-picture show , and it really showed his grasp as an actor thanks to him stepping away from a villainous theatrical role .
2Poetic Justice (1993)
Inwriter and music director John Singleton’sPoetic Justice , Janet Jackson play a soulful poet who goes on a transversal - country road trip with her near friend Iesha ( Regina King ) , Iesha ’s fellow Chicago ( Joe Torry ) , and his mail toter sidekick , Lucky ( Tupac ) . careen from the murder of her fellow , Justice ( Jackson ) wants nothing to do with Lucky ’s coquetry . However , as the two get to know each other on the tripper , Justice learn Lucky has his own military issue with an ex who ’s hook to drugs and their young daughter Keisha . This was easily the sweetest of Tupac Shakur ’s moving picture and showed his humanity .
1Juice (1992)
Ernest Dickerson’sJuicefollows a quatern of inside - city friends in New York who , in the backwash of compeer atmospheric pressure , adjudicate to fleece a John Barleycorn store to gain locality ill fame . When the architectural plan backfires with lethal outcome , the cloth of their friendship erodes in a prompt haste . Tupac plays Bishop in the film , one of the four protagonist alongside Q ( Omar Epps ) , Steel ( Jermaine Hopkins ) , and Raheem ( Khalil Kain ) . Once Bishop come a taste sensation of top executive with the will power of a firearm , he turn into a merciless violent death machine who his closest friends no longer recognize . Juicewas the breakout ofTupac Shakur ’s movies and proved he was a star in the fashioning .
