Adam Horovitz

Sound

Adam Horovitz

Born

1966-10-31 (59)

Place of birth

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Sound

Credits

71 titles

Adam Keefe Horovitz (born October 31, 1966), popularly known as Ad-Rock, is an American rapper, guitarist and actor. He is best known as a member of the pioneering hip hop group Beastie Boys. Above description from the Wikipedia article Ad-Rock, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster
5.8

After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers poster
5.1

Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC's "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

Late Show with David Letterman poster
6.5

David Letterman uses mature humor to appeal to his audience in this weeknight series, which gets its music from a house band led by Paul Shaffer. Among the show's most-famous segments are the Top Ten List and Stupid Pet Tricks, the latter of which subsequently led to an additional recurring segment called Stupid Human Tricks.

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

Futurama poster
8.4

The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the retro-futuristic 31st century.

Futurama

1999

Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster
7.3

Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests.

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

30 Rock poster
7.5

Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.

30 Rock

2006

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

2010s · 15 titles

While We're Young poster
6.0

An uptight documentary filmmaker and his wife find their lives loosened up a bit after befriending a free-spirited younger couple.

While We're Young

2015

Golden Exits poster
5.8

An intersectional narrative of two families in Brooklyn and the unraveling of unspoken unhappiness that occurs when a young foreign girl spending time abroad upsets the balance on both sides.

Golden Exits

2018

Fight for Your Right Revisited poster
6.5

Fight for Your Right Revisited stars Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, and Elijah Wood as the "young" Beastie Boys from the past and Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and Will Ferrell as the "old" Beastie Boys from the future. The story begins where the video for "Fight for Your Right (1987)" ended. It features music from the band's album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two.

Fight for Your Right Revisited

2011

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest poster
7.1

Having forged a 20-year run as one of the most innovative and influential hip hop bands of all time, the Queens NY collective known as 'A Tribe Called Quest' have kept a generation hungry for more of their groundbreaking music since their much publicized breakup in 1998. Michael Rapaport documents the inner workings and behind the scenes drama that follows the band to this day. He explores what's next for, what many claim, are the pioneers of alternative rap.

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

2011

Roxanne Roxanne poster
6.1

The most feared battle emcee in the early 1980s in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects. At the age of 14, Roxanne Shanté was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend, as she hustled to provide for her family while defending herself from the dangers of the street.

Roxanne Roxanne

2017

Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder poster
3.0

A mix of cabaret and standup recorded at Joe's Pub in New York.

Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder

2015

Sex and Broadcasting poster
6.0

SEX AND BROADCASTING is a feature length documentary about New Jersey's WFMU, the world's strangest and most unique radio station, and one man's attempt to keep it alive in the face of recession, the persistent threat of commercial media, and the challenges that come with keeping a rebellious group of outsiders together.

Sex and Broadcasting

2014

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ poster
5.0

A provocative look into the seven-year history of the series that gave hip hop a voice and broke color barriers, integrating MTV with rap. "Yo! MTV Raps" premiered on August 6, 1988 with hosts Fab 5 Freddy, Ed Lover and Doctor Dré, and shaped the careers of many of today’s hip hop superstars, while simultaneously making groundbreaking strides in introducing hip hop to the mainstream.

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

2012

Bad Brains: A Band in DC poster
6.6

Bad Brains are one of the most important and influential American bands still working today. They melded punk and reggae into an innovative style that has yet to be copied. Their impact and influence can be heard in groups like Beastie Boys, No Doubt, Nirvana, Jane's Addiction and countless more. Despite the troubles of an eccentric front man they have stayed together for 30 years without ever reaching the level of success so many think they deserve. Using rare archival footage and original comic illustrations the film re-constructs Bad Brains' rich and complicated history.

Bad Brains: A Band in DC

2012

Rappin' With The Rickster poster
2.0

Join photographer turned public access guru Ricky Powell in this collection of clips from his influential NY TV show, Rappin' With The Rickster.

Rappin' With The Rickster

2010

The Punk Singer poster
7.1

A look at the life of activist, musician, and cultural icon Kathleen Hanna, who formed the punk band Bikini Kill and pioneered the "riot grrrl" movement of the 1990s.

The Punk Singer

2013

Still Ill: 25 Years of 'Ill Communication' poster
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The Beastie Boys look back on a period of the group's history that spanned from their groundbreaking 1989 album "Paul's Boutique" to the Lollapalooza tour supporting "Ill Communication."

Still Ill: 25 Years of 'Ill Communication'

2019

Contemporary Color poster
6.7

In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate the art of Color Guard: synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles, and sabers. Recruiting performers that include the likes of St. Vincent, Nelly Furtado, Ad-Rock, and Ira Glass to collaborate on original pieces with 10 color guard teams from across the US and Canada, Contemporary Color is a beautifully filmed snapshot of a one-of-a-kind live event.

Contemporary Color

2016

Temporary Color poster
NR

A true crime concert doc about David Byrne and two escaped convicts.

Temporary Color

2016

Beastie Boys: Move on Up poster
NR

This stellar documentary explores the career of the Beastie Boys, from their hardcore punk beginnings in 1979 to their 2011 release, "Hot Sauce Committee Part Two." Rare footage and photographs, along with interviews, shed light on the enduring band.

Beastie Boys: Move on Up

2011

2000s · 14 titles

Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! poster
7.2

Concert film combining the footage from 50 camcorders given to audience members of a sold-out Beastie Boys show at Madison Square Garden on October 9, 2004. The audience members were instructed to keep the cameras rolling at all times.

Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!

2006

No artwork available
2.0

Jim is a butch bike messenger and speedfreak who is suddenly faced with an ultimatum by her girlfriend: clean up or get out. To Jim, speed in its various forms is everything -- a pursuit, a vice, and the thing that courses through his veins. Even though his boss still calls him 'Elizabeth,' Jim loves his bike messenger job, because it enables him to be doing one of his favorite things: going fast. Really fast. The other thing he loves doing is his genius punkstar stripper girlfriend, Ally, who keeps critical theory and lube on the nightstand. She'd live in a paper box with him, and Jim has given up speed (in its drug form) to be with her. But when he plays hooky for love and gets fired, addiction calls, and he gambles on the one person who really understands him.

Godspeed

2007

Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits poster
4.6

Solid Gold Hits is a greatest hits collection by Beastie Boys, released in November 2005. In contrast to 1999's The Sounds of Science anthology, Solid Gold Hits consists only of tracks that were released as singles. Where The Sounds of Science is a double CD compilation, Solid Gold Hits contains one CD with all their singles that broke gold, plus a DVD with the respective videos of the songs. Although the standard US release of the CD/DVD has 15 songs, the Japanese release has the song and video for "Right Right Now Now" as the last song.

Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits

2005

Cydeways: The Best of The Pharcyde poster
7.0

The Best of The Pharcyde

Cydeways: The Best of The Pharcyde

2002

A Day in the Life of Nathaniel Hornblower poster
8.0

Documents a normal day in the life of this Swiss character.

A Day in the Life of Nathaniel Hornblower

2006

Beastie Boys: Video Anthology poster
7.3

The Beastie Boys are among the most influential groups of the last two decades. As their music has opened hip-hop to a wider audience and changed the parameters of its sound, their ambitious music videos have carried the medium to new levels of artistic expression. This groundbreaking two-disc anthology showcases eighteen videos containing alternate visual angles and multiple audio tracks. Loaded with never-before-seen footage and unreleased music tracks, this special edition also contains a trove of rare still photos and exclusive audio commentary by the band and the video directors.

Beastie Boys: Video Anthology

2000

Beastie Boys $2 Bill poster
NR

The Beastie Boys perform live at the Huntridge Theater in Las Vegas on June 09, 2004. This concert was later aired on MTV2.

Beastie Boys $2 Bill

2004

The Work of Director Spike Jonze poster
8.1

When you experience The Work of Director Spike Jonze, you enter a world where anything can happen and frequently does. From the innovative director of Being John Malkovich and Adaptation., this superior compilation of music videos, documentaries, interviews, and early rarities offers abundant proof that Jonze is the real deal--a filmmaker ablaze with fresh ideas and fresh ways of filming them. Featuring The Beastie Boys, Bjork, Weezer, The Pharcyde, Fatboy Slim and many others.

The Work of Director Spike Jonze

2003

No artwork available
5.0

After 5 years of calm, these foul-mouthed rappers returned with the release of their 6th album To The 5 Boroughs, the most eagerly anticipated new record of the year so far. This documentary includes exclusive and previously unseen film footage and in-depth interviews with the band and those that have worked closely with the Beastie Boys during their career, including close friends, colleagues, journalists, producers and musicians.

Beastie Boys 'Horseplay'

2004

Live From Bonnaroo 2009 poster
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Features live clips and 16 artists performances from Bonnaroo 2009 in Manchester, TN. Performances by Amadou & Mariam, Andrew Bird, Beastie Boys, Ben Harper and Relentless 7, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Cage The Elephant, Coheed and Cambria, The Del McCoury Band, Elvis Costello, Jenny Lewis, Passion Pit, Phish, Raphael Saadiq, Santigold, Snoop Dogg, The Decemberists, Zac Brown Band

Live From Bonnaroo 2009

2009

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No synopsis available yet.

Beastie Boys - Live at Melkweg; Amsterdam

2004

Just for Kicks poster
7.0

Just for Kicks is a 2005 documentary film about the sneaker phenomena and history. It includes self confessed "sneakerheads" like Grandmaster Caz, Reverend Run, and Missy Elliott. It tells the story of the legendary Nike Air Force One's, or as they are called in New York "Uptowns." Also about the beginning of Air Jordans. The documentary also tells the story of how hip-hop pioneers DJ Run, Jam Master Jay, and DMC had everyone wearing Adidas Superstars with their smash hit "My Adidas."

Just for Kicks

2005

Beastie Boys: Live at Bonnaroo 2009 poster
8.0

The Beastie Boys played a legendary headlining set at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on June 12, 2009. Unbeknownst to the crowd at the time, this 90-minute performance would go down in history as the trio's final concert ever, due to the cancer diagnosis of Adam 'MCA' Yauch. The cancer proved far more aggressive than anyone had thought, taking Adam’s life in May 2012, less than three years after the diagnosis. The group’s concert at Bonnaroo remains a testament to the brilliance of MCA and the strength of the Beastie Boys as a unit. The 90-minute appearance saw the group deliver a career-spanning set covering everything from Ill Communication to Check Your Head and Hello Nasty. Midway through the set, Nas arrived onstage to perform a rendition of ‘Too Many Rappers’ from the Beastie Boy’s then-forthcoming LP Hot Sauce Committee, which was eventually released in 2011, a year after Adam’s passing.

Beastie Boys: Live at Bonnaroo 2009

2009

Beastie Boys: Live Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival poster
NR

The Beastie Boys' Final Performance before Yauch was diagnosed with early-stage parotid cancer and all tours, festivals, music video production, and album releases were halted. Yauch halted these thinking that he would eventually be cured of this disease and be able to resume production, but on May 4th 2012, Yauch passed away.

Beastie Boys: Live Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival

2009

1990s · 19 titles

A Kiss Before Dying poster
5.6

Infatuated with the idea of becoming rich, college student Jonathan Corliss secretly dates Dorothy Carlsson to gain the approval of her wealthy father. When Dorothy tells Jonathan that she is pregnant and that her father will deny her inheritance if he finds out, Jonathan murders her, but he stages her death as a suicide. As Jonathan works his way onto Mr. Carlsson's payroll, Dorothy's twin sister, Ellen, investigates the apparent suicide.

A Kiss Before Dying

1991

Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos poster
7.5

Documentary that gives a voice to the percentage of youth that were outcasts/non-conformists in the 90's. Interviews many famous musicians and other celebrity personalities, who talk about their being outcasts as youths, in school etc., leading up to their successes in adult life, and how being an outcast/non-conformist played a role in their artistic expression.. Also touches upon the topic of teen suicide & depression.

Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos

1994

No artwork available
NR

Over the course of a day, Pete Sakes skates his way through 5 intertwined stories in Gen-X era Los Angeles.

Cityscrapes

1990

Cityscrapes: Los Angeles poster
5.0

"CITYSCRAPES" takes you on a 24-hour voyeuristic journey through the bedrooms, bathrooms, bars, cars, clubs, restaurants and back alleys of the lives of the young and hip in post modern Los Angeles. Ten intertwined stories follow eighteen main characters as they deal with the twists and turns of everyday life in the mega-metropolis.

Cityscrapes: Los Angeles

1996

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special poster
6.9

A TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts return to perform their signature monologues and present a look back at some of the best comedy skits and musical numbers of the past two and a half decades.

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

1999

Free Tibet poster
8.0

A film about the Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco in 1996.

Free Tibet

1998

Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! poster
7.6

Nirvana's frontman Kurt Cobain worked on compiling this collection of performances, interviews, and touring clips from 1991 to 1993 but did not finish it before his death in 1994. Bandmembers Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic completed it with the help of director Kevin Kerslake.

Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!

1994

Roadside Prophets poster
5.6

On a quest to fulfill a friend's last wish, Joe takes to the desert road on his 1957 Harley-Davidson. Joined by wannabe biker Sam, Joe journeys from Los Angeles to Nevada, meeting all sorts of characters along the way.

Roadside Prophets

1992

Beastie|ography poster
10.0

An MTV documentary on the Beastie Boys from their rise to fame to the release of Hello Nasty in ’98.

Beastie|ography

1998

Beastie Boys - Live in Japan poster
NR

LIVE AT THE KAWASAKI CITTA CLUB, JAPAN, SEPTEMBER 19TH 1992 - Broadcast on Japan TV, the full concert at the Citta Club, Kawasaki, supporting the 'Check Your Head' comeback album in front of thousands of Japanese Beastie-maniacs!

Beastie Boys - Live in Japan

1992

Tibetan Freedom Concert poster
NR

Documentary surrounding the festival.

Tibetan Freedom Concert

1996

Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow 1999 poster
10.0

Seminal Beastie Boys concert recorded at the Glasgow SECC in 1999 for MTV. Tracklist: Mix Master Mike Intro | Super Disco Breakin | Flute Loop | Root Down | Shake Your Rump | Time For Livin' | Sure Shot | Mix Master Mike Tricks | Three Mc's and One DJ | Something's Gotta Give | Heart Attack Man | Remote Control | Body Movin (half of) | Time to Get Ill | So What'cha Want | Intergalactic | Sabotage

Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow 1999

1999

Beastie Boys: Live in SECC, Glasgow poster
7.0

This concert was recorded by MTV for the "Westwood One - MTV Concert Series," which aired on November 20 and 21, 1999.

Beastie Boys: Live in SECC, Glasgow

1999

Beastie Boys: The $kill$ To Pay The Bill$ poster
5.2

Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun / So What'Cha Want / Netty's Girl / Shake Your Rump / Egg Raid On Mojo / Shadrach (Mosh Version) / Holy Snappers / Hey Ladies / Slow And Low (Live) / Pass The Mic / Ask For Janice, Pt.II / Shadrach (Abstract Impressionist Version)

Beastie Boys: The $kill$ To Pay The Bill$

1992

Beastie Boys: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1999 poster
NR

Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Tracy Chapman, Blondie, The Cult, Rage Against The Machine, Live, Cibo Matto, The Roots

Beastie Boys: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1999

1999

Beastie Boys: Sabotage poster
7.5

Includes the songs: Djembe, Gratitude (Live), Sabotage, The Hurricane Freestyle, Triphamnmer, Skills To Pay The Bills (Live), Time For Living, Sabrosa, Something's Got to Give, Screaming At a Wall (Live), Namaste' (Live), Futterman's Rule, 5-Piece Chicken Dinner, Jimmy James, Conga + Bass, Mullethead, Ricky's Theme, and So What 'Cha Want (Live with Cypress Hill).

Beastie Boys: Sabotage

1994

Nathanial Hornblower’s: The Robot V the Octopus Monster Saga poster
NR

The full short film used as a basis for the Beastie Boy's Intergalactic. Included as a bonus feature on Criterion's Beastie Boys Video Anthology.

Nathanial Hornblower’s: The Robot V the Octopus Monster Saga

1998

No artwork available
NR

Beastie Boys [1998.06.20] Open Air Festival, Loreley, St. Goarshausen, Germany

Beastie Boys: Open Air Festival

1998

Ciao L.A. poster
6.3

Three upcoming actors from the show "Sabotage" are interviewed on the hit Talk Show, "Ciao LA."

Ciao L.A.

1994

1980s · 4 titles

Series credits

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster
5.8

After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers poster
5.1

Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC's "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

Late Show with David Letterman poster
6.5

David Letterman uses mature humor to appeal to his audience in this weeknight series, which gets its music from a house band led by Paul Shaffer. Among the show's most-famous segments are the Top Ten List and Stupid Pet Tricks, the latter of which subsequently led to an additional recurring segment called Stupid Human Tricks.

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

Futurama poster
8.4

The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the retro-futuristic 31st century.

Futurama

1999

Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster
7.3

Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests.

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

30 Rock poster
7.5

Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.

30 Rock

2006

The Equalizer poster
7.2

Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.

The Equalizer

1985

MTV Video Music Awards poster
7.8

An annual award ceremony presented by MTV to honor the best in the music video medium.

MTV Video Music Awards

1984

Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson poster
7.3

Oscar and Grammy Award-winning producer and artist Mark Ronson explores the intersection of technology and musical innovation with his heroes and fellow hitmakers – including Paul McCartney, DJ Premier, Charli XCX, Dave Grohl, and Questlove.

Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson

2021

Yo! MTV Raps poster
7.5

Popular rap music videos showcased along with live performances and interviews with notable rap artists.

Yo! MTV Raps

1988

Soundbreaking poster
7.8

Explore the art of music recording with a behind-the-scenes look at the birth of brand new sounds. Featuring more than 160 original interviews with some of the most celebrated recording artists of all time, Soundbreaking explores the nexus of cutting-edge technology and human artistry that has created the soundtrack of our lives.

Soundbreaking

2016

Hi Octane poster
8.3

Short-lived 4-episode Comedy Central TV show created by and starring Sofia Coppola, co-starring Zoe Cassavetes, and featuring Thurston Moore, as well as many celebrity guests

Hi Octane

1994

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NR

Four-part series demonstrating different kinds of censorship, such as censorship by the government or of art.

Banned in the UK

2005

Behind the camera