Samuel Monroe Jr.

Acting

Samuel Monroe Jr.

Born 1973-11-28 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Samuel Monroe Jr. (November 28, 1973 – August 26, 2026) was an American actor and rapper under the name Caffeine. He acted in numerous films including Menace II Society (1993), Tales from the Hood (1995), Set It Off (1996), and The Players Club (1998), and appeared in television series including Out All Night (1993), and NYPD Blue (1996). Monroe was also a rapper and performed as Caffeine. He was a part of the group Da Hoodstas alongside Drano and Lil D with whom he released an album called "Hoodsta Madness" in 1994 under Strictly Lethal Records. In 2000, he released his only solo album Things In The Game Done Changed, under Jive Records, Zomba Records and Goodfellas Entertainment. The album featured many notable artists including Kurupt, Noreaga and Too Short, as well as production from Battlecat and Jazze Pha among others.

Acting credits

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood poster
7.1

When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog, who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

1996

Menace II Society poster
7.5

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

Menace II Society

1993

Set It Off poster
7.2

Four inner-city Black women, determined to end their constant struggle, decide to live by one rule — get what you want or die trying. So the four women take back their lives and take out some banks in the process.

Set It Off

1996

Tales from the Hood poster
6.3

A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in a local funeral parlor.

Tales from the Hood

1995

The Players Club poster
6.4

Single mother Diana struggles to provide for her child and pay for her college education. When she meets two dancers from a nearby gentlemen's club, Diana's convinced there's fast money to be made stripping.

The Players Club

1998

County General poster
3.3

After he gets an 'F' on his latest assignment, film student Craig needs solid inspiration for his next short film. His girlfriend, Simone, who works at the local county hospital insists that the hospital's quack doctors, sexpot nurses, and hutty patients would be perfect source material for the budding director. Craig then takes a job as a lowly orderly at County General and soon wacky and harrowing hilarity ensues.

County General

2005

She Ball poster
6.4

On a mission to save his Inglewood community center, Avery Watts enlists a talented basketball player, Shelby, to help him win the grand prize in a street ball tournament. Together, Avery and Shelby challenge local politicians, gangs and their own stereotypes to save their community.

She Ball

2020

I Got the Hook Up 2 poster
5.6

After best friends Black and Blue's restaurant is shut down, Black needs to find some cash -- fast. He thinks his luck has turned when Blue's son, Fatboy, and his best friend, Spyda,, bring him a stash of stolen cellphones, and Black decides to sell them on the streets. There's only one problem: The boxes with the phones also contain the Colombian cartel's stash of Molly, which Spyda decides to sell.

I Got the Hook Up 2

2019

Lockdown: 2025 poster
6.6

When martial law is declared, a family seeks shelter in the safety of its own home during a nationwide lockdown for a highly contagious virus.

Lockdown: 2025

2021

Packz poster
NR

Lil Sicc, a young aspiring rapper from Texas, attempts to make his mark in L.A. His journey takes an unexpected twist when he learns the ins and outs of the drug game, and the dangerous lessons that come with it.

Packz

Blood Sacrifice poster
NR

What would you give up in order to follow your dreams? In this thrilling film you watch the journey of Corey and Gunz, who are best friends, unravel.

Blood Sacrifice

2021

Shine Kings poster
2.0

When Kam joins a rival car club, he jeopardizes friendships and the coveted car show title of "Shine King".

Shine Kings

2022

The Lick poster
NR

Rich, freshly released from a 20-year jail term, is looking to score money through his old street connections. First, he needs to take down not only his biggest rival, but the FBI and the city’s many other rival gangs as well.

The Lick

2020

Knuckle Up poster
NR

Death in the ring. The fight is fixed and no one can beat the monstrous champion anyway. Underdog fighter rises to the challenge after gaining internet fame. He will have the fight of his life.

Knuckle Up

2017

Behind De Pole poster
1.0

Four roommates, who dance at the same gentlemen's club, take different paths to get off the stripper pole and change their lives, for better or worse.

Behind De Pole

2014

7th and Westlake: Nino's Revenge poster
2.7

Inter city horror movie hood film drugs action and alot more

7th and Westlake: Nino's Revenge

2019