Pras Michel
Biography
Pras Michel is an American rapper, singer and actor who formed the hip-hop group Fugees with Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill in 1990. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Irvington, New Jersey, he signed with Columbia Records as a solo act in 1996. He earned two top 40 hits, Avenues in 1997 and the Grammy-nominated Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are) in 1998, both on the Billboard Hot 100, the latter for the Warren Beatty film Bulworth (1998). He also collaborated with Jean and Queen on a 1998 remix of Another One Bites the Dust. After a cameo in Mystery Men (1999), he starred in Turn It Up (2000) and co-starred in The Mutant Chronicles (2008). He created the documentary Skid Row (2007) and in 2017 won a Daytime Emmy Award for producing the web series The Bay.
54years old
Turns 55 on October 19in 342 days
- Born Brooklyn
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 9 years1999 to 2008
Every film, newest first
- 2008Mutant ChroniclesIMDb rating 5.2
- 2007Feel the NoiseIMDb rating 3.0
- 2007Skid RowIMDb rating 6.4
- 2000Turn It UpIMDb rating 4.2
- 1999Mystery MenIMDb rating 6.1
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Getting ready for a role
Pras created a documentary called Skid Row, Los Angeles after spending nine days posing as a homeless person in downtown Los Angeles, filming the experience with a hidden camera.
Beyond film
Pras wrote and produced the 2007 track Turn You On for Swedish artist DeDe, which peaked at No. 2 on Sweden's single chart after nine weeks.
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Worked with
Pras Michel made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Ron Perlman's page
John Malkovich's page
William H. Macy's page
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Giancarlo Esposito's page
Thomas Jane's page
Kinka UsherDirector, 1 film, 1999
All films by Kinka Usher
All films by Simon Hunter
Alejandro ChomskiDirector, 1 film, 2007
All films by Alejandro Chomski
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.