Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin (born March 10, 1963) is an American record executive and record producer. He is a co-founder (alongside Russell Simmons) of Def Jam Recordings, founder of American Recordings, and former co-president of Columbia Records. Rubin helped popularize hip-hop by producing records for acts such as the Beastie Boys, Geto Boys, Run-DMC, Public Enemy, and LL Cool J. He has also produced hit records for acts from a variety of other genres, predominantly heavy metal (Danzig, Metallica, and Slayer), alternative rock (the Cult, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Strokes and Weezer), hard rock (Audioslave and Aerosmith), nu-metal (Linkin Park, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down), and country (Johnny Cash and the Chicks). In 2007, Rubin was called "the most important producer of the last 20 years" by MTV and was named on Time's list of the "100 Most Influential People in the World". His first book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, was published in January 2023.
35 movies · 9 shows
In Transit: Part II
2026·0.0
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
2025·7.3
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird
2024·7.0
Circus Maximus
2023·6.3
whyrush?
2023·0.0
Chris Rock: Road To Live Special
2023·0.0
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: World Record: The Making Of - A Chronicle of the Music
2022·0.0
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021·4.0
Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free
2021·6.8
The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne
2020·7.4
Beastie Boys Story
2020·7.5
Truth to Power
2020·4.0
500 Days in UCLA (Cut Footage Documentary)
2020·10.0
May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers
2017·7.7
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
2015·8.2
808
2015·7.3
I Am Johnny Cash
2015·6.6
Black Sabbath: 13
2013·0.0
One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das
2013·7.5
Sound City
2013·7.4
Linkin Park: Meeting of A Thousand Suns
2010·8.5
Jim Jones - This Is Jim Jones
2009·0.0
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
2007·7.6
The Making of Minutes to Midnight
2007·9.0
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
2006·6.7
JAY-Z: Fade to Black
2004·6.6
Johnny Cash: The Last Great American
2004·10.0
Run DMC: Forever Kings
2004·0.0
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
2003·7.7
The Cult: Pure Cult Anthology 1984-1995
2001·7.0
Tom Petty: Going Home
1994·9.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks
1991·7.1
Men Don't Leave
1990·6.3
Tougher Than Leather
1988·5.5
Krush Groove
1985·6.3