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PERSONAL

Full name, Percy Robert Miller; born April 29, 1967, in New Orleans, LA; son of Percy and Josie Miller; brother of rap music artists C-Murder and Silkk the Shocker; married, wife's name Sonya, 1991; children: four, including Percy Romeo (a rap artist known as Lil' Romeo). Education: Attended Delgado Community College and Southern University, New Orleans, LA.

Addresses:

Agent—Fortitude, 8619 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232; (voice work and commercials) Marcia Hurwitz, Innovative Artists Talent and Literary Agency, 1505 10th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401. Manager—Releve Entertainment, 6255 West Sunset Blvd., Suite 923, Hollywood, CA 90028.

Career:

Actor, voice performer, recording artist, music producer, songwriter, producer, and director. Performer with rap music groups TRU and Da 504 Boyz. No Limit Records (record store), Richmond, CA, founder, 1989; No Limit Records (record label; also known as New No Limit), Baton Rouge, LA, chief executive officer, 1990—; No Limit Film, founder; Take a Stand Records, owner; Urban World Wireless, president of Udub Music, 2008. No Limit Sports Management, founder, 1997; Creator of MP Clothing line, 1999; Miller Enterprises, principal; former principal of No Limit Clothing, PM Properties, and Advantage Travel. Founder of P. Miller Youth Centers and P. Miller Food Foundation for the Homeless; Joel John Scholastic Academy, member of executive board, 2008; speaker at community and family support functions. Continental Basketball Association, basketball player with Ford Wayne Fury, 1998-99; American Basketball Association, basketball player with Las Vegas Rattlers, 2003; Black College Hoops Classic, commissioner of basketball, 2008; McDonald's NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, basketball player, 2008.

Member:

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (youth ambassador).

Awards, Honors:

American Music Award, favorite rhythm and blues or hip hop artist, 1998; Black Star Award, outstanding film entrepreneur, Acapulco Black Film Festival, 2000.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Rhyme & Reason (documentary), Miramax, 1997.

Perry McKnight, I'm Bout It, No Limit Films, 1997.

Nino, MP Da Last Don, No Limit Films, 1998.

Guy, The Players Club, New Line Cinema, 1998.

Black, I Got the Hook Up, Dimension Films, 1998.

Quentin "Fifty Dollah" Waise, Foolish, Artisan Entertainment, 1999.

Maker, No Tomorrow, PM Entertainment Group, 1999.

Moe, Hot Boyz (also known as Gang Law), Artisan Entertainment, 1999.

911, 2000.

Brad, Takedown (also known as Hackers 2: Takedown and Track Down), Dimension Home Video, 2000.

(Uncredited) Johnnie B., Gone in Sixty Seconds, Buena Vista, 2000.

Clean Up, Lockdown, Palm Pictures, 2000.

First Gat Boyz rapper, Undisputed (also known as Undisputed—Sieg ohne ruhm), Miramax, 2002.

Maniac, Dark Blue, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2003.

Julius Armas, Hollywood Homicide, Columbia, 2003.

Paper Chasers (documentary), 2003, Koch Vision, 2005.

Himself, Scary Movie 3, Miramax/Dimension Films, 2003.

Mr. Carlson, More Mercy (also known as Bad Bizness), Artisan Entertainment, 2004.

Pistol P, Still 'bout It, Urban Works Entertainment, 2004.

Petey, Decisions, Koch Vision, 2004.

Tea, Repos, Ventura Entertainment, 2006.

Greg, Don't Be Scared, Bossman/Master P, 2006.

Bernard, Black Supaman, Neighborhood Filmworks, 2007.

Big Al, Paroled, Paroled Films, 2007.

Title role, Uncle P, New Line Home Video, 2007.

Angel, Toxic, Weinstein Co., 2008.

Internet Dating, Bossman/Master P, 2008.

Coach Dallas, Down and Distance, Gorilla Films, 2008.

Wally, Soccer Mom, Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2008.

Film Executive Producer:

(And director) I'm 'bout It, No Limit Films, 1997.

(And director) Da Game of Life (short film), No Limit Films/Shooting Star Pictures, 1998.

I Got the Hook Up, Dimension Films, 1998.

Foolish, Artisan Entertainment, 1999.

(And director) No Tomorrow, PM Entertainment Group, 1999.

Lockdown, Palm Pictures, 2000.

(And director) Still 'bout It, Urban Works Entertainment, 2004.

(And director) Decisions, Koch Vision, 2004.

Producer, Desert Bayou, Indiepix, 2006.

(As Percy Miller) Uncle P, New Line Home Video, 2007.

Film Director:

Codirector, MP Da Last Don, No Limit Films, 1998.

Hot Boyz (also known as Gang Law), Artisan Entertainment, 1999.

(And producer) Repos, Ventura Entertainment, 2006.

Don't Be Scared, Bossman/Master P, 2006.

Black Supaman, Neighborhood Filmworks, 2007.

Internet Dating, Bossman/Master P, 2008.

Film Work; Song Performer:

Nothing to Lose, Buena Vista, 1997.

Light It Up, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999.

Pootie Tang, Paramount, 2001.

(And song producer) Scooby-Doo, Warner Bros., 2002.

Paid in Full, Dimension Films, 2002.

Kangaroo Jack, Warner Bros., 2003.

Malibu's Most Wanted, Warner Bros., 2003.

Song producer, Hollywood Homicide, Columbia, 2003.

Cellular (also known as Final Call—Wenn er auflegt, muss sie sterben), New Line Cinema, 2004.

Television Appearances; Series:

Judge, Coming to the Stage, Black Entertainment Television, 2004.

Himself, Romeo!, Nickelodeon, 2004-2006.

(Sometimes credited as P. Miller) Contestant, Dancing with the Stars, ABC, 2006-2007.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

(As Percy Miller) Head Coach P. Miller Ballers, The Team, Nickelodeon, 2005.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Crip, Popcorn Shrimp, Showtime, 2001.

Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration, CBS, 2001.

Mariah Carey: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2001.

MTV Cribs Presents: How to Live Large, MTV, 2001.

Access Granted: Lil' Romeo, Black Entertainment Television, 2001.

Hip Hop Babylon 2, VH1, 2003.

Crashing with Master P, MTV, 2003.

MTV Bash, MTV, 2003.

Life of Luxury, ABC, c. 2003.

(In archive footage) 50 Most Awesomely Bad SongsEver, VH1, 2004.

(In archive footage) And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop, VH1, 2004.

Hip Hop vs. America, Black Entertainment Television, c. 2007.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"Lovers and Other Traitors," Linc's, Showtime, 1999.

Weird Weekends (also known as Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends), Independent Film Channel, c. 1999.

(As Percy Miller) Mister O, "Badfellas," Malcolm & Eddie, UPN, 1999.

Patience, "Something about Moesha," Moesha, UPN, 2000.

Patience, "The Robbing Hood," Moesha, UPN, 2000.

Patience, "Arriving Right on Q," Moesha, UPN, 2000.

Patience, "D-Money Loses His Patience," Moesha, UPN, 2000.

The Source Sound Lab, UPN, 2000.

Jean Baptiste Duvalier, "Art Attack," Dark Angel (also known as James Cameron's "Dark Angel"), Fox, 2001.

Curtis Bennett, "Orpheus Descending," Oz, HBO, 2001.

Musical guest, Oh Drama!, Black Entertainment Television, 2001.

"Snoop Dogg: Lay Low," Making the Video, MTV, 2001.

Himself, "I'm Dreaming of a Slight Christmas," The Hughleys, UPN, 2001.

Journeys in Black, Black Entertainment Television, 2001.

Mad TV, Fox, 2002.

Himself, "X Does Not Mark the Spot," Girlfriends, UPN, 2002.

Judge, Star Search, CBS, 2003.

Doggy Fizzle Televizzle, MTV, 2003.

Kevin Vick, "Grand Master," CSI: NY, CBS, 2004.

Soul Train, 2004.

106 & Park Top 10 Live (also known as 106 & Park), Black Entertainment Television, 2004, 2005.

ESPN Hollywood, ESPN, 2006.

The Fabulous Life Presents: Really Rich Real Estate, VH1, 2006.

(In archive footage) Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith, ESPN, 2006.

Panelist, Red Eye (also known as Red Eye w/Greg Gurfeld), Fox News Channel, 2007.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

The 1998 Billboard Music Awards, Fox, 1998.

MTV Video Music Awards 1998, MTV, 1998.

The 1999 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards, UPN, 1999.

The 26th Annual American Music Awards, ABC, 1999.

The 1999 Teen Choice Awards, Fox, 1999.

Presenter, The 2001 Radio Music Awards, ABC, 2001.

Presenter, The 29th Annual American Music Awards, ABC, 2002.

Presenter, 33rd NAACP Image Awards, Fox, 2002.

The 2002 Billboard Music Awards, Fox, 2002.

4th Annual BET Awards, Black Entertainment Television, 2004.

39th NAACP Image Awards, Fox, 2008.

Television Guest Appearances; Episodic:

The Roseanne Show, syndicated, 2000.

The Andy Dick Show, MTV, 2001.

Hollywood Squares (also known as H2 and H2: Hollywood Squares), syndicated, 2002, 2004.

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (also known as The Late Late Show), CBS, 2003.

The New Tom Greene Show, MTV, 2003.

The Sharon Osbourne Show (also known as Sharon), syndicated, 2003.

Jimmy Kimmel Live!, ABC, 2003, 2006.

Tavis Smiley, PBS, 2004.

The Tony Danza Show, syndicated, 2006.

Television Executive Producer:

Romeo! (series), Nickelodeon, 2004-2006.

The Team (miniseries), Nickelodeon, 2005.

RECORDINGS

Albums:

Get Away Clean, In a Minute, 1991.

Mama's Bad Boy, 1992.

The Ghetto's Trying to Kill Me, No Limit, 1994.

99 Ways to Die, No Limit, 1995.

(With TRU) True, 1995.

(With TRU) TRU to Da Game, 1996.

Ice Cream Man, No Limit, 1996.

Ghetto D, No Limit/Priority, 1997.

Master P PresentsWest Coast Bad Boyz II, No Limit, 1997.

MP Da Last Don, No Limit, 1998.

Only God Can Judge Me, No Limit/Priority, 1999.

(With TRU) TRU nigg*z, 1999.

(With Da 504 Boyz) Goodfellaz, 1999.

Ghetto Postage, No Limit/Priority, 2000.

Game Face, No Limit/Priority, 2001.

Good Side, Bad Side, 2004.

Ghetto Bill, 2005.

The Best of Master P, Priority, 2005.

Living Legend: Certified D-Boy, 2005.

Master P and Friends, K-Town, 2005.

America's Most Luved Bad Guy, 2006.

The New No Limit Deluxe, Koch Vision, 2006.

The Ultimate Master P, Koch Vision, 2006.

FeaturingMaster P, PCT, 2007.

(With Lil' Romeo) Hip Hop History, 2007.

Greatest Hitz, Priority, 2007.

Singles from No Limit include "When They Gone," 1995; "Mr. Ice Cream Man," 1996; "No More Tears," 1996; "I Miss My Homies," 1997; "If I Could Change," 1997; "Kenny's Dead," 1998; "Make 'em Say Uhh!," 1998; "I Got the Hook Up," 1998; "Goodbye to My Homies," 1998; "I'm Going Big Time," 1999; "Jack of the Jackers," 1999; "B-Ball," 1999; "Step to This," 1999; and "Ooohhhwee," 2002; other singles include "Souljas," Priority, 2000; "Real Love," Universal International, 2002, and "Act a Fool," Koch Vision, 2004.

Videos:

Master P Presents No Limits, Vol. 1, 1999.

Rising to the Top: Master P Story, 1999.

Welcome to Death Row, Xenon Pictures, 2001.

Xzibit: Restless Xposed, Fortress Entertainment Group, 2001.

"Homies and Thuggs," Scarface: Greatest Hits on DVD, Pop/Art Film Factory, 2003.

Making "Scary Movie 3," Dimension Home Video, 2004.

Appeared in the music videos "It Ain't My Fault" by Silkk the Shocker, "Let's Ride" by Montell Jordan, and "My Baby" by Lil' Romeo.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

I'm Bout It, No Limit Films, 1997.

Da Game of Life (short film), No Limit Films/Shooting Star Pictures, 1998.

MP Da Last Don (also based on story by Master P), No Limit Films, 1998.

I Got the Hook Up (also based on story by Master P), Dimension Films, 1998.

Hot Boyz (also known as Gang Law), Artisan Entertainment, 1999.

Foolish, Artisan Entertainment, 1999.

No Tomorrow, PM Entertainment Group, 1999.

Decisions, Koch Vision, 2004.

Don't Be Scared, Bossman/Master P, 2006.

Black Supaman, Neighborhood Filmworks, 2007.

(As P. Miller) Uncle P, New Line Home Video, 2007.

Film Music:

Composer, Killer Pad, 2008.

Songs Featured in Films:

"Scream," Scream 2, Dimension Films, 1997.

"Hit 'em Up, Get 'em Up (Stick 'em Up)," Nothing to Lose, Buena Vista, 1997.

"Throw 'em Up," The Players Club, New Line Cinema, 1998.

Title song, Light It Up, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999.

"Souljas," Undisputed (also known as Undisputed—Sieg ohne ruhm), Miramax, 2002.

"Lil' Romeo's B House," Scooby-Doo, Warner Bros., 2002.

"Choppa Style" and "Get Back," Malibu's Most Wanted, Warner Bros., 2003.

"Oh No," Hollywood Homicide, Columbia, 2003.

"Them Jeans," Cellular, New Line Cinema, 2004.

Television Series:

Romeo!, Nickelodeon, 2004-2006.

Other:

Guaranteed Success When You Never Give Up, Kensington Publishing, 2007.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 21, Gale, 1999.

Contemporary Musicians, Volume 22, Gale, 1998.

Newsmakers 1999, Issue 4, Gale, 1999.

Periodicals:

Black Enterprise, January, 2008, p. 46.

Ebony, June, 2002, p. 56.

Entertainment Weekly, June 12, 1998, p. 38.

Fortune, September 27, 1999, p. 166.

Jet, February 26, 2001, p. 32; February 3, 2003, p. 58.

People Weekly, January 28, 2008, p. 123.

Sports Illustrated, July 19, 1999, p. 82.

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