RuPaulFilmography

Born:: November 17, 1960
Occupation:: Actor
Birth name:: RuPaul Andre Charles
Biography:: Fusing tall, dark, and handsome with exaggerated femininity, the 6'7" celebrity drag queen RuPaul was born in San Diego, CA, as RuPaul Andre Charles. He attended Northside School for the Performing Arts but dropped out to get his GED and work for his brother-in-law's car lot. His first television...Read More

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Ladies or Gentlemen

Synopsis: This documentary takes a look at the phenomenon of crossdressing in film - an idea that consistently evokes strong reactions from audiences, and makes for bankable entertainment. Looking back on its playful history, the film features interviews with people like John Waters and Tim Curry. ~ Cammila Read More

2009
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild

Actors: Jonah Blechman, Jake Mosser, Aaron Michael Davies, Jimmy Clabots, RuPaul

Synopsis: Four men go looking for love in all the wrong, right, and indeterminate places in this over-the-top sequel to Todd Stephens' comedy Another Gay Movie. Having lost their virginity and finished high school in the first movie, Andy (Jake Mosser), Griff (Aaron Michael Davies), Jarod (Jimmy Clabots) Read More

8/29/08
Starrbooty

Actors: RuPaul, Lahoma Van Zandt, Candis Cayne, Michael Lucas, Lady Bunny

Synopsis: The most fabulous drag queen of them all turns up the kitsch for this over-the-top blaxploitation spoof. When supermodel/secret agent Starrbooty learns her niece has been kidnapped, she goes undercover as a streetwalker to rescue the girl and bring the perps to justice. The only problem is that Read More

2007
Who Is Cletis Tout?

Actors: Christian Slater, Tim Allen, Portia de Rossi, Richard Dreyfuss, Billy Connolly

Synopsis: Standup comedian turned director Chris Ver Weil makes his debut with this wild and woolly romantic comedy cum noir crime thriller. The film centers on Trevor Finch (Christian Slater), a master counterfeiter and career con who learns that he has a price on his head from mob hitman Critical Jim (Tim Allen Read More

7/26/02
The Truth About Jane

Actors: Stockard Channing, Ellen Muth, Kelly Rowan

Synopsis: A teenager going through the typical traumas of adolescence has to confront an especially big hurdle in this made-for-TV drama. Jane (Ellen Muth) is a seemingly typical 15-year-old high school student; she's popular at school, does well in her classes, and has a good relationship with her parents Read More

2001
The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Actors: RuPaul, Tammy Faye Messner

Synopsis: RuPaul narrates this affectionate look at everyone's favorite televangelist/living cosmetic display: Tammy Faye Bakker. The eldest of eight children in rural Minnesota, Tammy Faye married Jim Bakker in 1960, and soon they found a following on the gospel circuit. This eventually led to a gig on Read More

7/28/00
But I'm a Cheerleader

Actors: Natasha Lyonne, Cathy Moriarty, Bud Cort, Mink Stole, RuPaul, Clea Duvall

Synopsis: In this satire, parents who are worried that their children might not be walking the straight and narrow path discover a rehabilitation camp designed to curb alternative lifestyles. Megan (Natasha Lyonne), a high school student and member of the cheerleading squad, seems like an ordinary enough Read More

7/7/00
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever

Actors: Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, Branford Marsalis, George Clinton, Kenneth Edmonds

Synopsis: Diana Ross hosts this four-hour TV special tracing the rise of Berry Gordy's Detroit-based Motown record label during the '60s. Clips were compiled from a variety of sources, including such TV shows as Teen Town, Where the Action Is and It's What's Happening Baby. The history covers the label's Read More

1998
Alma

Actors: Alma Thorpe, Margie Thorpe, Jim Thorpe, RuPaul, Hunter Patterson

Synopsis: Framed by accusations of incest and overflowing with outrageous family secrets, director Ruth Leitman's Southern Gothic-flavored documentary tells the story of whiskey sippin', country singin' Southern Diva Margie Thorpe, and her lifelong quest to care for her mentally ill mother and alcoholic Read More

1997
Fled

Actors: Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin, Salma Hayek, Will Patton

Synopsis: Though serving a prison sentence for using his computer to embezzle from an international corporation, Dodge (Stephen Baldwin) still thinks of himself as an ordinary criminal. His fellow convict, Piper (Lawrence Fishburne), whose basic decency leads him to protect Dodge from an assault by another Read More

1996
Wigstock: The Movie

Actors: Alexis Arquette, Crystal Waters, RuPaul

Synopsis: Come to the land of a thousand Lizas (and Barbaras, Judys, and Marilyn Monroes) in this gay and colorful documentary that chronicles the great spectacle of New York's annual festival of drag queens. The event has been taking place every Labor day in Manhattan for thirty years. Over 20,000 people Read More

1995
Blue in the Face

Actors: Harvey Keitel, Lou Reed, Roseanne, Michael J. Fox, Jim Jarmusch

Synopsis: Director Wayne Wang and screenwriter Paul Auster had enough storylines and characters left over from their charming comedy Smoke to make another film, so they shot Blue In The Face immediately after Smoke was completed. The film once again centers on the Brooklyn Cigar Store and manager Auggie (Harvey Keitel Read More

1995
The Brady Bunch Movie

Actors: Christine Taylor, Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Michael McKean, Jean Smart, Henriette Mantel

Synopsis: The Brady Bunch Movie pays tribute to the 1970s TV show while poking gentle fun at it. The Brady family, led by father Mike (Gary Cole), still live in their suburban, split-level home and are still throwbacks to the era that spawned them. Eternally perky wife Carol (Shelley Long) is the perfect Read More

1995
Smoke

Actors: William Hurt, Harvey Keitel, Forest Whitaker, Harold Perrineau, Jr., Victor Argo

Synopsis: A Brooklyn cigar shop is the setting for this drama from director Wayne Wang that interweaves the stories of several characters that have fractured family relationships in common. Harvey Keitel is Auggie Wren, poetic owner of the Brooklyn Cigar Company, a store that he considers the center of the Read More

1995
A Mother's Prayer

Actors: Noah Fleiss, Linda Hamilton, RuPaul

Synopsis: Based on a true story, this emotional made-for-television drama is aimed at heightening public awareness of the tragedy for children with HIV-positive parents. Linda Hamilton was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance as widow Rosemary Holmstrom, a single mother who is battling the Read More

1995
Red Ribbon Blues

Actors: Paul Mercurio, Debi Mazar, RuPaul

Synopsis: Three HIV positive robbers play PC Robin Hoods when they begin stealing a high-priced drug and sharing it with their afflicted, impoverished peers and AIDS centers. The drug, manufactured by Apothecary Industries, is said to stave off the development of AIDS in HIV patients and could be effective Read More

1995
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Actors: Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, Blythe Danner

Synopsis: Patrick Swayze plays Vida Boheme, a classy and long-reigning drag queen. With his understudy Noxeema Jackson (Wesley Snipes), Vida wins a New York drag stage contest and an all-expenses-paid trip to Hollywood. But when Miss Chi Chi Rodriguez (John Leguizamo) cries at having lost the contest Read More

1995
Crooklyn

Actors: Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, David Patrick Kelly, Zelda Harris, Carlton Williams

Synopsis: Spike Lee and his siblings Cinque Lee and Joie Lee co-wrote this nostalgic but unglamorized look at a family growing up in Brooklyn in the 1970s, inspired by their own childhood. Woody Carmichael (Delroy Lindo) is a jazz musician whose career is in a slump; he once made a good living as a session Read More

1994