Who's the Man?
The First Hip-Hop Whodunnit!
1993 | 85m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Ted Demme |
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| Writer: | Seth Greenland, Doctor Dré, Ed Lover |
| Staring: |
| Ed Lover and Doctor Dre are two inept barbers. Deciding that maybe they ought to find another line of work, they join the police. A big mistake, as far as their duty sergeant, Sgt Cooper is concerned, who proceeds to harass them at every turn. Despite this, they discover a major crime, and proceed to solve it in their own unusual fashion. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 23, 1993 |
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| Director: | Ted Demme |
| Writer: | Seth Greenland, Doctor Dré, Ed Lover |
| Genres: | Action, Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | New Line Cinema, De Passe Entertainment |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
![Who's the Man? (1993, trailer) [Ed Lover, Doctor Dré, Badja Djola, Cheryl 'Salt' James]](/extra_thumbs/cOj8E86TsD4.jpg)
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ed Lover | Ed Lover |
| Doctor Dré | Doctor Dre |
| Badja Djola | Lionel Douglas |
| Denis Leary | Sgt. Cooper |
| Cheryl 'Salt' James | Teesha Braxton |
| Jim Moody | Nick Crawford |
| Ice-T | Chauncey "Nighttrain" Jackson |
| Richard Bright | Demetrius |
| Rozwill Young | Sgt. Bo Griles |
| Colin Quinn | Frankie Flynn |
| Bernie Mac | G-George |
| Bill Bellamy | K.K. |
| Andre B. Blake | Lamar |
| Bowlegged Lou | Forty |
| T-Money | Bubba |
| Kim Chan | Fuji |
| Vincent Pastore | Tony 'Clams' Como |
| Kurt Loder | Hitman |
| Joe Lisi | Captain Reilly |
| Tony Lip | Vito Pasquale |
| George T. Odom | Albert |
| Hugh Hurd | Mushmouth |
| Roger Robinson | Charlie |
| Maggie Rush | Brenda |
| Kris Kross | Micah / Karim |
| Phife Dawg | Gerald |
| Busta Rhymes | Jawaan |
| John Scurti | John Boothby |
| Flavor Flav | Flavor Flav |
| Sandra 'Pepa' Denton | Serise |
| Queen Latifah | Queen Latifah |
| Heavy D | Heavy D |
| Fab 5 Freddy | Fab 5 Freddy |
| Terrence Howard | Customer |
| Yolanda Whitaker | Woman |
| Apache | Bubba Worker #1 |
| Darryl Barnes | Bubba Worker #2 (as Smooth B) |
| Dennis Vestunis | Gustave |
| KRS-One | Rashid |
| Stretch | Benny |
| Karen Duffy | Officer Day |
| Big Bub | Roscoe |
| Curtis Carrott | Boogie |
| Art Garfield | Customer in Chair |
| Little Daddy Shane | Homeboy |
| Caron Bernstein | Kelly |
| Ken Ober | Bernstein |
| Ashanti | Kid No. 4 |
| Ralph McDaniels | T.V. Reporter |
| Kool G Rap | Guy in barbershop chair (uncredited) |
| Shock G | Club Doorman |
| Jason 'Jam Master Jay' Mizell | Detective |
| Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels | Detective |
| Joseph Simmons | Detective |
| Bushwick Bill | Bar Vagrant |
| D-Nice | Male Nurse |
| Melle Mel | Delroy |
| B-Real | Jose Gomez |
| Eric B. | Robber #5 |
| Pete Rock | Robber #1 |
| C.L. Smooth | Robber #2 |
| Kid Capri | Self |
| Kristen Wilson | Maria |
| Del the Funky Homosapien | Kid #1 |
| Guru | Lorenzo |
| Robert McWilliams | Barbershop customer (uncredited) |
| Treach | Anthony Treach Criss |
| Jimmy Burke | Officer Barnes |
| Leslie Segar | Sheneequa |
| Chris 'Mac Daddy' Kelly | Micah |
| Chris 'Daddy Mac' Smith | Karim |
| Glenn Kubota | Korean Grocer |
| John MacKay | Captain Paggio |
| Lin Que Ayoung | Female Nurse |
| Gavin O'Connor | Drill Man |
| Everlast | Billy |
| Danny Boy O'Connor | Steve |
| DJ Lethal | Mike |
| Monie Love | Vanessa |
| Freddie Foxxx | Bartender |
| Paul Anthony | Club Guy #2 (as Paul A. George) |
| Randy Frazier | Reverend Green |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Seth Greenland | Author |
| Ted Demme | Director |
| Doctor Dré | Author |
| Ed Lover | Author |
| Nic. tenBroek | Original Music Composer |
| Michael Wolff | Original Music Composer |
| Adam Kimmel | Director of Photography |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 3 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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