Acting

Samuel Monroe Jr.

Born November 28, 1973 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Died August 27, 2026 · aged 52

Samuel Monroe Jr. (November 28, 1973 – August 26, 2026) was an American actor and rapper under the name Caffeine. He acted in numerous films including Menace II Society (1993), Tales from the Hood (1995), Set It Off (1996), and The Players Club (1998), and appeared in television series including Out All Night (1993), and NYPD Blue (1996). Monroe was also a rapper and performed as Caffeine. He was…

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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood · 1996

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

MovieComedyCrime

When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog, who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?

Menace II Society

Menace II Society · 1993

Menace II Society

MovieDramaCrime

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

Set It Off

Set It Off · 1996

MovieCrimeDrama

Four inner-city Black women, determined to end their constant struggle, decide to live by one rule — get what you want or die trying. So the four women take back their lives and take out some banks in the process.

Tales from the Hood

Tales from the Hood · 1995

Tales from the Hood

MovieHorrorCrime

A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in a local funeral parlor.

The Players Club

The Players Club · 1998

The Players Club

MovieComedyDrama

Single mother Diana struggles to provide for her child and pay for her college education. When she meets two dancers from a nearby gentlemen's club, Diana's convinced there's fast money to be made stripping.

She Ball

She Ball · 2020

MovieDramaComedy

On a mission to save his Inglewood community center, Avery Watts enlists a talented basketball player, Shelby, to help him win the grand prize in a street ball tournament. Together, Avery and Shelby challenge local politicians, gangs and their own stereotypes to save their community.

I Got the Hook Up 2

I Got the Hook Up 2 · 2019

I Got the Hook Up 2

After best friends Black and Blue's restaurant is shut down, Black needs to find some cash -- fast. He thinks his luck has turned when Blue's son, Fatboy, and his best friend, Spyda,, bring him a stash of stolen cellphones, and Black decides to sell them on the streets. There's only one problem: The boxes with the phones also contain the Colombian cartel's stash of Molly, which Spyda decides to sell.

Lockdown: 2025

Lockdown: 2025 · 2021

MovieScience FictionThriller

When martial law is declared, a family seeks shelter in the safety of its own home during a nationwide lockdown for a highly contagious virus.

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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood · 1996

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

MovieComedyCrime

When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog, who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?

Sam

Menace II Society

Menace II Society · 1993

Menace II Society

MovieDramaCrime

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

Ilena's Cousin

Set It Off

Set It Off · 1996

MovieCrimeDrama

Four inner-city Black women, determined to end their constant struggle, decide to live by one rule — get what you want or die trying. So the four women take back their lives and take out some banks in the process.

Lorenz

Tales from the Hood

Tales from the Hood · 1995

Tales from the Hood

MovieHorrorCrime

A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in a local funeral parlor.

Bulldog (segment "Welcome to My Mortuary")

The Players Club

The Players Club · 1998

The Players Club

MovieComedyDrama

Single mother Diana struggles to provide for her child and pay for her college education. When she meets two dancers from a nearby gentlemen's club, Diana's convinced there's fast money to be made stripping.

Junior

She Ball

She Ball · 2020

MovieDramaComedy

On a mission to save his Inglewood community center, Avery Watts enlists a talented basketball player, Shelby, to help him win the grand prize in a street ball tournament. Together, Avery and Shelby challenge local politicians, gangs and their own stereotypes to save their community.

Kill Bill

I Got the Hook Up 2

I Got the Hook Up 2 · 2019

I Got the Hook Up 2

After best friends Black and Blue's restaurant is shut down, Black needs to find some cash -- fast. He thinks his luck has turned when Blue's son, Fatboy, and his best friend, Spyda,, bring him a stash of stolen cellphones, and Black decides to sell them on the streets. There's only one problem: The boxes with the phones also contain the Colombian cartel's stash of Molly, which Spyda decides to sell.

Poncho

Lockdown: 2025

Lockdown: 2025 · 2021

MovieScience FictionThriller

When martial law is declared, a family seeks shelter in the safety of its own home during a nationwide lockdown for a highly contagious virus.

The Intruder

County General

County General · 2005

After he gets an 'F' on his latest assignment, film student Craig needs solid inspiration for his next short film. His girlfriend, Simone, who works at the local county hospital insists that the hospital's quack doctors, sexpot nurses, and hutty patients would be perfect source material for the budding director. Craig then takes a job as a lowly orderly at County General and soon wacky and harrowing hilarity ensues.

T-Bone

Packz

Lil Sicc, a young aspiring rapper from Texas, attempts to make his mark in L.A. His journey takes an unexpected twist when he learns the ins and outs of the drug game, and the dangerous lessons that come with it.

Jerome

7th and Westlake: Nino's Revenge

7th and Westlake: Nino's Revenge · 2019

7th and Westlake: Nino's Revenge

MovieHorrorCrime

Inter city horror movie hood film drugs action and alot more

AK

The Lick

The Lick · 2020

MovieCrimeDrama

Rich, freshly released from a 20-year jail term, is looking to score money through his old street connections. First, he needs to take down not only his biggest rival, but the FBI and the city’s many other rival gangs as well.

Kilo

Blood Sacrifice

Blood Sacrifice · 2021

Blood Sacrifice

What would you give up in order to follow your dreams? In this thrilling film you watch the journey of Corey and Gunz, who are best friends, unravel.

Trusted

Knuckle Up

Knuckle Up · 2017

MovieActionDrama

Death in the ring. The fight is fixed and no one can beat the monstrous champion anyway. Underdog fighter rises to the challenge after gaining internet fame. He will have the fight of his life.

Johnson

Behind De Pole

Behind De Pole · 2014

Four roommates, who dance at the same gentlemen's club, take different paths to get off the stripper pole and change their lives, for better or worse.

James

Shine Kings

Shine Kings · 2022

When Kam joins a rival car club, he jeopardizes friendships and the coveted car show title of "Shine King".

Zero

The Steve Harvey Show

The Steve Harvey Show · 1996

The Steve Harvey Show

SeriesComedyDrama

Down on his luck and out of money, former R&B star Steve Hightower lands a music teacher gig at an inner-city Chicago school. Showing who's in charge with his unorthodox approach, Steve discovers a new groove at Washington High School.

Murder One

Murder One · 1995

Theodore 'Teddy' Hoffman is a highly-regarded defense attorney in a prestigious Los Angeles law firm. Having successfully defended the wealthy but suspicious Richard Cross in a much-publicised murder trial, he is now involved in the defense of Neil Avedon, a famous young actor who has been suffering from severe drug and alcohol problems - and has been charged with the murder for which Cross was acquitted.

Trey

Smart Guy

Smart Guy · 1997

SeriesComedyDrama

T.J. is a boy genius who gets bumped up from the fourth grade to high school. T.J. tries to adjust to his new life, but he shares some classes with his 14 year-old brother Marcus, the school jock, and his clueless and self-absorbed 16 year-old sister Yvette.

Warren