Brett Ratner

Director

Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969) is an American film director and producer. He directed the Rush Hour film series, The Family Man, Red Dragon, X-Men: The Last Stand, Tower Heist, and Hercules. He is a producer of several films, including the Horrible Bosses series, as well as executive producer on other projects, including the films The Revenant and War Dogs and the television series Prison Break.

Ratner got his start directing with music videos in the 1990s and directed his first motion picture, Money Talks, in 1997. Overall, the films Ratner has directed have earned over $2 billion at the global box office. Ratner is the co-founder of RatPac Entertainment, a film production company. Ratner led RatPac’s partnership with Dune Entertainment in September 2013 for a co-producing deal with Warner Bros. that included 75 films. RatPac Entertainment has co-financed 81 theatrically released motion pictures, exceeding $17 billion in worldwide box office receipts. RatPac’s co-financed films have been nominated for 59 Academy Awards, 25 Golden Globes, and 43 BAFTAs and have won 25 Academy Awards, 8 Golden Globes, and 24 BAFTAs. In January 2017, Ratner received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion picture industry, located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard.

In 2017, numerous women in Hollywood came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct, sexual assault, or harassment against Ratner.

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Known For

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Scarface

1983

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Entourage

2004

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The Daily Show

1996

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POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

2011

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Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

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Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

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The Grand

2007

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Black and White

1999

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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

2009

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Seduced and Abandoned

2013

Acting

2021 Jackie Chan: Building an Icon as Self (archive footage)

2020 Pollywood as Self

2017 The Fabulous Allan Carr as Self

2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest (1 episode)

2013 Seduced and Abandoned as Self

2012 Eddie Murphy: One Night Only as Self

2012 In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin as Self

2011 POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold as Self

2010 With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story as Self

2009 How Bruce Lee Changed the World as Self

2009 I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self

2007 The Grand as "Sob Story" Barry Blaustein

2007 Making Rush Hour 3 as Self

2007 On the Lot

2006 Brett Ratner's X-Diaries as Himself

2006 Class Act as Self

2006 The N Word as Self

2004 Entourage as Brett Ratner (1 episode)

2003 A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' as Self

2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (1 episode)

1999 Black and White as Brett Ratner

1999 A Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of Rush Hour as Self

1996 Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar as Self

1996 The Daily Show as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) (1 episode)

1983 Scarface as Boy Lying on Raft in Pool (uncredited)

— Jackie Chan: Down to Earth as Self

Directing

2026 Melania Director

2015 American Express Unstaged: Dead & Company Director

2015 Breakthrough Director

2014 Hercules Director

2014 Mysteries of the Jules Rimet Trophy Director

2013 Movie 43 Director

2011 Tower Heist Director

2011 CHAOS Director

2008 New York, I Love You Director In Library

2008 Blue Blood Director

2007 Rush Hour 3 Director

2006 X-Men: The Last Stand Director

2005 Prison Break Director

2004 After the Sunset Director

2002 Red Dragon Director

2001 Rush Hour 2 Director

2001 Lady Luck! Director

2000 The Family Man Director

1999 Evil Luke Lee Director

1999 Making the Video Director

1998 Rush Hour Director

1997 Money Talks Director

1994 Meet Mickey Rourke Director

1990 Whatever Happened to Mason Reese Director

— Blue Blood Director

— Rush Hour 4 Director

— Untitled Melania Trump Docuseries Director

Writing

1990 Whatever Happened to Mason Reese Writer

Production

2026 Melania Producer

2019 Georgetown Producer

2017 Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds Executive Producer

2017 The Lego Ninjago Movie Executive Producer

2016 Rules Don't Apply Producer

2016 I Saw the Light Producer

2016 S Is for Stanley Producer

2016 Before the Flood Producer

2016 War Dogs Executive Producer

2016 Dark Crimes Producer

2016 Rush Hour Executive Producer

2015 By Sidney Lumet Executive Producer

2015 Black Mass Executive Producer

2015 Scorsese's GoodFellas Producer

2015 Barely Lethal Producer

2015 The Audition Producer

2015 Truth Producer

2015 Chuck Norris vs Communism Producer

2015 The Revenant Executive Producer In Library

2014 Night Will Fall Producer In Library

2014 Horrible Bosses 2 Producer

2014 Hercules Producer

2014 The Water Diviner Executive Producer

2014 Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films Producer

2014 Jersey Boys Executive Producer

2014 Mysteries of the Jules Rimet Trophy Executive Producer

2014 One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film Producer

2012 Mirror Mirror Producer

2011 Horrible Bosses Producer

2011 Woody Allen: A Documentary Executive Producer

2011 CHAOS Producer

2010 Skyline Executive Producer

2010 Mother's Day Producer

2010 Catfish Executive Producer

2009 Prison Break: The Final Break Executive Producer

2009 I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale Producer

2008 21 Executive Producer

2007 Code Name: The Cleaner Producer

2007 Women's Murder Club Producer

2006 Running Scared Producer

2006 End Game Executive Producer

2005 Santa's Slay Producer

2005 Prison Break Executive Producer

2002 Paid in Full Producer

2001 Double Take Producer

Crew

2010 I'm Still Here Thanks

1999 Jackie Chan: My Stunts Thanks