Person

Rodney Mullen

Acting · Born 1966-08-17 · Gainesville, Florida, USA

Biography

John Rodney Mullen is an American professional skateboarder, entrepreneur, inventor, and public speaker who practices freestyle and street skateboarding. He is widely considered the most influential street skater in the history of the sport, being credited for inventing numerous tricks, including the flatground ollie, kickflip, heelflip, impossible, and 360-flip. As a result, he has been called the "Father of Street Skateboarding."

Known for

Filmography

2025Empire SkateSelf
2022Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall OffSelf
2020Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game StorySelf
2019DAEWONSelf
2017Dumb: The Story of Big Brother MagazineSelf (archive footage)
201515 years of enjoiHimself
2015Motivation 2: The Chris Cole StorySelf
2013The Secret Life of Walter MittyStunts
2012Bones Brigade: An AutobiographySelf
2008D.O.P.E. - Death Or Prison Eventually
2007The Man Who Souled the WorldSelf
2007John from CincinnatiSkateboarder
2006Inside Project 8: The Video GameSelf
2005The Making of Animal Chin
2004Tony Hawk's Secret Skatepark TourSelf
2004Almost Skateboards: Round ThreeHimself
2004Transworld - Show Me The Way
2002Rodney Mullen: From the Ground Up
2001Opinion: To Each His Own
1999Rodney Mullen vs. Daewon Song: Round 2
1998Canvas: The Skateboarding DocumentaryHimself
1997The RevolutionSelf
1997Rodney Mullen vs. Daewon Song
1996Thrasher - Skate and Destroy
1994Second Hand SmokeSelf
1993Virtual RealitySelf
1992Love ChildEditor
1992QuestionableSelf
1989Rubbish Heap
1988Hot SplashSelf
1988Psycho SkateSelf
1988Public DomainSelf
1987Powell Peralta: The Search for Animal ChinSelf
1986Thrashin'Rodney Mullen
1986Radical Moves
1985Future PrimitiveSelf
1984The Bones Brigade Video ShowSelf
1983Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two

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