Cornell Haynes, Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper and singer. He has performed with the rap group St. Lunatics since 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal, Nelly began his solo career in 2000 with his debut album Country Grammar, the title track of which was a top ten hit. The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 and went on to peak at #1. Country Grammar is Nelly's best-selling album to date, selling over 8.4 million copies in the United States. His following album, Nellyville, produced the number-one hits "Hot in Herre" and "Dilemma" featuring Kelly Rowland. Other singles included "Work It" featuring Justin Timberlake, "Air Force Ones" featuring Murphy Lee and the St. Lunatics, "Pimp Juice", and "#1". With the same-day dual release Sweat and Suit (2004) and the compilation Sweatsuit (2006), Nelly continued to generate many chart-topping hits. Sweat debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 342,000 copies in its first week. On the same week of release, Suit debuted at number one selling around 396,000 copies in its first week on the same chart. Nelly's fifth studio album, Brass Knuckles, was released on September 16, 2008 after several delays. It produced the singles "Party People", featuring Fergie, "Stepped on My J'z" and "Body On Me", featuring Akon and Ashanti. In 2010, Nelly released the album 5.0. The lead single, "Just a Dream", has appeared in the top ten of several singles charts and were certified platinum in the United States. The second single is "Move That Body" featuring T-Pain and Akon. "Gone" is the sequel to Nelly's 2002 worldwide number one single "Dilemma", also with Rowland, and serves as third single from Nelly's album. He won Grammy Awards in 2003 and 2004 and had a supporting role in the 2005 remake film The Longest Yard with Adam Sandler and Chris Rock. He has two clothing lines, Vokal and Apple Bottoms. He has been referred to by Peter Shapiro as "one of the biggest stars of the new millennium", and the RIAA ranks Nelly as one of the best-selling male artists in American music history, with 21 million albums sold in the United States.On December 11, 2009, Billboard ranked Nelly the #3 Top Artist of the Decade. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nelly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 2, 1974 (51)
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Actor and producer
- 6 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
What are Nelly's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 2
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 1
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Mentoras Prolifik in Snipes (2001)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Nelly's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Nelly's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
9 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 39 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
Reach Me(2014)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all showsRip the Runway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
The Longest Yard(2005)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
CSI: NY(2004)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all showsThe Making of What's Going On: All-Star Tribute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Snipes(2001)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all filmsClear Lake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 77th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 10 titles, 9 of them dated from 1992 to 2025; peak year 2005.
Film career
Peak 2005 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2004Screen debut· CSI: NY
- 2005First film· The Longest Yard
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Nelly's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 27th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 19th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 63/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 38. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Nelly work with?
People who share at least 2 of Nelly's MovieCove titles; Terry Crews shares the most, 2.
- Terry CrewsShared titles: Reach Me (2014), The Longest Yard (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Terry Crews
