Actor

Darius Rucker

May 13, 1966 · Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Darius Carlos Rucker (born May 13, 1966) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, which he founded in 1986 at the University of South Carolina along with Mark Bryan, Jim "Soni" Sonefeld, and Dean Felber. The band released five studio albums with Rucker as a member and charted six top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Rucker co-wrote most of the songs with the other members of the band.

Notable work

6.2
Shallow Hal (2001)
as Capital Grille Maitre D'
7.7
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
as Desmond Abati
7.9
Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery (2015)
as The Destroyer (voice)
7.2
Big Sky (2020)
as Possum

Often works with

Blake Shelton
2 titles together
ACM Presents: Our Country, American Saturday Night: Live from the Grand Ole Opry
Brad Paisley
2 titles together
ACM Presents: Our Country, American Saturday Night: Live from the Grand Ole Opry

Full filmography · 12

The Tuskegee Airmen: Return to Ramitelli
as Narrator
2023
ACM Presents: Our Country
cast
2020
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
cast
2017
American Saturday Night: Live from the Grand Ole Opry
cast
2015
Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery
as The Destroyer (voice)
20157.9
Shallow Hal
as Capital Grille Maitre D'
20016.2