- Born
- Birth nameAdrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws
- Nicknames
- Tricky Rock
- Tricky Kid
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Tricky was born on January 27, 1968 in Knowle West, Bristol, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for The Fifth Element (1997), Face/Off (1997) and Virtuosity (1995).
- SpouseCarmen Ejogo(August 9, 1998 - ?) (divorced)
- Mother, Maxine Quaye committed suicide when he was 4. His first solo album "MaxinQuaye", was named after her because he "felt she was speaking through him with his words.".
- Appears in the video "Parabola" by Tool.
- Though, everyone considers him a originator of trip-hop - Tricky, himself, gets frustrated at that label for his music. In one of the episodes he appears in, "Girlfriends" they tied his hate for the label into his appearance.
- His song "Excess," co-written by Alanis Morissette, has been featured in the movies Bully (2001), Thir13en Ghosts (2001), Queen of the Damned (2002) and also served as the main title theme to the now-cancelled WB series Glory Days (2001).
- One of the originators of the musical genre Trip-Hop.
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