Editing Fred Durst (section)

===Start of film career (2006–2009)===
[[File:Fred Durst.jpg|thumb|upright|Durst with Limp Bizkit at [[Sonisphere Festival|Sonisphere 2011]]]]

While Limp Bizkit was on hiatus, Durst began working in [[independent film]]s. In 2006, Durst costarred in the film ''[[Population 436]]''. His directorial debut, ''[[The Education of Charlie Banks]]'', was released the following year. The film, which starred [[Jesse Eisenberg]], [[Chris Marquette]] and [[Jason Ritter]], received mixed reviews; [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gave the film a score of 48% based on reviews from 31 critics. The website's consensus stated, "Unevenness and earnestness mire this otherwise sweet, surprising coming of age drama."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/education_of_charlie_banks/ |title=''The Education of Charlie Banks'' |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=December 1, 2021 |archive-date=December 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209185734/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/education_of_charlie_banks/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A second directorial effort, ''[[The Longshots]]'', starring [[Ice Cube]] and [[Keke Palmer]], was released in 2008. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a score of 41% based on 71 reviews, with the site's consensus indicating that the film was "a largely formulaic affair, rarely deviating from the inspirational sports movie playbook."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/longshots/ |title=''The Longshots'' |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=December 17, 2021 |archive-date=June 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620231849/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/longshots/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The same year, Durst appeared as a bartender in two episodes of the television medical drama ''[[House (TV series)|House, M.D.]]''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Romero |first=Michelle |date=May 13, 2008 |title='House': Head Case |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20199656,00.html |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=October 17, 2020 |archive-date=October 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019072711/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20199656,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>