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==Side projects and film career==
Tricky has guest-starred on a number of albums, including an appearance on [[Live (band)|Live]]'s fifth studio album, ''[[V (Live album)|V]]''. This appearance came as Tricky and Live's lead singer [[Ed Kowalczyk]] had developed a close friendship, with Kowalczyk contributing vocals to "Evolution Revolution Love", a track on Tricky's album ''[[Blowback (album)|Blowback]]''.{{When|date=March 2023}}

Tricky has also acted in various films. He appeared in a significant supporting role in the 1997 [[Luc Besson]] film ''[[The Fifth Element]]'', playing the right-hand man "Right Arm" to evil businessman Mr. Zorg.<ref name="amazon1" />

He also appears briefly in the 2004 [[Olivier Assayas]] film ''[[Clean (2004 film)|Clean]]'', playing himself, and had a large role in the music video for [[Parabola (song)|"Parabol/Parabola"]] by [[Tool (band)|Tool]]. He was also rumoured to have a brief cameo in [[John Woo]]'s 1997 movie ''[[Face/Off]]'', but has denied that this was the case, although his single "Christiansands" was featured in the movie.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Odell |first=Michael |title='What's Wikipedia?' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/04/tricky.slow.wikipedia |access-date=15 January 2015}}</ref> Tricky also appeared as Finn, a musician who loves and then dumps main character Lynn, in the US sitcom, ''[[Girlfriends (American TV series)|Girlfriends]]''.

In 2001, Tricky appeared in online advertising for the web series ''We Deliver'', about a [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] delivery service in New York City. Though he did not appear in any episodes, in the advertising it appears as if he is a customer of the service.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Moretti |first1=Eddy |date=December 2001 |title=Tricky's on His Way with His Attache |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/tricky-v8n2/ |magazine=Vice |access-date=19 December 2015}}</ref>

The launch of a record label named Brown Punk was announced in mid-2007 that was a collaboration between Tricky and former Island Records executive Chris Blackwell. At the time, Tricky said: "Brown Punk represents a positive movement where you find intellectuals mixing with the working class, rock mixing with reggae and indie mixing with emo." The Dirty, The Gospel, Laid Blak Mexican band My Black Heart Machine were acts that were signed to the label, but as of October 2013, the label appears to be inactive.<ref>{{cite web |last=Diver |first=Mike |date=26 July 2007 |title=Tricky and Chris Blackwell launch Brown Punk |url=http://drownedinsound.com/news/2241072 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403211632/http://drownedinsound.com/news/2241072 |archive-date=3 April 2013 |access-date=13 October 2013 |work=Drowned in Sound}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=My Black Heart Machine |date=March 2013 |title=My Black Heart Machine – Making Little Tragedies |url=http://vimeo.com/56400228 |access-date=13 October 2013 |website=Vimeo.com |format=Video upload}}</ref>

In March 2023, the album ''When It's Going Wrong'' was released on False Idols. It is a collaboration between Tricky and Marta; a polish singer he has worked with since 2017.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> In April 2023 The German [[electro pop]] duo [[Berlin Banter]] released the singel ''I'll Wait'' featuring Tricky.