- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 3, 1971
- Place of Birth
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Tariq Trotter
Tariq Luqmaan Trotter, better known as Black Thought, is an American rapper and the lead MC of the Philadelphia-based hip hop group, The Roots, as well as an occasional actor.
Filmography
movieEarth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World)
2026 · Executive Producer
movieGorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
2026 · Self (voice)
movieSNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025 · Self
movieLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Executive Producer
movieJimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
2024 · Self
tvAngry Birds Mystery Island
2024 · Bat-Bat (voice)
tvJames Brown: Say It Loud
2024 · Executive Producer
movieA GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023 · Self
movieThe League
2023 · Executive Producer
tvRise Up, Sing Out
2022
movietick, tick... BOOM!
2021 · H.A.W.K. Smooth
movieWoodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021 · Self
tvRap Mentors
2021 · Self
movieWaiting for Godot
2021 · Pozzo
movieDon't Go Tellin' Your Momma
2021 · Self
movieBetween the World and Me
2020 · Self
movieMy Name Is Pedro
2020 · Self
tvHip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
2019 · Self, Creator
movieBread EP Short Film
2018 · Himself (Voice)
tvRandom Acts of Flyness
2018 · Himself
movieParty Monster: Scratching the Surface
2018 · Damar Varnish
movieDave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
2017 · Self
tvThe Deuce
2017 · Reggie Love
movieRace Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon
2017 · Self
moviePopstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016 · The Roots
movieStealing Cars
2016 · Lionel McWorthers
movieBrotherly Love
2015 · Barbershop Patron
tvUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015 · Damar Varnish
movieGet On Up
2014 · Pee Wee Ellis
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest
movieYo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012 · Self
movieOn the Inside
2011 · Tom Bogotus
movieYelling To The Sky
2011 · Roland
movieNight Catches Us
2010 · Bostic Washington
movieDave Chappelle's Block Party
2005 · Self - (as Black Thought) (The Roots)
movieLove Rome
2004 · Tariq
movieBrown Sugar
2002 · Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
movieBrooklyn Babylon
2001 · Solomon
movieBamboozled
2000 · Alabama Porch Monkey
moviePete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998 · Tariq Trotter
movieMen in Black
1997 · Songs
movieOn The Go - Repeat Offender
1995
tvThe Grammys
1959 · Self
movieThe Roots Present
— · Self
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
movieDave Chappelle's Block Party 2
— · Self
Gorillaz Tottenham Hotspur Stadium documentary
movieGorillaz Tottenham Hotspur Stadium documentary
— · Self