Tariq Trotter
ActingBorn October 3, 1971 (age 55)
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
Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God2026 · Self (voice)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert2025 · Self
Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular2024 · Self
Angry Birds Mystery Island2024 · Bat-Bat (voice)
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop2023 · Self
Rise Up, Sing Out2022
tick, tick... BOOM!2021 · H.A.W.K. Smooth
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage2021 · Self
Rap Mentors2021 · Self
Waiting for Godot2021 · Pozzo
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma2021 · Self
Between the World and Me2020 · Self
My Name Is Pedro2020 · Self
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America2019 · Self
Bread EP Short Film2018 · Himself (Voice)
Random Acts of Flyness2018 · Himself
Party Monster: Scratching the Surface2018 · Damar Varnish
Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville2017 · Self
The Deuce2017 · Reggie Love
Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon2017 · Self
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping2016 · The Roots
Stealing Cars2016 · Lionel McWorthers
Brotherly Love2015 · Barbershop Patron
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt2015 · Damar Varnish
Get On Up2014 · Pee Wee Ellis
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · Self - Musical Guest
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’2012 · Self
On the Inside2011 · Tom Bogotus
Yelling To The Sky2011 · Roland
Night Catches Us2010 · Bostic Washington
Dave Chappelle's Block Party2005 · Self - (as Black Thought) (The Roots)
Love Rome2004 · Tariq
Oliver's Travels2004 · The Roots
Brown Sugar2002 · Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
Brooklyn Babylon2001 · Solomon
Bamboozled2000 · Alabama Porch Monkey
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor1998 · Tariq Trotter
On The Go - Repeat Offender1995
The Grammys1959 · Self
The Roots PresentSelf