Acting
Tariq Trotter
Acting · Born 1971-10-03
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.
Credits · 41
FilmEarth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World)
2026 · Executive Producer
FilmGorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
2026 · Self (voice)
FilmSNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025 · Self
FilmLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Executive Producer
FilmJimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
2024 · Self
Angry Birds Mystery Island
2024 · Bat-Bat (voice)
James Brown: Say It Loud
2024 · Executive Producer
FilmA GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023 · Self
FilmThe League
2023 · Executive Producer
Rise Up, Sing Out
2022
Filmtick, tick... BOOM!
2021 · H.A.W.K. Smooth
FilmWoodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021 · Self
Rap Mentors
2021 · Self
FilmWaiting for Godot
2021 · Pozzo
FilmDon't Go Tellin' Your Momma
2021 · Self
FilmBetween the World and Me
2020 · Self
FilmMy Name Is Pedro
2020 · Self
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
2019 · Self
Random Acts of Flyness
2018 · Himself
FilmParty Monster: Scratching the Surface
2018 · Damar Varnish
The Deuce
2017 · Reggie Love
FilmRace Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon
2017 · Self
FilmPopstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016 · The Roots
FilmStealing Cars
2016 · Lionel McWorthers
FilmBrotherly Love
2015 · Barbershop Patron
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015 · Damar Varnish
FilmGet On Up
2014 · Pee Wee Ellis
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Musical Guest
FilmYo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012 · Self
FilmOn the Inside
2011 · Tom Bogotus
FilmYelling To The Sky
2011 · Roland
FilmNight Catches Us
2010 · Bostic Washington
FilmDave Chappelle's Block Party
2005 · Self - (as Black Thought) (The Roots)
FilmLove Rome
2004 · Tariq
FilmBrown Sugar
2002 · Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
FilmBrooklyn Babylon
2001 · Solomon
FilmBamboozled
2000 · Alabama Porch Monkey
FilmPete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998 · Tariq Trotter
FilmMen in Black
1997 · Songs
FilmOn The Go - Repeat Offender
1995
The Grammys
1959 · Self