Tariq Trotter
Acting
Born: 1971-10-03
Biography
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.
🎬 Movies (30)
Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
2026
Self (voice)
Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World)
2026
Executive Producer
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Executive Producer
Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
2024
Self
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023
Self
The League
2023
Executive Producer
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
2021
Self
Waiting for Godot
2021
Pozzo
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
H.A.W.K. Smooth
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021
Self
Between the World and Me
2020
Self
My Name Is Pedro
2020
Self
Bread EP Short Film
2018
Himself (Voice)
Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
2017
Self
Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon
2017
Self
Stealing Cars
2016
Lionel McWorthers
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
The Roots
Brotherly Love
2015
Barbershop Patron
Get On Up
2014
Pee Wee Ellis
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
Self
On the Inside
2011
Tom Bogotus
Yelling To The Sky
2011
Roland
Night Catches Us
2010
Bostic Washington
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005
Self - (as Black Thought) (The Roots)
Love Rome
2004
Tariq
Brown Sugar
2002
Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
Brooklyn Babylon
2001
Solomon
Bamboozled
2000
Alabama Porch Monkey
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998
Tariq Trotter
📺 TV Shows (10)
Angry Birds Mystery Island
2024
Bat-Bat (voice)
James Brown: Say It Loud
2024
Executive Producer
Rise Up, Sing Out
2022
Rap Mentors
2021
Self
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
2019
Self
Random Acts of Flyness
2018
Himself
The Deuce
2017
Reggie Love
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
Damar Varnish
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self - Guest
The Grammys
1959
Self