Acting · Born October 3, 1971
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.
MovieGorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
2026
as Self (voice)
MovieSNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
as Self
MovieJimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
2024
as Self
TVAngry Birds Mystery Island
2024
as Bat-Bat (voice)
MovieA GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023
as Self
TVRise Up, Sing Out
2022
Movietick, tick... BOOM!
2021
as H.A.W.K. Smooth
MovieWoodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021
as Self
TVRap Mentors
2021
as Self
MovieWaiting for Godot
2021
as Pozzo
MovieDon't Go Tellin' Your Momma
2021
as Self
MovieBetween the World and Me
2020
as Self
MovieMy Name Is Pedro
2020
as Self
TVHip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
2019
as Self
MovieBread EP Short Film
2018
as Himself (Voice)
TVRandom Acts of Flyness
2018
as Himself
MovieParty Monster: Scratching the Surface
2018
as Damar Varnish
MovieDave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
2017
as Self
TVThe Deuce
2017
as Reggie Love
MovieRace Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon
2017
as Self
MoviePopstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
as The Roots
MovieStealing Cars
2016
as Lionel McWorthers
MovieBrotherly Love
2015
as Barbershop Patron
TVUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
as Damar Varnish
MovieGet On Up
2014
as Pee Wee Ellis
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Musical Guest
MovieYo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
as Self
MovieOn the Inside
2011
as Tom Bogotus
MovieYelling To The Sky
2011
as Roland
MovieNight Catches Us
2010
as Bostic Washington
MovieDave Chappelle's Block Party
2005
as Self - (as Black Thought) (The Roots)
MovieLove Rome
2004
as Tariq
MovieBrown Sugar
2002
as Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
MovieBrooklyn Babylon
2001
as Solomon
MovieBamboozled
2000
as Alabama Porch Monkey
MoviePete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998
as Tariq Trotter
MovieOn The Go - Repeat Offender
1995
TVThe Grammys
1959
as Self
MovieThe Roots Present
as Self
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
as Self
Gorillaz Tottenham Hotspur Stadium documentary
as Self
