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.
Acting
Movie
tick, tick... BOOM!
as H.A.W.K. Smooth
2021
Movie
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as The Roots
2016
TV
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
as Damar Varnish
2015
Movie
Get On Up
as Pee Wee Ellis
2014
TV
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975
TV
The Deuce
as Reggie Love
2017
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Musical Guest
2014
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
Movie
Bamboozled
as Alabama Porch Monkey
2000
Movie
Brown Sugar
as Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
2002
Movie
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
as Self - (as Black Thought) (The Roots)
2005
Movie
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
as Self
2021
Movie
Brotherly Love
as Barbershop Patron
2015
Movie
On the Inside
as Tom Bogotus
2011
TV
The Grammys
as Self
1959
Movie
Stealing Cars
as Lionel McWorthers
2016
Movie
Night Catches Us
as Bostic Washington
2010
Movie
Yelling To The Sky
as Roland
2011
Movie
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
2025
TV
Random Acts of Flyness
as Himself
2018
Movie
Brooklyn Babylon
as Solomon
2001
Movie
Between the World and Me
as Self
2020
Movie
Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
as Self (voice)
2026
Crew
Movie
Men in Black
Songs
1997
Movie
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Executive Producer
2025
Movie
The League
Executive Producer
2023
TV
James Brown: Say It Loud
Executive Producer
2024
TV
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
Creator
2019
Movie
Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World)
Executive Producer
2026