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.
Filmography
40 credits
Night Catches Us
Movie • 2010
Bostic Washington
On the Inside
Movie • 2011
Tom Bogotus
Brooklyn Babylon
Movie • 2001
Solomon
Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
Movie • 2017
Self
Get On Up
Movie • 2014
Pee Wee Ellis
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Movie • 2012
Self
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Movie • 2023
Self
Love Rome
Movie • 2004
Tariq
On The Go - Repeat Offender
Movie • 1995
Stealing Cars
Movie • 2016
Lionel McWorthers
Brotherly Love
Movie • 2015
Barbershop Patron
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Movie • 2016
The Roots
Yelling To The Sky
Movie • 2011
Roland
Brown Sugar
Movie • 2002
Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
Bamboozled
Movie • 2000
Alabama Porch Monkey
Bread EP Short Film
Movie • 2018
Himself (Voice)
Between the World and Me
Movie • 2020
Self
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
Movie • 1998
Tariq Trotter
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
Movie • 2021
Self
Waiting for Godot
Movie • 2021
Pozzo
tick, tick... BOOM!
Movie • 2021
H.A.W.K. Smooth
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
Movie • 2021
Self
Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
Movie • 2024
Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Movie • 2025
Self
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Movie • 2005
Self - (as Black Thought) (The Roots)
Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon
Movie • 2017
Self
The Roots Present
Movie
Self
Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
Movie • 2026
Himself, as Black Thought (vocals)
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
Movie
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Musical Guest
Rap Mentors
TV • 2021
Self
Rise Up, Sing Out
TV • 2022
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
The Deuce
TV • 2017
Reggie Love
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Musical Guest
Random Acts of Flyness
TV • 2018
Himself
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
TV • 2015
Damar Varnish
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
TV • 2019
Self
Angry Birds Mystery Island
TV • 2024
Bat-Bat (voice)
The Grammys
TV • 1959
Self