Tariq Trotter

Known for: Acting
Born: October 3, 1971
Movies: 30

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.

Upcoming Tariq Trotter Movies

The Roots Present

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

7.6

tick, tick... BOOM!

2021

6.6

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

2016

6.2

Chasing Liberty

2004

6.8

Get On Up

2014

6.3

Bamboozled

2000

6.7

Brown Sugar

2002

6.8

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

2005

6.5

Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage

2021

7.0

Brotherly Love

2015

5.3

On the Inside

2011

Filmography

2026	Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God	Self (voice)
2025	SNL50: The Homecoming Concert	Self
2024	Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular	Self
2023	A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop	Self
2021	tick, tick... BOOM!	H.A.W.K. Smooth
2021	Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage	Self
2021	Waiting for Godot	Pozzo
2021	Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma	Self
2020	Between the World and Me	Self
2020	My Name Is Pedro	Self
2018	Bread EP Short Film	Himself (Voice)
2018	Party Monster: Scratching the Surface	Damar Varnish
2017	Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville	Self
2017	Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self
2016	Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping	The Roots
2016	Stealing Cars	Lionel McWorthers
2015	Brotherly Love	Barbershop Patron
2014	Get On Up	Pee Wee Ellis
2012	Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’	Self
2011	On the Inside	Tom Bogotus
2011	Yelling To The Sky	Roland
2010	Night Catches Us	Bostic Washington
2005	Dave Chappelle's Block Party	Self - (as Black Thought) (The Roots)
2004	Love Rome	Tariq
2004	Chasing Liberty	The Roots
2002	Brown Sugar	Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
2001	Brooklyn Babylon	Solomon
2000	Bamboozled	Alabama Porch Monkey
1998	Pete Rock: Soul Survivor	Tariq Trotter
1995	On The Go - Repeat Offender

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