Tariq Trotter
Acting
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.
Born: October 3, 1971
Filmography (23)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Actor
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Executive Producer
TV
Angry Birds Mystery Island
2024
Actor: Bat-Bat (voice)
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
Actor: H.A.W.K. Smooth
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021
Actor
Between the World and Me
2020
Actor
TV
Random Acts of Flyness
2018
Actor: Himself
TV
The Deuce
2017
Actor: Reggie Love
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
Actor: The Roots
Stealing Cars
2016
Actor: Lionel McWorthers
Brotherly Love
2015
Actor: Barbershop Patron
TV
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
Actor: Damar Varnish
Get On Up
2014
Actor: Pee Wee Ellis
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Actor: Self - Musical Gue…Actor
On the Inside
2011
Actor: Tom Bogotus
Yelling To The Sky
2011
Actor: Roland
Night Catches Us
2010
Actor: Bostic Washington
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005
Actor: Self - (as Black T…
Brown Sugar
2002
Actor: Self - Black Thoug…
Brooklyn Babylon
2001
Actor: Solomon
Bamboozled
2000
Actor: Alabama Porch Monk…
TV
Saturday Night Live
1975
Actor: Self - Musical Gue…
TV
The Grammys
1959
Actor