Tariq Trotter
Acting • AGE 54
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
Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World)
Executive Producer
2026
Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
Self (voice)
2026
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Executive Producer
2025
Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
Self
2024
Angry Birds Mystery Island
Bat-Bat (voice)
2024
James Brown: Say It Loud
Executive Producer
2024
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Self
2023
The League
Executive Producer
2023
Rise Up, Sing Out
2022
tick, tick... BOOM!
H.A.W.K. Smooth
2021
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
Self
2021
Rap Mentors
Self
2021
Waiting for Godot
Pozzo
2021
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
Self
2021
Between the World and Me
Self
2020
My Name Is Pedro
Self
2020
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
Self
2019
Bread EP Short Film
Himself (Voice)
2018
Random Acts of Flyness
Himself
2018
Party Monster: Scratching the Surface
Damar Varnish
2018
Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
Self
2017
The Deuce
Reggie Love
2017
Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2017
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
The Roots
2016
Stealing Cars
Lionel McWorthers
2016
Brotherly Love
Barbershop Patron
2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Damar Varnish
2015
Get On Up
Pee Wee Ellis
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Musical Guest
2014
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Self
2012
On the Inside
Tom Bogotus
2011
Yelling To The Sky
Roland
2011
Night Catches Us
Bostic Washington
2010
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Self - (as Black Thought) (The Roots)
2005
Love Rome
Tariq
2004
Brown Sugar
Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
2002
Brooklyn Babylon
Solomon
2001
Bamboozled
Alabama Porch Monkey
2000
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
Tariq Trotter
1998
Men in Black
Songs
1997
On The Go - Repeat Offender
1995
The Grammys
Self
1959
The Roots Present
Self