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.

KNOWN FOR

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2018
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2018
The Deuce
2017
Men in Black
1997
Angry Birds Mystery Island
2024
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
2019
Random Acts of Flyness
2018
Rise Up, Sing Out
2022
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Get On Up
2014

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
43
Producing
4
Sound
2
2026
Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
as Self (voice)
2026
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
2024
Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
as Self
2024
Angry Birds Mystery Island
as Bat-Bat (voice)
2023
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
as Self
2023
The Grammys
as Self
2022
Rise Up, Sing Out
2021
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
as Self
2021
Waiting for Godot
as Pozzo
2021
tick, tick... BOOM!
as H.A.W.K. Smooth
2021
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
as Self
2021
Rap Mentors
as Self
2020
Between the World and Me
as Self
2020
My Name Is Pedro
as Self
2020
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2019
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
as Self
2018
Bread EP Short Film
as Himself (Voice)
2018
Party Monster: Scratching the Surface
as Damar Varnish
2018
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Musical Guest
2018
Random Acts of Flyness
as Himself
2018
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
as Damar Varnish
2017
Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
as Self
2017
Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2017
The Deuce
as Reggie Love
2016
Stealing Cars
as Lionel McWorthers
2016
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as The Roots
2015
Brotherly Love
as Barbershop Patron
2014
Get On Up
as Pee Wee Ellis
2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self
2011
On the Inside
as Tom Bogotus
2011
Yelling To The Sky
as Roland
2010
Night Catches Us
as Bostic Washington
2005
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
as Self - (as Black Thought) (The Roots)
2004
Love Rome
as Tariq
2002
Brown Sugar
as Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
2001
Brooklyn Babylon
as Solomon
2000
Bamboozled
as Alabama Porch Monkey
1998
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
as Tariq Trotter
1995
On The Go - Repeat Offender
The Roots Present
as Self
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
as Self
Gorillaz Tottenham Hotspur Stadium documentary
as Self