Tariq Trotter
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Night Catches Us
as Bostic Washington
2010
On the Inside
as Tom Bogotus
2011
Brooklyn Babylon
as Solomon
2001
Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
as Self
2017
Get On Up
as Pee Wee Ellis
2014
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self
2012
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
as Self
2023
Love Rome
as Tariq
2004
On The Go - Repeat Offender
1995
Stealing Cars
as Lionel McWorthers
2016
Brotherly Love
as Barbershop Patron
2015
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as The Roots
2016
Yelling To The Sky
as Roland
2011
Brown Sugar
as Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
2002
Bamboozled
as Alabama Porch Monkey
2000
Bread EP Short Film
as Himself (Voice)
2018
Between the World and Me
as Self
2020
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
as Tariq Trotter
1998
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
as Self
2021
Waiting for Godot
as Pozzo
2021
TV Appearances
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Musical Guest
2014
Rap Mentors
as Self
2021
Rise Up, Sing Out
2022
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
The Deuce
as Reggie Love
2017
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975
Random Acts of Flyness
as Himself
2018
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
as Damar Varnish
2015
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
as Self
2019
Angry Birds Mystery Island
as Bat-Bat (voice)
2024
The Grammys
as Self
1959
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014