
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