Tariq Trotter

Actor

Born: October 3, 1971 (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.

Filmography (32)

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