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.
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Acting History
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
2024Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular as Self
2024Angry Birds Mystery Island as Bat-Bat (voice)
2023A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop as Self
2022Rise Up, Sing Out
2021tick, tick... BOOM! as H.A.W.K. Smooth
2021Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage as Self
2021Rap Mentors as Self
2021Waiting for Godot as Pozzo
2021Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma as Self
2020Between the World and Me as Self
2019Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America as Self
2018Bread EP Short Film as Himself (Voice)
2018Random Acts of Flyness as Himself
2017Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville as Self
2017The Deuce as Reggie Love
2017Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2016Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping as The Roots
2016Stealing Cars as Lionel McWorthers
2015Brotherly Love as Barbershop Patron
2015Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Damar Varnish
2014Get on Up as Pee Wee Ellis
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Musical Guest
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ as Self
2011On the Inside as Tom Bogotus
2011Yelling To The Sky as Roland
2010Night Catches Us as Bostic Washington
2005Dave Chappelle's Block Party as Self - (as Black Thought) (The Roots)
2004Love Rome as Tariq
2002Brown Sugar as Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
2001Brooklyn Babylon as Solomon
2000Bamboozled as Alabama Porch Monkey
1998Pete Rock: Soul Survivor as Tariq Trotter
1995On The Go - Repeat Offender
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest
1959The Grammys as Self
—The Roots Present as Self