Questlove
Biography
Ahmir Khalib Thompson (born on January 20, 1971), known professionally as ?uestlove or Questlove (also known as BROther ?uestion, Questo or Brother Question), is an American drummer, DJ, music journalist and record producer. He is best known as the drummer for the Grammy Award-winning band The Roots, which is now the in-house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. He has produced for artists such as Common, D'Angelo, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Bilal, Jay-Z, Nikka Costa and more recently, Al Green, Amy Winehouse and John Legend. He is a member of the production teams the Soulquarians, The Randy Watson Experience, and The Grand Wizzards.
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Acting History
2025
2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
2025Rockers Don't Stop: The Revival of Rockers Revenge as himself
2025Spinal Tap II: The End Continues as Questlove
2025I Was Born This Way as Self
2025My Happy Place as Self
2025We Want the Funk! as Self
2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
2025SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) as Self
2024Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular as Self
2024Bilal: Live at Glasshaus as Self
2024Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary as Self
2024Camden as Self
2024James Brown: Say It Loud as Self
2023A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop as Self
2023American Symphony as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023May The Lord Watch: The Little Brother Story as Himself
2023Mulligan as (voice)
2023The Legacy of J Dilla as Self (archive footage)
2023Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes as Self
2022The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
2022Sherri as Self - Guest
2022The Reverend as Self
2022Hargrove as Self
2022Rise Up, Sing Out
2022JANET JACKSON. as Self
2021Abbott Elementary as Self
20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
2021Quest for Craft
2021Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson as Self
2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) as Self (uncredited)
2021Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days as Self - Guest
2021Chris Rock Total Blackout: The Tamborine Extended Cut as Self (archive footage)
2020Soul as Curly (voice)
2020Herb Alpert Is... as Self
2020One World: Together at Home as Self
2020The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show as Self
2020Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story as Self
2020Siempre, Luis as Self
2019Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America as Self
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019Devil's Pie: D'Angelo as Self
2019Someone Great as Questlove
2019Boy Band as Alien
2018Rock Rubber 45s as Self
2018Mr. SOUL! as Self
2018Twenty Eighteen Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
2017Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
2017Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2016The $100,000 Pyramid as Self
2016Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping as Ahmir-Khalib Thompson
2015All Things Must Pass as Self
2015Hot Ones as Self
2014Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown as Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014Finding the Funk as Self
2013Sample This as Self
2013Drunk History as Himself
2013A Band Called Death as Self
2013Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records as Self
2013Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
2012Bad 25 as Self
2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ as Self
2012The Eric Andre Show as Self
2012Finding Your Roots as Self
2011Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest as Self
2010My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop as Self
2009Downtown Calling as Self
2009Community as Questlove
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009Parks and Recreation as LeVondrious
2009Am I Black Enough for You
2007iCarly as Questlove
2006Before the Music Dies as Self - Musician: The Roots (as Questlove)
2006Rachael Ray
2006September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block Party as Self
2005Dave Chappelle's Block Party as Self (The Roots)
2005Backstage Pass
2005Black in the 80s as Self
2004And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop as Self
2002Brown Sugar as Self
2001Jay-Z: MTV Unplugged as Self
2001Brooklyn Babylon as Member of The Lions
2001All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live! as Self
2000Bamboozled as Alabama Porch Monkeys: Levi - Musical Director
2000D'Angelo: Montreux Jazz Festival 2000
1996The Daily Show as Self
1994Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool as Self
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1969Sesame Street as Self
1959The Grammys as Self
1953The Oscars as Self
—Ferocious Drummers
—The Roots Present as Self