
Boots Riley
Biography
Raymond Lawrence "Boots" Riley (born April 1, 1971) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, rapper, and communist activist. He is the lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club. He made his feature-film directorial debut with Sorry to Bother You (released July 2018), which he also wrote. In 2023, the television show I'm a Virgo premiered, which Riley wrote and directed.
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Known For
Acting History
2023
Fremont as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
2022I'm Charlie Walker as Bartender Ray
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2015Rope a Dope 2 as Mayor
201399%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film as Self
2009First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture
2008In Prison My Whole Life as Self
2006The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever as Self
2000Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme as Himself







