Acting credits
37
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Tariq Trotter
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.7
Low visibility
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Movies: 29Series: 11Crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 237061
IMDb ID: nm0873699
Known for: Acting
Born: October 3, 1971
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1959 - 2025
Years active: 67
Average TMDB rating: 6.61
Wikidata: Q880598
Also known as
Tariq • Black Thought
Other jobs
Executive Producer (3)Creator (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Tariq Trotter.
6.9
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
2025 Movie
7.8
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
9.0
Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
as Self
2024 Movie
9.0
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
as Self
2023 Movie
6.5
The League
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
7.6
tick, tick... BOOM!
as H.A.W.K. Smooth
2021 Movie
6.4
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
as Self
2021 Movie
3.0
Waiting for Godot
as Pozzo
2021 Movie
6.0
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
as Self
2021 Movie
7.9
Between the World and Me
as Self
2020 Movie
Bread EP Short Film
as Himself (Voice)
2018 Movie
Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
as Self
2017 Movie
7.0
Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2017 Movie
6.6
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as The Roots
2016 Movie
6.2
Stealing Cars
as Lionel McWorthers
2016 Movie
7.0
Brotherly Love
as Barbershop Patron
2015 Movie
6.8
Get On Up
as Pee Wee Ellis
2014 Movie
5.0
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self
2012 Movie
5.3
On the Inside
as Tom Bogotus
2011 Movie
5.5
Yelling To The Sky
as Roland
2011 Movie
5.3
Night Catches Us
as Bostic Washington
2010 Movie
6.8
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
as Self - (as Black Thought) (The Roots)
2005 Movie
1.0
Love Rome
as Tariq
2004 Movie
6.6
Brown Sugar
as Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
2002 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Tariq Trotter.
5.2
Angry Birds Mystery Island
as Bat-Bat (voice) • 2 eps
2024 Series
8.0
James Brown: Say It Loud
Executive Producer • 4 eps
2024 Series
3.5
Rise Up, Sing Out
8 eps
2022 Series
Rap Mentors
as Self • 1 eps
2021 Series
8.0
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
as Self • 6 eps
2019 Series
4.2
Random Acts of Flyness
as Himself • 1 eps
2018 Series
7.6
The Deuce
as Reggie Love • 4 eps
2017 Series
7.1
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
as Damar Varnish • 1 eps
2015 Series
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Musical Guest • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest • 2 eps
1975 Series
8.6
The Grammys
as Self • 1 eps
1959 Series