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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2025
Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2024
Angry Birds Mystery Island
Character: Bat-Bat (voice)
TV • 2024
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2023
Rise Up, Sing Out
Character:
TV • 2022
tick, tick... BOOM!
Character: H.A.W.K. Smooth
MOVIE • 2021
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2021
Rap Mentors
Character: Self
TV • 2021
Waiting for Godot
Character: Pozzo
MOVIE • 2021
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2021
Between the World and Me
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2020
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
Character: Self
TV • 2019
Bread EP Short Film
Character: Himself (Voice)
MOVIE • 2018
Random Acts of Flyness
Character: Himself
TV • 2018
Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2017
The Deuce
Character: Reggie Love
TV • 2017
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Character: The Roots
MOVIE • 2016
Stealing Cars
Character: Lionel McWorthers
MOVIE • 2016
Brotherly Love
Character: Barbershop Patron
MOVIE • 2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Character: Damar Varnish
TV • 2015
Crew
Crew Credits
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2025
James Brown: Say It Loud
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2024
The League
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2023
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
Role: Creator
TV • 2019
Untitled Earth, Wind & Fire Documentary
Role: Producer
MOVIE • TBA