Actor

Tariq Trotter

Birthday: October 3, 1971

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.

Movie Credits

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025) as Self
Age: 53
Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular (2024) as Self
Age: 53
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop (2023) as Self
Age: 52
tick, tick... BOOM! (2021) as H.A.W.K. Smooth
Age: 50
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage (2021) as Self
Age: 49
Waiting for Godot (2021) as Pozzo
Age: 49
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma (2021) as Self
Age: 49
Between the World and Me (2020) as Self
Age: 49
Bread EP Short Film (2018) as Himself (Voice)
Age: 47
Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville (2017) as Self
Age: 45
Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon (2017) as Self
Age: 45
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) as The Roots
Age: 44
Stealing Cars (2016) as Lionel McWorthers
Age: 44
Brotherly Love (2015) as Barbershop Patron
Age: 43
Get On Up (2014) as Pee Wee Ellis
Age: 42
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ (2012) as Self
Age: 40
On the Inside (2011) as Tom Bogotus
Age: 40
Yelling To The Sky (2011) as Roland
Age: 39
Night Catches Us (2010) as Bostic Washington
Age: 39
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005) as Self - (as Black Thought) (The Roots)
Age: 33
Love Rome (2004) as Tariq
Age: 33
Brown Sugar (2002) as Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
Age: 31
Brooklyn Babylon (2001) as Solomon
Age: 29
Bamboozled (2000) as Alabama Porch Monkey
Age: 29
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor (1998) as Tariq Trotter
Age: 27
On The Go - Repeat Offender (1995)
Age: 23
The Roots Present (Unknown) as Self
Age: Unknown