Tariq Trotter

Actor

Born: October 3, 1971 (54 years old)

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 (21)

• Between the World and Me (2020, ★ 7.9)
• Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God (2026, ★ 8.4)
• Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025, ★ 7.9)
• Get On Up (2014, ★ 6.8)
• Brotherly Love (2015, ★ 7)
• tick, tick... BOOM! (2021, ★ 7.6)
• The Deuce (2017, ★ 7.6)
• Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016, ★ 6.6)
• Brown Sugar (2002, ★ 6.6)
• Bamboozled (2000, ★ 6.3)
• Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage (2021, ★ 6.5)
• SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025, ★ 6.7)
• Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005, ★ 6.8)
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015, ★ 7.1)
• Men in Black (1997, ★ 7.2)
• Night Catches Us (2010, ★ 5.3)
• On the Inside (2011, ★ 5.3)
• Stealing Cars (2016, ★ 6.2)
• Brooklyn Babylon (2001, ★ 4.6)
• Yelling To The Sky (2011, ★ 5.5)
• Random Acts of Flyness (2018, ★ 4.2)