Tariq Trotter
Born
October 3, 1971 (53 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
2025
Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
Self
2024
Angry Birds Mystery Island
Bat-Bat (voice) · (2 episodes)
2024
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Self
2023
Rise Up, Sing Out
(8 episodes)
2022
tick, tick... BOOM!
H.A.W.K. Smooth
2021
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
Self
2021
Rap Mentors
Self · (1 episode)
2021
Waiting for Godot
Pozzo
2021
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
Self
2021
Between the World and Me
Self
2020
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
Self · (6 episodes)
2019
Bread EP Short Film
Himself (Voice)
2018
Random Acts of Flyness
Himself · (1 episode)
2018
Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
Self
2017
The Deuce
Reggie Love · (4 episodes)
2017
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
The Roots
2016
Stealing Cars
Lionel McWorthers
2016
Brotherly Love
Barbershop Patron
2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Damar Varnish · (1 episode)
2015
Get on Up
Pee Wee Ellis
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Musical Guest · (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(1 episode)
2014
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Self
2012
On the Inside
Tom Bogotus
2011
Yelling To The Sky
Roland
2011
Night Catches Us
Bostic Washington
2010
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Self - (as Black Thought) (The Roots)
2005
Love Rome
Tariq
2004
Brown Sugar
Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
2002
Brooklyn Babylon
Solomon
2001
Bamboozled
Alabama Porch Monkey
2000
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
Tariq Trotter
1998
On The Go - Repeat Offender
1995
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest · (2 episodes)
1975
The Grammys
Self · (1 episode)
1959