Tariq Trotter
Acting
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Acting Credits
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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Musical Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Damar Varnish
The Deuce
Reggie Love
Angry Birds Mystery Island
Bat-Bat (voice)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
The Roots
tick, tick... BOOM!
H.A.W.K. Smooth
Filmography
Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
2026
as Self (voice)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
as Self
Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
2024
as Self
Angry Birds Mystery Island
2024
as Bat-Bat (voice)
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023
as Self
Rise Up, Sing Out
2022
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
2021
as Self
Waiting for Godot
2021
as Pozzo
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
as H.A.W.K. Smooth
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021
as Self
Rap Mentors
2021
as Self
Between the World and Me
2020
as Self
My Name Is Pedro
2020
as Self
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
2019
as Self
Bread EP Short Film
2018
as Himself (Voice)
Party Monster: Scratching the Surface
2018
as Damar Varnish
Random Acts of Flyness
2018
as Himself
Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
2017
as Self
Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon
2017
as Self
The Deuce
2017
as Reggie Love
Stealing Cars
2016
as Lionel McWorthers
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
as The Roots
Brotherly Love
2015
as Barbershop Patron
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
as Damar Varnish
Get On Up
2014
as Pee Wee Ellis
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Musical Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
as Self
On the Inside
2011
as Tom Bogotus
Yelling To The Sky
2011
as Roland
Night Catches Us
2010
as Bostic Washington
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005
as Self - (as Black Thought) (The Roots)
Love Rome
2004
as Tariq
Brown Sugar
2002
as Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
Brooklyn Babylon
2001
as Solomon
Bamboozled
2000
as Alabama Porch Monkey
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998
as Tariq Trotter
On The Go - Repeat Offender
1995
The Grammys
1959
as Self