Boots Riley
Actor
Biography
Raymond Lawrence "Boots" Riley (born April 1, 1971) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, rapper, and communist activist. He is the lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club. He made his feature-film directorial debut with Sorry to Bother You (released July 2018), which he also wrote. In 2023, the television show I'm a Virgo premiered, which Riley wrote and directed.
Filmography
Fremont
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) 2023
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
as Himself 2000
Rope a Dope 2
as Mayor 2015
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
as Self 2013
I'm Charlie Walker
as Bartender Ray 2022
First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture
2009
In Prison My Whole Life
as Self 2008