Tariq Trotter
Actor
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
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as The Roots 2016
Get on Up
as Pee Wee Ellis 2014
Bamboozled
as Alabama Porch Monkey 2000
Brown Sugar
as Self - Black Thought [The Roots] 2002
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
as Self - (as Black Thought) (The Roots) 2005
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
as Self 2021
Brotherly Love
as Barbershop Patron 2015
On the Inside
as Tom Bogotus 2011
Stealing Cars
as Lionel McWorthers 2016
Night Catches Us
as Bostic Washington 2010
Yelling To The Sky
as Roland 2011
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self 2025
Brooklyn Babylon
as Solomon 2001
Between the World and Me
as Self 2020
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
as Self 2023
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self 2012