Tariq Trotter
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1971-10-03 (53 years old)
Tariq Trotter
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
Acting
(2025)
(2024)
(2023)
(2021)
tick, tick... BOOM!
as H.A.W.K. Smooth
(2021)
(2021)
Waiting for Godot
as Pozzo
(2021)
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
as Self
(2020)
Between the World and Me
as Self
(2018)
Bread EP Short Film
as Himself (Voice)
(2017)
(2016)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as The Roots
(2016)
Stealing Cars
as Lionel McWorthers
(2015)
Brotherly Love
as Barbershop Patron
(2014)
Get on Up
as Pee Wee Ellis
(2012)
(2011)
On the Inside
as Tom Bogotus
(2011)
Yelling To The Sky
as Roland
(2010)
Night Catches Us
as Bostic Washington
(2005)
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
as Self - (as Black Thought) (The Roots)
(2004)
Love Rome
as Tariq
(2002)
Brown Sugar
as Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
(2001)
Brooklyn Babylon
as Solomon
(2000)
Bamboozled
as Alabama Porch Monkey
(1998)
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
as Tariq Trotter
(1995)
Crew
The AristoCats
Executive Producer
(2025)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Executive Producer
(2023)
The League
Executive Producer