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

• 2026Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World) — Executive Producer
• 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Executive Producer
• Angry Birds Mystery Island — Bat-Bat (voice)
• James Brown: Say It Loud — Executive Producer
• 2023The League — Executive Producer
• Rise Up, Sing Out
• 2021Waiting for Godot — Pozzo
• 2021tick, tick... BOOM! — H.A.W.K. Smooth
• Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America — Self, Creator
• 2018Party Monster: Scratching the Surface — Damar Varnish
• The Deuce — Reggie Love
• 2016Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping — The Roots
• 2016Stealing Cars — Lionel McWorthers
• 2015Brotherly Love — Barbershop Patron
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt — Damar Varnish
• 2014Get On Up — Pee Wee Ellis
• 2012Don't Divorce Me! Kids' Rules for Parents on Divorce — Music
• 2011On the Inside — Tom Bogotus
• 2011Yelling To The Sky — Roland
• 2010Night Catches Us — Bostic Washington
• 2004Love Rome — Tariq
• 2001Brooklyn Babylon — Solomon
• 2000Bamboozled — Alabama Porch Monkey
• 1998Pete Rock: Soul Survivor — Tariq Trotter
• 1997Men in Black — Songs
• 1995On The Go - Repeat Offender

Appearances as themselves (21)

• 2026Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God — Self (voice)
• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• 2024Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular — Self
• 2023A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop — Self
• 2021Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma — Self
• Rap Mentors — Self
• 2021Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage — Self
• 2020Between the World and Me — Self
• 2020My Name Is Pedro — Self
• 2018Bread EP Short Film — Himself (Voice)
• Random Acts of Flyness — Himself
• 2017Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville — Self
• 2017Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest
• 2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ — Self
• 2005Dave Chappelle's Block Party — Self - (as Black Thought) (The Roots)
• 2002Brown Sugar — Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
• The Grammys — Self
• Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2 — Self
• Gorillaz Tottenham Hotspur Stadium documentary — Self
• The Roots Present — Self