Ahmir Khalib Thompson (born on January 20, 1971), known professionally as ?uestlove or Questlove (also known as BROther ?uestion, Questo or Brother Question), is an American drummer, DJ, music journalist and record producer. He is best known as the drummer for the Grammy Award-winning band The Roots, which is now the in-house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. He has produced for artists such as Common, D'Angelo, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Bilal, Jay-Z, Nikka Costa and more recently, Al Green, Amy Winehouse and John Legend. He is a member of the production teams the Soulquarians, The Randy Watson Experience, and The Grand Wizzards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Questlove,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World) — Director, Producer, Original Music Composer
• Not Suitable for Work — Questlove
• 2026The Roast of Kevin Hart — Music Director
• 2025I Was Born This Way — Self, Executive Producer
• 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Director, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2025SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) — Self, Executive Producer, Director
• James Brown: Say It Loud — Self, Executive Producer
• 2023A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop — Self, Executive Producer
• Mulligan — (voice)
• 2023The League — Executive Producer
• 2022Descendant — Executive Producer
• Rise Up, Sing Out
• Quest for Craft
• 2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) — Self (uncredited), Director
• 2020Soul — Curly (voice)
• 2019Boy Band — Alien
• Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America — Self, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2019Someone Great — Questlove
• 2019Stucco — Music
• 2017Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
• Billions — Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson
• 2016Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping — Ahmir-Khalib Thompson
• Roots — Executive Music Producer
• Empire — Questlove (voice)
• 2014Top Five — Original Music Composer, Executive Music Producer
• Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
• Lucas Bros. Moving Co.
• 2012Don't Divorce Me! Kids' Rules for Parents on Divorce — Music
• 2009Am I Black Enough for You
• Community — Questlove
• Parks and Recreation — LeVondrious
• Yo Gabba Gabba!
• iCarly — Questlove
• Rachael Ray
• Backstage Pass
• 2001Brooklyn Babylon — Member of The Lions
• 2001Jay-Z: MTV Unplugged — Self, Music Producer
• 2000Bamboozled — Alabama Porch Monkeys: Levi - Musical Director
• 2000D'Angelo: Montreux Jazz Festival 2000
• 1997Men in Black — Songs
• The Simpsons — Tour Guide (voice)
• Tony Awards — Music Arranger
• The Oscars — Self, Music
• Dilla Time — Executive Producer
• Ferocious Drummers
• Give the Drummer Some

Appearances as themselves (69)

• 2026Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear — Self
• 20252025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• My Happy Place — Self
• 2025Rockers Don't Stop: The Revival of Rockers Revenge — Self
• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• 2025Spinal Tap II: The End Continues — Self
• 2025We Want the Funk! — Self
• 2024Bilal: Live at Glasshaus — Self
• Camden — Self
• 2024Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular — Self
• 2024Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary — Self
• 2023American Symphony — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2023Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes — Self
• 2023May The Lord Watch: The Little Brother Story — Himself
• 2023The Legacy of J Dilla — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Hargrove — Self
• JANET JACKSON. — Self
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• 2022The Reverend — Self
• 20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• Abbott Elementary — Self
• 2021Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days — Self - Guest
• Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson — Self
• 2020Herb Alpert Is... — Self
• 2020Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story — Self
• 2020One World: Together at Home — Self
• 2020Siempre, Luis — Self
• 2020The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show — Self
• 2019Devil's Pie: D'Angelo — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2018Mr. SOUL! — Self
• 2018Rock Rubber 45s — Self
• 2018Twenty Eighteen Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• 2017Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Soundbreaking — Self
• The $100,000 Pyramid — Self
• 2015All Things Must Pass — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• 2014Finding the Funk — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• 2014Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• 2013A Band Called Death — Self
• Drunk History — Himself
• 2013Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records — Self
• 2013Sample This — Self
• 2012Bad 25 — Self
• Finding Your Roots — Self
• The Eric Andre Show — Self
• 2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ — Self
• 2011Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest — Self
• 2010My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop — Self
• 2009Downtown Calling — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2006Before the Music Dies — Self - Musician: The Roots (as Questlove)
• 2006September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block Party — Self
• Black in the 80s — Self
• 2005Dave Chappelle's Block Party — Self (The Roots)
• And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop — Self
• 2002Brown Sugar — Self
• 2001All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live! — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• 1994Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Sesame Street — Self
• The Grammys — Self
• Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2 — Self
• The Roots Present — Self