Tariq Trotter

October 3, 1971

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.

Notable work

7.6
tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
as H.A.W.K. Smooth
6.6
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
as The Roots
7.1
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015)
as Damar Varnish
6.8
Get On Up (2014)
as Pee Wee Ellis
7.6
The Deuce (2017)
as Reggie Love

Often works with

Questlove
3 titles together
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Brooklyn Babylon, Rise Up, Sing Out
Ellie Kemper
2 titles together
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Party Monster: Scratching the Surface
Tituss Burgess
2 titles together
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Party Monster: Scratching the Surface
Jane Krakowski
2 titles together
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Party Monster: Scratching the Surface
Carol Kane
2 titles together
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Party Monster: Scratching the Surface
Sara Chase
2 titles together
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Party Monster: Scratching the Surface

Full filmography · 19

tick, tick... BOOM!
as H.A.W.K. Smooth
20217.6
Waiting for Godot
as Pozzo
2021
Party Monster: Scratching the Surface
as Damar Varnish
2018
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as The Roots
20166.6
Stealing Cars
as Lionel McWorthers
20166.2
Brotherly Love
as Barbershop Patron
20157
Get On Up
as Pee Wee Ellis
20146.8
On the Inside
as Tom Bogotus
20115.3
Yelling To The Sky
as Roland
20115.5
Night Catches Us
as Bostic Washington
20105.4
Love Rome
as Tariq
2004
Brooklyn Babylon
as Solomon
2001