Questlove

Career Overview

Questlove has 110 screen credits in a career dating back to 1975. Their work spans 3 cinematic universes — most prominently This Is Spinal Tap Collection with 1 titles. Signature works include Soul, We Want the Funk!, Bilal: Live at Glasshaus. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Acting
Gender: male
Known Credits: 110
Birth Date: 1971-01-20
Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 3 universes

This Is Spinal Tap Collection (1 titles)
Ali G Collection (1 titles)
Men in Black (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Nona Hendryx (2 collaborations)
George Clinton (2 collaborations)
D'Angelo (2 collaborations)
Jamie Foxx (1 collaborations)
Tina Fey (1 collaborations)
Graham Norton (1 collaborations)
Rachel House (1 collaborations)
Alice Braga (1 collaborations)
Richard Ayoade (1 collaborations)
Phylicia Rashād (1 collaborations)

Credits

production (8 credits)
- Dilla Time
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World)
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- I Was Born This Way
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2025
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2025
- SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2025
- A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2023
- The League
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2023
- Descendant
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2022
actors (86 credits)
- Give the Drummer Some
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Ferocious Drummers
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Spark Into a Flame
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- The Roots Present
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Rockers Don't Stop: The Revival of Rockers Revenge
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- I Was Born This Way
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- We Want the Funk!
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- Bilal: Live at Glasshaus
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- American Symphony
  Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- May the Lord Watch: The Little Brother Story
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- The Legacy of J Dilla
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- The Reverend
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Hargrove
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show
  
  - Questlove, Cast of "Smash" (2025) ... Self actor actors
  
  2022
- Sherri
  
  - QuestLove (2025) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  2022
- 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  Self (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
  Self - Guest
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Chris Rock Total Blackout: The Tamborine Extended Cut
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Abbott Elementary
  
  - 2 Ava 2 Fest (2024) ... Self actor actors
  
  2021
- Soul
  Curly (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Herb Alpert Is...
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- One World: Together at Home
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Siempre, Luis
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Someone Great
  Questlove
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Boy Band
  Alien
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show
  
  - Colin Farrell, Questlove, Melanie Zanetti, Hugh Evans (2024) ... Self actor actors
  
  - MLK Day with Cedric the Entertainer, Pam Grier, Bernice King (2023) ... Self actor actors
  
  2019
- Rock Rubber 45s
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Mr. SOUL!
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Twenty Eighteen Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
  Ahmir-Khalib Thompson
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Billions
  
  - Johnny Favorite (2022) ... Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson actor actors
  
  2016
- All Things Must Pass
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Hot Ones
  
  - Questlove Refuses Defeat While Eating Spicy Wings (2025) ... Self actor actors
  
  2015
- Empire
  
  - Et Tu, Brute (2015) ... Questlove (voice) actor actors
  
  2015
- Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Finding the Funk
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
  
  - Sacha Baron Cohen, Questlove, Sue Bird, Dan Mintz (2026) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  - Lucy Liu, Questlove, Debra DiGiovanni (2025) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  - Camila Cabello, Questlove (2024) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers
  
  - Henry Winkler, Monica Barbaro (2025) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  - Dakota Johnson, Questlove (2025) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  - Florence Pugh, Questlove, Walk The Moon (2021) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  2014
- Sample This
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- A Band Called Death
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Bad 25
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Finding Your Roots
  
  - Slave Trade (2020) ... Self actor actors
  
  - Southern Roots (2017) ... Self actor actors
  
  2012
- Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Downtown Calling
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Am I Black Enough for You
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Parks and Recreation
  
  - Donna and Joe (2015) ... LeVondrious actor actors
  
  2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
  
  - Questlove and Kandi Burruss (2012) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  2009
- Community
  
  - Basic Sandwich (2014) ... Questlove actor actors
  
  2009
- iCarly
  
  - iShock America (2012) ... Questlove actor actors
  
  2007
- September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block Party
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Dave Chappelle's Block Party
  Self (The Roots)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Chasing Liberty
  The Roots
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
  
  - Lauren Holly, private investigator Vinny Parco, the Roots (2006) ... Self - Musical Guest actor actors
  
  2003
- Brown Sugar
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2002
- Jay-Z: MTV Unplugged
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Brooklyn Babylon
  Member of The Lions
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Bamboozled
  Alabama Porch Monkeys: Levi - Musical Director
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- D'Angelo: Montreux Jazz Festival 2000
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- The Daily Show
  
  - Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (2022) ... Self actor actors
  
  1996
- Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1994
- The Simpsons
  
  - Irrational Treasure [800th episode] (2026) ... Tour Guide (voice) actor actors
  
  1989
- Saturday Night Live
  
  - Timothée Chalamet with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (2020) ... Self - Cameo (uncredited) actor actors
  
  - Chance the Rapper and Eminem (2017) ... Self - Cameo (uncredited) actor actors
  
  - Donald Trump/Toots and the Maytals with Bootsy Collins and The Roots (2004) ... Self - Musical Guest actor actors
  
  - Brendan Fraser/Busta Rhymes (1999) ... Self - Musical Guest actor actors
  
  1975
- Sesame Street
  
  - The Big Pretend Band (2019) ... Self actor actors
  
  1969
- The Grammys
  
  - 65th Annual Grammy Awards (2023) ... Self actor actors
  
  - 64th Annual Grammy Awards (2022) ... Self actor actors
  
  - The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards (2020) ... Self actor actors
  
  1959
- The Oscars
  
  - 95th Academy Awards (2023) ... Self actor actors
  
  - 93rd Academy Awards (2021) ... Self actor actors
  
  - 92nd Academy Awards (2020) ... Self actor actors
  
  1953
sound (9 credits)
- Ali G: Who Iz I?
  music supervisor
  
  sound
  
  2026
- Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World)
  original music composer
  
  sound
  
  2026
- The Roast of Kevin Hart
  music director
  
  sound
  
  2026
- Stucco
  music
  
  sound
  
  2019
- Top Five
  original music composer
  
  sound
  
  2014
- Don't Divorce Me! Kids' Rules for Parents on Divorce
  music
  
  sound
  
  2012
- Jay-Z: MTV Unplugged
  music producer
  
  sound
  
  2001
- Men in Black
  songs
  
  sound
  
  1997
- The Oscars
  
  - 93rd Academy Awards (2021) ... music sound
  
  1953
directing (4 credits)
- Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World)
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
  director
  
  directing
  
  2025
- SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
  director
  
  directing
  
  2025
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  director
  
  directing
  
  2021
writing (1 credits)
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2025
crew (2 credits)
- Roots
  executive music producer
  
  crew
  
  - Part 4 (2016) ... executive music producer crew
  
  - Part 3 (2016) ... executive music producer crew
  
  - Part 2 (2016) ... executive music producer crew
  
  - Part 1 (2016) ... executive music producer crew
  
  2016
- Top Five
  executive music producer
  
  crew
  
  2014