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Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson

Highest Rated: 100% Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023)

Lowest Rated: 44% Vincent N Roxxy (2016)

Birthday: Jan 20, 1971

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

With his distinctive look -- over six feet and 300 pounds, with thick, black-rimmed glasses, a full beard and a hairstyle untamed by the Afro-Pick he habitually kept stuck in it -- Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson became one of the most immediately recognizable figures in hip-hop, working as the drummer and musical director of The Roots. When The Roots became the house band on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," Questlove found a new audience for his cool yet cerebral style, which only expanded when Fallon and The Roots took over "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" (NBC 2014- ).

Highest rated movies

94% A Band Called Death
56% Am I Black Enough for You?

Photos

Questlove at arrivals for 9th Annual Governors Awards for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) - Part 2, The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center, Los Angeles, CA November 11, 2017. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection QuestLove at arrivals for Planned Parenthood 100th Anniversary Gala, Pier 36/South Street, New York, NY May 2, 2017. Photo By: Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection Questlove at arrivals for GIRLS Season Six Premiere, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, NY February 2, 2017. Photo By: Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection Questlove at arrivals for American Museum Of Natural History's 2016 Museum Gala, The American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY November 17, 2016. Photo By: Jason Smith/Everett Collection Questlove at arrivals for POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING Premiere, AMC Loews Lincoln Square, New York, NY May 24, 2016. Photo By: Jason Smith/Everett Collection Ahmir ''Questlove'' Thompson at arrivals for SPIKE TV''s Guys Choice 2013, Sony Pictures Studio, Culver City, CA June 8, 2013. Photo By: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection !!! UNITED KINGDOM OUT !!!, Questlove at arrivals for The 57th Annual Grammy Awards 2015 - Arrivals Part 2, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA February 8, 2015. Photo By: Charlie Williams/Everett Collection Questlove at arrivals for American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) 2014 Gala, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY November 20, 2014. Photo By: Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection Questlove at arrivals for American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) 2014 Gala, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY November 20, 2014. Photo By: Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection Parks and Recreation, Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, 'Donna and Joe', Season 7, Ep. #7, 02/03/2015, ©NBC Imagine: John Lennon 75th Birthday Concert, Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, 'Season 1', ©AMC Top Chef, Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson (L), Padma Lakshmi (R), 'Giving It the College Try', Season 11: New Orleans, Ep. #11, 12/18/2013, ©BRAVO Top Chef, Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson (L), Padma Lakshmi (R), 'Giving It the College Try', Season 11: New Orleans, Ep. #11, 12/18/2013, ©BRAVO Parks and Recreation, Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, 'Donna and Joe', Season 7, Ep. #7, 02/03/2015, ©NBC Parks and Recreation, Amy Poehler (L), Aubrey Plaza (C), Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson (R), 'Donna and Joe', Season 7, Ep. #7, 02/03/2015, ©NBC Parks and Recreation, Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, 'Donna and Joe', Season 7, Ep. #7, 02/03/2015, ©NBC Ahmir ''Questlove'' Thompson at arrivals for SPIKE TV''s Guys Choice 2013, Sony Pictures Studio, Culver City, CA June 8, 2013. Photo By: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection BEATS RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, Questlove, 2011. Ph: Robert Benavides/©Sony Pictures Classics
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
96% 79% The League Executive Producer $69.2K 2023
100% No Score Yet Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes Self - 2023
100% 65% Descendant Executive Producer - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hargrove Self - 2022
100% No Score Yet The Reverend Self - 2021
99% 98% Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Director,
Executive Producer 		$2.3M 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days Unknown (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet 78% Ricky Powell: The Individualist Executive Producer - 2020
95% 88% Soul Curley (Voice) $870.6K 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stucco Original Music - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Finding Joseph I Unknown (Character) - 2016
44% 65% Vincent N Roxxy Original Music - 2016
94% 82% All Things Must Pass Self $166.9K 2015
85% 64% Top Five Original Music $25.3M 2014
No Score Yet 71% Finding the Funk Narrator - 2013
94% 85% A Band Called Death Unknown (Character) - 2012
92% 86% The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 Unknown (Voice) $264.3K 2011
56% No Score Yet Am I Black Enough for You? Unknown (Character) - 2009

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2016 2018-2019 2021-2024
No Score Yet 7% The View Guest 2023-2024
71% No Score Yet Camden Self 2024
No Score Yet 52% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2023-2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet James Brown: Say It Loud Executive Producer 2024
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2019 2021-2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Kids Tonight Show Guest 2021
100% No Score Yet Sherman's Showcase Guest 2020
75% No Score Yet You Ain't Got These Self 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Finding Your Roots Guest 2017 2020
100% No Score Yet AMC Visionaries: Rap Yearbook Unknown (Character),
Executive Producer,
Producer 		2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachael Ray Guest 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The $100,000 Pyramid Guest 2018
No Score Yet 81% Drunk History Unknown (Guest Star) 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Night Train With Wyatt Cenac Unknown (Character) 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Chew Guest 2012 2015-2016
No Score Yet 99% Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Self 2015
93% 90% Parks and Recreation Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Soup Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Top Chef Judge 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Yo Gabba Gabba! Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Music Performer 2013
No Score Yet 64% The Cleveland Show Questlove (Guest Voice) 2012