Questlove
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.
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- Born:
- Jan 20, 1971 In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 64
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Oscars 1953-03-19
- Latest Project:
- Movie 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2025-11-08
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2025-11-08 |
| Movie | SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) | Self | 2025-01-23 |
| Movie | SNL50: The Homecoming Concert | Self | 2025-02-14 |
| Movie | Spinal Tap II: The End Continues | Questlove | 2025-09-12 |
| Movie | We Want the Funk! | Self | 2025-04-08 |
| Movie | Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary | Self | 2024-11-14 |
| Movie | The Legacy of J Dilla | Self (archive footage) | 2023-04-07 |
| Movie | Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes | Self | 2023-03-12 |
| Movie | A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop | Self | 2023-12-10 |
| Series | JANET JACKSON. | Self | 2022-01-28 |
| Series | Rise Up, Sing Out | 2022-02-02 | |
| Movie | Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days | Self - Guest | 2021-04-26 |
| Movie | Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Self (uncredited) | 2021-07-02 |
| Series | Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson | Self | 2021-07-30 |
| Movie | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2021-11-20 |
| Movie | Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story | Self | 2020-03-28 |
| Movie | Siempre, Luis | Self | 2020-01-25 |
| Movie | The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show | Self | 2020-04-15 |
| Movie | Soul | Curly (voice) | 2020-12-25 |
| Movie | One World: Together at Home | Self | 2020-04-18 |
| Movie | Herb Alpert Is... | Self | 2020-10-02 |
| Movie | Boy Band | Alien | 2019-03-05 |
| Movie | Someone Great | Questlove | 2019-04-19 |
| Movie | Devil's Pie: D'Angelo | Self | 2019-05-16 |
| Series | Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America | Self | 2019-10-13 |
| Movie | Twenty Eighteen Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2018-04-14 |
| Movie | Rock Rubber 45s | Self | 2018-06-29 |
| Movie | Mr. SOUL! | Self | 2018-04-27 |
| Movie | Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville | 2017-09-24 | |
| Movie | Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | Ahmir-Khalib Thompson | 2016-06-03 |
| Movie | All Things Must Pass | Self | 2015-10-16 |
| Movie | Finding the Funk | Self | 2014-01-31 |
| Movie | Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown | Self | 2014-04-27 |
| Movie | Sample This | Self | 2013-09-12 |
| Movie | Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records | Self | 2013-06-21 |
| Movie | A Band Called Death | Self | 2013-06-27 |
| Series | Drunk History | Himself | 2013-07-09 |
| Series | The Eric Andre Show | Self | 2012-05-20 |
| Series | Finding Your Roots | Self | 2012-03-24 |
| Movie | Bad 25 | Self | 2012-11-22 |
| Movie | Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ | Self | 2012-06-07 |
| Movie | Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest | Self | 2011-07-08 |
| Movie | My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop | Self | 2010-08-30 |
| Movie | Am I Black Enough for You | 2009-03-06 | |
| Series | Parks and Recreation | LeVondrious | 2009-04-09 |
| Movie | Downtown Calling | Self | 2009-10-24 |
| Series | Community | Himself | 2009-09-17 |
| Series | iCarly | Self | 2007-09-08 |
| Movie | September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block Party | Self | 2006-06-13 |
| Movie | Before the Music Dies | Self - Musician: The Roots (as Questlove) | 2006-11-02 |
| Series | Rachael Ray | Unknown | 2006-09-18 |
| Series | Backstage Pass | 2005-07-29 | |
| Series | Black in the 80s | Self | 2005-02-01 |
| Movie | Dave Chappelle's Block Party | Self (The Roots) | 2005-09-12 |
| Movie | And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop | Self | 2004-04-02 |
| Movie | Brown Sugar | Self | 2002-10-05 |
| Movie | All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live! | Self | 2001-04-06 |
| Movie | Jay-Z: MTV Unplugged | Self | 2001-12-08 |
| Movie | Brooklyn Babylon | Member of The Lions | 2001-08-16 |
| Movie | Bamboozled | Alabama Porch Monkeys: Levi - Musical Director | 2000-10-06 |
| Movie | Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool | Self | 1994-10-31 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Musical Guest (uncredited) | 1975-10-11 |
| Series | Sesame Street | Self | 1969-11-10 |
| Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |