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Questlove

Questlove

Acting January 20, 1971 (55 years old) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

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.

Movies 64

Soul 8.1

Soul

as Curly (voice)

2020
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) 7.6

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

as Self (uncredited)

2021
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert 6.8

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

as Self

2025
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 6.6

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

as Ahmir-Khalib Thompson

2016
Someone Great 6.4

Someone Great

as Questlove

2019
Chasing Liberty 6.2

Chasing Liberty

as The Roots

2004
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues 6.0

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

as Self

2025
Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear 8.2

Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear

as Self

2026
Brown Sugar 6.7

Brown Sugar

as Self

2002
One World: Together at Home 7.1

One World: Together at Home

as Self

2020
Bamboozled 6.3

Bamboozled

as Alabama Porch Monkeys: Levi - Musical Director

2000
American Symphony 6.5

American Symphony

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 4.0

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

as Self

2021
Spark Into a Flame 4.0

Spark Into a Flame

as Self

2026
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) 7.1

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

as Self

2025
All Things Must Pass 7.2

All Things Must Pass

as Self

2015
Bad 25 7.3

Bad 25

as Self

2012
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop 9.0

A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop

as Self

2023
We Want the Funk! 6.3

We Want the Funk!

as Self

2025
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 6.8

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

as Self (The Roots)

2005
2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 4.8

2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

as Self

2025
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown 6.9

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown

as Self

2014
Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary 6.9

Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary

as Self

2024
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

as Self

2023
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest 7.1

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

as Self

2011
Mr. SOUL! 7.0

Mr. SOUL!

as Self

2018
A Band Called Death 7.1

A Band Called Death

as Self

2013
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records 7.1

Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records

as Self

2013
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo 10.0

Devil's Pie: D'Angelo

as Self

2019
Am I Black Enough for You 8.0

Am I Black Enough for You

2009
I Was Born This Way 1.0

I Was Born This Way

as Self

2025
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days 6.5

Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days

as Self - Guest

2021
My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop 3.5

My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop

as Self

2010
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ 5.0

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

as Self

2012
The Legacy of J Dilla 8.0

The Legacy of J Dilla

as Self (archive footage)

2023
Twenty Eighteen Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Twenty Eighteen Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

as Self

2018
Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon 7.0

Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

2017
Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular 6.0

Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular

as Self

2024
The Reverend 10.0

The Reverend

as Self

2022
Before the Music Dies 7.0

Before the Music Dies

as Self - Musician: The Roots (as Questlove)

2006
Hargrove 7.0

Hargrove

as Self

2022
Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville

Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville

2017
D'Angelo: Montreux Jazz Festival 2000

D'Angelo: Montreux Jazz Festival 2000

2000
Downtown Calling

Downtown Calling

as Self

2009
Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story

Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story

as Self

2020
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2

Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2

as Self

Bilal: Live at Glasshaus

Bilal: Live at Glasshaus

as Self

2024
Finding the Funk 7.2

Finding the Funk

as Self

2014
All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live! 7.0

All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!

as Self

2001
Boy Band 5.5

Boy Band

as Alien

2019
Siempre, Luis 6.3

Siempre, Luis

as Self

2020
May the Lord Watch: The Little Brother Story

May the Lord Watch: The Little Brother Story

as Self

2023
September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block Party

September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block Party

as Self

2006
Rockers Don't Stop: The Revival of Rockers Revenge

Rockers Don't Stop: The Revival of Rockers Revenge

as Self

2025
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool 9.0

Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool

as Self

1994
Give the Drummer Some

Give the Drummer Some

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 5.9

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

as Self

2020
Herb Alpert Is... 7.6

Herb Alpert Is...

as Self

2020
Jay-Z: MTV Unplugged 5.1

Jay-Z: MTV Unplugged

as Self

2001
Rock Rubber 45s

Rock Rubber 45s

as Self

2018
Brooklyn Babylon 5.1

Brooklyn Babylon

as Member of The Lions

2001
Sample This 6.7

Sample This

as Self

2013
The Roots Present

The Roots Present

as Self

Ferocious Drummers

Ferocious Drummers

TV Shows 43

The Simpsons 8.0

The Simpsons

as Tour Guide (voice)

1989
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 4.9

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

2009
The Kelly Clarkson Show 6.2

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

2019
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 5.8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self - Guest

2014
The Daily Show 6.4

The Daily Show

as Self

1996
Late Night with Seth Meyers 5.1

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest

2014
Empire 7.1

Empire

as Questlove (voice)

2015
Saturday Night Live 6.9

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1975
Sesame Street 7.1

Sesame Street

as Self

1969
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 5.3

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Musical Guest

2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show 5.6

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self

2022
Sherri 2.6

Sherri

as Self - Guest

2022
Hot Ones 7.1

Hot Ones

as Self

2015
Parks and Recreation 8.0

Parks and Recreation

as LeVondrious

2009
Billions 7.8

Billions

as Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson

2016
Community 8.0

Community

as Questlove

2009
Abbott Elementary 7.5

Abbott Elementary

as Self

2021
iCarly 7.9

iCarly

as Questlove

2007
Finding Your Roots 6.2

Finding Your Roots

as Self

2012
The Oscars 7.1

The Oscars

as Self

1953
The $100,000 Pyramid 7.0

The $100,000 Pyramid

as Self

2016
The Eric Andre Show 7.9

The Eric Andre Show

as Self

2012
Drunk History 6.9

Drunk History

as Himself

2013
Rachael Ray 5.1

Rachael Ray

2006
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown 7.7

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

2013
Yo Gabba Gabba! 7.0

Yo Gabba Gabba!

2007
Not Suitable for Work 6.6

Not Suitable for Work

as Questlove

2026
Mulligan 5.4

Mulligan

as (voice)

2023
JANET JACKSON. 7.5

JANET JACKSON.

as Self

2022
Soundbreaking 7.8

Soundbreaking

as Self

2016
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson 7.3

Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson

as Self

2021
Lucas Bros. Moving Co. 6.0

Lucas Bros. Moving Co.

2013
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America 7.5

Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America

as Self

2019
Camden 5.8

Camden

as Self

2024
Rise Up, Sing Out 3.5

Rise Up, Sing Out

2022
My Happy Place 1.5

My Happy Place

as Self

2025
Black in the 80s

Black in the 80s

as Self

2005
James Brown: Say It Loud 8.0

James Brown: Say It Loud

as Self

2024
Silent Library 8.3

Silent Library

as Self - Contestant

2009
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop

And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop

as Self

2004
The Grammys 8.6

The Grammys

as Self

1959
Backstage Pass 7.0

Backstage Pass

2005
Quest for Craft 9.0

Quest for Craft

2021

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