Q-Tip: movies and TV shows
Q-Tip has 53 credits in the archive: 38 films and 15 TV series, from 1959 to 2025. Highest rated: The Grammys (8.6/10).
Career timeline
1959 – 2025 · busiest year: 2003 (4 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 55 |
| 2025 | SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) | Self | Film | 6.9 | 55 |
| 2024 | Bruthaload 13: Booty Bandits | Film | — | 54 | |
| 2024 | Turn Him Out | Film | — | 54 | |
| 2023 | The Legacy of J Dilla | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 53 |
| 2022 | WeCrashed | Q-Tip | TV | 7.3 | 52 |
| 2022 | JANET JACKSON. | Self | TV | 7.5 | 52 |
| 2019 | Devil's Pie: D'Angelo | Film | 10.0 | 49 | |
| 2018 | Survivor's Guide to Prison | Self | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 2016 | Soundbreaking | Self | TV | 7.8 | 46 |
| 2016 | Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square | Self - Singer | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 2015 | Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives | Film | 8.0 | 45 | |
| 2015 | Breaking a Monster | Self | Film | 3.2 | 45 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 44 |
| 2014 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | Film | 6.8 | 44 | |
| 2014 | Nas: Time Is Illmatic | Self | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 2014 | What Difference Does It Make? | Self | Film | 5.1 | 44 |
| 2013 | The Great Gatsby | Film | 7.3 | 43 | |
| 2012 | Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ | Self | Film | 5.0 | 42 |
| 2011 | Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest | Self | Film | 7.2 | 41 |
| 2009 | The Minnie Riperton Story | Film | — | 39 | |
| 2008 | Cadillac Records | Hip Hop Artist | Film | 7.1 | 38 |
| 2008 | Miles Davis: Kind of Blue | Self | Film | 3.8 | 38 |
| 2006 | The Hip Hop Project | Film | 8.5 | 36 | |
| 2005 | Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits | Self | Film | 4.6 | 35 |
| 2004 | She Hate Me | Vada Huff | Film | 5.2 | 34 |
| 2004 | Janet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos | Film | 7.5 | 34 | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV | 5.3 | 33 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Musical Guest | TV | 5.3 | 33 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 33 |
| 2003 | Death of a Dynasty | Self (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 33 |
| 2002 | Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras | Film | 8.0 | 32 | |
| 2002 | A Tribe Called Quest: The Video Anthology | Film | 7.0 | 32 | |
| 2001 | Prison Song | Elijah Dixon | Film | 5.5 | 31 |
| 2001 | Prison Song | Film | 5.5 | 31 | |
| 2000 | Disappearing Acts | Reggie Baptiste | Film | 6.2 | 30 |
| 2000 | Beastie Boys: Video Anthology | Self | Film | 7.3 | 30 |
| 1999 | Mark Twain Prize | Self - Musical Guest | TV | 6.8 | 29 |
| 1998 | Free Tibet | Self - A Tribe Called Quest | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1998 | Janet Jackson: The Velvet Rope Tour | Self | Film | 7.8 | 28 |
| 1997 | Men in Black | Film | 7.2 | 27 | |
| 1997 | The Chris Rock Show | TV | 4.6 | 27 | |
| 1997 | Rhyme & Reason | Self | Film | 7.2 | 27 |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Teddy Bear / Roach (voice) | TV | 6.3 | 25 |
| 1995 | MADtv | Self | TV | 7.1 | 25 |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman | Self - Musical Guest | TV | 6.4 | 23 |
| 1993 | Poetic Justice | Markell | Film | 6.7 | 23 |
| 1988 | Yo! MTV Raps | Self | TV | 7.5 | 18 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Musical Guest | TV | 6.9 | 5 |
| 1959 | The Grammys | Self | TV | 8.6 | 10 |
| Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2 | Self | Film | — | — | |
| A Tribe Called Quest: Tibetan Freedom Concert | Film | — | — | ||
| Love Goggles | Complex | Film | 8.0 | — |