Questlove: movies and TV shows
Questlove has 128 credits in the archive: 81 films and 47 TV series, from 1953 to 2026. Highest rated: The Grammys (8.6/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2026 · busiest year: 2025 (14 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Not Suitable for Work | Questlove | TV | 6.3 | 55 |
| 2026 | The Roast of Kevin Hart | Film | 6.1 | 55 | |
| 2026 | Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World) | Film | 2.8 | 55 | |
| 2026 | Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World) | Film | 2.8 | 55 | |
| 2025 | Spinal Tap II: The End Continues | Self | Film | 6.2 | 54 |
| 2025 | SNL50: The Homecoming Concert | Self | Film | 6.8 | 54 |
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Film | 7.8 | 54 | |
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Film | 7.8 | 54 | |
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Film | 7.8 | 54 | |
| 2025 | My Happy Place | Self | TV | 1.5 | 54 |
| 2025 | 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | Film | 4.8 | 54 |
| 2025 | We Want the Funk! | Self | Film | 6.1 | 54 |
| 2025 | SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) | Self | Film | 6.9 | 54 |
| 2025 | SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) | Film | 6.9 | 54 | |
| 2025 | SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) | Film | 6.9 | 54 | |
| 2025 | I Was Born This Way | Self | Film | 1.0 | 54 |
| 2025 | I Was Born This Way | Film | 1.0 | 54 | |
| 2025 | Rockers Don't Stop: The Revival of Rockers Revenge | Self | Film | — | 54 |
| 2024 | Camden | Self | TV | 5.8 | 53 |
| 2024 | James Brown: Say It Loud | Self | TV | 8.0 | 53 |
| 2024 | James Brown: Say It Loud | TV | 8.0 | 53 | |
| 2024 | Bilal: Live at Glasshaus | Self | Film | — | 53 |
| 2024 | Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary | Self | Film | 6.9 | 53 |
| 2024 | Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular | Self | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 2023 | Mulligan | (voice) | TV | 5.6 | 52 |
| 2023 | American Symphony | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 2023 | The League | Film | 6.2 | 52 | |
| 2023 | The Legacy of J Dilla | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 52 |
| 2023 | A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop | Self | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 2023 | A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop | Film | 9.0 | 52 | |
| 2023 | Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes | Self | Film | — | 52 |
| 2023 | May The Lord Watch: The Little Brother Story | Himself | Film | — | 52 |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self | TV | 5.6 | 51 |
| 2022 | Sherri | Self - Guest | TV | 2.6 | 51 |
| 2022 | JANET JACKSON. | Self | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 2022 | Rise Up, Sing Out | TV | 3.5 | 51 | |
| 2022 | Descendant | Film | 6.3 | 51 | |
| 2022 | Hargrove | Self | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 2022 | The Reverend | Self | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 2021 | Abbott Elementary | Self | TV | 7.5 | 50 |
| 2021 | Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson | Self | TV | 7.4 | 50 |
| 2021 | Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Self (uncredited) | Film | 7.6 | 50 |
| 2021 | Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Film | 7.6 | 50 | |
| 2021 | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | Film | 4.0 | 50 |
| 2021 | Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days | Self - Guest | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 2021 | Quest for Craft | TV | 9.0 | 50 | |
| 2020 | Soul | Curly (voice) | Film | 8.1 | 49 |
| 2020 | One World: Together at Home | Self | Film | 7.1 | 49 |
| 2020 | Herb Alpert Is... | Self | Film | 7.6 | 49 |
| 2020 | Siempre, Luis | Self | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 2020 | Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story | Self | Film | — | 49 |
| 2020 | The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show | Self | Film | 5.9 | 49 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 48 |
| 2019 | Someone Great | Questlove | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 2019 | Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America | Self | TV | 8.0 | 48 |
| 2019 | Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America | TV | 8.0 | 48 | |
| 2019 | Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America | TV | 8.0 | 48 | |
| 2019 | Boy Band | Alien | Film | 5.5 | 48 |
| 2019 | Stucco | Film | 5.3 | 48 | |
| 2019 | Devil's Pie: D'Angelo | Self | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 2018 | Mr. SOUL! | Self | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 2018 | Rock Rubber 45s | Self | Film | — | 47 |
| 2018 | Twenty Eighteen Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | Film | — | 47 |
| 2017 | Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 2017 | Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville | Film | — | 46 | |
| 2016 | Billions | Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson | TV | 7.8 | 45 |
| 2016 | The $100,000 Pyramid | Self | TV | 7.0 | 45 |
| 2016 | Roots | TV | 6.9 | 45 | |
| 2016 | Soundbreaking | Self | TV | 7.8 | 45 |
| 2016 | Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | Ahmir-Khalib Thompson | Film | 6.6 | 45 |
| 2015 | Hot Ones | Self | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 2015 | Empire | Questlove (voice) | TV | 7.1 | 44 |
| 2015 | All Things Must Pass | Self | Film | 7.2 | 44 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | TV | 5.8 | 43 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 43 |
| 2014 | Top Five | Film | 6.1 | 43 | |
| 2014 | Top Five | Film | 6.1 | 43 | |
| 2014 | Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown | Self | Film | 6.9 | 43 |
| 2014 | Finding the Funk | Self | Film | 7.2 | 43 |
| 2013 | Drunk History | Himself | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 2013 | Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown | TV | 7.7 | 42 | |
| 2013 | Lucas Bros. Moving Co. | TV | 6.0 | 42 | |
| 2013 | A Band Called Death | Self | Film | 7.2 | 42 |
| 2013 | Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records | Self | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 2013 | Sample This | Self | Film | 6.7 | 42 |
| 2012 | The Eric Andre Show | Self | TV | 7.9 | 41 |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots | Self | TV | 6.5 | 41 |
| 2012 | Bad 25 | Self | Film | 7.3 | 41 |
| 2012 | Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ | Self | Film | 5.0 | 41 |
| 2011 | Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest | Self | Film | 7.2 | 40 |
| 2010 | My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop | Self | Film | 3.5 | 39 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 38 |
| 2009 | Community | Questlove | TV | 8.0 | 38 |
| 2009 | Parks and Recreation | LeVondrious | TV | 8.0 | 38 |
| 2009 | Downtown Calling | Self | Film | — | 38 |
| 2009 | Am I Black Enough for You | Film | 8.0 | 38 | |
| 2007 | iCarly | Questlove | TV | 8.0 | 36 |
| 2007 | Yo Gabba Gabba! | TV | 7.1 | 36 | |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray | TV | 5.1 | 35 | |
| 2006 | Before the Music Dies | Self - Musician: The Roots (as Questlove) | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 2006 | September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block Party | Self | Film | — | 35 |
| 2005 | Black in the 80s | Self | TV | — | 34 |
| 2005 | Dave Chappelle's Block Party | Self (The Roots) | Film | 6.8 | 34 |
| 2005 | Backstage Pass | TV | 7.0 | 34 | |
| 2004 | And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop | Self | Film | 4.8 | 33 |
| 2004 | And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop | Self | TV | — | 33 |
| 2002 | Brown Sugar | Self | Film | 6.6 | 31 |
| 2001 | Jay-Z: MTV Unplugged | Self | Film | 5.1 | 30 |
| 2001 | Jay-Z: MTV Unplugged | Film | 5.1 | 30 | |
| 2001 | Brooklyn Babylon | Member of The Lions | Film | 5.1 | 30 |
| 2001 | All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live! | Self | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 2000 | Bamboozled | Alabama Porch Monkeys: Levi - Musical Director | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 2000 | D'Angelo: Montreux Jazz Festival 2000 | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1997 | Men in Black | Film | 7.2 | 26 | |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 25 |
| 1994 | Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool | Self | Film | 9.0 | 23 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Tour Guide (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 18 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 4 |
| 1969 | Sesame Street | Self | TV | 7.1 | 1 |
| 1959 | The Grammys | Self | TV | 8.6 | 11 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | TV | — | 14 | |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 17 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | TV | 7.0 | 17 | |
| Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2 | Self | Film | — | — | |
| Give the Drummer Some | Film | — | — | ||
| The Roots Present | Self | Film | — | — | |
| Ferocious Drummers | Film | — | — | ||
| Dilla Time | Film | — | — |