Biography
Ahmir Khalib Thompson, known professionally as Questlove, is an American drummer, record producer, disc jockey, filmmaker, music journalist, and actor. He is the drummer and joint frontman for the hip-hop band the Roots. The Roots has been the in-house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon since 2014, after having fulfilled the same role on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Questlove is also one of the producers of the 2015 cast album of the Broadway musical Hamilton. He has also co-founded the websites Okayplayer and OkayAfrica. He joined Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University as an adjunct professor in 2016, and hosted the podcast Questlove Supreme.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 2022
- Time 100 · 2022
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 2022 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
The Reverend
Soul
James Brown: Say It Loud
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
Community
Parks and Recreation
iCarly
The Simpsons
The Eric Andre Show
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Janet Jackson.
Billions
Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Abbott Elementary
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
Bad 25
Herb Alpert Is...
All Things Must Pass
Finding the Funk
A Band Called Death
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Men in Black
Hot Ones
Empire
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
Yo Gabba Gabba!
Sesame Street
Hargrove
The $100,000 Pyramid
All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!
Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)
Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary
Roots
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
Saturday Night Live
Drunk History
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
American Symphony
Sample This
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Brown Sugar
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Chris Rock Total Blackout: The Tamborine Extended Cut
Someone Great
Finding Your Roots
The Daily Show
We Want the Funk!