Questlove
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Questlove

Jan 20, 1971 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

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Cast

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Movie2005Dave Chappelle's Block PartySelf (The Roots)
Movie2020The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight ShowSelf
Movie20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf
Movie2020Herb Alpert Is...Self
Movie2011Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called QuestSelf
Movie2023The Legacy of J DillaSelf (archive footage)
Movie2023Max Roach: The Drum Also WaltzesSelf
Movie2013Sample ThisSelf
Movie2023May The Lord Watch: The Little Brother StoryHimself
Movie2022HargroveSelf
Movie2013Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw RecordsSelf
Movie2001Brooklyn BabylonMember of The Lions
Movie2022The Reverend
Movie2023American SymphonySelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie2015All Things Must PassSelf
Movie2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’Self
Movie2014Mr. Dynamite - The Rise of James BrownSelf
Movie2023A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-HopSelf
Movie2021Chris Rock Total Blackout: The Tamborine Extended CutSelf (archive footage)
Movie2025Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
Movie2010My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip HopSelf
Movie2014Finding the FunkSelf
Movie2012Bad 25Self
MovieN/AFerocious Drummers
Movie2009Am I Black Enough for You
Movie2016Popstar: Never Stop Never StoppingAhmir-Khalib Thompson
Movie2002Brown SugarSelf
Movie2001All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!Self
Movie2018Rock Rubber 45sSelf
Movie2018Twenty Eighteen Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf
Movie2009Downtown CallingSelf
Movie2004And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-HopSelf
Movie2019Someone GreatQuestlove
Movie2020SoulCurly (voice)
Movie2000BamboozledAlabama Porch Monkeys: Levi - Musical Director
Movie2019Boy BandAlien
Movie2020One World: Together at HomeSelf
Movie2006Before the Music DiesSelf - Musician: The Roots (as Questlove)
Movie1994Stolen Moments: Red Hot + CoolSelf
Movie2020Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen StorySelf
Movie2020Siempre, LuisSelf
Movie2018Mr. SOUL!Self
Movie2019Devil's Pie: D'AngeloSelf
Movie2021Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny DaysSelf - Guest
Movie2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Self (uncredited)
Movie2013A Band Called DeathSelf
Movie2001Jay-Z: MTV UnpluggedSelf
Movie2024Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentarySelf
Movie2024Bilal: Live at GlasshausSelf
Movie2024Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning SpectacularSelf
Movie2025SNL50: The Homecoming ConcertSelf
Movie2017Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
Movie2006September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block PartySelf
Movie2025We Want the Funk!Self
Movie2025I Was Born This WaySelf
TV Show2012Finding Your RootsSelf2
TV Show2013Drunk HistoryHimself1
TV Show2005Backstage Pass5
TV Show2005Black in the 80sSelf3
TV Show2021Watch the Sound with Mark RonsonSelf2
TV Show2023Mulligan(voice)2
TV Show2013Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown1
TV Show2007iCarlyQuestlove1
TV Show1996The Daily ShowSelf1
TV Show2012The Eric Andre ShowSelf1
TV Show2022Rise Up, Sing Out8
TV Show1959The GrammysSelf3
TV Show2016The $100,000 PyramidSelf1
TV Show2021Quest for Craft8
TV Show2019The Kelly Clarkson Show2
TV Show2009Parks and RecreationLeVondrious1
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Musical Guest2
TV Show1969Sesame StreetSelf1
TV Show2006Rachael Ray2
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited)2
TV Show2021Abbott ElementarySelf1
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf3
TV Show2024CamdenSelf1
TV Show2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest1
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf1
TV Show2024James Brown: Say It LoudSelf4
TV Show2009CommunityQuestlove1
TV Show2019Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook AmericaSelf6
TV Show2022JANET JACKSON.Self3
TV Show2015Hot OnesSelf1
TV Show2022SherriSelf - Guest1
TV Show2025My Happy PlaceSelf6
TV Show2022The Jennifer Hudson ShowSelf1

Crew

Media
Movie2025SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)Executive ProducerProduction
Movie2025SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)DirectorDirecting
Movie2001Jay-Z: MTV UnpluggedMusic ProducerSound
MovieN/ADilla TimeExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2014Top FiveOriginal Music ComposerSound
MovieN/AThe AristoCatsDirectorDirecting
Movie2022DescendantExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2023The LeagueExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2014Top FiveExecutive Music ProducerCrew
Movie2019StuccoMusicSound
Movie2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)DirectorDirecting
MovieN/AUntitled Earth, Wind & Fire DocumentaryDirectorDirecting
MovieN/AUntitled Earth, Wind & Fire DocumentaryProducerProduction
Movie2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicDirectorDirecting
Movie2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicWriterWriting
Movie2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2023A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-HopExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2025I Was Born This WayExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2016RootsExecutive Music ProducerCrew
TV Show1956Tony AwardsMusic ArrangerSound
TV Show2019Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook AmericaExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show1953The OscarsMusicSound
TV Show2024James Brown: Say It LoudExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2019Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook AmericaCreatorCreator