Questlove
Actor · Director · WriterAhmir 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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FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR62
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025
Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Self
We Want the Funk!
2025
Self
I Was Born This Way
2025
Self
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025
Self
Rockers Don't Stop: The Revival of Rockers Revenge
2025
Self
2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2025
Self
Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary
2024
Self
Bilal: Live at Glasshaus
2024
Self
Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
2024
Self
The Legacy of J Dilla
2023
Self (archive footage)
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023
Self
May The Lord Watch: The Little Brother Story
2023
Himself
American Symphony
2023
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023
Self
Hargrove
2022
Self
The Reverend
2022
Self
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
Self
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
2021
Self - Guest
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
Self (uncredited)
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020
Self
Herb Alpert Is...
2020
Self
Soul
2020
Curly (voice)
One World: Together at Home
2020
Self
Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story
2020
Self
Siempre, Luis
2020
Self
Someone Great
2019
Questlove
Boy Band
2019
Alien
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
2019
Self
Rock Rubber 45s
2018
Self
Twenty Eighteen Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2018
Self
Mr. SOUL!
2018
Self
Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
2017
Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon
2017
Self
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
Ahmir-Khalib Thompson
All Things Must Pass
2015
Self
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
2014
Self
Finding the Funk
2014
Self
Sample This
2013
Self
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
2013
Self
A Band Called Death
2013
Self
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
Self
Bad 25
2012
Self
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
2011
Self
My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop
2010
Self
Am I Black Enough for You
2009
Downtown Calling
2009
Self
Before the Music Dies
2006
Self - Musician: The Roots (as Questlove)
September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block Party
2006
Self
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005
Self (The Roots)
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
2004
Self
Brown Sugar
2002
Self
Brooklyn Babylon
2001
Member of The Lions
All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!
2001
Self
Jay-Z: MTV Unplugged
2001
Self
Bamboozled
2000
Alabama Porch Monkeys: Levi - Musical Director
D'Angelo: Montreux Jazz Festival 2000
2000
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
1994
Self
Ferocious Drummers
The Roots Present
Self
Give the Drummer Some
- Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
Self
DIRECTOR4
PRODUCER8
Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World)
2026
Producer
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025
Executive Producer
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Executive Producer
I Was Born This Way
2025
Executive Producer
The League
2023
Executive Producer
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023
Executive Producer
Descendant
2022
Executive Producer
- Dilla Time
Dilla Time
Executive Producer
