Questlove
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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Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial VS. That’s the Weight of the World)
director
2026
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
actor
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
director
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
writer
2025
Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary
actor
2024
American Symphony
actor
2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
actor
2023
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
actor
2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
director
2021
Soul
actor
2020
One World: Together at Home
actor
2020
Someone Great
actor
2019
Mr. SOUL!
actor
2018
Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon
actor
2017
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
actor
2016
All Things Must Pass
actor
2015
Bad 25
actor
2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
actor
2012
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
actor
2011
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
actor
2005
