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Ahmir-Khalib Thompson

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Drummer for the rap group The Roots. See more trivia »

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Hide HideMusic Department (5 titles)
2013 Inside Amy Schumer (TV series) (composer: theme music - 1 episode)
– Bad Decisions (2013) (composer: theme music)
 
2012 2012 Soul Train Awards (TV movie) (composer: additional music - as ?uestlove)
 
2011 Philly's 4th of July Jam (TV movie) (music director)
 
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series) (musical director - 197 episodes, 2009-2010) (musician: The Roots - 19 episodes, 2009-2011)
– Keith Olbermann/Rosie Huntington-Whiteley/Battlefield 3/Battles (2011) (musician: The Roots - as Ahmir Thompson)
– Episode #1.416 (2011) (musician: The Roots - as Ahmir Thompson)
– Episode #1.412 (2011) (musician: The Roots - as Ahmir Thompson)
– Episode #1.406 (2011) (musician: The Roots - as Ahmir Thompson)
– Episode #1.394 (2011) (musician: The Roots - as Ahmir Thompson)
See all 213 episodes »
 
2004 Chappelle's Show (TV series) (original sketch music - 12 episodes)
– Episode #2.13 (2004) (original sketch music - as Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson)
– Episode #2.12 (2004) (original sketch music - as Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson)
– Episode #2.11 (2004) (original sketch music - as Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson)
– Episode #2.10 (2004) (original sketch music - as Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson)
– Episode #2.9 (2004) (original sketch music - as Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson)
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Show ShowSoundtrack (18 titles)
2010-2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
– Episode #1.418 (2011) (performer: "Fight the Power" / as Questlove)
– Episode #1.315 (2010) (performer: "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" - uncredited)
– Episode #1.267 (2010) (writer: "Dear God 2.0")
 
2010 Rabbit Hole (writer: "Lay It Down" / as Ahmir Thompson)
 
2010 Step Up 3D (writer: "Here I Come" / as Ahmir K. Thompson)
 
2010 The Karate Kid (writer: "Here I Come" / as Ahmir Thompson)
 
2009 The Soloist (writer: "Who Am I?" / as Ahmir Thompson)
 
2009 He's Just Not That Into You (writer: "Stay with Me By the Sea" / as Ahmir Thompson)
 
2008 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Episode #15.104 (2008) (performer: "Rising Up")
 
2007 Superbad (writer: "Here I Come" / as Ahmir Thompson)
 
2007 Stomp the Yard (writer: "In the Music" / as Ahmir Thompson)
 
2007 Code Name: The Cleaner (performer: "That Lady" / as Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson)
 
2006 Rock the Bells (documentary) (writer: "Speakin' the Truth", "War", "I'll Bee Dat" / as Ahmir K. Thompson)
 
2005 Block Party (documentary) (writer: "You Got Me" / as Ahmir K. Thompson)
 
2004 Chappelle's Show (TV series)
– Episode #2.3 (2004) (performer: "Diff'rent Strokes", "The Facts of Life", "Movin' On Up")
 
2002 Brown Sugar (writer: "Nowhere Fast" / as ?uestlove / writer: "Act Too Love of My Life" / as Ahmir Thompson)
 
2000 Bamboozled (writer: "Burn Hollywood Burn" / as Ahmir Thompson / writer: "Mantan Show Music" 2000 / as Ahmir "?Uestlove" Thompson)
 
2000 High Fidelity (writer: "The Anti-Circle" / as Ahmir Thompson)
 
1999 In Too Deep (writer: "Unconventional Ways" / as Ahmir Thompson)
 
1996 High School High (writer: "The Good, The Bad And The Desolate" / as Thompson)
 
Show ShowActor (7 titles)
2013 The Being Experience (post-production)
 
2012 The Cleveland Show (TV series)
Questlove
– Menace II Secret Society (2012) … Questlove (voice)
 
2012 The Alabama Face Guy: Los Angeles (short)
Questlove
 
2012 The Tournament Challenge Challenged (short)
 
2006 Chappelle's Show (TV series)
D.J.
– Episode #3.1 (2006) … D.J. (uncredited)
 
2001 Brooklyn Babylon
Member of The Lions
 
2000 Bamboozled
Alabama Porch Monkeys: Levi - Musical Director (as Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson)
 
Show ShowComposer (5 titles)
2012 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
– The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2012)
 
2010 VH1 Rock Docs (TV series)
– Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America (2010)
 
2010 Nickelodeon Presents History and Heritage (TV movie)
 
2004 Chappelle's Show (TV series)
– Episode #2.8 (2004) (original sketch music / as Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson)
 
2003 Street Time (TV series)
– Born to Kill (2003) (as Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson)
 
Show ShowSelf (59 titles)
2013 Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records (documentary) (post-production)
 
2011-2013 Big Morning Buzz Live with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
– Wendy Williams/Eve/Cast of 'Star Trek Into Darkness'/98 Degrees (2013) … Himself (as Questlove)
– Kelly Osbourne/Robin Thicke/The Roots (2011) … Himself (as Questlove)
 
2009-2013 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself - The Roots: Drummer / The Nephew / Ladysmith Snack Mambazo / …
– Episode #1.935 (2013) … Himself - The Roots: Drummer/The Nephew (as Questlove)
– Episode #1.922 (2013) … Himself - The Roots: Drummer (as Questlove)
– Episode #1.897 (2013) … Himself - The Roots: Drummer (as Questlove)
– Episode #1.874 (2013) … Himself - The Roots: Drummer/The Nephew (as Questlove)
– Episode #1.873 (2013) … Himself - The Roots: Drummer/The Nephew (as Questlove)
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2013 Finding the Funk (documentary)
Narrator
 
2012 Sample This (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 iCarly (TV series)
Himself
– iShock America (2012) … Himself (as Questlove)
 
2012 The Chew (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Quick and Easy Meals (2012) … Himself - Guest (as Questlove)
 
2012 Bad 25 (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Don Cornelius: Visionary, Trailblazer & Cultural Icon (TV movie)
Himself (as Questlove)
 
2012 The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (TV movie)
Himself (as Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson)
 
2012 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
– The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2012)
 
2012 Unsung (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Full Force (2012) … Himself (as ?ustlove)
 
2012 Watch What Happens: Live (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Kandi Burruss and ?Uestlove (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
2011 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Himself
– Matt Damon (2011) … Himself (as Quest Love)
 
2011 That Is All (short)
Himself
 
2011 Explorando la música más allá de sus límites (TV documentary)
Himself (as Questlove)
 
2011 Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation (TV documentary)
 
2011/II The Art of Blending (short)
Himself
 
2011/I The Art of Blending (short)
Himself
 
2011 The Apprentice (TV series)
Himself
– Shear Madness (2011) … Himself (as Questlove)
 
2011 Bowlive: Soulive Live at The Brooklyn Bowl
Himself
 
2011 The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (documentary)
 
2011 Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (documentary)
Himself (as Amir 'Questlove' Thompson)
 
2010 Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone (documentary)
Himself (as Questlove)
 
2010 A Night of 140 Tweets: A Celebrity Tweet-A-Thon for Haiti
Himself (as Questlove)
 
2010 VH1 Rock Docs (TV series)
Himself
– Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America (2010) … Himself (as ?uestlove)
 
2010 Parks and Recreation Is the Wu-Tang of Comedy (short)
Himself (as ?uestlove)
 
2009 Downtown Calling (documentary)
Himself (as ?uestlove)
 
2009 Michael Jackson: Our Icon (TV documentary)
Himself (as ?uestlove)
 
2009 Am I Black Enough for You (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Ursula Rucker: Poet (documentary short)
Himself (as Roots)
 
2008 Battleground Earth: Ludacris vs. Tommy Lee (TV series)
Himself
– Raise the Roof (2008) … Himself
 
2008 VIP Lounge (TV series)
Himself
– The Roots (2008) … Himself
 
2008 From the Mouthpiece on Back (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Nightclub (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 The Naked Brothers Band (TV series)
Himself
– No Schools Fool's Day … Himself
 
2006 Best of the Jammys, Volume One (video)
Himself
 
2006 3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV movie)
Himself (as Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson)
 
2006 Backstage Pass (TV series)
Himself
– The Roots (2006) … Himself
 
2006 September in Brooklyn: The Making of 'Block Party' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 The Drug Years (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Just Say No! … Himself (as ?uestlove)
 
2006 Before the Music Dies (documentary)
Himself - Musician: The Roots (as Questlove)
 
2005 Block Party (documentary)
Himself (as Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson)
 
2005 Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 February 2005 (2005) … Himself (uncredited)
 
2005 Black in the 80s (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself (as ?uestlove)
 
2005 Negermagasinet (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Soul (2005) … Himself (as Quest Love)
 
2004 Fade to Black (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Back in the Day (2004) … Himself (as ?uestlove)
 
2004 On the D.L. (documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Chappelle's Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - D.J.
– Music Jump-Off (2004) … Himself (as Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson)
– Episode #2.10 (2004) … Himself (uncredited)
– Episode #2.9 (2004) … Himself - D.J. (uncredited)
– Episode #2.3 (2004) … Himself (as Ahmir '?Questlove' Thompson)
 
2003 Five Conversations About Soul (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 I Love the '70s (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself (as ?uestlove)
– 1972 (2003) … Himself (as ?uestlove)
– 1973 (2003) … Himself (as ?uestlove)
– 1970 (2003) … Himself (as ?uestlove)
 
2002 American Rap Stars (video documentary)
Himself (as ?uestlove)
 
2002 Brown Sugar
Himself - The Roots (as Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson)
 
2002 Philly Boy: A Movie About M.C. Breeze
Himself (as Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson)
 
2000 Hip Hop: The New World Order (video documentary short)
Himself - The Roots (as ?uest Love)
 
2000 Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (documentary)
Himself (as ?uestlove)
 
1994 Stolen Moments.: Red Hot+Cool (TV documentary)
Himself - Roots (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1999): Rap album with The Roots, "Things Fall Apart" (MCA Records). See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Interviews  | See more »

Alternate Names:

?uestlove | ?ustlove | ?uest Love | Quest Love | Questlove | Roots | Ahmir '?Questlove' Thompson | Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson | Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson | Ahmir Thompson | Amir 'Questlove' Thompson

Height:

6' 4" (1.93 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Drummer for the rap group The Roots. See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius