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2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
– Episode #20.39 (2011) (writer: "Here I Come" - uncredited)
 
2009-2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
– Episode #1.462 (2011) (performer: "Dare to Be Stupid" - uncredited, "TMZ" - uncredited, "Yoda" - uncredited, "Beer Barrel Polka" - uncredited, "Another One Rides the Bus" - uncredited, "Polka Face" - uncredited)
– Larry the Cable Guy/Uncharted 3/Paul Williams (2011) (performer: "Cars" - uncredited)
– Episode #1.455 (2011) (performer: "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" - uncredited)
– Episode #1.454 (2011) (performer: "Don't Stand So Close to Me" - uncredited)
– Episode #1.452 (2011) (performer: "Duke of Earl" - uncredited)
See all 46 episodes »
 
2011 Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (performer: "At a Medium Pace")
 
2011 90210 (TV series)
– Nerdy Little Secrets (2011) ("The Seed 2.0" - uncredited)
 
2010 Step Up 3D (performer: "Here I Come")
 
2010 The Karate Kid (performer: "Here I Come")
 
2010 Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief (TV movie) ("I'll Stand By You", "Hard Times Come Again No More")
 
2010 Waiting for 'Superman' (documentary) (performer: "Wake Up Everybody")
 
2009 Ein geheimnisvoller Sommer (TV movie) ("The Seed")
 
2008 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Episode #15.104 (2008) (performer: "Rising Up")
 
2008 Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Nightclub (documentary) (writer: "Wetlands Improv" / performer: "Wetlands Improv")
 
2007 Superbad (performer: "Here I Come")
 
2007 I Think I Love My Wife (performer: "The Seed 2.0")
 
2007 Stomp the Yard (performer: "In the Music")
 
2006 The Ground Truth (documentary) (performer: "Somebody's Gotta Do It")
 
2005 Need for Speed: Most Wanted (Video Game) (performer: "Tao Of The Machine Scott Humphrey's Remix")
 
2005 Block Party (documentary) (performer: "Boom", "You Got Me")
 
2004 Gran Turismo 4 (Video Game) (performer: "I Don't Care")
 
2004 Smallville (TV series)
– Run (2004) (performer: "Don't Say Nuthin'" - uncredited)
 
2004 Entourage (TV series)
– Busey and the Beach (2004) ("Don't Say Nuthin'" - uncredited)
 
2004 Collateral (performer: "The Seed 2.0")
 
2004 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
– Donald Trump/Toots and the Maytals (2004) (performer: "Funky Kingston")
 
2004 Chasing Liberty (performer: "The Seed")
 
2003 The Wire (TV series)
– Ebb Tide (2003) (performer: "Seed 2.0" - uncredited)
 
2003 Six Feet Under (TV series)
– I'm Sorry, I'm Lost (2003) ("The Seed 2.0")
– The Trap (2003) ("Break You Off")
 
2003 Die Lugners (TV series)
– Episode #1.8 (2003) (performer: "The Seed 2.0" - uncredited)
 
2003 Madden NFL 2004 (Video Game) (performer: "Rock You Madden Remix")
 
2002 Brown Sugar (performer: "Act Too Love of My Life")
 
2002 Ken Park (performer: "Do You Want More?!!!??!")
 
2002 Blade II (performer: "Tao of the Machine")
 
2001 Down to Earth (performer: "Glitches")
 
2000 Bamboozled (performer: "Mantan Show Music" 2000, "Burn Hollywood Burn")
 
2000 High Fidelity (performer: "The Anti-Circle")
 
1999 The Hurricane (performer: "The Hurricane")
 
1999 The Best Man (performer: "What You Want")
 
1999 The Wood (performer: "Ya'll Know Who")
 
1998 Ride (performer: "Why" / producer: "Why")
 
1996 High School High (performer: "The Good, The Bad And The Desolate")
 
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2010-2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series) (composer: main title theme - 6 episodes)
– Episode #1.412 (2011) (composer: main title theme)
– Episode #1.376 (2011) (composer: main title theme)
– Episode #1.368 (2010) (composer: main title theme)
– Episode #1.330 (2010) (composer: main title theme)
– Episode #1.311 (2010) (composer: main title theme)
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Show ShowComposer (4 titles)
2012 Don't Divorce Me! Kids' Rules for Parents on Divorce (TV documentary)
 
2011 White Wash (documentary)
 
2010 The Roots: The Fire (short)
 
2005 Hip Hop Yoda (video short)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
2010 Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf (TV series)
Band
– Something to Look At (2010) … Band
 
Show ShowSelf (42 titles)
2009-2013 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Themselves
– Episode #1.935 (2013) … Themselves
– Episode #1.932 (2013) … Themselves
– Episode #1.933 (2013) … Themselves
– Episode #1.927 (2013) … Themselves
– Episode #1.939 (2013) … Themselves
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2012 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2012 (TV movie)
Themselves
 
2012 Eddie Murphy: One Night Only (TV movie)
Themselves
 
2012 The 2012 Comedy Awards (TV movie)
Themselves - House Band
 
2012 The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (TV movie)
Themselves
 
2011 VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul (TV movie)
Themselves - Performers
 
2011 Big Morning Buzz Live with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Themselves
– Kelly Osbourne/Robin Thicke/The Roots (2011) … Themselves
 
2011 2011 Soul Train Awards (TV special)
Themselves
 
2011 Philly's 4th of July Jam (TV movie)
Themselves
 
2011 The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Themselves
 
2010 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV movie)
Themselves
 
2010 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
Themselves - Performers
– Episode #11.16 (2010) … Themselves - Performers
 
2010 The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear (TV movie)
Themselves
 
2010 The 2010 Miss Universe Pageant (TV special)
Themselves - Musical Guest (as Legendary Roots Crew)
 
2010 Dow Live Earth Run for Water (TV special)
 
2010 41st NAACP Image Awards (TV movie)
Themselves
 
2010 The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: In 3-D! On Ice! (TV special documentary)
Themselves
 
2009 Christmas in Rockefeller Center (TV movie)
Themselves
 
2009 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV movie)
Themselves
 
2009 Soundtrack for a Revolution (documentary)
Themselves - Performers
 
2008 Battleground Earth: Ludacris vs. Tommy Lee (TV series)
Themselves
– Raise the Roof (2008) … Themselves
 
2006-2008 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Themselves - Musical Guest
– Episode #15.104 (2008) … Themselves - Musical Guest
– Episode dated 29 August 2006 (2006) … Themselves - Musical Guest
 
2008 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Themselves
– The Roots (2008) … Themselves
 
2008 Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education (TV movie)
Themselves
 
2006 3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV movie)
Themselves
 
2002-2006 Last Call with Carson Daly (TV series)
Themselves - Musical Guest
– Episode dated 15 September 2006 (2006) … Themselves - Musical Guest
– Episode dated 12 December 2002 (2002) … Themselves - Musical Guest
 
2003-2006 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Themselves - Musical Guest
– Episode #14.160 (2006) … Themselves - Musical Guest
– Episode #11.40 (2003) … Themselves - Musical Guest
 
2003-2006 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Themselves
– Episode #4.311 (2006) … Themselves
– Episode #3.89 (2004) … Themselves
– Episode #1.104 (2003) … Themselves
 
2006 alt.news 26:46 (TV series documentary)
Themselves
– Distortion 4.15 (2006) … Themselves
 
2005 2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV movie)
Themselves
 
2005 Block Party (documentary)
Themselves
 
2005 The Roots Present (video)
Themselves
 
2004 Roots Present: Live in Concert
Themselves
 
2004 Making the Video (TV series documentary)
– The Roots: Don't Say Nuthin (2004)
 
1999-2004 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Themselves - Musical Guest
– Donald Trump/Toots and the Maytals (2004) … Themselves - Musical Guest
– Brendan Fraser/The Roots (1999) … Themselves - Musical Guest
 
2004 Chasing Liberty
Themselves
 
2003 100% NYC: Tribeca Film Festival (TV documentary)
 
2003 Chappelle's Show (TV series)
Themselves - Musical Guest
– Episode #1.9 (2003) … Themselves - Musical Guest
 
2003 The 45th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Themselves
 
1995-2002 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Themselves - Musical Guest
– Episode dated 29 November 2002 (2002) … Themselves - Musical Guest
– Episode dated 9 March 1995 (1995) … Themselves - Musical Guest
 
1999 The Chris Rock Show (TV series)
Themselves
– Episode dated 12 November 1999 (1999) … Themselves
 
1994 Stolen Moments.: Red Hot+Cool (TV documentary)
Themselves (as Roots)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2012 Jimmy Fallon's Primetime Music Special (TV movie)
Themselves
 
2010 WWF Raw (TV series)
 

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