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Boots Riley
Director, Writer, Composer, Producer, ActorBorn January 1, 1971 (55 years)
Raymond Lawrence "Boots" Riley (born April 1, 1971) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, rapper, and communist activist. He is the lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club. He made his feature-film directorial debut with Sorry to Bother You (released July 2018), which he also wrote. In 2023, the television show I'm a Virgo premiered, which Riley wrote and directed.
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Boots Riley Filmography
| 2026 | |
| 2023 | I'm a Virgo (TV Series) |
| 2018 |
| 2026 | |
| 2023 | I'm a Virgo (TV Series) |
| 2018 | Sorry to Bother You · as Screenplay |
| 2018 | Sorry to Bother You · as Original Music Composer |
| 2020 | Truth to Power · as Self |
| 2019 | 34th Film Independent Spirit Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2018 | Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' (TV Series) · as Self - Musician, Director, Producer, Screenwriter, And Activist |
| 2017 | The IMDb Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2016 | Hip-Hop Evolution (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping · as Self |
| 2015 | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | Let Fury Have the Hour · as Self |
| 2007 | In Prison My Whole Life · as Self |
| 2001 | Democracy Now! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme · as Himself |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2026 | |
| 2023 | I'm a Virgo (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Fremont · as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
| 2022 | I'm Charlie Walker · as Bartender Ray |
| 2010 | Sounds Like a Revolution · as Cast |
| 2009 |