Boots Riley
Director, Writer, Composer, Producer, Actor
April 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 streaming series I'm a Virgo premiered on Prime Video, which Riley wrote and directed.
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Filmography
| 2026 | |
| 2023 | |
| 2018 |
| 2026 | |
| 2023 | |
| 2018 |
| 2018 | Sorry to Bother You · as Original Music Composer |
| 2024 | Hollywood Black · as Self |
| 2020 | Truth to Power · as Self |
| 2019 | 34th Film Independent Spirit Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2019 | Boots Riley: An IU Cinema Exclusive · as Self |
| 2018 | Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' · as Self - Musician, Director, Producer, Screenwriter, And Activist |
| 2017 | The IMDb Show · as Self - Guest |
| 2016 | Hip-Hop Evolution · as Self |
| 2016 | Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping · as Self |
| 2015 | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter · as Self |
| 2015 | IMDb on the Scene - Interviews · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | Let Fury Have the Hour · as Self |
| 2007 | In Prison My Whole Life · as Self |
| 2001 | Democracy Now! · as Self |
| 2000 | Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme · as Himself |
| 1996 | The Daily Show · as Self - Guest |
| 2026 | |
| 2023 | I'm a Virgo · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Fremont · as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
| 2022 | I'm Charlie Walker · as Bartender RayOn Plex |
| 2010 | Sounds Like a Revolution · as Cast |
| 2009 |