Actor

Boots Riley

Contemporaryb. 1971DocumentaryDramaComedyMusic

Comic Visionary

Also directed 4 films ↗Also wrote 3 screenplays ↗

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Filmography

2026The Last Critic 2023FremontRestaurant Patron (uncredited)6.4 2022I'm Charlie WalkerBartender Ray5.1 2015Rope a Dope 2Mayor5.7 201399%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative FilmSelf6.4 2009First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture6.0 2008

About

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.

As Director

Full director page ↗

2026I Love Boosters 2018Sorry to Bother You 2006The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever —Mr. Burns

As Screenwriter

Full writer page ↗

2026I Love Boosters —Mr. Burns 2018Sorry to Bother You

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