
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
January 20, 1971 (55 years old)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- ?uestlove
- Ahmir-Khalib Thompson
- Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson
- Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson
- Ahmir Thompson
Questlove
Biography
Ahmir Khalib Thompson (born on January 20, 1971), known professionally as ?uestlove or Questlove (also known as BROther ?uestion, Questo or Brother Question), is an American drummer, DJ, music journalist and record producer. He is best known as the drummer for the Grammy Award-winning band The Roots, which is now the in-house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. He has produced for artists such as Common, D'Angelo, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Bilal, Jay-Z, Nikka Costa and more recently, Al Green, Amy Winehouse and John Legend. He is a member of the production teams the Soulquarians, The Randy Watson Experience, and The Grand Wizzards.
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Known For
Acting

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025

Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary
2024

American Symphony
2023

Mulligan
2023

Sherri
2022

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022

JANET JACKSON.
2022

Abbott Elementary
2021

Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
2021

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021

Soul
2020

One World: Together at Home
2020

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019

Someone Great
2019

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016

All Things Must Pass
2015

Hot Ones
2015

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014

Sample This
2013

Drunk History
2013
Crew

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
2025

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Executive Producer, Director
2025

Descendant
Executive Producer
2022

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Director
2021

Stucco
Music
2019

Roots
Executive Music Producer
2016

Top Five
Original Music Composer, Executive Music Producer
2014

Tony Awards
Music Arranger
1956

The Oscars
Music
1953






