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Boots Riley
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🎂 April 1, 1971 · 55📍 Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
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.
BODY OF WORK
Boots Riley's Filmography
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The Last Critic
2026⭐ 5.0
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Fremont
2023⭐ 6.3
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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I'm Charlie Walker
2022⭐ 5.0
as Bartender Ray
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When I See Them, I See Us
2021
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Rope a Dope 2
2015⭐ 5.7
as Mayor
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99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
2013⭐ 6.4
as Self
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No Poster
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First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture
2009⭐ 6.0
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In Prison My Whole Life
2008
as Self
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The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever
2006
as Self
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Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
2000⭐ 6.9
as Himself