Boots Riley
January 1, 1971 (54 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Boots Riley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Fremont as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- 2022 · I'm Charlie Walker as Bartender Ray
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · Rope a Dope 2 as Mayor
- 2013 · 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film as Self
- 2009 · First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture as
- 2008 · In Prison My Whole Life as Self
- 2006 · The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever as Self
- 2000 · Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme as Himself