Person

Boots Riley

Directing · Born 1971-04-01 · 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 streaming series I'm a Virgo premiered on Prime Video, which Riley wrote and directed.

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  The Daily Show

  Self - Guest

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  Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

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  I Love Boosters

  Writer

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  I'm a Virgo

  Executive Producer

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  Sorry to Bother You

  Director

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  Hollywood Black

  Self

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  I'm Charlie Walker

  Bartender Ray

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  The Last Critic

  2026

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  Fremont

  Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

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  Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme

  Himself

• 2026I Love BoostersWriter
• 2026The Last Critic
• 2024Hollywood BlackSelf
• 2023FremontRestaurant Patron (uncredited)
• 2023I'm a VirgoExecutive Producer
• 2022I'm Charlie WalkerBartender Ray
• 2021When I See Them, I See Us
• 2018Sorry to Bother YouDirector
• 2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
• 2015Rope a Dope 2Mayor
• 201399%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative FilmSelf
• 2009First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture
• 2008In Prison My Whole LifeSelf
• 2006The Coup: The Best Coup DVD EverSelf
• 2000Freestyle: The Art of RhymeHimself
• 1996The Daily ShowSelf - Guest
• —Aliens in EriteaProducer
• —Mr. BurnsDirector