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Boots Riley
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 direct...
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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.
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Sorry to Bother You2018 · Director, Original Music Composer, Writer3.4ActuallyLike
I Love Boosters2026 · Director, Writer, Producer3.0ActuallyLike
Fremont2023 · Restaurant Patron (uncredited)3.2
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme2000 · Himself3.5
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film2013 · Self3.2
Rope a Dope 22015 · Mayor2.9
I'm Charlie Walker2022 · Bartender Ray2.5FFirst Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture2009 · Cast3.0Catalog
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Fremont2023 · Restaurant Patron (uncredited)3.2Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme2000 · Himself3.599%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film2013 · Self3.2Rope a Dope 22015 · Mayor2.9I'm Charlie Walker2022 · Bartender Ray2.5FFirst Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture2009 · Cast3.0
The Last Critic2026 · Cast
In Prison My Whole Life2008 · Self
When I See Them, I See Us2021 · Cast
The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever2006 · SelfCrew
