Boots Riley

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 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

Fremont

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self

Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme

as Himself

Rope a Dope 2

as Mayor

99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film

as Self

I'm Charlie Walker

as Bartender Ray

First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture

In Prison My Whole Life

as Self

The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever

as Self