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Boots Riley

Boots Riley

Born: 1971-01-01 • 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 television show I'm a Virgo premiered, which Riley wrote and directed.

Filmography
The Last Critic poster
The Last Critic
2026
Fremont poster
Fremont
2023 • Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
I'm Charlie Walker poster
I'm Charlie Walker
2022 • Bartender Ray
Rope a Dope 2 poster
Rope a Dope 2
2015 • Mayor
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film poster
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
2013 • Self
No Image
First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture
2009
In Prison My Whole Life poster
In Prison My Whole Life
2008 • Self
The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever poster
The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever
2006 • Self
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme poster
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
2000 • Himself