Skip to main content
▶ WHOPLAYSNOW
Boots Riley

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 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.

Known for

The Last Critic
The Last Critic
2026
Fremont
Fremont
2023 • Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
I'm Charlie Walker
I'm Charlie Walker
2022 • Bartender Ray
Rope a Dope 2
Rope a Dope 2
2015 • Mayor
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
2013 • Self
First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture
2009
In Prison My Whole Life
In Prison My Whole Life
2008 • Self
The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever
The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever
2006 • Self

Full filmography

Fremont
Fremont
2023 • Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
View movie
I'm Charlie Walker
I'm Charlie Walker
2022 • Bartender Ray
View movie