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), whic...

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Known ForDirecting

GenderMale

BirthdateJanuary 1, 1971(55 years old)

Place of BirthChicago, Illinois, USA

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.

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as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

I'm Charlie Walker

as Bartender Ray

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Rope a Dope 2

99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film

First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture

In Prison My Whole Life

The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever

Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme