Acting credits
41
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Q-Tip
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.7
Low visibility
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Movies: 31Series: 12Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 95494
IMDb ID: nm0702580
Known for: Acting
Born: April 10, 1970
Age: 55
Place of birth: Harlem, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1959 - 2025
Years active: 67
Average TMDB rating: 6.8
Wikidata: Q42025
Also known as
Kamaal Fareed • Kamaal Ibn John Fareed • The Abstract • A Tribe Called Quest • The Ummah • Soulquarians • Jonathan Davis
Other jobs
Associate Producer (1)Musical (1)Writer (1)
Biography
Q-Tip, also known by his stage name Abstract and, since his conversion to Islam, by his changed name Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, is a founding member and MC of the internationally successful hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest. Q-Tip is currently signed to G.O.O.D.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Q-Tip.
7.8
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)
2025 Movie
6.9
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
as Self
2025 Movie
Turn Him Out
2024 Movie
Bruthaload 13: Booty Bandits
2024 Movie
The Legacy of J Dilla
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
10.0
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
2019 Movie
6.3
Survivor's Guide to Prison
as Self
2018 Movie
8.0
Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square
as Self - Singer
2016 Movie
8.0
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
2015 Movie
3.2
Breaking a Monster
as Self
2015 Movie
6.9
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
as Self
2014 Movie
5.1
What Difference Does It Make?
as Self
2014 Movie
5.0
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self
2012 Movie
7.2
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
as Self
2011 Movie
The Minnie Riperton Story
2009 Movie
7.1
Cadillac Records
as Hip Hop Artist
2008 Movie
3.8
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
as Self
2008 Movie
8.5
The Hip Hop Project
Associate Producer
2006 Movie
7.3
Janet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos
Musical
2004 Movie
5.1
She Hate Me
as Vada Huff
2004 Movie
5.4
Death of a Dynasty
as Self (uncredited)
2003 Movie
Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras
2002 Movie
5.2
Prison Song
as Elijah Dixon
2001 Movie
6.1
Disappearing Acts
as Reggie Baptiste
2000 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Q-Tip.
7.3
WeCrashed
as Q-Tip • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.8
JANET JACKSON.
as Self • 2 eps
2022 Series
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
6.3
Mark Twain Prize
as Self - Musical Guest • 1 eps
1999 Series
4.2
The Chris Rock Show
1 eps
1997 Series
7.0
MADtv
as Self • 1 eps
1995 Series
6.0
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Teddy Bear / Roach (voice) • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.5
Yo! MTV Raps
as Self • 1 eps
1988 Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest • 1 eps
1975 Series
8.6
The Grammys
as Self • 1 eps
1959 Series