People
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 streaming series I'm a Virgo premiered on Prime Video, which Riley wrote and directed.
Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Last Critic | 2026-03-14 |
| Fremont as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) | 2023-08-25 |
| I'm Charlie Walker as Bartender Ray | 2022-06-10 |
| When I See Them, I See Us | 2021-03-08 |
| Rope a Dope 2 as Mayor | 2015-01-12 |
| 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film as Self | 2013-09-06 |
| First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture | 2009-02-04 |
| In Prison My Whole Life as Self | 2008-01-18 |
| The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever as Self | 2006-04-04 |
| Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme as Himself | 2000-04-14 |






