---
name: "Talib Kweli"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/talib-kweli"
fi1m_id: "talib-kweli"
imdb_id: "nm1252067"
tmdb_id: 303059
wikidata_id: "Q318755"
roles: []
born: "3 October 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-21T20:55:52.316488+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Talib Kweli

## Identity

Talib Kweli

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/talib-kweli
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** talib-kweli
- **IMDb ID:** nm1252067
- **TMDB ID:** 303059
- **Wikidata ID:** Q318755
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talib_Kweli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q318755, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1252067/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/303059

Actor. Born 3 October 1975 in Brooklyn.

## Details

- **Born:** 3 October 1975, Brooklyn
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talib_Kweli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q318755, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1252067/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/303059

## Biography

Talib Kweli is an American rapper and actor. Born Talib Kweli Greene on 3 October 1975 in Brooklyn, New York, he studied experimental theatre at New York University.

He is known for appearances as himself in the concert documentary *Dave Chappelle's Block Party* (2005), the film *Brown Sugar* (2002) and the documentary *The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975* (2011), as well as television roles including on *30 Rock* (2006) and *The Last O.G.* (2018).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nndb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dave Chappelle's Block Party* (2005), Fi1m 75, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/dave-chappelles-block-party.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ice Cold: The Untold Story of Hip Hop Jewelry* (2020), Actor
- *The Last O.G.* (2018), series, as DJ Racks
- *Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives* (2015), Actor
- *30 Rock* (2006), series, as Talib Kweli — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *Backstage Pass* (2005), series, Actor
- *Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out* (2005), series, Actor
- *All of Us* (2003), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Talib Kweli](https://film.one/media/person/1281399/gallery-73c50ab9ccd9.jpg) Talib Kweli — Tuomas Vitikainen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Talib_Kweli_-_Ilosaarirock_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Talib & Strong Arm Steady (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/1281399/gallery-333783da45d6.jpg) Talib & Strong Arm Steady (2010) — Andrew Farquhar from Tempe, AZ, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Talib_%26_Strong_Arm_Steady_%285256047954%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Talib Kweli (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/1281399/gallery-bf8348f093c9.jpg) Talib Kweli (2015) — Lipstar & Frederic Lippe (Fred Production), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Out4Fame-Festival_2015_-_Talib_Kweli_-_1.JPG/1280px-Out4Fame-Festival_2015_-_Talib_Kweli_-_1.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Talib Kweli (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/1281399/gallery-43fdc840976c.jpg) Talib Kweli (2008) — Joe Cereghino, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Talib_Kweli_performing_in_Central_Park.jpg/1280px-Talib_Kweli_performing_in_Central_Park.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Talib Kweli performing in Brooklyn/Red Bull Experiment (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/1281399/gallery-47899154ba6c.jpg) Talib Kweli performing in Brooklyn/Red Bull Experiment (2008) — Joe Cereghino, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Talib_kweli_with_mic.jpg/1280px-Talib_kweli_with_mic.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Talib Kweli performing in Brooklyn/Red Bull Experiment (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/1281399/gallery-b6d764db3ce4.jpg) Talib Kweli performing in Brooklyn/Red Bull Experiment (2008) — Joe Cereghino from Centreville, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Talibkweli.jpg/1280px-Talibkweli.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/talib-kweli