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Richard Roundtree

Richard Roundtree

Birthday: 1942-07-09 | Place of Birth: New Rochelle, New York, USA

An American actor and former fashion model. He is best known for his portrayal of private detective John Shaft in the 1971 film Shaft and in its two sequels, Shaft's Big Score (1972) and Shaft in Africa (1973). Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Roundtree, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
2019
Shaft

as    John Shaft, Sr.

2019
What Men Want

as    Skip Davis

2013
Being Mary Jane

as    Paul Patterson, Sr.

2010
The Confidant

as    Claude

2008
Speed Racer

as    Ben Burns

2008
Ladies of the House

as    Stan

2006
Brick

as    Assistant V.P. Trueman

2006
Wild Seven

as    Lee Marvin / Cleetus Woods

2004
2003
Vegas Vampires

as    Rick Apping

2002
Al's Lads

as    Boom-Boom

2002
Joe and Max

as    Jack Blackburn

2001
Corky Romano

as    Howard Shuster

2001
Antitrust

as    Lyle Barton

2000
Shaft

as    "Uncle" John Shaft

1999
Rescue 77

as    Captain Durfee

1997
George of the Jungle

as    Kwame

1997
413 Hope St.

as    Phil Thomas

1997
Steel

as    Uncle Joe

1996
Original Gangstas

as    Slick

1995
Theodore Rex

as    Commissioner Lynch

1995
Bonanza: Under Attack

as    Jacob

1994
Mind Twister

as    Frank Webb

1993
Body of Influence

as    Harry Reams

1993
Sins of the Night

as    Les

1993