Richard Roundtree
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Roundtree (born July 9, 1942) is 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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- Born:
- Jul 9, 1942 In New Rochelle, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 97
- First Appeared:
- In the movie What Do You Say to a Naked Lady 1970-02-18
- Latest Project:
- Series Being Mary Jane 2014-01-07
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Being Mary Jane | Paul Patterson, Sr. | 2014-01-07 |
| Movie | Retreat! | Henshaw | 2012-05-25 |
| Movie | Whatever She Wants | Theodore Wolf | 2010-02-02 |
| Movie | The Confidant | Claude | 2010-08-24 |
| Movie | Set Apart | J.T. | 2009-01-19 |
| Movie | Ladies of the House | 2008-10-18 | |
| Movie | Speed Racer | Ben Burns | 2008-05-09 |
| Series | Lincoln Heights | Unknown | 2007-01-08 |
| Movie | Point of Entry | Det. Miles Porter | 2007-11-03 |
| Movie | Wild Seven | Lee Marvin | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Brick | Assistant V.P. Trueman | 2006-03-31 |
| Series | Blade: The Series | Unknown | 2006-06-28 |
| Series | Heroes | Charles Deveaux | 2006-09-25 |
| Series | The Closer | Unknown | 2005-06-13 |
| Series | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown | 2005-03-27 |
| Movie | Painkiller Jane | Colonel Watts | 2005-12-10 |
| Series | Close to Home | Unknown | 2005-09-20 |
| Series | Desperate Housewives | Unknown | 2004-10-03 |
| Movie | Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon | Tahsi | 2004-11-10 |
| Movie | BaadAsssss Cinema | Himself | 2002-01-01 |
| Movie | Al's Lads | Boom-Boom | 2002-06-29 |
| Movie | Boat Trip | Felicia's Dad | 2002-10-01 |
| Movie | Antitrust | Lyle Barton | 2001-01-12 |
| Series | Alias | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | Corky Romano | Howard Shuster | 2001-10-12 |
| Movie | Shaft | (Uncle) John Shaft | 2000-06-15 |
| Series | Soul Food | Unknown | 2000-06-28 |
| Series | Rescue 77 | Captain Durfee | 1999-03-15 |
| Movie | George of the Jungle | Kwame | 1997-07-15 |
| Movie | Steel | Onkel Joe | 1997-08-15 |
| Series | 413 Hope St. | 1997-09-11 | |
| Series | Buddies | 1996-03-05 | |
| Movie | Original Gangstas | Slick | 1996-05-10 |
| Series | Profiler | Unknown | 1996-09-21 |
| Series | The Wayans Bros. | Unknown | 1995-01-11 |
| Movie | Se7en | Dist. Atty. Martin Talbot | 1995-09-22 |
| Movie | Theodore Rex | Commissioner Lynch | 1995-12-14 |
| Series | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | Body of Influence | Harry Reams | 1993-04-21 |
| Movie | Sins of the Night | Les | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | Deadly Rivals | Agent Peterson | 1993-06-30 |
| Movie | Amityville: A New Generation | Pauli | 1993-09-29 |
| Movie | Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight | Samuel Stark | 1992-01-05 |
| Movie | Christmas in Connecticut | Prescott | 1992-04-13 |
| Series | Renegade | Unknown | 1992-09-19 |
| Movie | A Time to Die | Captain Ralph Phipps | 1991-01-01 |
| Series | Roc | Unknown | 1991-08-25 |
| Movie | Bad Jim | July | 1990-04-25 |
| Series | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Unknown | 1990-09-10 |
| Series | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Unknown | 1990-10-04 |
| Series | Generations | Unknown | 1989-03-27 |
| Movie | Night Visitor | Captain Crane | 1989-05-12 |
| Movie | The Banker | Lloyd | 1989-12-20 |
| Movie | Crack House | Lt. Johnson | 1989-11-10 |
| Movie | Maniac Cop | Commissioner Pike | 1988-05-13 |
| Movie | Getting Even | Dundee | 1988-05-24 |
| Movie | Party Line | Captain Barnes | 1988-10-01 |
| Movie | Angel III: The Final Chapter | Lt. Doniger | 1988-11-10 |
| Series | A Different World | Unknown | 1987-09-24 |
| Series | Beauty and the Beast | Unknown | 1987-09-25 |
| Movie | Opposing Force | Stafford | 1986-08-01 |
| Movie | The Fifth Missile | Cmdr. Frederick Bryce | 1986-02-23 |
| Series | L.A. Law | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
| Series | Outlaws | 1986-12-28 | |
| Series | Amen | Unknown | 1986-09-27 |
| Movie | Jocks | Chip Williams | 1986-11-14 |
| Series | Hollywood Beat | Unknown | 1985-09-21 |
| Series | A.D. | Serpenius | 1985-03-31 |
| Series | MacGyver | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
| Movie | Killpoint | Agent Bill Bryant | 1984-12-03 |
| Movie | City Heat | Dehl Swift | 1984-12-05 |
| Movie | The Big Score | Gordon | 1983-03-17 |
| Series | Masquerade | Mean Willy | 1983-12-15 |
| Movie | Young Warriors | Sergeant John Austin | 1983-08-28 |
| Movie | Inchon | Sgt. Augustus Henderson | 1982-05-04 |
| Movie | Q | Powell | 1982-10-29 |
| Movie | One Down, Two to Go | Ralph | 1982-11-19 |
| Movie | An Eye for an Eye | Capt. Stevens | 1981-08-14 |
| Movie | Gypsy Angels | Dr. Carlson | 1980-01-01 |
| Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
| Movie | Game For Vultures | Gideon Marunga | 1980-09-17 |
| Movie | Portrait of a Hitman | Coco Morrell | 1979-05-11 |
| Movie | Escape to Athena | Nat Judson | 1979-06-06 |
| Movie | Day of the Assassin | Fessler | 1979-12-15 |
| Series | Roots | Unknown | 1977-01-23 |
| Series | CHiPs | Unknown | 1977-09-15 |
| Movie | Diamonds | Archie | 1975-10-22 |
| Movie | Man Friday | Friday | 1975-03-04 |
| Movie | Earthquake | Miles Quade | 1974-11-15 |
| Movie | Charley-One-Eye | The Black Man | 1973-04-18 |
| Movie | Shaft in Africa | John Shaft | 1973-06-14 |
| Series | Shaft | 1973-10-09 | |
| Movie | Shaft's Big Score! | John Shaft | 1972-06-08 |
| Movie | Embassy | Richard 'Dick' Shannon | 1972-10-06 |
| Movie | Shaft | John Shaft | 1971-07-02 |
| Movie | What Do You Say to a Naked Lady | Interracial Couple | 1970-02-18 |
