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:
- 98
- First Appeared:
- In the movie What Do You Say to a Naked Lady 1970-02-18
- Latest Project:
- Movie Shaft 2019-06-14
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Shaft | John Shaft, Sr. | 2019-06-14 |
| Movie | What Men Want | Skip Davis | 2019-02-08 |
| Series | The Player | Samuel Letts | 2015-09-24 |
| Series | Being Mary Jane | Paul Patterson, Sr. | 2014-01-07 |
| Movie | Retreat! | Henshaw | 2012-05-25 |
| Movie | The Confidant | Claude | 2010-08-24 |
| Movie | Whatever She Wants | Theodore Wolf | 2010-02-02 |
| Movie | Set Apart | J.T. | 2009-01-19 |
| Movie | Final Approach | Gary Markash | 2008-05-24 |
| Movie | Speed Racer | Ben Burns | 2008-05-07 |
| Movie | Ladies of the House | Stan | 2008-10-18 |
| Series | The Mentalist | Floyd Benton | 2008-09-23 |
| Movie | All The Days Before Tomorrow | El Doctor | 2007-04-01 |
| Movie | Point of Entry | Miles Porter | 2007-11-03 |
| Movie | Brick | Assistant V.P. Trueman | 2006-03-31 |
| Series | Heroes | Charles Deveaux | 2006-09-25 |
| Series | The Closer | Unknown | 2005-06-13 |
| Movie | Painkiller Jane | Colonel Watts | 2005-12-10 |
| Series | Close to Home | Unknown | 2005-09-20 |
| Movie | Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon | Tahsi | 2004-11-10 |
| Movie | Vegas Vampires | Rick Apping | 2003-12-12 |
| Movie | Joe and Max | Jack Blackburn | 2002-03-03 |
| Movie | Al's Lads | Boom-Boom | 2002-06-29 |
| Movie | BaadAsssss Cinema | Self | 2002-08-14 |
| Movie | Boat Trip | Felicia's Dad | 2002-10-01 |
| Movie | Antitrust | Lyle Barton | 2001-01-11 |
| Series | Alias | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | Corky Romano | Howard Shuster | 2001-10-12 |
| Movie | Hawaiian Gardens | M.O. | 2001-12-06 |
| Movie | Shaft | "Uncle" John Shaft | 2000-06-15 |
| Series | Soul Food | Unknown | 2000-06-28 |
| Movie | Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years | Booker T. Washington | 1999-04-18 |
| Movie | George of the Jungle | Kwame | 1997-07-15 |
| Movie | Steel | Uncle Joe | 1997-08-15 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored | Cleve | 1996-01-26 |
| Series | Profiler | Unknown | 1996-09-21 |
| Movie | Original Gangstas | Slick | 1996-05-10 |
| Series | The Wayans Bros. | Unknown | 1995-01-11 |
| Movie | Ballistic | Harold | 1995-02-28 |
| Movie | Bonanza: Under Attack | Jacob | 1995-01-15 |
| Movie | Se7en | Talbot | 1995-09-22 |
| Movie | Theodore Rex | Commissioner Lynch | 1995-12-14 |
| Movie | Mind Twister | Frank Webb | 1994-03-16 |
| Movie | Shadows of Desire | Dunc | 1994-09-20 |
| Movie | Deadly Rivals | Agent Peterson | 1993-06-30 |
| Series | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | Body of Influence | Harry Reams | 1993-04-21 |
| Movie | Amityville: A New Generation | Pauli | 1993-09-29 |
| Movie | Sins of the Night | Les | 1993-12-07 |
| Movie | Bonanza: The Return | Jacob Briscoe | 1993-11-24 |
| Movie | Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight | Samuel Stark | 1992-01-05 |
| Movie | Christmas in Connecticut | Prescott | 1992-12-22 |
| Movie | A Time to Die | Captain Ralph Phipps | 1991-12-05 |
| Movie | Bad Jim | July | 1990-04-25 |
| Movie | Gypsy Angels | Dr. Carlson | 1990-06-08 |
| Series | Generations | Unknown | 1989-03-27 |
| Movie | The Banker | Lloyd | 1989-12-20 |
| Movie | Night Visitor | Captain Crane | 1989-05-12 |
| Movie | Crack House | Lt. Johnson | 1989-11-10 |
| Movie | Maniac Cop | Commissioner Pike | 1988-05-13 |
| Movie | Getting Even | Dundee | 1988-05-24 |
| Movie | Angel III: The Final Chapter | Lt. Doniger | 1988-11-10 |
| Movie | Party Line | Captain Barnes | 1988-10-01 |
| Series | Beauty and the Beast | 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 | Amen | Unknown | 1986-09-27 |
| Series | Outlaws | 1986-12-28 | |
| Movie | Jocks | Chip | 1986-11-14 |
| Series | A.D. | Serpenius | 1985-03-31 |
| Series | MacGyver | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
| Movie | Killpoint | Agent Bill Bryant | 1984-03-01 |
| Movie | City Heat | Dehl Swift | 1984-12-07 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
| Movie | The Big Score | Gordon | 1983-03-17 |
| Movie | Young Warriors | Sergeant John Austin | 1983-08-28 |
| Movie | Q | Powell | 1982-09-08 |
| Movie | One Down, Two to Go | Ralph | 1982-11-19 |
| Movie | Inchon | Sgt. Augustus Henderson | 1981-05-04 |
| Movie | An Eye for an Eye | Capt. Stevens | 1981-08-14 |
| Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
| Movie | Escape to Athena | Nat Judson | 1979-05-21 |
| Movie | Portrait of a Hitman | Coco Morrell | 1979-05-11 |
| Movie | Day of the Assassin | Fessler | 1979-12-15 |
| Movie | Game for Vultures | Gideon Marunga | 1979-06-25 |
| Movie | Man Friday | Friday | 1975-03-04 |
| Movie | Diamonds | Archie | 1975-10-22 |
| Movie | Earthquake | Miles Quade | 1974-11-15 |
| Movie | Charley-One-Eye | The Black Man | 1973-04-18 |
| Movie | Firehouse | Shelly Forsythe | 1973-01-02 |
| Series | Shaft | 1973-10-09 | |
| Movie | Shaft: The Kidnapping | John Shaft | 1973-12-11 |
| Movie | Embassy | Dick Shannon | 1972-03-02 |
| Movie | Shaft's Big Score! | John Shaft | 1972-06-08 |
| Movie | Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location | Self | 1971-06-02 |
| Movie | Shaft | John Shaft | 1971-06-25 |
| Movie | What Do You Say to a Naked Lady | Interracial Couple | 1970-02-18 |