Richard Roundtree Biography

Birthday: 1942-07-09
Place of Birth: New Rochelle, New York
Height: 6' 3" (1.91 m)
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Wiki Biography: Richard Roundtree was a leading man in many "blaxploitation" movies in the 1970s. He is best known for his role as John Shaft in Shaft (1971), and starred in its two sequels as well. As the 1970s and 1980s progressed he starred more in low-budget movies. He was in a few occasional high-profile, if a tad offbeat, films. Among his more notable work in that period were Escape to Athena (1979), City Heat (1984) and the socially conscious but badly received Game for Vultures (1979). Roundtree has been active in movies these days. He became popular again in the 1990s with his role in Se7en (1995), and was well received for reprising his role as the classic hero, and Samuel L. Jackson's uncle, in the 2000 remake of the film that made him a star, Shaft (2000).
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Filmography
TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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Roots | 1977 | Drama | |
Cadets | Sergeant Matt Gideon | 1988 - 1988 | |
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air | Dr. Mumford / ... | 1990 | Comedy |
George of the Jungle | 1997 | Action | |
Rescue 77 | 1999 | Drama | |
Shaft | Uncle John Shaft | 2000 | Action |
Point of Entry | 2007 | Action | |
Warzone | Slick | 2009 | |
Being Mary Jane | Paul Patterson SR | 2013 | Comedy |
Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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What Do You Say to a Naked Lady? | 1970 | Comedy | |
Shaft in Africa | John Shaft | 1973 | 0, Game Show |
Earthquake | 1974 | Action, Drama, Thriller | |
Roots | 1977 | Drama, History | |
Escape to Athena | 1979 | Action, Adventure, Comedy | |
An Eye for an Eye | 1981 | Adventure, Action, Crime | |
Inchon | 1982 | Drama, History | |
The Fifth Missile | 1986 | Drama, Thriller | |
Opposing Force | Stafford | 1986 | Action, Drama, Thriller |
Jocks | Chip Williams | 1986 | Comedy, Sport |
Maniac Cop | Commissioner Pike | 1988 | Action, Crime, Horror |
Party Line | Captain Barnes | 1988 | Thriller |
Angel III: The Final Chapter | Lt. Doniger | 1988 | Action, Drama |
La vendetta | Dundee | 1989 | Action, Adventure |
Night Visitor | 1989 | Comedy, Horror, Thriller | |
Crack House | Lt. Johnson | 1989 | Action, Crime, Drama |
The Banker | Lloyd | 1990 | Thriller |
A Time to Die | Captain Ralph Phipps | 1991 | Action, Crime, Drama |
Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight | 1992 | ||
Bad Jim | July | 1992 | |
Amityville: A New Generation | Pauli | 1993 | Game Show, 0 |
Deadly Rivals | Agent Peterson | 1993 | Action, Drama, Thriller |
Sins of the Night | Les | 1993 | Thriller |
Mind Twister | Frank Webb | 1994 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
Theodore Rex | 1995 | 0, Sport, 0, 0 | |
Ballistic | Harold | 1995 | Action |
Original Gangstas | 1996 | Action, Crime, Drama | |
George of the Jungle | 1997 | 0, 0, 0 | |
Steel | 1997 | Sport, 0 | |
Corky Romano | Howard Shuster | 2001 | 0, 0 |
Antitrust | 2001 | 0, 0, Comedy | |
Hawaiian Gardens | M.O. | 2001 | |
Capone's Boys | Boom-Boom | 2002 | Drama, Crime |
BaadAsssss Cinema | 2002 | ||
Boat Trip | 2003 | Comedy | |
Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon | 2004 | ||
Brick | Assistant V.P. Trueman | 2006 | Mystery, Thriller |
Wild Seven | Lee Marvin - Cleetus Woods | 2006 | Crime, Drama |
All the Days Before Tomorrow | El Doctor | 2007 | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Set Apart | J.T. | 2009 | |
The Confidant | Claude | 2010 | Thriller |
Collar | Reverend Alonzo Sparks | 2011 | Crime, Drama |
Go Beyond the Lens | Guess | 2011 | |
Retreat! | Henshaw | 2012 | Comedy, Drama |
This Bitter Earth | Grady | 2012 | Drama, Music |
Duke | J.T. | 2013 | Drama |
Shaft | Uncle John Shaft | 2019 | 0, Comedy |