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Richard Roundtree

Richard Roundtree (July 9, 1942 – October 24, 2023) was an American actor. He is noted as being "the first black action hero" for his portrayal of private detective John Shaft in the 1971 film Shaft, and its four sequels, released between 1972 and 2019. For his performance in the original film, he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor in 1972. He reprised the role of Shaft in the movie Shaft (2019), starring Samuel L. Jackson.

Known For: Acting

Born: New Rochelle, New York, USA, 1942-07-09

Died: 2023-10-24

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1970	What Do You Say to a Naked Lady	Interracial Couple	42
2	1971	Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location	Self	70
3	1971	Shaft	John Shaft	64
4	1972	Embassy	Dick Shannon	50
5	1972	Shaft's Big Score!	John Shaft	60
6	1972	Nationtime	Self	80
7	1973	Firehouse	Shelly Forsythe	46
8	1973	Charley-One-Eye	The Black Man	48
9	1973	Shaft in Africa	John Shaft	61
10	1974	Earthquake	Miles Quade	61
11	1975	Man Friday	Friday	69
12	1975	Diamonds	Archie	54
13	1979	Portrait of a Hitman	Coco Morrell	42
14	1979	Escape to Athena	Nat Judson	57
15	1979	Game for Vultures	Gideon Marunga	44
16	1979	Day of the Assassin	Fessler	45
17	1981	Inchon	Sgt. Augustus Henderson	34
18	1981	An Eye for an Eye	Capt. Stevens	52
19	1982	Q	Powell	57
20	1982	One Down, Two to Go	Ralph	45
21	1983	The Big Score	Gordon	50
22	1983	Just an Overnight Guest		0
23	1983	Young Warriors	Sergeant John Austin	37
24	1984	Killpoint	Agent Bill Bryant	55
25	1984	The Baron and the Kid	Frosty	0
26	1984	City Heat	Dehl Swift	55
27	1986	The Fifth Missile	Cmdr. Frederick Bryce	48
28	1986	Opposing Force	Stafford	44
29	1986	Jocks	Chip	44
30	1988	Daddy Can't Read	Jason Ruigh	0
31	1988	Maniac Cop	Commissioner Pike	61
32	1988	Getting Even	Dundee	40
33	1988	Party Line	Captain Barnes	48
34	1988	Angel III: The Final Chapter	Lt. Doniger	49
35	1989	Miami Cops	Gamble	50
36	1989	Night Visitor	Captain Crane	42
37	1989	Crack House	Lt. Johnson	52
38	1989	A night with the banker	Lloyd	43
39	1990	Bad Jim	July	73
40	1990	Gypsy Angels	Dr. Carlson	27
41	1991	A Time to Die	Captain Ralph Phipps	44
42	1992	Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight	Samuel Stark	46
43	1992	Christmas in Connecticut	Prescott	46
44	1993	Body of Influence	Harry Reams	44
45	1993	Deadly Rivals	Agent Peterson	58
46	1993	Amityville: A New Generation	Pauli	42
47	1993	Bonanza: The Return	Jacob Briscoe	65
48	1993	Sins of the Night	Les	53
49	1994	Black as the Heart	Rod	0
50	1994	Mind Twister	Frank Webb	34
51	1994	Blind Man's Bluff	Gray	0
52	1994	Shadows of Desire	Dunc	17
53	1995	Bonanza: Under Attack	Jacob	65
54	1995	Ballistic	Harold	29
55	1995	Se7en	Talbot	84
56	1995	Theodore Rex	Commissioner Lynch	36
57	1996	Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored	Cleve	42
58	1996	Original Gangstas	Slick	56
59	1997	Any Place But Home	Gil Oberman	0
60	1997	George of the Jungle	Kwame	56
61	1997	Steel	Uncle Joe	43
62	1999	Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years	Booker T. Washington	75
63	2000	Shaft	"Uncle" John Shaft	60
64	2001	Antitrust	Lyle Barton	61
65	2001	Corky Romano	Howard Shuster	43
66	2001	Hawaiian Gardens	M.O.	10
67	2002	Joe and Max	Jack Blackburn	49
68	2002	Undercover Brother	John Shaft (archive footage) (uncredited)	59
69	2002	Al's Lads	Boom-Boom	58
70	2002	BaadAsssss Cinema	Self	61
71	2002	Boat Trip	Felicia's Dad	53
72	2003	Men Cry in the Dark		70
73	2003	Vegas Vampires	Rick Apping	37
74	2004	Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon	Tahsi	45
75	2005	Painkiller Jane	Colonel Watts	49
76	2006	Wild Seven	Lee Marvin / Cleetus Woods	40
77	2006	Brick	Assistant V.P. Trueman	68
78	2007	All The Days Before Tomorrow	El Doctor	68
79	2007	Point of Entry	Miles Porter	47
80	2008	Speed Racer	Ben Burns	63
81	2008	Final Approach	Gary Markash	50
82	2008	Ladies of the House	Stan	45
83	2009	Set Apart	J.T.	30
84	2009	Diary of a Single Mom	Lou Bailey	40
85	2010	Whatever She Wants	Theodore Wolf	67
86	2010	The Confidant	Claude	44
87	2012	Retreat!	Henshaw	0
88	2015	Collar	Alonzo Sparks	0
89	2019	What Men Want	Skip Davis	62
90	2019	Shaft	John Shaft, Sr.	65
91	2019	Harlem to Hollywood	Self	0
92	2019	A Family Reunion Christmas	Jebidiah McKellan	59
93	2020	Haunting of the Mary Celeste	Tulls	52
94	2021	A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks	Self	68
95	2023	Moving On	Ralph	59
96	2024	Thelma	Ben	69

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
2	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
3	1973	The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts	Self	54
4	1973	Shaft		72
5	1974	Dinah!	Self	67
6	1977	Roots	Sam Bennett	74
7	1977	CHiPs	Sgt. Aikens	68
8	1977	The Love Boat	Dave Wilbur	63
9	1980	Magnum, P.I.	Peter Jordan	73
10	1983	Masquerade	Mean Willy	50
11	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Major Kevin Cooper	75
12	1985	A.D.	Serpenius	51
13	1985	Hollywood Beat		50
14	1985	MacGyver	R.T. Hines	77
15	1986	L.A. Law	Judge Ira Menday	71
16	1986	Amen		66
17	1986	Outlaws		68
18	1987	21 Jump Street	Ben Halley	72
19	1987	A Different World	Clinton Reese	71
20	1987	Beauty and the Beast		75
21	1990	Dream On	Dr. Charles	69
22	1990	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Dr. Mumford	79
23	1990	Beverly Hills, 90210		74
24	1991	Roc	Russell Emerson	78
25	1992	Vicki!	Self	50
26	1992	Renegade		67
27	1992	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	General (uncredited)	64
28	1992	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Chester Cooper	64
29	1993	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	'Barracuda' Jim Barnes	76
30	1994	Touched by an Angel	Murray	72
31	1995	The Wayans Bros.	Dr. Saunders	71
32	1996	Buddies	Henry Carlisle	47
33	1996	Profiler	Det. James Henegar	70
34	1997	413 Hope St.	Phil Thomas	0
35	1999	Rescue 77	Captain Durfee	10
36	2000	Soul Food	Hardy Lester	70
37	2001	Alias	Brill	68
38	2002	The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow	Self - Narrator (voice)	0
39	2004	Desperate Housewives	Mr. Shaw	79
40	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Donald Burke	82
41	2005	The Closer	Col. D.B. Walter	79
42	2005	Close to Home		59
43	2006	Blade: The Series		65
44	2006	Heroes	Charles Deveaux	75
45	2007	Lincoln Heights		87
46	2007	Private Practice	Raymond McCray	75
47	2008	The Mentalist	Floyd Benton	84
48	2012	Chicago Fire	Wallace Boden, Sr.	84
49	2013	Being Mary Jane	Paul Patterson, Sr.	71
50	2015	The Player	Samuel Letts	62
51	2016	Lethal Weapon	Don Bennett	73
52	2016	Star	Charles Floyd	79
53	2019	Family Reunion	Grandpa	81
54	2020	GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event	Grandpa	69