Richard Roundtree
- Interprétation
- 9 juillet 1942 · New Rochelle, New York, USA
- 24 octobre 2023
Biographie
Richard Arnold 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. Roundtree died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Los Angeles. He was cremated at Chapel of the Pines Crematory. His family hosted a memorial service for him at Saint Catherine African Methodist Episcopal Church in New Rochelle, New York on February 17, 2024.
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Filmographie
- Point de rupture : 1975 · En personne
- Thelma · Ben, In Memory Of
- Moving On · Ralph
- A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks · En personne
- Ghosts of the Abyss · Tulls
- Intercomédies : Un événement sportif · Grandpa
- Un Noël chez Mamilia · Jebidiah McKellan
- Bienvenue chez Mamilia · Grandpa
- Harlem to Hollywood · En personne
- Shaft · John Shaft, Sr.
- Ce que veulent les hommes · Skip Davis
- Star · Charles Floyd
- L'Arme fatale · Don Bennett
- Player · Samuel Letts
- Collar · Alonzo Sparks
- Being Mary Jane · Paul Patterson, Sr.
- Django Unchained · Remerciements
- Chicago Fire · Wallace Boden, Sr.
- Retreat! · Henshaw
- The Confidant · Claude
- Whatever She Wants · Theodore Wolf
- Diary of a Single Mom · Lou Bailey
- Set Apart · J.T.
- Bricolage et remue-ménage · Stan
- Mentalist · Floyd Benton
- Vol 732 - Terreur en plein ciel · Gary Markash
- Speed Racer · Ben Burns
- Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family · Ben Burns
- Dangereuse Convoitise · Miles Porter
- Private Practice · Raymond McCray
- All The Days Before Tomorrow · El Doctor
- Retour à Lincoln Heights
- Heroes · Charles Deveaux
- Blade : La série
- Brick · Assistant V.P. Trueman
- Wild Seven · Lee Marvin / Cleetus Woods
- Painkiller Jane · Colonel Watts
- Close to Home : Juste Cause · Cyrus Carter
- The Closer : L.A. Enquêtes Prioritaires · Col. D.B. Walter
- Grey's Anatomy · Donald Burke
- Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon · Tahsi
- Desperate Housewives · Mr. Shaw
- Vegas Vampires · Rick Apping
- Men Cry in the Dark
- Boat Trip · Felicia's Dad
- The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow · En personne
- BaadAsssss Cinema · En personne
- Al's Lads · Boom-Boom
- Opération Funky · John Shaft (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Joe et Max · Jack Blackburn
- Hawaiian Gardens · M.O.
- Corky Romano · Howard Shuster
- Alias · Brill
- Antitrust · Lyle Barton
- Soul Food · Hardy Lester
- Shaft · "Uncle" John Shaft
- Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years · Booker T. Washington
- Rescue 77 · Captain Durfee
- 413 Hope St. · Phil Thomas
- Justice d'acier · Uncle Joe
- George de la jungle · Kwame
- Any Place But Home · Gil Oberman
- Profiler · Det. James Henegar
- Original Gangstas · Slick
- Buddies · Henry Carlisle
- Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored · Cleve
- T-Rex · Commissioner Lynch
- Seven · Talbot
- Ballistic · Harold
- Bonanza: Under Attack · Jacob
- Les frères Wayans · Dr. Saunders
- Les Anges du bonheur · Murray
- Shadows of Desire · Dunc
- Moscacieca · Gray
- Body of Influence · Harry Reams
- Mind Twister · Frank Webb
- Nero come il cuore · Rod
- Sins of the Night · Les
- Bonanza: The Return · Jacob Briscoe
- Amityville : Darkforce · Pauli