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Richard Roundtree
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American actor and singer (1942–2023)
Film & TV
New Rochelle, New York, USA
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…
Known for
- Breakdown: 1975 — Self (Shaft- archive footage)2025
- Thelma — Ben2024
- Moving On — Ralph2023
- A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks — Self2021
- Haunting of the Mary Celeste — Tulls2020
- GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event — Grandpa2020
- Harlem to Hollywood — Self2019
- Shaft — John Shaft, Sr.2019
- What Men Want — Skip Davis2019
- A Family Reunion Christmas — Jebidiah McKellan2019
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 134
- Total plays
- 641
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Rochelle
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- model
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- American football
- Image
- Richard Roundtree 1973.JPG
- Number of children
- 5
Show 9 more facts
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- Commons category
- Richard Roundtree
- date of birth
- 1942-07-09
- name in native language
- Richard Roundtree
- date of death
- 2023-10-24
- nominated for
- Golden Globes
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- end of work period
- 2023-00-00
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