Richard Roundtree

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American actor film actor human stage actor television actor

Richard Roundtree was an American actor best known for his iconic role as private detective John Shaft in the groundbreaking 1971 blaxploitation film "Shaft" and its sequels.

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Richard Roundtree canonical 9

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2020s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1960s ⓘ
awardReceived NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture ⓘ
causeOfDeath pancreatic cancer ⓘ
characterRole John Shaft ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1942-07-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2023-10-24 ⓘ
educatedAt New Rochelle High School ⓘ
Southern Illinois University ⓘ
employer Ebony Fashion Fair ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Roundtree ⓘ
genre blaxploitation cinema ⓘ
givenName Richard ⓘ
hasIMDbId nm0001687 ⓘ
name Richard Roundtree self-link ⓘ
notableFor portraying private detective John Shaft ⓘ
notableWork Being Mary Jane ⓘ
surface form: Being Mary Jane (television series)

Brick (2005 film) ⓘ
City Heat (1984 film) ⓘ
Desperate Housewives ⓘ
surface form: Desperate Housewives (television series)

Family Reunion (TV series) ⓘ
surface form: Family Reunion (television series)

George of the Jungle ⓘ
surface form: George of the Jungle (1997 film)

Heroes (television series) ⓘ
Roots (1977 television miniseries) ⓘ
Seven (1995 film) ⓘ
Shaft (1971 film) ⓘ
Shaft (1973 television series) ⓘ
Shaft (2000 film) ⓘ
Shaft (2019 film) ⓘ
Shaft in Africa ⓘ
surface form: Shaft in Africa (1973 film)

Shaft’s Big Score! ⓘ
surface form: Shaft's Big Score! (1972 film)
numberOfChildren 5 ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
model ⓘ
placeOfBirth New Rochelle, New York ⓘ
surface form: New Rochelle, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
spouse Karen Ciernia ⓘ
Mary Jane Grant ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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Embassy → castMember → Richard Roundtree ⓘ
Speed Racer → starring → Richard Roundtree ⓘ
subject surface form: Speed Racer (2008 film)
Steel → castMember → Richard Roundtree ⓘ
subject surface form: Steel (1997 film)
George of the Jungle → starredActor → Richard Roundtree ⓘ
subject surface form: George of the Jungle (1997 film)
Shaft (2000 film) → starredActor → Richard Roundtree ⓘ
Richard Roundtree → name → Richard Roundtree self-link ⓘ
Brick → castMember → Richard Roundtree ⓘ
Earthquake → starring → Richard Roundtree ⓘ
What Men Want → starring → Richard Roundtree ⓘ