Richard Roundtree Net Worth is$2 Million Richard Roundtree Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Richard Roundtree is an American actor. He has been called "the first black action hero" for his portrayal of private detective John Shaft in the 1971 film, Shaft, and its sequels, Shaft's Big Score and Shaft in Africa.
Full Name Richard Roundtree Net Worth $2 Million Date Of Birth July 9, 1942 Place Of Birth New Rochelle, New York, United States Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Profession Model, Actor Education New Rochelle High School, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Nationality United States of America Spouse Mary Jane Grant (m. 1963–1973) Children Tayler Roundtree, John James Roundtree, Morgan Roundtree Parents Kathryn Roundtree, John Roundtree Nicknames 리차드 라운드트리 , Раундтри, Ричард Awards MTV Lifetime Achievement Award Nominations Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actor, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Movies Shaft, Shaft in Africa, Shaft's Big Score, George of the Jungle, Seven, Maniac Cop, City Heat, Original Gangstas, Corky Romano, Escape to Athena, Antitrust, Speed Racer, The Graduates of Malibu High, Inchon, An Eye for an Eye, Charley One-Eye, Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored, Game for Vultur... TV Shows Rescue 77, 413 Hope St., Buddies, Generations, Outlaws, Shaft, Being Mary Jane, Roots Star Sign Cancer
# Quote 1 [referring to Shaft (1971)] "Number one, it put me on the map . . . To this day that film still works . . . I was blessed."
# Fact 1 He is left-handed. 2 Father of Kelli Roundtree , and Tayler Roundtree . 3 Cousin of Maxine Austin . 4 A member of New York's renowned Negro Ensemble Company, one of his best early stage roles was as black heavyweight boxing champ Jack Johnson (1878-1946) in "The Great White Hope.". 5 His performance as John Shaft in Shaft (1971) is ranked #62 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. 6 Sidelines: Photographer and golfer. 7 A member of New York's renowned Negro Ensemble Company, one of his best early stage roles was as black heavyweight boxing champ 'Jack Johnson (VIII)_ (1878-1946) in "The Great White Hope.". 8 Went to Southern Illinois University on a football scholarship. 9 Former Ebony Fashion Fair model. 10 Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993, he is an advocate now and talks to men's groups about early detection. 11 Has tried to disassociate himself as a "black action hero" ever since he portrayed his famed role as John Shaft in the three Shaft films. From Miles Quade (the African-American motorcycle stuntman in an Evel Knievel mold in Earthquake (1974) to an elderly senior citizen in Soul Food (2000), he has came to terms with the fact that he will always be known as Shaft. 12 Also father of four daughters 13 Son, John James, b. 3 November 1998.
Actor Title Year Status Character Cadets 1988 TV Movie Sergeant Matt Gideon ABC Afterschool Specials 1988 TV Series Jason Ruigh Maniac Cop 1988 Commissioner Pike Outlaws 1986-1987 TV Series Isaiah 'Ice' McAdams Jocks 1986 Chip Williams Opposing Force 1986 Stafford The Fifth Missile 1986 TV Movie Cmdr. Frederick Bryce Hollywood Beat 1985 TV Series Don Julian A.D. 1985 TV Mini-Series Serpenius City Heat 1984 Dehl Swift The Baron and the Kid 1984 TV Movie Frosty Killpoint 1984 Agent Bill Bryant Just an Overnight Guest 1983 TV Short Matt Masquerade 1983 TV Series Mean Willy The Big Score 1983 Gordon Young Warriors 1983 Sergeant John Austin Magnum, P.I. 1983 TV Series Peter Jordan One Down, Two to go 1982 Ralph Q 1982 Powell An Eye for an Eye 1981 Capt. Stevens Inchon 1981 Sgt. Augustus Henderson CHiPs 1981 TV Series Sgt. Aikens Gypsy Angels 1980 Dr. Carlson The Love Boat 1980 TV Series Dave Williams Day of the Assassin 1979 Fessler Game for Vultures 1979 Gideon Marunga Portrait of a Hitman 1979 Coco Morrell Escape to Athena 1979 Nat Judson Roots 1977 TV Mini-Series Sam Bennett Freedom Is 1976 TV Movie voice Diamonds 1975 Archie Man Friday 1975 Friday Earthquake 1974 Miles Shaft 1973-1974 TV Series John Shaft Shaft in Africa 1973 John Shaft Charley-One-Eye 1973 The Black Man Firehouse 1973 TV Movie Shelly Forsythe Shaft's Big Score! 1972 John Shaft Embassy 1972 Richard 'Dick' Shannon Parachute to Paradise 1972 TV Movie Shaft 1971 John Shaft What Do You Say to a Naked Lady? 1970 Interracial Couple As the World Turns 1956 TV Series Oliver Travers (2002-2003) Being Mary Jane 2013-2017 TV Series Paul Patterson, Sr. Collar 2017/II Reverend Alonzo Sparks Retreat! 2016 Henshaw The Player 2015 TV Series Judge Samuel Letts Chicago Fire 2015 TV Series Wallace Boden, Sr. Whatever She Wants 2014 Video Theodore Wolf Duke 2013 J.T. This Bitter Earth 2012 Grady Private Practice 2012 TV Series Raymond McCray The Trial of Ben Barry 2012 Short Ben Barry Go Beyond the Lens 2011 Short Guess Diary of a Single Mom 2009-2011 TV Series Lou Bailey / Mr. Bailey The Mentalist 2011 TV Series Floyd Benton Veil 2010 Short Michael Draden The Confidant 2010 Claude Meet the Browns 2010 TV Series Frank Lincoln Heights 2007-2009 TV Series Coleman Bradshaw Knight Rider 2009 TV Series Lawrence Rivai Set Apart 2009 J.T. Ladies of the House 2008 TV Movie Stan Speed Racer 2008 Ben Burns Heroes 2006-2007 TV Series Charles Deveaux Point of Entry 2007 TV Movie Det. Miles Porter Final Approach 2007 TV Movie Gary Markash Vegas Vampires 2007 Rick Apping All the Days Before Tomorrow 2007 El Doctor Close to Home 2006 TV Series Cyrus Carter Scarface: The World Is Yours 2006 Video Game Oakley Drive-In Owner (voice) Grey's Anatomy 2006 TV Series Donald Burke Blade: The Series 2006 TV Series Robert Brooks Wild Seven 2006 Lee Marvin - Cleetus Woods Painkiller Jane 2005 TV Movie Colonel Watts The Closer 2005 TV Series Col. D.B. Walter Desperate Housewives 2004-2005 TV Series Mr. Shaw Brick 2005 Assistant V.P. Trueman Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon 2004 Tahsi Short Fuse: A Collection of Explosive Shorts 2004 Video short Shoot! Alias 2003-2004 TV Series Brill 1-800-Missing 2003 TV Series Sam Haslett Men Cry in the Dark 2003 Video Boat Trip 2002 Felicia's Dad Capone's Boys 2002 Boom-Boom Joe and Max 2002 TV Movie Jack Blackburn Resurrection Blvd. 2001 TV Series Nate Khane Corky Romano 2001 Howard Shuster Hawaiian Gardens 2001 M.O. Soul Food 2000-2001 TV Series Hardy Lester Shoot! 2001 Short Antitrust 2001 Lyle Barton Shaft 2000 Uncle John Shaft Linc's 1999 TV Series Jake Rescue 77 1999 TV Series Captain Durfee Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years 1999 TV Movie Booker T. Washington Akuji the Heartless 1998 Video Game Akuji (voice) Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman 1998 TV Series 'Barracuda' Jim Barnes 413 Hope St. 1997-1998 TV Series Phil Thomas Profiler 1997 TV Series Det. James Henegar Steel 1997 Uncle Joe George of the Jungle 1997 Kwame Any Place But Home 1997 TV Movie Gil Oberman Original Gangstas 1996 Slick The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 1990-1996 TV Series Rev. Gordon Sims / Dr. Mumford Buddies 1996 TV Series Henry Carlisle Touched by an Angel 1996 TV Series Murray Theodore Rex 1995 Commissioner Lynch Dream On 1995 TV Series Dr. Charles Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored 1995 Cleve Se7en 1995 Talbot The Wayans Bros. 1995 TV Series Dr. Saunders Ballistic 1995 Harold Bonanza: Under Attack 1995 TV Movie Jacob Renegade 1994 TV Series Gene Collins Shadows of Desire 1994 TV Movie Dunc Hangin' with Mr. Cooper 1994 TV Series Chester Cooper Roc 1991-1994 TV Series Russell Emerson / Russell Mind Twister 1994 Frank Webb Nero come il cuore 1994 TV Movie Rod Moscacieca 1993 TV Movie Gray Bonanza: The Return 1993 TV Movie Jacob Briscoe Sins of the Night 1993 Les Amityville: A New Generation 1993 Video Pauli Deadly Rivals 1993 Agent Peterson Body of Influence 1993 Video Harry Reams L.A. Law 1992 TV Series Judge Ira Menday Christmas in Connecticut 1992 TV Movie Prescott Hearts Are Wild 1992 TV Series Xavier Burns Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight 1992 Samuel Stark A Time to Die 1991 Captain Ralph Phipps Beverly Hills, 90210 1991 TV Series Robinson Ashe Jr. The Young Riders 1991 TV Series Calvin Masquerade 1990 TV Movie MacGyver 1990 TV Series R.T. Hines Bad Jim 1990 July 21 Jump Street 1990 TV Series Ben Halley Beauty and the Beast 1989 TV Series Cleon Manning The Banker 1989 Lloyd Amen 1989 TV Series Sgt. Burke A Different World 1989 TV Series Clinton Reese Crack House 1989 Lt. Johnson Night Visitor 1989 Captain Crane Generations 1989 TV Series Dr. Daniel Reubens (1989-1991) La vendetta 1989 Dundee Miami Cops 1989 Gamble Murder, She Wrote 1988 TV Series Maj. Kevin Cooper Angel III: The Final Chapter 1988 Lt. Doniger Party Line 1988 Captain Barnes
Thanks Title Year Status Character Django Unchained 2012 special thanks 1 a Minute 2010 Documentary acknowlegment: Breast Cancer Survivor Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus! 2010 special thanks COC Elite 2009 TV Series special thanks - 1 episode
Self Title Year Status Character Unsung Hollywood 2015-2016 TV Series documentary Himself The 47th NAACP Image Awards 2016 TV Movie Himself The Arsenio Hall Show 2014 TV Series Himself - Guest BET Awards 2013 2013 TV Special Himself 19th Annual Trumpet Awards 2011 TV Special Himself Breast Cancer: An African American Perspective 2009 TV Movie documentary Himself 16th Annual Trumpet Awards 2008 TV Special Himself Tavis Smiley 2008 TV Series Himself Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family 2008 Video documentary short Ben Burns Ebony Fashion Fair: 50 Years of Style 2008 TV Movie Himself The Turn On 2007 TV Series Himself 2006 Trumpet Awards 2006 TV Special Himself The John H. Johnson Story 2005 TV Movie documentary Host / Narrator Negermagasinet 2005 TV Series documentary Himself - Actor Ultimate Film Fanatic 2004 TV Series Himself - Judge (2004) 2004 Trumpet Awards 2004 TV Special Himself Soul Comes Home 2003 TV Special Himself The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow 2002 TV Series documentary Himself - Narrator 2002 Trumpet Awards 2002 TV Special Himself - Host Roots: Celebrating 25 Years 2002 TV Movie Himself Rhythm and Blues 40: A Soul Spectacular 2001 TV Movie documentary Himself - Host I Love 1970's 2000 TV Series documentary Himself The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2000 TV Series Himself Intimate Portrait 1999 TV Series documentary Himself - Narrator E! True Hollywood Story 1999 TV Series documentary Himself 29th NAACP Image Awards 1998 TV Special Himself Wild On... 1997 TV Series Himself - Actor Cop Files 1995 TV Movie Himself 1994 MTV Movie Awards 1994 TV Special Himself Without Walls 1994 TV Series documentary Himself Vicki! 1992-1993 TV Series Himself The 12th Annual Black Achievement Awards 1991 TV Special Himself The Marsha Warfield Show 1990 TV Series Himself The New Hollywood Squares 1987 TV Series Guest Appearance Ebony/Jet Showcase 1986 TV Series Himself The Mike Douglas Show 1972-1977 TV Series Himself / Himself - Actor Circus of the Stars #2 1977 TV Special Himself - Performer Dinah! 1974-1976 TV Series Himself The Hollywood Squares 1972-1976 TV Series Guest Appearance Celebrity Bowling 1976 TV Series Himself Celebrity Tennis 1975 TV Series Himself The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Telly Savalas 1974 TV Special Himself The Dean Martin Show 1973 TV Series Himself New York, New York 1972 TV Series Himself The 44th Annual Academy Awards 1972 TV Special Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Short Film, Animated & Live Action The David Frost Show 1972 TV Series Himself Soul in Cinema: Filming Shaft on Location 1971 Short documentary Himself The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1971 TV Series Himself
Won Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 2011 Legacy Award African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) 1994 MTV Movie Award MTV Movie Awards Lifetime Achievement Shaft (1971)
Nominated Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 2010 ISA Indie Series Awards Best Performance by a Supporting Actor Diary of a Single Mom (2009) 1998 Image Award Image Awards Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series 413 Hope St. (1997) 1991 Soap Opera Digest Award Soap Opera Digest Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor: Daytime Generations (1989) 1972 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Most Promising Newcomer - Male Shaft (1971) 1971 Image Award Image Awards Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Shaft (1971)
Known for movies Se7en (1995)
Shaft (1971)
Brick (2005)
George of the Jungle (1997)
$2 Million
