Richard Roundtree

Movie Actor

Birthday July 9, 1942

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace New Rochelle, NY

DEATH DATE Oct 24, 2023 (81)

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About

Blaxploitation actor who played John Shaft in the original Shaft film. He also starred in its sequels, Shaft's Big Score and Shaft in Africa. He also played a role in the film Haunting of the Mary Celeste released in 2020.

Before Fame

He played for a nationally ranked and undefeated championship football team in high school.

Trivia

He is a former model and played a role in the 2008 film Speed Racer. He was was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993.

Family Life

After divorcing his first wife, he married Karen Roundtree in 1980.

Associated With

He was in Brick with Joseph Gordon Levitt.