Richard Roundtree
Richard Roundtree
Richard Roundtreeis 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 Scoreand Shaft in Africa, along with a cameo appearance as the character in the 2000 film Shaft, which starred Samuel L. Jackson as the nephew of the original John Shaft. For his performance in Shaft, Roundtree was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth9 July 1942
CityNew Rochelle, NY
CountryUnited States of America
When I did 'Shaft', I was so happy to be working and to have been a star of a major motion picture, I had no idea or concept of where it was going to go, and it turned out to be this huge film. That was the icing on the cake.
I was in the closet, so to speak, until after the fifth year when I was cancer-free.