Richard Roundtree (born July 9, 1942 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American actor.
He is most famous for portraying Private Detective John Shaft in the blaxploitation movie Shaft (1971) and all four of its direct sequels, Shaft's Big Score (1972), Shaft in Africa (1973) and two by the same name released in 2000 and 2019, alongside Samuel L. Jackson, who plays his son, John Shaft II.
Film
- Shaft
- Earthquake
- Escape to Athena
- Inchon
- Maniac Cop
- Se7en
- Theodore Rex
- George of the Jungle
- Steel
- Corky Romano
- Boat Trip
- Brick
- Speed Racer
Television
- Roots
- The Love Boat (2 episodes)
- CHiPs (1 episode)
- Magnum, P.I. (1 episode)
- Beauty and the Beast (3 episodes)
- 21 Jump Street (1 episode)
- MacGyver (1 episode)
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (2 episodes)
- Beverly Hills, 90210 (1 episode)
- L.A. Law (1 episode)
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1 episode)
- Alias (3 episodes)
- Desperate Housewives (5 episodes)
- Grey's Anatomy (1 episode)
- Heroes (6 episodes)
- The Mentalist (1 episode)
- Lethal Weapon (2016) (1 episode)
