- Nacimiento
- Defunción24 de octubre de 2023 · Los Ángeles, California, Estados Unidos (un cáncer de páncreas)
- Nombre de nacimientoRichard Arnold Roundtree
- Alias
- Tree
- Altura1.88 m
- Richard Roundtree nació el 9 de julio de 1942 en New Rochelle, Nueva York, Estados Unidos. Fue un actor, conocido por Shaft (1971), Brick (2005) y Meteoro, la película (2008). Estuvo casado con Karen Michelle Ciernia y Mary Jane Grant. Murió el 24 de octubre de 2023 en Los Ángeles, California, EE.UU..
- CónyugesKaren Michelle Ciernia(septiembre de 1980 - 1988) (divorciado, 3 niños)Mary Jane Grant(27 de noviembre de 1963 - 13 de diciembre de 1973) (divorciado, 2 niños)
- NiñosJohn JamesNicole Roundtree-MileurMorgan Roundtree
- PadresJohn James RoundtreeKathryn Roundtree
- FamiliaresMaxine Austin(Cousin)
- Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993, he was an advocate and talked to men's groups about early detection.
- 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 playing Miles Quade, the motorcycle stuntman in an Evel Knievel mold in Terremoto (1974), to a senior citizen in Soul Food (2000). However, he eventually came to terms with the fact that he will always be known as Shaft.
- His performance as John Shaft in Shaft (1971) is ranked #62 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.
- Former Ebony Fashion Fair model.
- 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.".
- [referring to Shaft (1971)] Number one, it put me on the map . . . To this day that film still works . . . I was blessed.
- Inchon (1982) - $200,000
- Terremoto (1974) - $50,000 for 10 weeks
- Shaft: borrasca mortal (1973) - $50,000
- Shaft (1972) - $12,500
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