- Date de naissance
- Date de décès24 octobre 2023 · Los Angeles, Californie, États-Unis (cancer du pancréas)
- Nom de naissanceRichard Arnold Roundtree
- Surnom
- Tree
- Taille1,88 m
- Richard Roundtree est né le 9 juillet 1942 dans l'état de New York, États-Unis. Il était acteur. Il est connu pour Shaft, les nuits rouges de Harlem (1971), Brick (2005) et Speed Racer (2008). Il était marié à Karen Michelle Ciernia et Mary Jane Grant. Il est mort le 24 octobre 2023 en Californie, États-Unis.
- ConjointsKaren Michelle Ciernia(septembre 1980 - 1988) (divorcé, 3 enfants)Mary Jane Grant(27 novembre 1963 - 13 décembre 1973) (divorcé, 2 enfants)
- EnfantsJohn JamesNicole Roundtree-MileurMorgan Roundtree
- ParentsJohn James RoundtreeKathryn Roundtree
- ProchesMaxine 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 Tremblement de terre (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, les nuits rouges de Harlem (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, les nuits rouges de Harlem (1971)] Number one, it put me on the map . . . To this day that film still works . . . I was blessed.
- Inchon (1982) - $200,000
- Tremblement de terre (1975) - $50,000 for 10 weeks
- Les nouveaux exploits de Shaft (1973) - $50,000
- Shaft, les nuits rouges de Harlem (1971) - $12,500
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