Richard Roundtree

ACTOR

Richard Roundtree Movies or Tv Shows (upto Nov 2024) - Watch Online

29th May 2022 | FlixCatalog Staff

Richard Roundtree's iconic career began while attending Southern Illinois University where he was on a football scholarship. After being spotted Richard signed with Johnson Publications to model in their Ebony Fashion Fair, touring 79 cities in 90 days. But rather than returning to school, Roundtree headed off to his home state of New York to begin acting lessons. He soon was asked to become a member of New York's acclaimed Negro Ensemble Company. A succession of Off-Broadway roles resulted in his starring as Jack Johnson in "The Great White Hope".Richard's life would change forever when he was cast in the role of private detective John Shaft in the legendary "Shaft" movie franchise. This film immediately thrust Richard into the international spotlight, not only making him a worldwide household name but one of Hollywood's hottest young actors.In the over 100 film and television projects that followed Richard had the opportunity to share the screen with a list of Hollywood's most legendary actors including Clint Eastwood, Peter O'Toole, David Niven, Laurence Olivier, in addition to Samuel L. Jackson, Morgan Freeman, and Brad Pitt.On television he has been a series regular on several hit shows where he has garnered an NAACP Image Award nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Series, and a Peabody Award for his narration of the PBS documentary "The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow".Richard was born in New Rochelle, New York, to Kathryn and John Roundtree. An advocate in the fight against breast cancer and a 25-year male breast cancer survivor himself, Richard has taken a stand by participating in events that help raise awareness and funds towards finding a cure for this disease. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous

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Streaming Availability

Amazon Video has the most number of Richard Roundtree’s flixes, followed by Vudu compared to other streaming platforms. See the full graph below.

Releases by Year

Richard Roundtree on average has worked on 2 movies per year from 1971 to 2020. See the full graphs of the number of Richard Roundtree movies released per year from 2002 till 2020.

Top Genres

Richard Roundtree works mostly in Drama Genre followed by Action Genre flixes. 28% of Richard Roundtree movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that Richard Roundtree worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Richard Roundtree has worked on is 5.5.

5.5 / 10

Richard Roundtree's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

Drama,Romance,Thriller
Being Mary Jane (2013)

The life of a young black woman, her work, her family, and the popular talk show which she hosts.

7.4/1060 min

Available in 9 platform(s).

Action,Crime,Thriller
Shaft (1971)

Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

6.6/10100 min

Available in 12 platform(s).

Biography,Drama,Sport
Joe and Max (2002)

True story of boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling and their enduring friendship.

6.5/10106 min

Available in 5 platform(s).

Action,Comedy,Crime
Shaft (2019)

JJ Shaft, a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his family's help to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death.

6.4/10111 min

Available in 10 platform(s).

When the McKellan family moves from Seattle to Georgia to be closer to extended family, the transition is like being a catfish out of water.

6.4/1028 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Adventure,Drama
Man Friday (1975)

During the 17th century, shipwrecked English seaman Robinson Crusoe, after years of solitude, spots natives on his deserted Pacific island and befriends one who he names Friday.

6.2/10115 min

Available in 5 platform(s).

Action,Crime,Horror
Maniac Cop (1988)

A killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.

6/1085 min

Available in 3 platform(s).

Crime,Horror,Mystery
Q: The Winged Serpent (1982)

NYPD detectives Shepard and Powell are working on a bizarre case of a ritualistic Aztec murder. Meanwhile, something big is attacking people of New York and only greedy small time crook Jimmy Quinn knows where its lair is.

6/1093 min

Available in 7 platform(s).