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Acting

Roger Guenveur Smith

Career: Active from 1993 to 2026, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 20
top three billing

Average score: 47/100

Highest rated: A Huey P. Newton Story
70/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 56 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Roger Guenveur Smith Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wonder
1.9, average 3.4
Wholesome
2.2, average 3.4
Fantasy
0.6, average 1.7
Absurdist Humor
1.2, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Contemporary Setting 3
Social Commentary 3
Character-Driven 3
Coming-of-Age Story 3
Character Study 3
Vigilante Justice 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Thought-Provoking 2
Resilience & Hope 2
Crime Thriller 2
Family Drama 2
Contemporary Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

86

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

11 titles · average score 58

God with Us

as Boozer

Riff Raff

54

as Sandy's Father

Space to Breathe

as Storian

Heaven is Nobody's

as Big Man

Till

80

as Dr. T.R.M. Howard

Real Talk

as Oliver James / King Of Diamonds

The Five Rules Of Success

as Santos

Influence

50

as Bradley Hudson

The Available Wife

38

as Walter

The Business of Christmas

as Oscar Franklin

Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker

66

TV show · as Booker T. Washington

2010s

31 titles · average score 54

All Rise

62

TV show · as Thomas Marshall

Hollow Point

46

as Detective Chuck Bryant

I’ll See You Around

as Michael Gomez

The Queen of Hollywood Blvd

32

as Duke

Behind the Movement

as Raymond

The Other Side

as Martin

Rodney King

65

as Rodney King

Dirty

as Detective Berg

Dope

77

as Austin Jacoby

CornerStore

as Earl

Joy Road

64

as Charles Blocker

Abduction

31

as Mr. Miles

2000s

21 titles · average score 53

Fighting

51

as Jack Dancing

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

78

TV show · as Sac Federici

Fist of the Warrior

35

as Det. Craig Barnes

American Gangster

79

as Nate

Mercenary for Justice

38

as Anthony Chapel

Fatwa

28

as Samir Al-Faied

God's Waiting List

as Solomon Corbin

K Street

57

TV show · as Francisco Dupré

All About the Benjamins

48

as Julian

A Huey P. Newton Story

70

as Huey P. Newton

The Guardian

68

TV show · as Reginald Harris

Final Destination

55

as Agent Schreck

1990s

19 titles · average score 64

Third Watch

84

TV show · as Off. Ty Davis Sr.

The Color of Courage

42

as Mac McGhee

Summer of Sam

62

as Detective Curt Atwater

He Got Game

67

as Big Time Willie

78

TV show · as Huseni Mershah

Tales from the Hood

64

as Rhodie (segment "KKK Comeuppance")

New York Undercover

76

TV show

Poetic Justice

56

as Heywood

Fallen Angels

65

TV show · as Johnny Truelove

Malcolm X

75

as Rudy

Deep Cover

70

as Eddie

King of New York

70

as Tanner

1980s

4 titles · average score 65

Do the Right Thing

87

as Smiley

Murphy Brown

67

TV show

School Daze

59

as Gammite Yoda

A Different World

47

TV show · as Prof. Howard Randolph