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Acting

Richard Roundtree

Career: Active from 1970 to 2024, busiest in 1994 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 33
top three billing

Average score: 46/100

Highest rated: Thelma
80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 95 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Richard Roundtree Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Coming of Age
1.6, average 3.0
Melancholy
3.4, average 4.7
Pathos
4.1, average 5.3
Wonder
2.3, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Fast-Paced 5
Psychological Thriller 4
Urban Setting 4
Character-Driven 4
Vigilante Justice 3
Intrigue 3
Crime Drama 3
Gritty Realism 3
Martial Arts Action 3
Suspenseful 3
Adult Themes 2
Ambiguous Morality 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

138

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

4 titles · average score 58

Thelma

80

as Ben

Moving On

62

as Ralph

Haunting of the Mary Celeste

30

as Tulls

GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event

62

TV show · as Grandpa

2010s

14 titles · average score 61

What Men Want

46

as Skip Davis

Shaft

52

as John Shaft, Sr.

Family Reunion

65

TV show · as Grandpa

Lethal Weapon

73

TV show · as Don Bennett

Star

57

TV show · as Charles Floyd

Collar

as Alonzo Sparks

The Player

55

TV show · as Samuel Letts

Being Mary Jane

73

TV show · as Paul Patterson, Sr.

Django Unchained

85

Thanks

Chicago Fire

65

TV show · as Wallace Boden, Sr.

Retreat!

as Henshaw

Whatever She Wants

as Theodore Wolf

2000s

32 titles · average score 57

Diary of a Single Mom

as Lou Bailey

The Mentalist

74

TV show · as Floyd Benton

All The Days Before Tomorrow

64

as El Doctor

Private Practice

59

TV show · as Raymond McCray

Wild Seven

32

as Lee Marvin / Cleetus Woods

Heroes

64

TV show · as Charles Deveaux

Grey's Anatomy

75

TV show · as Donald Burke

Painkiller Jane

48

as Colonel Watts

The Closer

77

TV show · as Col. D.B. Walter

Desperate Housewives

76

TV show · as Mr. Shaw

Antitrust

41

as Lyle Barton

Corky Romano

28

as Howard Shuster

1990s

38 titles · average score 49

Rescue 77

29

TV show · as Captain Durfee

Steel

25

as Uncle Joe

George of the Jungle

54

as Kwame

Buddies

TV show · as Henry Carlisle

Se7en

75

as Talbot

Body of Influence

35

as Harry Reams

TV show · as Gray

Amityville: A New Generation

36

as Pauli

Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight

45

as Samuel Stark

A Time to Die

44

as Captain Ralph Phipps

Bad Jim

38

as July

Beverly Hills, 90210

65

TV show · as Robinson Ashe Jr.

1980s

32 titles · average score 52

Crack House

51

as Lt. Johnson

Maniac Cop

52

as Commissioner Pike

Getting Even

as Dundee

Party Line

45

as Captain Barnes

Outlaws

70

TV show · as Isaiah 'Ice' McAdams

MacGyver

77

TV show · as R.T. Hines

City Heat

40

as Dehl Swift

Killpoint

38

as Agent Bill Bryant

Young Warriors

43

as Sergeant John Austin

63

as Powell

An Eye for an Eye

34

as Capt. Stevens

Inchon

15

as Sgt. Augustus Henderson

1970s

18 titles · average score 52

Escape to Athena

50

as Nat Judson

Game for Vultures

39

as Gideon Marunga

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Dave Wilbur

Man Friday

54

as Friday

Diamonds

54

as Archie

Earthquake

52

as Miles Quade

Shaft in Africa

60

as John Shaft

Shaft

45

TV show · as John Shaft

Firehouse

43

as Shelly Forsythe

Charley-One-Eye

43

as The Black Man

Shaft's Big Score!

57

as John Shaft

Shaft

72

as John Shaft