Richard Roundtree: movies and TV shows
Richard Roundtree has 154 credits in the archive: 100 films and 54 TV series, from 1961 to 2024. Highest rated: Lincoln Heights (8.7/10).
Career timeline
1961 – 2024 · busiest year: 1973 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Thelma | Ben | Film | 6.8 | 81 |
| 2024 | Thelma | Film | 6.8 | 81 | |
| 2023 | Moving On | Ralph | Film | 5.9 | 80 |
| 2021 | A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks | Self | Film | 6.9 | 78 |
| 2020 | GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event | Grandpa | TV | 6.9 | 77 |
| 2020 | Haunting of the Mary Celeste | Tulls | Film | 5.2 | 77 |
| 2019 | Family Reunion | Grandpa | TV | 8.0 | 76 |
| 2019 | Shaft | John Shaft, Sr. | Film | 6.5 | 76 |
| 2019 | What Men Want | Skip Davis | Film | 6.2 | 76 |
| 2019 | Harlem to Hollywood | Self | Film | — | 76 |
| 2019 | A Family Reunion Christmas | Jebidiah McKellan | Film | 5.9 | 76 |
| 2016 | Lethal Weapon | Don Bennett | TV | 7.3 | 73 |
| 2016 | Star | Charles Floyd | TV | 8.0 | 73 |
| 2015 | The Player | Samuel Letts | TV | 6.3 | 72 |
| 2015 | Collar | Alonzo Sparks | Film | — | 72 |
| 2013 | Being Mary Jane | Paul Patterson, Sr. | TV | 7.2 | 70 |
| 2012 | Chicago Fire | Wallace Boden, Sr. | TV | 8.4 | 69 |
| 2012 | Django Unchained | Film | 8.2 | 69 | |
| 2012 | Retreat! | Henshaw | Film | — | 69 |
| 2010 | Whatever She Wants | Theodore Wolf | Film | 6.7 | 67 |
| 2010 | The Confidant | Claude | Film | 4.6 | 67 |
| 2009 | Diary of a Single Mom | Lou Bailey | Film | 4.0 | 66 |
| 2009 | Set Apart | J.T. | Film | 3.0 | 66 |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Floyd Benton | TV | 8.4 | 65 |
| 2008 | Speed Racer | Ben Burns | Film | 6.4 | 65 |
| 2008 | Ladies of the House | Stan | Film | 4.5 | 65 |
| 2008 | Final Approach | Gary Markash | Film | 5.1 | 65 |
| 2008 | Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family | Ben Burns | Film | 7.0 | 65 |
| 2007 | Private Practice | Raymond McCray | TV | 7.5 | 64 |
| 2007 | Lincoln Heights | TV | 8.7 | 64 | |
| 2007 | Point of Entry | Miles Porter | Film | 4.8 | 64 |
| 2007 | All The Days Before Tomorrow | El Doctor | Film | 7.3 | 64 |
| 2006 | Heroes | Charles Deveaux | TV | 7.4 | 63 |
| 2006 | Blade: The Series | TV | 6.5 | 63 | |
| 2006 | Brick | Assistant V.P. Trueman | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 2006 | Wild Seven | Lee Marvin / Cleetus Woods | Film | 4.3 | 63 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Donald Burke | TV | 8.2 | 62 |
| 2005 | The Closer | Col. D.B. Walter | TV | 7.9 | 62 |
| 2005 | Close to Home | Cyrus Carter | TV | 5.9 | 62 |
| 2005 | Painkiller Jane | Colonel Watts | Film | 5.1 | 62 |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Mr. Shaw | TV | 7.9 | 61 |
| 2004 | Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon | Tahsi | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 2003 | Vegas Vampires | Rick Apping | Film | 4.3 | 60 |
| 2003 | Men Cry in the Dark | Film | 7.0 | 60 | |
| 2002 | Undercover Brother | John Shaft (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 59 |
| 2002 | Boat Trip | Felicia's Dad | Film | 5.2 | 59 |
| 2002 | BaadAsssss Cinema | Self | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 2002 | Joe and Max | Jack Blackburn | Film | 5.1 | 59 |
| 2002 | The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 2002 | Al's Lads | Boom-Boom | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 2001 | Alias | Brill | TV | 6.8 | 58 |
| 2001 | Hawaiian Gardens | M.O. | Film | 3.0 | 58 |
| 2001 | Corky Romano | Howard Shuster | Film | 4.4 | 58 |
| 2001 | Antitrust | Lyle Barton | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 2000 | Soul Food | Hardy Lester | TV | 7.2 | 57 |
| 2000 | Shaft | "Uncle" John Shaft | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1999 | Rescue 77 | Captain Durfee | TV | 5.0 | 56 |
| 1999 | Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years | Booker T. Washington | Film | 7.3 | 56 |
| 1997 | George of the Jungle | Kwame | Film | 5.7 | 54 |
| 1997 | Steel | Uncle Joe | Film | 4.3 | 54 |
| 1997 | 413 Hope St. | Phil Thomas | TV | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1997 | Any Place But Home | Gil Oberman | Film | 9.0 | 54 |
| 1996 | Profiler | Det. James Henegar | TV | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1996 | Buddies | Henry Carlisle | TV | 5.5 | 53 |
| 1996 | Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored | Cleve | Film | 4.2 | 53 |
| 1996 | Original Gangstas | Slick | Film | 5.6 | 53 |
| 1995 | Se7en | Talbot | Film | 8.4 | 52 |
| 1995 | The Wayans Bros. | Dr. Saunders | TV | 7.2 | 52 |
| 1995 | Ballistic | Harold | Film | 3.6 | 52 |
| 1995 | Theodore Rex | Commissioner Lynch | Film | 3.7 | 52 |
| 1995 | Bonanza: Under Attack | Jacob | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Murray | TV | 7.2 | 51 |
| 1994 | Body of Influence | Harry Reams | Film | 4.9 | 51 |
| 1994 | Mind Twister | Frank Webb | Film | 3.8 | 51 |
| 1994 | Black as the Heart | Rod | Film | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1994 | Blind Man's Bluff | Gray | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1994 | Shadows of Desire | Dunc | Film | 2.6 | 51 |
| 1993 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | 'Barracuda' Jim Barnes | TV | 7.6 | 50 |
| 1993 | Sins of the Night | Les | Film | 4.4 | 50 |
| 1993 | Amityville: A New Generation | Pauli | Film | 4.3 | 50 |
| 1993 | Bonanza: The Return | Jacob Briscoe | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1993 | Deadly Rivals | Agent Peterson | Film | 6.4 | 50 |
| 1992 | Renegade | TV | 6.7 | 49 | |
| 1992 | Vicki! | Self | TV | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1992 | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | General (uncredited) | TV | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1992 | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | Chester Cooper | TV | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1992 | Christmas in Connecticut | Prescott | Film | 4.7 | 49 |
| 1992 | Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight | Samuel Stark | Film | 4.8 | 49 |
| 1991 | Roc | Russell Emerson | TV | 7.9 | 48 |
| 1991 | A Time to Die | Captain Ralph Phipps | Film | 4.5 | 48 |
| 1990 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Robinson Ashe Jr. | TV | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1990 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Dr. Mumford | TV | 7.9 | 47 |
| 1990 | Dream On | Dr. Charles | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1990 | Bad Jim | July | Film | 7.5 | 47 |
| 1990 | Gypsy Angels | Dr. Carlson | Film | 3.4 | 47 |
| 1989 | Night Visitor | Captain Crane | Film | 4.4 | 46 |
| 1989 | Crack House | Lt. Johnson | Film | 5.5 | 46 |
| 1989 | The Banker | Lloyd | Film | 4.4 | 46 |
| 1989 | Miami Cops | Gamble | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1988 | Getting Even | Dundee | Film | 4.8 | 45 |
| 1988 | Angel III: The Final Chapter | Lt. Doniger | Film | 5.4 | 45 |
| 1988 | Party Line | Captain Barnes | Film | 5.2 | 45 |
| 1988 | Maniac Cop | Commissioner Pike | Film | 6.1 | 45 |
| 1988 | Daddy Can't Read | Jason Ruigh | Film | 9.0 | 45 |
| 1987 | 21 Jump Street | Ben Halley | TV | 7.3 | 44 |
| 1987 | A Different World | Clinton Reese | TV | 7.1 | 44 |
| 1987 | Beauty and the Beast | Cleon Manning | TV | 7.4 | 44 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Judge Ira Menday | TV | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1986 | Amen | TV | 6.6 | 43 | |
| 1986 | Jocks | Chip | Film | 4.3 | 43 |
| 1986 | The Fifth Missile | Cmdr. Frederick Bryce | Film | 5.5 | 43 |
| 1986 | Outlaws | Isaiah 'Ice' McAdams | TV | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1986 | Opposing Force | Stafford | Film | 4.4 | 43 |
| 1985 | MacGyver | R.T. Hines | TV | 7.7 | 42 |
| 1985 | A.D. | Serpenius | TV | 5.4 | 42 |
| 1985 | Hollywood Beat | TV | 5.0 | 42 | |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Kevin Cooper | TV | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1984 | City Heat | Dehl Swift | Film | 5.5 | 41 |
| 1984 | Killpoint | Agent Bill Bryant | Film | 5.7 | 41 |
| 1984 | The Baron and the Kid | Frosty | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1983 | Masquerade | Mean Willy | TV | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1983 | The Big Score | Gordon | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1983 | Just an Overnight Guest | Film | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 1983 | Young Warriors | Sergeant John Austin | Film | 3.9 | 40 |
| 1982 | Q | Powell | Film | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1982 | One Down, Two to Go | Ralph | Film | 4.7 | 39 |
| 1981 | Inchon | Sgt. Augustus Henderson | Film | 3.9 | 38 |
| 1981 | An Eye for an Eye | Capt. Stevens | Film | 5.2 | 38 |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Peter Jordan | TV | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1979 | Escape to Athena | Nat Judson | Film | 5.8 | 36 |
| 1979 | Game for Vultures | Gideon Marunga | Film | 5.2 | 36 |
| 1979 | Day of the Assassin | Fessler | Film | 4.9 | 36 |
| 1979 | Portrait of a Hitman | Coco Morrell | Film | 5.2 | 36 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Dave Wilbur | TV | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1977 | Roots | Sam Bennett | TV | 7.4 | 34 |
| 1977 | CHiPs | Sgt. Aikens | TV | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1975 | Man Friday | Friday | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1975 | Diamonds | Archie | Film | 5.3 | 32 |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self | TV | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1974 | Earthquake | Miles Quade | Film | 6.1 | 31 |
| 1973 | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Self | TV | 5.4 | 30 |
| 1973 | Charley-One-Eye | The Black Man | Film | 5.2 | 30 |
| 1973 | Shaft | John Shaft | TV | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1973 | Shaft in Africa | John Shaft | Film | 6.1 | 30 |
| 1973 | Firehouse | Shelly Forsythe | Film | 5.0 | 30 |
| 1973 | Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parks | Self / Shaft (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1972 | Nationtime: Gary | Self | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1972 | Shaft's Big Score! | John Shaft | Film | 6.1 | 29 |
| 1972 | Embassy | Dick Shannon | Film | 6.5 | 29 |
| 1971 | Shaft | John Shaft | Film | 6.4 | 28 |
| 1971 | Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location | Self | Film | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1970 | What Do You Say to a Naked Lady? | Interracial Couple | Film | 5.0 | 27 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 19 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 18 |