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8 unusual facts about Richard Roundtree


African-American Film Critics Association Awards 2011

Special Achievement: George Lucas, (Cinema Vanguard); Richard Roundtree, (AAFCA Legacy); Hattie Winston (AAFCA Horizon) and Institution, Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Akuji the Heartless

The game centres on the voodoo priest and warrior Akuji (voiced by Richard Roundtree), who had his heart ripped out on his wedding day, and through the use of voodoo magic is now cursed to wander the Underworld.

Cyrus Lassus

Cyrus Lassus was born March 1, 1982 in Arrecife, Spain and made his acting debut in 2006 in the film Wild Seven, starring Robert Loggia, Richard Roundtree and Robert Forrester.

Danielle Roundtree

Roundtree is the daughter of Dr. Johnny and Gailyn Roundtree and is related to actor Richard Roundtree who won fame in the 1970s with his role as John Shaft.

John Shaft

Paramount Pictures is negotiating a deal with John Singleton to make another Shaft movie to star Richard Roundtree (as Samuel L. Jackson has stated he no longer has interest making another Shaft film).

Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored

The book won Taulbert a Pulitzer Prize nomination and was later made into a 1995 movie starring Phylicia Rashad, Richard Roundtree, Isaac Hayes, and Al Freeman, Jr.

Ophelia DeVore

In the agency's early days, it was a stepping stone for countless household names; Diahann Carroll, Helen Williams, Richard Roundtree, Cicely Tyson and others.

Rescue 77

The main characters shared a high sense of duty and loyalty to each other and their commander, Captain Dufree (Richard Roundtree).


Shaft in Africa

Shaft in Africa, released in 1973, is the third film in the blaxploitation trilogy of films that starred actor Richard Roundtree as John Shaft.


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