Roger Guenveur Smith

ActorProducerWriter Jul 27 (age 70) Berkeley, California, USA 1987–2025 (38 year career)

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Biography

Roger Guenveur Smith (born July 27, 1955) is an American actor, director, and writer best known for his collaborations with Spike Lee. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For

Film

American Gangster

Nate

Film

Do the Right Thing

Smiley

Film

Final Destination

Agent Schreck

Film

Malcolm X

Rudy

Film

Dope

Austin Jacoby

Film

Marshall

Walter White

Film

Abduction

Mr. Miles

Film

He Got Game

Big Time Willie

Filmography

Acting (91)

Movies (78)

Guns & Moses

Riff Raff

as Sandy's Father

Space to Breathe

as Storian

Mind Games

2024

Heaven is Nobody's

2024

as Big Man

Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between

2023

as Self

Till

2022

as Dr. T.R.M. Howard

7.3

Real Talk

2021

as Oliver James / King Of Diamonds

Influence

as Bradley Hudson

The Available Wife

as Walter

The Five Rules Of Success

2020

as Santos

3.5

The Business of Christmas

2020

as Oscar Franklin

It's Not About Jimmy Keene

2019

as Bukka LaRocke

Hollow Point

2019

as Detective Chuck Bryant

6.4

I’ll See You Around

2019

as Michael Gomez

6.5

The Queen of Hollywood Blvd

as Duke

The Clapper

as Dr. Rogers B Hay

Burning Shadow

as Mr. Jones

Behind the Movement

as Raymond

The Other Side

as Martin

Marshall

as Walter White

Bitch

as Steven Sheriff

Rodney King

as Rodney King

Exhortation

Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks

as Paul Sydney

Dirty

as Detective Berg

The Birth of a Nation

2016

as Isaiah

6.6

Where is Rocky II?

2016

as Museum Director (segment: "Monument One")

Dope

as Austin Jacoby

Chi-Raq

as Red, White, and Blue Insurance Salesman

Supermodel

as Max

Better Mus' Come

as Prime Minister

Empire State

as Agent Marichal

They Die by Dawn

as Jourdon Anderson

In Sickness and in Health

as Calvin

Abduction

as Mr. Miles

CornerStore

as Earl

Joy Road

as Charles Blocker

The Son of No One

as Hanky

Page 36

as Avoe Vullaley

Salvation Road

2010

as The Man

Fighting

2009

as Jack Dancing

6.0

Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

as Self

American Gangster

as Nate

Cover

as Kevin Parker

Fist of the Warrior

as Det. Craig Barnes

I Believe in America

as Cesar

Confessions

as Father Jeffrey

Fatwa

as Samir Al-Faied

Mercenary for Justice

as Anthony Chapel

God's Waiting List

as Solomon Corbin

Justice

as Carter

Shade

as Marlo

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2003

4.8

All About the Benjamins

2002

as Julian

5.9

Baby Boy

2001

as Home Invasion Victim (uncredited)

7.1

The Warden

2001

as Napoliano

7.0

A Huey P. Newton Story

as Huey P. Newton

Final Destination

as Agent Schreck

Hamlet

as Laertes

Summer of Sam

as Detective Curt Atwater

Facade

as Henson

Incognito

as Quinn Mathis

The Color of Courage

as Mac McGhee

He Got Game

as Big Time Willie

Eve's Bayou

as Lenny Mereaux

Get on the Bus

as Gary Rivers

Panther

as Pruitt

Tales from the Hood

as Rhodie (segment "KKK Comeuppance")

6.3

The O.J. Simpson Story

1995

as Professor Ford

2.9

Cosmic Slop

1994

as Dr. Erik Fanon (segment 'Space Traders')

Poetic Justice

as Heywood

Malcolm X

as Rudy

Deep Cover

as Eddie

King of New York

as Tanner

Do the Right Thing

as Smiley

School Daze

as Gammite Yoda

God with Us

as Boozer

Television (13)

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

2020

as Booker T. Washington

All Rise

as Thomas Marshall

Eagleheart

as Vargas

Kings

as Belial

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

as Sac Federici

K Street

as Francisco Dupré

The Guardian

as Reginald Harris

Third Watch

as Off. Ty Davis Sr.

as Huseni Mershah

New York Undercover

Fallen Angels

as Johnny Truelove

Murphy Brown

A Different World

as Prof. Howard Randolph

7.0

Crew (4)

Movies (4)

Space to Breathe

2025

Producer

It's Not About Jimmy Keene

2019

Producer

Rodney King

2017

Writer

5.1

A Huey P. Newton Story

2001

Writer

5.1