Roger Guenveur Smith

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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.

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Known For

Final Destination

Agent Schreck

American Gangster

Nate

Abduction

Mr. Miles

Do the Right Thing

Smiley

Malcolm X

Rudy

Dope

Austin Jacoby

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Sac Federici

Huseni Mershah

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Guns & Moses MOVIE	Self
2025	Space to Breathe MOVIE	Storian
2025	Riff Raff MOVIE	Sandy's Father
2024	Mind Games MOVIE	Self
2024	Heaven is Nobody's MOVIE	Big Man
2023	Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between MOVIE	Self
2022	Till MOVIE	Dr. T.R.M. Howard
2021	Real Talk MOVIE	Oliver James / King Of Diamonds
2020	The Available Wife MOVIE	Walter
2020	The Five Rules Of Success MOVIE	Santos
2020	Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker TV	Booker T. Washington
2020	The Business of Christmas MOVIE	Oscar Franklin
2020	Influence MOVIE	Bradley Hudson
2019	All Rise TV	Thomas Marshall
2019	I’ll See You Around MOVIE	Michael Gomez
2019	Hollow Point MOVIE	Detective Chuck Bryant
2019	It's Not About Jimmy Keene MOVIE	Bukka LaRocke
2018	Behind the Movement MOVIE	Raymond
2018	The Other Side MOVIE	Martin
2018	Burning Shadow MOVIE	Mr. Jones
2018	The Queen of Hollywood Blvd MOVIE	Duke
2018	The Clapper MOVIE	Dr. Rogers B Hay
2017	Marshall MOVIE	Walter White
2017	Exhortation MOVIE	Self
2017	Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks MOVIE	Paul Sydney
2017	Rodney King MOVIE	Rodney King
2017	Bitch MOVIE	Steven Sheriff
2016	The Birth of a Nation MOVIE	Isaiah
2016	Dirty MOVIE	Detective Berg
2016	Where is Rocky II? MOVIE	Museum Director (segment: "Monument One")
2015	Chi-Raq MOVIE	Red, White, and Blue Insurance Salesman
2015	Dope MOVIE	Austin Jacoby
2015	Supermodel MOVIE	Max
2013	They Die by Dawn MOVIE	Jourdon Anderson
2013	Empire State MOVIE	Agent Marichal
2013	Better Mus' Come MOVIE	Prime Minister
2012	In the Hive MOVIE	Paris
2012	In Sickness and in Health MOVIE	Calvin
2011	The Son of No One MOVIE	Hanky
2011	Joy Road MOVIE	Charles Blocker
2011	Abduction MOVIE	Mr. Miles
2011	CornerStore MOVIE	Earl
2011	Eagleheart TV	Vargas
2010	Page 36 MOVIE	Avoe Vullaley
2010	Salvation Road MOVIE	The Man
2009	Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later MOVIE	Self
2009	Fighting MOVIE	Jack Dancing
2009	Kings TV	Belial
2008	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles TV	Sac Federici
2007	American Gangster MOVIE	Nate
2007	I Believe in America MOVIE	Cesar
2007	Fist of the Warrior MOVIE	Det. Craig Barnes
2007	Cover MOVIE	Kevin Parker
2006	Confessions MOVIE	Father Jeffrey
2006	God's Waiting List MOVIE	Solomon Corbin
2006	Mercenary for Justice MOVIE	Anthony Chapel
2006	Fatwa MOVIE	Samir Al-Faied
2004	Justice MOVIE	Carter
2003	K Street TV	Francisco Dupré
2003	Shade MOVIE	Marlo
2003	Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives MOVIE	Self
2002	All About the Benjamins MOVIE	Julian
2001	The Guardian TV	Reginald Harris
2001	Baby Boy MOVIE	Home Invasion Victim (uncredited)
2001	A Huey P. Newton Story MOVIE	Huey P. Newton
2001	The Warden MOVIE	Napoliano
2000	Hamlet MOVIE	Laertes
2000	Final Destination MOVIE	Agent Schreck
1999	Third Watch TV	Off. Ty Davis Sr.
1999	Incognito MOVIE	Quinn Mathis
1999	Summer of Sam MOVIE	Detective Curt Atwater
1999	Facade MOVIE	Henson
1999	The Color of Courage MOVIE	Mac McGhee
1998	He Got Game MOVIE	Big Time Willie
1997	Eve's Bayou MOVIE	Lenny Mereaux
1997	Oz TV	Huseni Mershah
1996	Get on the Bus MOVIE	Gary Rivers
1995	Tales from the Hood MOVIE	Rhodie (segment "KKK Comeuppance")
1995	Panther MOVIE	Pruitt
1995	The O.J. Simpson Story MOVIE	Professor Ford
1994	Cosmic Slop MOVIE	Dr. Erik Fanon (segment 'Space Traders')
1994	New York Undercover TV	Self
1993	Fallen Angels TV	Johnny Truelove
1993	Poetic Justice MOVIE	Heywood
1992	Malcolm X MOVIE	Rudy
1992	Deep Cover MOVIE	Eddie
1990	King of New York MOVIE	Tanner
1989	Do the Right Thing MOVIE	Smiley
1988	Murphy Brown TV	Self
1988	School Daze MOVIE	Gammite Yoda
1987	A Different World TV	Prof. Howard Randolph
	God with Us MOVIE	Boozer

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