Roger Guenveur Smith (born July 27, 1955) is an American actor and filmmaker, best known for his collaborations with director Spike Lee.

KNOWN FOR

Third Watch
2005
The Guardian
2002
A Different World
1990
Oz
1997
Murphy Brown
1991
All Rise
2022
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008
New York Undercover
1997
Final Destination
2000
American Gangster
2007
Fallen Angels
1995
Kings
2009

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
92
Writing
2
Producing
2
2026
God with Us
as Boozer · unreleased
2025
Riff Raff
as Sandy's Father
2025
Space to Breathe
as Storian
2025
Guns & Moses
2025
Heaven is Nobody's
as Big Man
2024
Mind Games
2023
Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between
as Self
2022
Till
as Dr. T.R.M. Howard
2022
All Rise
as Thomas Marshall
2021
Real Talk
as Oliver James / King Of Diamonds
2020
Influence
as Bradley Hudson
2020
The Five Rules Of Success
as Santos
2020
The Available Wife
as Walter
2020
The Business of Christmas
as Oscar Franklin
2020
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
as Booker T. Washington
2019
Hollow Point
as Detective Chuck Bryant
2019
It's Not About Jimmy Keene
as Bukka LaRocke
2019
I’ll See You Around
as Michael Gomez
2018
The Clapper
as Dr. Rogers B Hay
2018
Burning Shadow
as Mr. Jones
2018
Behind the Movement
as Raymond
2018
The Queen of Hollywood Blvd
as Duke
2018
The Other Side
as Martin
2017
Exhortation
2017
Rodney King
as Rodney King
2017
Bitch
as Steven Sheriff
2017
Marshall
as Walter White
2017
Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks
as Paul Sydney
2016
The Birth of a Nation
as Isaiah
2016
Where is Rocky II?
as Museum Director (segment: "Monument One")
2016
Dirty
as Detective Berg
2015
Dope
as Austin Jacoby
2015
Supermodel
as Max
2015
Chi-Raq
as Red, White, and Blue Insurance Salesman
2013
They Die by Dawn
as Jourdon Anderson
2013
Empire State
as Agent Marichal
2013
Better Mus' Come
as Prime Minister
2012
In Sickness and in Health
as Calvin
2012
In the Hive
as Paris
2011
Joy Road
as Charles Blocker
2011
Abduction
as Mr. Miles
2011
The Son of No One
as Hanky
2011
CornerStore
as Earl
2011
Eagleheart
as Vargas
2010
Page 36
as Avoe Vullaley
2010
Salvation Road
as The Man
2009
Fighting
as Jack Dancing
2009
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
as Self
2009
Kings
as Belial
2008
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
as Sac Federici
2007
American Gangster
as Nate
2007
Fist of the Warrior
as Det. Craig Barnes
2007
I Believe in America
as Cesar
2007
Cover
as Kevin Parker
2006
Mercenary for Justice
as Anthony Chapel
2006
Fatwa
as Samir Al-Faied
2006
Confessions
as Father Jeffrey
2006
God's Waiting List
as Solomon Corbin
2005
Third Watch
as Off. Ty Davis Sr.
2004
Justice
as Carter
2003
Shade
as Marlo
2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
K Street
as Francisco Dupré
2002
All About the Benjamins
as Julian
2002
The Guardian
as Reginald Harris
2001
A Huey P. Newton Story
as Huey P. Newton
2001
The Warden
as Napoliano
2001
Baby Boy
as Home Invasion Victim (uncredited)
2000
Final Destination
as Agent Schreck
2000
Hamlet
as Laertes
1999
The Color of Courage
as Mac McGhee
1999
Facade
as Henson
1999
Incognito
as Quinn Mathis
1999
Summer of Sam
as Detective Curt Atwater
1998
He Got Game
as Big Time Willie
1997
Eve's Bayou
as Lenny Mereaux
1997
New York Undercover
1997
Oz
as Huseni Mershah
1996
Get on the Bus
as Gary Rivers
1995
Panther
as Pruitt
1995
Tales from the Hood
as Rhodie (segment "KKK Comeuppance")
1995
The O.J. Simpson Story
as Professor Ford
1995
Fallen Angels
as Johnny Truelove
1994
Cosmic Slop
as Dr. Erik Fanon (segment 'Space Traders')
1993
Poetic Justice
as Heywood
1992
Malcolm X
as Rudy
1992
Deep Cover
as Eddie
1991
Murphy Brown
1990
King of New York
as Tanner
1990
A Different World
as Prof. Howard Randolph
1989
Do the Right Thing
as Smiley
1988
School Daze
as Gammite Yoda