Roger Guenveur Smith is an American actor, director, and writer who portrayed Agent Schreck in the 2000 horror film Final Destination. Smith received an Obie Award for his signature solo performance in A Huey P. Newton Story on stage. In film, Smith has had a successful collaboration with Spike Lee on several works. He has appeared in films such as School Daze, Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X, Get On The Bus, Eve's Bayou, He Got Game, and Summer of Sam. During the 1990s he had a recurring role on A Different World and Homicide: Life on the Street. In addition to his performances in major studio productions, Smith continues to work in and support independent film projects. In 2003, Smith had a starring role in the Steven Soderbergh/George Clooney TV series K-Street on HBO. Also in 2003, Smith
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| - Roger Guenveur Smith is an American actor, director, and writer who portrayed Agent Schreck in the 2000 horror film Final Destination. Smith received an Obie Award for his signature solo performance in A Huey P. Newton Story on stage. In film, Smith has had a successful collaboration with Spike Lee on several works. He has appeared in films such as School Daze, Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X, Get On The Bus, Eve's Bayou, He Got Game, and Summer of Sam. During the 1990s he had a recurring role on A Different World and Homicide: Life on the Street. In addition to his performances in major studio productions, Smith continues to work in and support independent film projects. In 2003, Smith had a starring role in the Steven Soderbergh/George Clooney TV series K-Street on HBO. Also in 2003, Smith
- Roger Guenveur Smith voiced Bao-Dur in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. Roger Guenveur Smith was born on July 27, 1959 in Berkeley, CA, to lawyer/New Frontier Democratic Club founder/Hon. Judge Sherman Smith Sr. and dentist Dr. Helen Smith who were both active with the NAACP as well as the NFD. Smith has a brother Judge Sherman Smith Jr. and both were raised in Los Angeles during the height of 50's and 60's civil rights struggles. Smith lives and works in Los Angeles.
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| - Roger Guenveur Smith voiced Bao-Dur in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. Roger Guenveur Smith was born on July 27, 1959 in Berkeley, CA, to lawyer/New Frontier Democratic Club founder/Hon. Judge Sherman Smith Sr. and dentist Dr. Helen Smith who were both active with the NAACP as well as the NFD. Smith has a brother Judge Sherman Smith Jr. and both were raised in Los Angeles during the height of 50's and 60's civil rights struggles. Smith started acting in grammar school, albeit reading the first fifteen pages of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer for a speech contest, and continued acting throughout high school and into college. Smith attended Occidental College (American Studies) in Los Angeles, Yale University in New Haven, CT where he earned a doctorate in American Studies (History Phd) and, as a lark, auditioned for Yale's Drama School and gained admission. His classmates were Angela Bassett and John Turturro. Additionally, Smith, as a Thomas J. Watson Fellow studied at the Keskidee Arts Centre in London, England. Smith lives and works in Los Angeles.
- Roger Guenveur Smith is an American actor, director, and writer who portrayed Agent Schreck in the 2000 horror film Final Destination. Smith received an Obie Award for his signature solo performance in A Huey P. Newton Story on stage. In film, Smith has had a successful collaboration with Spike Lee on several works. He has appeared in films such as School Daze, Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X, Get On The Bus, Eve's Bayou, He Got Game, and Summer of Sam. During the 1990s he had a recurring role on A Different World and Homicide: Life on the Street. In addition to his performances in major studio productions, Smith continues to work in and support independent film projects. In 2003, Smith had a starring role in the Steven Soderbergh/George Clooney TV series K-Street on HBO. Also in 2003, Smith read in the HBO documentary, "Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives"; the film was based on interviews conducted by the WPA in the 1930s with then-surviving former African American slaves. He was also the voice of Bao-Dur in video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II The Sith Lords. He portrayed a corrupt detective in the martial arts/crime film Fist of the Warrior alongside Ho-Sung Pak and Sherilyn Fenn. Smith starred with Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum in the film Deep Cover. He also played a villain in All About the Benjamins with Ice Cube. His latest major role was in the film American Gangster, in which he played the role of "Nate", Frank Lucas's army connection in Vietnam.
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