The Shaft trilogy is composed of action-crime films centered on an African-American police detective named John Shaft, who over the course of the films have altercations with a variety of crime.

Roundtree is best known for his role of detective John Shaft in the original “Shaft” movie franchise that began in 1971. He returned in the role in two sequels, “Shaft’s Big Score” in ...

The Shaft trilogy is composed of action-crime films centered on an African-American police detective named John Shaft, who over the course of the films have altercations with a variety of crime.

Richard Roundtree, who played the original John Shaft in three '70s crime dramas, has a cameo as Jackson's uncle and namesake. Busta Rhymes, Vanessa Williams, Dan Hedaya.

Richard Roundtree rose to fame with the original SHAFT movie. However, he is likely best known by younger audiences for his roles on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” Two years ago, Roundtree ...

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Getty Images The 1970s movie franchise was iconic ... referring to Shaft's famous theme song which won an Oscar for best original music. Roundtree was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993 and ...