--- name: "Roger Guenveur Smith" canonical: "https://film.one/person/roger-guenveur-smith" fi1m_id: "roger-guenveur-smith" imdb_id: "nm0809793" tmdb_id: 40377 wikidata_id: "Q3940081" roles: ["Actor"] born: "27 July 1955" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 79 average_as: "actor" average_over: 5 updated: "2026-10-03T07:56:17.350573+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Roger Guenveur Smith ## Identity Roger Guenveur Smith - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/roger-guenveur-smith - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** roger-guenveur-smith - **IMDb ID:** nm0809793 - **TMDB ID:** 40377 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3940081 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Guenveur_Smith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3940081, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809793/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40377 Actor. Born 27 July 1955 in Berkeley, California, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 27 July 1955, Berkeley, California, USA - **Active:** 1989–present - **Also known as:** Roger Smith - **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 5 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 93 (1), 1990s 74 (3), 2020s 80 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 72 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, History 2, Thriller 2, Action 1 - **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $116m across 5 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Guenveur_Smith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3940081, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809793/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40377 ## Coming up - *God with Us* (2026-11-13), as Boozer ## Streaming the US now - **The Roku Channel:** [*Deep Cover*](https://film.one/film/deep-cover.md) (72) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Roger Guenveur Smith is an American actor, director and writer. He was born on 27 July 1955 in Berkeley, California, and studied at Occidental College before earning an MFA from Yale University. Smith is known for his frequent collaborations with director Spike Lee, appearing in films including *Do the Right Thing* (1989), *Malcolm X* (1992), *He Got Game* (1998) and *American Gangster* (2007). Other credits include *King of New York* (1990), *Final Destination* (2000), *Oz* (1997) and *Till* (2022), in which he played Dr T.R.M. Howard. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, watch.plex.tv, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (5) - *Till* (2022), Fi1m 80, as Dr. T.R.M. Howard — [page](https://film.one/film/till.md) - *Deep Cover* (1992), Fi1m 72, as Eddie — [page](https://film.one/film/deep-cover.md) - *Malcolm X* (1992), Fi1m 79, as Rudy — [page](https://film.one/film/malcolm-x.md) - *King of New York* (1990), Fi1m 70, as Tanner — [page](https://film.one/film/king-of-new-york.md) - *Do the Right Thing* (1989), Fi1m 93, as Smiley — [page](https://film.one/film/do-the-right-thing.md) ## Complete filmography (90) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *God with Us* (2026), as Boozer - *Guns & Moses* (2025), Actor - *Space to Breathe* (2025), as Storian · Producer - *Heaven is Nobody's* (2025), as Big Man - *Riff Raff* (2025), as Sandy's Father - *Mind Games* (2024), Actor - *Till* (2022), as Dr. T.R.M. Howard — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/till.md) - *Real Talk* (2021), as Oliver James / King Of Diamonds - *The Available Wife* (2020), as Walter - *The Five Rules Of Success* (2020), as Santos - *Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker* (2020), series, as Booker T. Washington - *The Business of Christmas* (2020), as Oscar Franklin - *Influence* (2020), as Bradley Hudson - *Hollow Point* (2019), as Detective Chuck Bryant - *All Rise* (2019), series, as Thomas Marshall - *I’ll See You Around* (2019), as Michael Gomez - *It's Not About Jimmy Keene* (2019), as Bukka LaRocke · Producer - *Behind the Movement* (2018), as Raymond - *The Other Side* (2018), as Martin - *Burning Shadow* (2018), as Mr. Jones - *The Queen of Hollywood Blvd* (2018), as Duke - *The Clapper* (2018), as Dr. Rogers B Hay - *Marshall* (2017), as Walter White - *Exhortation* (2017), Actor - *Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks* (2017), as Paul Sydney - *Rodney King* (2017), as Rodney King · Writer - *Bitch* (2017), as Steven Sheriff - *The Birth of a Nation* (2016), as Isaiah - *Dirty* (2016), as Detective Berg - *Where is Rocky II?* (2016), as Museum Director (segment: "Monument One") - *Chi-Raq* (2015), as Red, White, and Blue Insurance Salesman - *Dope* (2015), as Austin Jacoby - *Supermodel* (2015), as Max - *They Die by Dawn* (2013), as Jourdon Anderson - *Empire State* (2013), as Agent Marichal - *Better Mus' Come* (2013), as Prime Minister - *In the Hive* (2012), as Paris - *In Sickness and in Health* (2012), as Calvin - *The Son of No One* (2011), as Hanky - *Joy Road* (2011), as Charles Blocker - *Abduction* (2011), as Mr. Miles - *CornerStore* (2011), as Earl - *Eagleheart* (2011), series, as Vargas - *Page 36* (2010), as Avoe Vullaley - *Salvation Road* (2010), as The Man - *Fighting* (2009), as Jack Dancing - *Kings* (2009), series, as Belial - *Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles* (2008), series, as Sac Federici — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/terminator-the-sarah-connor-chronicles.md) - *American Gangster* (2007), as Nate - *I Believe in America* (2007), as Cesar - *Fist of the Warrior* (2007), as Det. Craig Barnes - *Cover* (2007), as Kevin Parker - *Confessions* (2006), as Father Jeffrey - *God's Waiting List* (2006), as Solomon Corbin - *Mercenary for Justice* (2006), as Anthony Chapel - *Fatwa* (2006), as Samir Al-Faied - *Justice* (2004), as Carter - *K Street* (2003), series, as Francisco Dupré - *Shade* (2003), as Marlo - *Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives* (2003), Actor - *All About the Benjamins* (2002), as Julian - *The Guardian* (2001), series, as Reginald Harris - *Baby Boy* (2001), as Home Invasion Victim (uncredited) - *A Huey P. Newton Story* (2001), as Huey P. Newton · Writer - *The Warden* (2001), as Napoliano - *Hamlet* (2000), as Laertes - *Final Destination* (2000), as Agent Schreck - *Third Watch* (1999), series, as Off. Ty Davis Sr. - *Incognito* (1999), as Quinn Mathis - *Summer of Sam* (1999), as Detective Curt Atwater - *Facade* (1999), as Henson - *The Color of Courage* (1999), as Mac McGhee - *He Got Game* (1998), as Big Time Willie - *Eve's Bayou* (1997), as Lenny Mereaux - *Oz* (1997), series, as Huseni Mershah — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/oz.md) - *Get on the Bus* (1996), as Gary Rivers - *Tales from the Hood* (1995), as Rhodie (segment "KKK Comeuppance") - *Panther* (1995), as Pruitt - *The O.J. Simpson Story* (1995), as Professor Ford - *Cosmic Slop* (1994), as Dr. Erik Fanon (segment 'Space Traders') - *New York Undercover* (1994), series, Actor - *Fallen Angels* (1993), series, as Johnny Truelove — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md) - *Poetic Justice* (1993), as Heywood - *Malcolm X* (1992), as Rudy — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/malcolm-x.md) - *Deep Cover* (1992), as Eddie — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/deep-cover.md) - *King of New York* (1990), as Tanner — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/king-of-new-york.md) - *Do the Right Thing* (1989), as Smiley — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/do-the-right-thing.md) - *Murphy Brown* (1988), series, Actor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md) - *School Daze* (1988), as Gammite Yoda - *A Different World* (1987), series, as Prof. Howard Randolph ## Gallery - ![Roger Guenveur Smith](https://film.one/media/person/398806/gallery-7b055afefd7b.jpg) Roger Guenveur Smith — Powell Burns from Brooklyn, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Roger_Guenveur_Smith_%2815348703504%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Roger Guenveur Smith](https://film.one/media/person/398806/gallery-04d534305e2a.jpg) Roger Guenveur Smith — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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