RICHARD ROUNDTREE  (Kwame) became a bona-fide film icon with his starring role in the landmark film ÒShaftÓ and its equally successful sequels, ÒShaftÕs Big ScoreÓ and ÒShaft in Africa.Ó
	Roundtree enjoys international fame from an illustrious career that spans film, television and theater.  He began his acting career while attending Southern Illinois University on a football scholarship.  He returned to his home state of New York to study theater as a member of the famed Negro Ensemble Company.  
	He went on to star in such productions as ÒThe Great White HopeÓ and in the films ÒEarthquake,Ó ÒMan Friday,Ó ÒAn Eye for an Eye,Ó ÒOnce Upon a Time ... When We Were Colored,Ó and ÒCity Heat.Ó  Roundtree most recently starred on television in the series ÒBuddiesÓ and in such features as ÒSevenÓ and ÒT.Rex.Ó  He can also be seen this summer in the film ÒSteel,Ó in which he plays a cumudgeonly sculptor who acts as a mentor to Shaquille OÕNealÕs crime-fighter character.  Roundtree recently starred in the Fox Television pilot Ò413 Hope Street,Ó and in a special episode  of ÒProfilerÓ which will air this fall.