Roger Guenveur Smith
| Roger Guenveur Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 27, 1955 Berkeley, California, United States |
| Residence |
Los Angeles, California New York City |
| Occupation | Actor, director, writer |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Children | 4 |
Roger Guenveur Smith (born July 27, 1955) is an American actor, director, and writer.
Smith was born in 1955 in Berkeley, California, the son of Helen Guenveur, a dentist, and Sherman Smith, a judge. He attended Occidental College (American Studies) in Los Angeles and Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where he successfully auditioned for the Drama School, switching from his pursuit of a graduate degree in History. Additionally, Smith studied at the Keskidee Arts Centre in London, England.
In film, Smith has collaborated with Spike Lee on several works. He has appeared in films such as School Daze,Do the Right Thing,King of New York, Deep Cover, Panther, Malcolm X, Poetic Justice, 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.
In 1996, he starred in the self-written and produced A Huey P. Newton Story, a one-man theatre performance based on the life of Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton, for which Smith received an Obie Award, a performance was later filmed by Spike Lee and released in 2001.
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