Roger Guenveur Smith Net Worth

Roger Guenveur Smith is an acclaimed actor, writer, and director who has created a prolific body of work on stage and screen. He has collaborated with Spike Lee on several films, including Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X, Get On The Bus, He Got Game, Summer Of Sam, and Chi-Raq. Smith has also starred in The Birth Of A Nation, Bitch, Mooz-Lum, Better Mus' Come, Deep Cover, King Of New York, Eve's Bayou, Hamlet, All About The Benjamins, American Gangster, K Street, Oz, and Unchained Memories: Readings From The Slave Narrative. He studied history at Occidental College before entering the Yale School of Drama. Smith has directed several plays, including The Mountaintop, Agamemnon, and Radio Mambo. He currently directs a performing history workshop at Cal Arts and frequently collaborates with composer/videographer Marc Anthony Thompson. Smith was born in Berkeley, California and raised in Los Angeles, where he resides with his wife and three children.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Writer, Soundtrack
Birth Day July 27, 1955
Birth Place  Berkeley, California, United States
Age 68 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Leo
Residence Los Angeles, California New York City
Occupation Actor, director, writer
Years active 1988–present
Spouse(s) Carolina (divorced), LeTania Kirkland
Children 4

💰 Net worth: $300,000 (2024)

Roger Guenveur Smith, a multitalented individual known for his exceptional skills as an actor, writer, and soundtrack artist, is estimated to hold a net worth of $300,000 in 2024. Throughout his career, Smith has garnered recognition and critical acclaim for his remarkable performances in the United States. His talent knows no bounds as he has effortlessly transitioned between various roles, captivating audiences with his extraordinary acting prowess. Alongside his acting career, Smith has explored his creative abilities as a writer, bringing his unique perspective to the forefront. Additionally, his contribution to soundtracks further solidifies his immense talent and artistic versatility. Roger Guenveur Smith's net worth is a testament to his impactful career and the immense value he brings to the entertainment world.

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Biography/Timeline

1955

Smith was born in 1955 in Berkeley, California, the son of Helen Guenveur, a dentist, and Sherman Smith, a judge. He attended Loyola high school in Los Angeles, 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.

1965

Juan and John, written and performed by Guenveur Smith, is based on baseball's most famous fight--San Francisco Giants pitcher Juan Marichal clubbing Johnny Roseboro of the Los Angeles Dodgers with his bat during a 1965 battle for the pennant at Candlestick Park—which traumatized the Playwright as a child.

1990

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.

1996

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.

2003

In addition to his performances in major studio productions, Smith continues to work in and support independent film projects. In 2003, he 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, based on interviews conducted by the WPA in the 1930s with formerly enslaved African Americans, is a compilation of slave narratives with actors emulating the original conversation with the interviewer. Smith was also the voice of Bao-Dur in the 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 1992 film Deep Cover. He also played a villain in All About the Benjamins (2002) with Ice Cube. In 2000, he portrayed Agent Screck in the first installment of the Final Destination horror films. In 2006, he played the main villain in the straight-to-video actioner Mercenary for Justice, opposite Steven Seagal. Smith was in the 2007 film American Gangster with Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, in which he played the role of "Nate", Frank Lucas's army connection in Vietnam. Most recently he played the role of "Isaiah" in the 2016 film The Birth of a Nation, a film about the life of Nat Turner.