Roger Guenveur Smith (born July 27, 1955) is an American actor and filmmaker, best known for his collaborations with director Spike Lee.

Filmography

• 2026God with Us — Boozer
• 2025Guns & Moses
• 2025Heaven is Nobody's — Big Man
• 2025Riff Raff — Sandy's Father
• 2025Space to Breathe — Storian, Producer
• 2024Mind Games
• 2022Till — Dr. T.R.M. Howard
• 2021Real Talk — Oliver James / King Of Diamonds
• 2020Influence — Bradley Hudson
• Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker — Booker T. Washington
• 2020The Available Wife — Walter
• 2020The Business of Christmas — Oscar Franklin
• 2020The Five Rules Of Success — Santos
• All Rise — Thomas Marshall
• 2019Hollow Point — Detective Chuck Bryant
• 2019It's Not About Jimmy Keene — Bukka LaRocke, Producer
• 2019I’ll See You Around — Michael Gomez
• 2018Behind the Movement — Raymond
• 2018Burning Shadow — Mr. Jones
• 2018The Clapper — Dr. Rogers B Hay
• 2018The Other Side — Martin
• 2018The Queen of Hollywood Blvd — Duke
• 2017Bitch — Steven Sheriff
• 2017Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks — Paul Sydney
• 2017Exhortation
• 2017Marshall — Walter White
• 2017Rodney King — Rodney King, Writer
• 2016Dirty — Detective Berg
• 2016The Birth of a Nation — Isaiah
• 2016Where is Rocky II? — Museum Director (segment: "Monument One")
• 2015Chi-Raq — Red, White, and Blue Insurance Salesman
• 2015Dope — Austin Jacoby
• 2015Supermodel — Max
• 2013Better Mus' Come — Prime Minister
• 2013Empire State — Agent Marichal
• 2013They Die by Dawn — Jourdon Anderson
• 2012In Sickness and in Health — Calvin
• 2012In the Hive — Paris
• 2011Abduction — Mr. Miles
• 2011CornerStore — Earl
• Eagleheart — Vargas
• 2011Joy Road — Charles Blocker
• 2011The Son of No One — Hanky
• 2010Page 36 — Avoe Vullaley
• 2010Salvation Road — The Man
• 2009Fighting — Jack Dancing
• Kings — Belial
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles — Sac Federici
• 2007American Gangster — Nate
• 2007Cover — Kevin Parker
• 2007Fist of the Warrior — Det. Craig Barnes
• 2007I Believe in America — Cesar
• 2006Confessions — Father Jeffrey
• 2006Fatwa — Samir Al-Faied
• 2006God's Waiting List — Solomon Corbin
• 2006Mercenary for Justice — Anthony Chapel
• 2004Justice — Carter
• K Street — Francisco Dupré
• 2003Shade — Marlo
• 2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
• 2002All About the Benjamins — Julian
• 2001A Huey P. Newton Story — Huey P. Newton, Writer
• 2001Baby Boy — Home Invasion Victim (uncredited)
• The Guardian — Reginald Harris
• 2001The Warden — Napoliano
• 2000Final Destination — Agent Schreck
• 2000Hamlet — Laertes
• 1999Facade — Henson
• 1999Incognito — Quinn Mathis
• 1999Summer of Sam — Detective Curt Atwater
• 1999The Color of Courage — Mac McGhee
• Third Watch — Off. Ty Davis Sr.
• 1998He Got Game — Big Time Willie
• 1997Eve's Bayou — Lenny Mereaux
• Oz — Huseni Mershah
• 1996Get on the Bus — Gary Rivers
• 1995Panther — Pruitt
• 1995Tales from the Hood — Rhodie (segment "KKK Comeuppance")
• 1995The O.J. Simpson Story — Professor Ford
• 1994Cosmic Slop — Dr. Erik Fanon (segment 'Space Traders')
• New York Undercover
• Fallen Angels — Johnny Truelove
• 1993Poetic Justice — Heywood
• 1992Deep Cover — Eddie
• 1992Malcolm X — Rudy
• 1990King of New York — Tanner
• 1989Do the Right Thing — Smiley
• Murphy Brown
• 1988School Daze — Gammite Yoda
• A Different World — Prof. Howard Randolph

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2023Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between — Self
• 2009Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later — Self