They’re creative, thinkers, wanderers, unorganized, high-strung and insecure, and can be anxiety-ridden. In addition, the actor participated in other films such as the sports drama film “He Got Game” (1998) and the crime thriller film “Summer of Sam” (1999) which were also directed, written and produced by Spike Lee. Smith has showcased his acting finesses in movies like King of New York, Deep Cover, Tales from the Hood, Poetic Justice, Eve’s Bayou, He Got Game, Summer of Sam & a movie based on the Afro-American militant group the Black Panthers titled Panther, which were all very well acclaimed. Each actor makes 1 movie and become instant millionaires, look at the sports figures!! Roger Guenveur Smith is an internationally acclaimed actor, writer, and director who has created a prolific body of work on stage and screen.He adapted his Obie Award-winning solo performance of A Huey P. Newton Story into a Peabody Award-winning telefilm, directed by his longtime colleague Spike Lee, with whom he continues to collaborate in a relationship which is unparalleled in the American cinema.For Lee's Oscar-nominated Do The Right Thing, Smith improvised the stuttering hero, Smiley, after his debut as fraternity pledge Yoda in Lee's first studio film, school daze. He also played a villain in All About the Benjamins (2002) with Ice Cube. 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. 17 18 19. None of these outrageous salaries are deserved. The eclectic range of characters expanded with a Russian roulette-playing gangster in Malcolm X, a guitar-playing cop in Get On The Bus , the street philosopher Big Time Willie in He Got Game, a hardnose detective in Summer Of Sam, and an opportunistic insurance salesman in Chi-Raq.Also among Smith's recent credits are The Birth Of A Nation, and Bitch, which have achieved distinction in three consecutive Sundance Festivals, and the acclaimed indies Mooz-Lum, and Better Mus' Come, in which he plays the Prime Minister of Jamaica.Smith's astonishing range is further demonstrated in the cult classics Deep Cover and King Of New York, Eve's Bayou, Hamlet, All About The Benjamins, and American Gangster, for which he was nominated for the Screen Actors' Guild Award. Roger Guenveur Biography. He was admitted after having an audition for the Yale Drama School. trends.embed.renderExploreWidget("TIMESERIES", {"comparisonItem":[{"keyword":" Roger Guenveur Smith ","geo":"","time":"today 12-m"}],"category":0,"property":""}, {"exploreQuery":"q=Roger Guenveur Smith&date=today 12-m","guestPath":"https://trends.google.com:443/trends/embed/"}); Roger Guenveur Smith was born on July 27, 1955 in  Berkeley, California, United States, is Actor, Writer, Soundtrack.