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Richard Roundtree (born '' in 1972 , and '' Shaft In Africa '' in 1973 . He was a leading man in early 1970s Blaxploitation films. Prior to becoming an actor, he was a football player and a Model . He worked through the 1990s , although most of his later films were not well-received. Since 1990 , however, he apparently was making a comeback as a Cult Icon . Roundtree had a part in David Fincher 's critically acclaimed 1995 movie '' Se7en '', the 2000 remake of '' Shaft '' as John Shaft's uncle, and guest-starred in several episodes of the first season of '' Desperate Housewives '' as an amoral private detective. Roundtree was diagnosed with male breast cancer in 1993 and underwent a double Mastectomy and Chemotherapy for treatment of the disease. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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