Roger Guenveur Smith was born on 27th July 1955, in Berkeley, California USA, and is an actor, film maker and writer, the winner of an Obie Award for starring in the play “A Huey P. Newton Story” which was also written by Smith himself. Later, it was adapted into a film of the same name by Spike Lee. Roger Guenveur has been active in the entertainment industry since 1988.
How much is the net worth of Roger Guenveur? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his net worth is as much as $1 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2017. Films and television are the main sources of Guenveur’s modest fortune.
Roger Guenveur Smith Net Worth $1 Million
To begin with, the boy was raised in Berkeley, California, and educated at Loyola High school.
Concerning his professional career, Smith began acting in a private school, reading the first fifteen pages of the work “Tom Sawyer’s Adventures” by Mark Twain for a speech contest, continuing to high school and college. Smith studied at Los Angeles College Los Angeles, and at Yale University in New Haven where he got his doctorate in American Studies. He was admitted after having an audition for the Yale Drama School. Among his companions were future actors Angela Bassett and John Turturro.
As previously mentioned, Smith received an Obie Award for his performance in “A Huey P. Newton Story”, and then collaborated with Spike Lee in several works. He appeared in movies such as the comedy drama films “School Daze” (1988) and “Do the Right Thing” (1989), the epic biographical drama film “Malcolm X” (1992), as well as the drama film “Get on the Bus” (1996) all the films written, produced and directed by Spike Lee. 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.
In addition to the above mentioned performances, Smith worked on independent films including “King of New York” (1990) by Abel Ferrara, “Deep Cover” (1992) by Bill Duke and “Final Destination” (2000) by James Wong. He was in the main cast alongside Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield and Debbi Morgan in the drama film “Eve’s Bayou” in 1997, and starred with Ice Cube in the Kevin Bray film “All About the Benjamins” (2002). The actor was seen in the biographical crime film “American Gansgster” (2007) directed by Ridley Scott, which grossed $266.5 million at the box office as well as collecting a number of awards. Recently, he appeared in the drama film “The Birth of a Nation” (2016) by Nate Parker.
Moreover, the actor starred in the television series “K-Street” (2003), and has participated in several television films and been dubbed Bao-Dur, a character seen in the Star Wars video game: “Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords”.
Finally, in the personal life of Roger Guenveur Smith, he is divorced from Carolina Smith, with whom he has a son. He has three children with his partner LaTania Kirkland.
None of these outrageous salaries are deserved. I would propose all multi millionaires in show biz, sports and other occupations be tapped for 10% or $1million and paid towards the national debt, just for the privilege they’ve been given for living and working in America…I think that’s the least they could do. Each actor makes 1 movie and become instant millionaires, look at the sports figures!! The CEO’s of companies…..all these people probably wouldn’t have made it in any other country in the world….so the land of “opportunities” provides them the riches….now give back to the national debt.