- Isaac Hayes
Isaac Lee Hayes (born August 20, 1942, in Covington, Tennessee) is an American soul and funk singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger, and actor. Hayes is best known as one of the creative forces behind Stax Records, for which he served as both an in-house songwriter/producer and a recording artist. In addition to his work in popular music, Hayes has also written scores for several motion pictures as well. - Shaft
Shaft is a Marvel Comics character and pupil of the blind warrior Stick, former mentor of costumed crime-fighter Daredevil and pro assassin Elektra Natchios. He is a highly trained ninja and a member of good ninja cell the Chaste. He fights with fellow Chaste warriors Stone and Claw, occasionally assisted by Daredevil and Elektra, against the evil forces of the Hand. - Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor. Jackson came to fame in the early 1990s, after a series of well-reviewed performances, and has since become a major film star and cultural icon, having appeared in a large number of high-grossing films. Jackson is currently working on seven films that will debut between 2007 and 2009. In motion pictures that feature him as a leading actor or supporting co-star, … - Richard Roundtree
Richard Roundtree (born July 9 1942) is an American actor and former male fashion model famous for portraying John Shaft in the film "Shaft" (1971) and in its two sequels, "Shaft's Big Score" (1972) and "Shaft in Africa" (1973). Roundtree was born in New Rochelle, New York to Kathryn, a nurse and housekeeper, and John Roundtree, a caterer and garbage collector. He attended Southern Illinois University. - Gordon Parks
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchannan Parks (November 30, 1912 - March 7, 2006) was a groundbreaking African-American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director. He is best remembered for his photo essays for "Life" magazine and as the director of the 1971 film "Shaft". - Stone
Stone was the favoured pupil of Stick, the blind former mentor of costumed crime-fighter Daredevil and Elektra Natchios. He is a member of the Chaste and is a highly trained martial artist and assissts his sensei against the Hand. Like the other members of the Chaste, Stone is deeply advanced in the art of chi-manipulation. An offshoot of this is his ability to render himself invulnerable to physical harm - but only if he sees it coming. - Moses Gunn
Moses Gunn was an American actor. A formidable Obie award-winning stage player, he co-founded the Negro Ensemble Company in the 1960s. His 1962 Broadway debut was in Jean Genet's "The Blacks." He was nominated for a 1976 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for "The Poison Tree" and played Othello on Broadway in 1970. Born in St. Louis, Missouri to Mary and George Gunn, he attended the University of Kansas. - Ernest Tidyman
Ernest Tidyman (January 1 1928 - July 14 1984) was a Cleveland-born American author and screenwriter, best known for his novels featuring the African-American detective John Shaft. He also co-wrote the film version of "Shaft" with John D.F. Black in 1971. His screenplay for "The French Connection" garnered him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as a Golden Globe Award, a Writers Guild of America Award, and an Edgar Award. - Will Chase
Will Chase (born September 12, 1970) is an American actor. Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, he trained at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he studied conducting with Robert Spano and percussion with Michael Rosen. He landed his first Broadway show in 1998 as part of the ensemble in "Rent". His subsequent Broadway credits include "Miss Saigon", "The Full Monty", "Lennon", and "Aida", … - Charles Cioffi
Charles Cioffi (also credited as Charles M. Cioffi) is an American television actor. He was born on 31 October, 1935 in New York City. He was Lt. Vic Androzzi in Shaft. He has appeared on Frasier, The X Files, NYPD Blue, Hawaii Five-O, and various other shows. He has also appeared in several productions both on and off broadway. - Shane Salerno
Shane Salerno (b. 1972) is a Hollywood screenwriter. His screenplays include "Armageddon", "Alien vs. Predator", and "Shaft". "Fade In" Magazine selected Salerno as one of the "100 people you need to know in Hollywood" in the 2001 issue. "Detour" Magazine voted him one of "Hollywood's true shapers of pop culture" in their annual "hot thirty under thirty" edition. - James Alexander
James Alexander is an American soul and R&B musician. He is a longtime member of the band The Bar-Kays, for which he plays bass guitar. He also is the father of noted hip-hop and R&B producer Phalon "Jazze Pha" Alexander, whom he named after late Bar-Kays bandmate Phalon Jones. Contrary to widespread belief, James Alexander's relationship, which produced his son Phalon, was "not" with R&B and gospel singer Deniece "Niecy" Williams, … - Pat Hingle
Pat Hingle (born July 19, 1924) is an American actor, born Martin Patterson Hingle in Denver, Colorado. Pat Hingle enlisted in the U.S. Navy in December 1941, Dropping out of the University of Texas. He Served on the Destroyer USS Marshall during WWII While he is probably best known for playing Commissioner Gordon in the 1989 film "Batman" and its three sequels, Hingle has a long list of television and movie credits to his name, going back to 1948. - Gordon Parks Jr.
Gordon Parks, Jr. was an American film director best known for the film "Superfly". Son of the late photographer and director Gordon Parks, the younger Parks followed in his father's footsteps after his father had success with the blaxploitation hit "Shaft". He was killed with three others when their small airplane crashed on takeoff near Nairobi, Kenya. - Sonja Sohn
Sonja Sohn is an American actress of African and Korean American heritage. Before she was an actress, Sohn was a slam poet, having written lyrics and co-written the script for the film "Slam". Her most notable role is as Detective Shakima Greggs on "The Wire". She is now living in Baltimore with her husband, Adam Plack and daughter, Sophia Wang, while her eldest daughter, Sakira Wang, lives in New York City. - Lee Tergesen
Lee Tergesen (born July 8, 1965 in Ivoryton, Connecticut) is an American actor. He began his career starring in "Wayne's World" (1992) and "Wayne's World 2" (1993), the 1994 series "Weird Science" and a recurring role in the first season of "Homicide: Life on the Street". Tergesen's career took off in 1997 with his critically acclaimed portrayal of Tobias Beecher on HBO's "Oz", a role he played until the series ended in 2003. - Lawrence Pressman
Lawrence Pressman (born July 10, 1939 in Cynthiana, Kentucky, USA) is an actor, probably best known for roles on "Doogie Howser, M.D.", "Ladies Man", a recurring role on "Profiler", and as the titular character on "Mulligan's Stew". His first role was on the soap opera "The Edge of Night", and one of his first movie starring roles was in "Shaft". In addition to Doogie, Pressman has often portrayed a doctor, … - John D. F. Black
John D. F. Black is a writer, producer, and director of television and films from the 1950s to the 1980s, best known for his work on "Star Trek" and "Star Trek: The Next Generation". He wrote one of the iconic episodes of Star Trek, "The Naked Time", and was given a story credit for its sequel, TNG's "The Naked Now". He had story credit for the episode "Justice", under the pseudonym Ralph Wills. - Allen Jones
Allen Jones was an American record producer. Jones produced several albums for Albert King, and became the producer and manager for The Bar-Kays. He produced all of their Records and their last records for Mercury Records. He formed their production company, and produced other acts such as Quick on EMI and executively produced Ebony Webb, also on EMI. Allen Jones was a very successful songwriter covered by the likes of Elvis Costello, Albert King, and many others. - Andre Royo
Andre Royo (born July 17, 1968]] in the Bronx, New York) is an American actor of Cuban heritage. He is best known for his role on the HBO program "The Wire" as "Bubbles".He also had a small role in John Singleton's 2000 remake of the film "Shaft". Andre attended Mount St. Michael Academy in the Bronx, NY from 1982 through 1986 alongside such notables as Sean "Diddy" Combs and Craig Grant (Oz). - Charles Pitts
Charles "Skip" Pitts is a soul / blues guitarist whose distinctive "wah-wah" style propelled the Isaac Hayes track "Theme from Shaft". Pitts worked on the Al Green album "I Can’t Stop" with Mabon “Teenie” Hodges on guitar and Leroy Hodges on bass, as well as Rufus Thomas and Isaac Hayes. On "Theme from Shaft" by Isaac Hayes (1971) Pitts' stinging guitar work shines, especially on "Café Regios". - Eric Steel
Eric Steel is a filmmaker and producer, most notable for his role in the production of " Shaft", " Angela's Ashes", and the controversial documentary " The Bridge". He graduated from Yale University in 1985. - Jeff Branson
Jeff Branson is an American actor (born March 10, 1977 in St. Louis, Missouri). Branson is probably best known for his role on the ABC soap opera "All My Children". He originated the role of Jonathan Lavery on June 15, 2004. Although he was off the air from mid-April until August of 2005 while his character was believed dead in an explosion, Branson remained on contract the entire time. - Gano Grills
Gano Grills is an African American graffiti artist from Staten Island, NY who has worked in corraboration with several rap and hip/hop groups. He has also starred as an actor in several films such as In Too Deep, Bomb the System, Hannibal, Shaft, and Bamboozled. On television, he has made guest appearances on "Oz", "The Sopranos" and "Law & Order". Gano cut his teeth on Shakespeare in the Park, Sango and Promethus Bound, … - Ruth E. Carter
Ruth E. Carter is an African-American costume designer best known for her two Academy Award nominated films "Malcolm X" and "Amistad" Other films include: *"Serenity" (2005) *"Four Brothers" (2005) *"Against the Ropes" (2004) *"Daddy Day Care" (2003) *"I Spy" (2002) *"Baby Boy" (2001) *"Dr. - Kristoff St. John
Kristoff St. John (born July 15, 1966 in New York City), is an Emmy Award-winning American actor, best known for his role as Neil Winters in the highest-rated daytime drama "The Young and the Restless". However his first major soap role was Adam Marshall in the NBC soap opera "Generations". His father, actor Christopher St. John, appeared in movies such as "Shaft". In 1992, St. - Jerod Mixon
Jerod Mixon is an actor. Mixon is perhaps best known for his role portraying the fictional character Weensie in "Old School", the distinctively obese undergraduate university student and fraternity initiant enrolled at the fictional Harrison University. The notable, and perhaps defining, scene for Mixon's character in the film is one in which the character has an episode involving a length of rope, a thirty-pound cinderblock tied to his genitalia, … - Brendan Moran
Brendan Moran (born July 16, 1976 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American television personality best known for his work as a co-host and field reporter on the G4 television program "Attack of the Show!" (formerly "The Screen Savers"). Moran previously worked as a producer for TechTV on "TechLive" and "Fresh Gear". Moran attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. - Dirck Halstead
Dirck Halstead, (born December 1936 in Huntington, New York), is a photojournalist, and editor and publisher of an online photojournalism magazine. Halstead started in photojournalism while in high school. At age 17, he became Life magazine's youngest combat photographer covering the Guatemalan Civil War. After attending Haverford College, he went on to work for UPI for more than 15 years. During the Vietnam War he was UPI's picture bureau chief in Saigon. - Richard Ramdeen
Richard Nixon Ramdeen (born 16 February, 1988) in Berbice. He is a West Indies cricketer who played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. His favourite film is "Shaft". - Sam Shaft
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- Jake Shaft
I'm Jake, I am clean&sober. Have been for some yrs. I am an artist, I love the Ocean and I love 2 travel. I work and am usually in school but have been sidetracked past few quarters by Cannibles. I love the outdoors, I love good coffee, and I collect Vinylls. I play Guitar but you dont wanna hear me sing:) I'm into various activities and I'm always ready to try anything at least twice. - Jon Shaft
- Fab-Tom Shaft
I'm the singer in the band The Shafts, hence my "last name". Check out The Shafts at www.myspace.com/theshafts. - Clay Shaft
I'm Clay Shaft. I'm 5'8" and I have greenish brown eyes... and a hella nice body. I go to Douglass High School and I'm a Junior. I play football, baseball, and I wrestle... Playing sports is the shit. I play baseball 24/7. And I'm gonna go pro- hell's yeah. - John Shaft
i am so crazy about good movies.....i am also crazy about the world of modeling...there is nothing in life as beautiful as a flawless model...look how clean she is...check out that walk..she's got attitude..she's fierce..beautiful woman remind me of breathtaking sunsets..now you know what to get me for christmas lol....im a happy person who enjoys life to the fullest. i love a great adventure....to travel and explore exotic places.
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