罗杰·史密斯Guenveur

From All Movie Guide: An esteemed African-American playwright and actor whose roles almost invariably contend with the politics and dynamics of race (frequent collaborator Spike Lee once famously described him as a “racial cheerleader”), thespian 罗杰·史密斯Guenveur grew up in Berkeley and debuted onscreen in the late ’80s. Over the ensuing years, 史密斯 cultivated and sustained a reputation for tackling demanding, challenging, and thought-provoking assignments with immense aplomb. He achieved much of his success thanks to repeated collaborations with 背风处, who cast him as Yoda in the musicalSchool Daze (1988) and Smiley, the hipster street philosopher in Do the Right Thing (1989); 事实上, 背风处 later noted that 史密斯 was the one who devised the idea for the juxtaposed photographs of Dr. 马丁路德金. and Malcolm X in one of Thing‘s pivotal scenes.