Christopher St. John, sometimes credited as Chris St. John, is an
American film and television actor. He is also a film producer, film
director and screenwriter and played a minor role in the television
series Remington Steele.A member of the Actors Studio starting in the
mid-1960s, St. John is best known for playing the role of Ben Buford
in the 1971 blaxploitation film Shaft. Between 1968 and 1988, he
appeared in eight film and television productions.In addition to
appearing as George Lattimer in Top of the Heap (1972), St. John
wrote, directed, and produced the film. It was entered into the 22nd
Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden
Bear, the festival's biggest prize. Richard Brody in The New Yorker
described the film as a "crucial work of Afrofuturism."In 2014, the
documentary film that St. John began in 1980, A Man Called God,
debuted at the San Diego Black Film Festival. The film was co-directed
with his son Kristoff St. John.
American film and television actor. He is also a film producer, film
director and screenwriter and played a minor role in the television
series Remington Steele.A member of the Actors Studio starting in the
mid-1960s, St. John is best known for playing the role of Ben Buford
in the 1971 blaxploitation film Shaft. Between 1968 and 1988, he
appeared in eight film and television productions.In addition to
appearing as George Lattimer in Top of the Heap (1972), St. John
wrote, directed, and produced the film. It was entered into the 22nd
Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden
Bear, the festival's biggest prize. Richard Brody in The New Yorker
described the film as a "crucial work of Afrofuturism."In 2014, the
documentary film that St. John began in 1980, A Man Called God,
debuted at the San Diego Black Film Festival. The film was co-directed
with his son Kristoff St. John.
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