He helped paved the way for so many to be actors today John shaft started his career a cop that got tired fighting the man started bringing down the corruption and the drugs John shaft got so famous they made a entire movie franchise through out The years that's when Samuel l Jackson made it even bigger but they kept him in all the movies with Samuel l Jackson instead of leaving him out of what he created Hollywood need to create one more movie honoring the original shaft legend Richard Roundttree baddest man who had his own theme music walking the streets