This led him to getting his own headlining spots and a devoted fan base that helped launch his film and TV career.
In 2000, he had a central part in the WB Network sketch comedy TV series Hype, but it was canceled after its first season.
Some of these roles include Private John Maddox of the U.S. Army Rangers in Black Hawk Down, Dil Driscoll in The Dukes of Hazzard, and National Security Agency Agent Toby Lee Shavers in XXX and its sequel XXX: State of the Union.
The program, which ran for six episodes, followed the misadventures of his self-described "Florida cracker" dad, Michael, Sr., and his uncle, while they visited Roof at his home in Hollywood.
Several hours later, his body was found hanged from a tree in a wooded area near a Snellville, Georgia, elementary school parking lot.