ASP.NET MVC 3: How to get User's Role in a Controller Method?

Question

I want to be able to

1. Get a list of roles of the current authenticated user.
2. Filter the data provided to that user based on their role.

Answer 1

If anyone need this information, in case your user has many roles but you're looking for one, you could do this:(i thought id share)

@if (Request.IsAuthenticated)
{
   string[] roles = Roles.GetRolesForUser();
   foreach (string role in roles)
   {
       if (role.Contains("admin"))
       {
           
@Html.ActionLink("Administration", "Admin", "Movies")
           break;
       }
   }
}