Cast
- LeVar Burton – Young Kunta Kinte (4)
- Olivia Cole – Mathilda (5)
- Louis Gossett, Jr. – Fiddler (4)
- Ben Vereen – Chicken George Moore (4)
- Vic Morrow – Ames (4)
- John Amos – Kunta Kinte/"Toby" (3)
- Ji-Tu Cumbuka – Wrestler (3)
- Edward Asner – Capt. Davies (3)
- Lynda Day George – Mrs. Reynolds (3)
- Robert Reed – Dr. William Reynolds (3)
- Madge Sinclair – Belle Reynolds (3)
- Chuck Connors – Tom Moore (3)
- Sandy Duncan – Missy Anne Reynolds (3)
- Leslie Uggams – Kizzy Reynolds (3)
- Carolyn Jones – Mrs. Moore (3)
- Lloyd Bridges – Evan Brent (3)
- Georg Stanford Brown – Tom Harvey (3)
- Brad Davis – Ol' George Johnson (3)
- Lane Binkley – Martha Johnson (3)
- Tracey Gold – Young Missy Reynolds (3)
- Hilly Hicks – Lewis (3)
- Lynne Moody – Irene Harvey (3)
- Austin Stoker – Virgil (3)
- Ralph Waite – Third mate Slater (3)
- Cicely Tyson – Binta (2)
- Thalmus Rasulala – Omoro (2)
- Moses Gunn – Kintango (2)
- Hari Rhodes – Brima Cesay (2)
- Ren Woods – Fanta (2)
- Ernest Lee Thomas – Kailuba (2)
- Lorne Greene – John Reynolds (2)
- Scatman Crothers – Mingo (2)
- George Hamilton – Stephen Bennett (2)
- Lillian Randolph – Sister Sara (2)
- Richard Roundtree – Sam Bennett (2)
- Thayer David – Harlan (2)
- John Quade – Sheriff Biggs (2)
- Maya Angelou – Nyo Boto (1)
- O. J. Simpson – Kadi Touray (1)
- Beverly Todd – Fanta as an adult (1)
- Paul Shenar – John Carrington (1)
- Gary Collins – Grill (1)
- Raymond St. Jacques – The drummer (1)
- Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs – Noah (1)
- John Schuck – Ordell (1)
- Macdonald Carey – Squire James (1)
- Ian McShane – Sir Eric Russell (1)
- Doug McClure – Jemmy Brent (1)
- Burl Ives – Sen. Arthur Johnson (1)
- Roxie Roker – Melissa (1)
- Charles Cyphers – Drake (1)
- Todd Bridges – Bud (1)
- Ross Chapman – Sergeant Williams (1)
- Grand L. Bush – Captured runaway slave (1)
- Yvonne De Carlo – Slave owner's wife (1)
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