Roots (TV Miniseries) - Cast

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)