Roots Színész- és szereplőlista
Older Kunta Kinte szerepében:
John Amos
✝ 1939-12-27 Newark, New Jersey, USA - 2024-08-21
John Amos (December 27, 1939 – August 21, 2024) was an American actor and retired football player. He is best known for his role as the adult Kunta Kinte in the landmark miniseries "Roots" and for portraying James Evans Sr. on the CBS television series "Good Times." He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and an NAACP Image Award. On film, he played numerous supporting roles in movies such as "The Beastmaster" (1982), "Coming to America" (1988), "Lock Up" (1989), "Die Hard 2" (1990) and "Coming 2 America" (2021). Prior to acting, he played on the Colorado State Rams football team and in 1964, he signed a free agent contract with the American Football League's Denver Broncos and in 1967 signed a free agent contract with the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs. Both of these contracts did not land him a spot on the teams and played a final season in the Continental Football League with the Victoria Steelers before pursuing acting.
Bell Reynolds szerepében:
Madge Sinclair
✝ 1938-04-28 St. Ann, Jamaica W.I. - 1995-12-20
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Madge Dorita Sinclair (28 April 1938 – 20 December 1995) was a Jamaican American character actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Madge Sinclair, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Kunta Kinte szerepében:
LeVar Burton
1957-02-16 Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. (born February 16, 1957, height 5' 7" (1,70 m)) professionally known as LeVar Burton, is an American actor, director, producer and author who first came to prominence portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley. He is also well known for his portrayal of Geordi La Forge on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation and as the host of the PBS children's program Reading Rainbow.
Mathilda szerepében:
Olivia Cole
✝ 1942-11-26 Memphis, Tennessee, USA - 2018-01-19
Chicken George Moore szerepében:
Ben Vereen
1946-10-10 Miami, Florida, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ben Vereen (born October 10, 1946) is an American actor, dancer, and singer who has appeared in numerous Broadway theatre shows. Vereen graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts.
Dr. William Reynolds szerepében:
Robert Reed
✝ 1932-10-19 Highland Park - Illinois - USA - 1992-05-12
Robert Reed was an American actor, mostly known for television roles. His most famous role was that of pater familias Michael Paul "Mike" Brady in the popular sitcom "The Brady Bunch" (1969-1979).
