TV series · 2016
Roots
“Your name is your shield.”
First aired 30 May 2016 Drama / Action & Adventure TMDB ↗
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.
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Forest Whitaker
as Fiddler
Laurence Fishburne
as Alex Haley
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
as Tom Lea
Babs Olusanmokun
as Omoro Kinte
Malachi Kirby
as Kunta Kinte
Everyone else (12) ↓
James Purefoy
as John Waller
Tony Curran
as Connelly
Chris Obi
as Kintango
Anika Noni Rose
as Kizzy
Derek Luke
as Silla Ba Dibba
Matthew Goode
as William Waller
Emayatzy Corinealdi
as Belle
Shannon Lucio
as Patricia Lea
T.I.
as Cyrus
Anna Paquin
as Nancy Holt
Katie McGuinness
as Elizabeth Waller
Roman L. Armstrong
as Kunta Kinte