Roots: The Gift

Fiddler Reynolds

Kunta Kinte

Cletus Moyer

Hattie Carraway

Edmund Parker Jr.

Edmund Parker Sr.

Dr. William Reynolds

Sarah Parker

Amelia Parker

Mammy May

Marcellus

Scarvie

Arabella Parker

Nicholas

Lilly (as Maria Bryant Ellis)

Jubal

Boatman (as Lawrence A. Mandley)

Driver #1

Gaunt Man

Driver #2

Elly

Christopher

Gentleman #1

Gentleman #2 (as Myke Mueller)

Bishop Wadley

Slave Girl (uncredited)

LeVar Burton (Kunta Kinte) and Louis Gossett Jr. (Fiddler) are the only actors to reprise their roles from Roots (1977).

This television film features four actors who each played a major role in a "Star Trek" television series: LeVar Burton' (Kunta Kinte) played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Avery Brooks (Cletus Moyer) played Commander/Captain Benjamin Sisko in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), Kate Mulgrew (Hattie Carraway) played Kathryn Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager (1995) and Tim Russ (Marcellus) played Tuvok in Star Trek: Voyager (1995).

Edmund Jr.: Come on, you swine. Out. Out!