![LeVar Burton celebrates the anniversaries of Roots and Star Trek: The Next Generation and hints at his future in Picard — Daily Star Trek News LeVar Burton celebrates the anniversaries of Roots and Star Trek: The Next Generation and hints at his future in Picard — Daily Star Trek News](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc3d1b051f4d40415789cc2/fed94486-bf07-4015-8fe1-1875f7de331b/Levar-burton-Kunte-kinte-star-trek-the-next-generation-anniversary.jpg)
LeVar Burton celebrates the anniversaries of Roots and Star Trek: The Next Generation and hints at his future in Picard — Daily Star Trek News
![In Roots (1977), LeVar Burton plays Kunta Kinte, Madge Sinclair plays his wife Bell, and Ben Vereen plays his grandson Chicken George. In the Star Trek: TNG episode "Interface" (1993), LeVar Burton In Roots (1977), LeVar Burton plays Kunta Kinte, Madge Sinclair plays his wife Bell, and Ben Vereen plays his grandson Chicken George. In the Star Trek: TNG episode "Interface" (1993), LeVar Burton](https://preview.redd.it/em9jvhh5gc561.jpg?width=868&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1fda1f875e3de8bdd665c0fc5851b5c3ccdb1a13)
In Roots (1977), LeVar Burton plays Kunta Kinte, Madge Sinclair plays his wife Bell, and Ben Vereen plays his grandson Chicken George. In the Star Trek: TNG episode "Interface" (1993), LeVar Burton
![LeVar Burton and Ben Vereen Remember 'Roots' Co-Star Cicely Tyson (Exclusive) | Entertainment Tonight LeVar Burton and Ben Vereen Remember 'Roots' Co-Star Cicely Tyson (Exclusive) | Entertainment Tonight](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/max_1280x720/public/images/2021-01/roots-cicely-tyson.jpg?h=73545cb6&itok=UjLPRPWZ)
LeVar Burton and Ben Vereen Remember 'Roots' Co-Star Cicely Tyson (Exclusive) | Entertainment Tonight
![LeVar Burton on Twitter: "#ROOTS was my first professional audition. I was a 19 year old Theater major, @USC when I played Kunta Kinte. https://t.co/waXLFZd14L" / Twitter LeVar Burton on Twitter: "#ROOTS was my first professional audition. I was a 19 year old Theater major, @USC when I played Kunta Kinte. https://t.co/waXLFZd14L" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsbzCehUYAYB7Fe.jpg)
LeVar Burton on Twitter: "#ROOTS was my first professional audition. I was a 19 year old Theater major, @USC when I played Kunta Kinte. https://t.co/waXLFZd14L" / Twitter
![Levar Burton, who played Kunta Kinte in the movie "Roots" has a tattoo that can be read as either Levar or Kunta, depending on how you look at it. - 9GAG Levar Burton, who played Kunta Kinte in the movie "Roots" has a tattoo that can be read as either Levar or Kunta, depending on how you look at it. - 9GAG](https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/a7wnwMr_460s.jpg)