![LeVar Burton on X: "#ROOTS was my first professional audition. I was a 19 year old Theater major, @USC when I played Kunta Kinte. https://t.co/waXLFZd14L" / X LeVar Burton on X: "#ROOTS was my first professional audition. I was a 19 year old Theater major, @USC when I played Kunta Kinte. https://t.co/waXLFZd14L" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsbzCehUYAYB7Fe.jpg)
LeVar Burton on X: "#ROOTS was my first professional audition. I was a 19 year old Theater major, @USC when I played Kunta Kinte. https://t.co/waXLFZd14L" / X
THEN and NOW!! 🌹 🎥..... Actor LEVAR BURTON who played KUNTA KINTE in the 1970s series on slavery called "ROOTS" | Instagram
![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 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)