Roots: Cast Rate: –☹️ Very Bad🙁 Bad😐 Average🙂 Good😃 Excellent🤩 Super! ★ Save Rating✔ Rating Saved! Notify me: –about new episodeabout new seasonabout end of season Subscribe✔ Subscription Saved! Roots Drama, History 5/30/16 – 6/2/16 History United States http://roots.history.com/ GeneralEpisodesCastCharactersGallery Cast See full cast → Laurence Fishburne as Alex Haley Laurence Fishburne as Alex Haley Malachi Kirby as Kunta Kinte Chad L. Coleman as Mingo Anika Noni Rose as Kizzy Anika Noni Rose as Kizzy Derek Luke as Silla Ba Dibba Emayatzy E. Corinealdi as Belle Erica Tazel as Matilda Forest Whitaker as Fiddler James Purefoy as John Waller Nokuthula Ledwaba as Binta Babs Olusanmokun as Omoro Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Tom Lea Rege-Jean Page as Chicken George Sedale Threatt Jr. as Tom G. Hannelius as Missy Waller Lane Garrison as Frederick Murray Mekhi Phifer as Jerusalem Matthew Goode as Dr. William Waller Anna Paquin as Nancy Holt