Rødder Skuespillere og folkene bag

Olivia ColeMathilda Moore

Ben VereenChicken Joe Moore

John AmosOlder Kunta Kinte

Madge SinclairBelle Reynolds

Robert ReedDr. William Reynolds

Louis Gossett Jr.Fiddler

Lynda Day GeorgeMrs. Reynolds

LeVar BurtonKunta Kinte

Ji-Tu CumbukaWrestler

Chuck ConnorsTom Moore

Leslie UggamsKizzy Reynolds

Lorne GreeneJohn Reynolds

Ralph WaiteSlater

Ren WoodsFanta

Sandy DuncanMissy Anne Reynolds

Lawrence Hilton-JacobsNoah

Tanya BoydGenelva

Thayer DavidHarlan

Ed AsnerCapt. Thomas Davies

Vic MorrowAmes

Fred D. ScottLuther

Lloyd BridgesEvan Brent

Georg Stanford BrownTom Harvey

Brad Davis'Old' George Johnson

Hilly HicksLewis Harvey

Lynne MoodyIrene Harvey

Lillian RandolphSister Sara

Richard McKenzieSam Harvey

Sally KempLila Harvey

Austin StokerVirgil Harvey

Lane BinkleyMartha Johnson

Stan HazeField Singer

Cicely TysonBinta

Carolyn JonesMrs. Moore

O. J. SimpsonKadi Touray

Maya AngelouNyo Boto

Moses GunnKintango

Thalmus RasulalaOmoro

Hari RhodesBrima Cesay

William WatsonGardner

Ernest Lee ThomasKailuba

Paul ShenarJohn Carrington

Tina AndrewsAurelia

Richard RoundtreeSam Bennett

Macdonald CareySquire James

Scatman CrothersMingo

George HamiltonStephen Bennett

Ian McShaneSir Eric Russell

Pat CorleyReferee

Macon McCalmanPoston

Robert PhalenRufus Jackson

Wayne HeffleyTelegrapher

John SchuckOrdell

Brion JamesSlaver

Richard FarnsworthTrumbull

Raymond St. JacquesThe Drummer

Lee de BrouxTrumbull

Allen WilliamsRobert Calvert

Charles CyphersFred Drake

Todd BridgesBud Harvey

Beverly ToddMaggie (Fanta)

Tajh Abdul-SamadBaby Kunta Kinte

Doug McClureJimmy Brent

Burl IvesSenator Arthur J. Justin

Gary CollinsGrill

Roxie RokerMalizy

Helen MartinAunt Sukey

Elma V. JacksonMama Ada

Ann WeldonMary

Wally TaylorReverend

Lee KesslerMiss Constable

Big Joe TurnerThe Singer

John QuadeSheriff Charlie Biggs

Davis RobertsLeonard

Tracey GoldMissy Anne Reynolds

Hank RolikeJohn

Alfred E. CovingtonAuctioneer

Maurice HuntThe Doctor

John Dennis JohnstonMan at Cockfight

Brooks CliftMcAlmon

Kermit EcholsVilars

Joe DorseyCalvert

Ronnie LeggettKalilu

Bill GribbleSeaman Grimes

Roosevelt SmithJames

Cindy HendersonBess

Rachel LongakerCaroline

Betty ColeSassy Woman

Sonny Jim GainesField Hand

John ErmanInstruktør

Gilbert MosesInstruktør

David GreeneInstruktør

Marvin J. ChomskyInstruktør

James LeeManuskript

Alex HaleyForfatter

Ernest KinoyManuskript

M. Charles CohenManuskript

William BlinnManuskript

James T. HeckertFilmklipper

Neil TravisFilmklipper

Peter KirbyFilmklipper

Quincy JonesMusik

Gerald FriedKomponist af original musik