The tribe - KUNTA KINTE: 20 years old in 1977 & 65 years old in 2022. Kunta Kinte is a brave character(played by LeVAr Burton) in the 1976 novel Roots: The Saga
![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 on Twitter: "Fun Fact: In the first take of this scene with OJ, I ignored the blocking and during the chase, at the point he was supposed to catch me, LeVar Burton on Twitter: "Fun Fact: In the first take of this scene with OJ, I ignored the blocking and during the chase, at the point he was supposed to catch me,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EscFrE6VoAUP3t6.jpg:large)
LeVar Burton on Twitter: "Fun Fact: In the first take of this scene with OJ, I ignored the blocking and during the chase, at the point he was supposed to catch me,
![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)
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 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)