Episodes Part 1 May 30, 2016 Part 2 May 31, 2016 Part 3 June 1, 2016 Part 4 June 2, 2016 Directed by Phillip Noyce   Mario Van Peebles   Thomas Carter   Bruce Beresford   Written by Alex Haley   Lawrence Konner   Mark Rosenthal   Alison McDonald   Charles Murray   Cast Pierre Cavalier ... Town Folk (4 episodes) Laurence Fishburne ... Alex Haley (3 episodes) Malachi Kirby ... Kunta Kinte (3 episodes) Babs Olusanmokun ... Omoro Kinte (3 episodes) (as Babatunde Olusanmokun) Forest Whitaker ... Fiddler (3 episodes) Tevin Paul ... Waller Slave (3 episodes) Jonathan Rhys Meyers ... Tom Lea (3 episodes) Kerry Sims ... Slave (3 episodes) Matthew Goode ... Dr. William Waller (2 episodes) Derek Luke ... Silla Ba Dibba (2 episodes) Chris Obi ... Kintango (2 episodes) James Purefoy ... John Waller (2 episodes) Tony Curran ... Connelly (2 episodes) Katie McGuinness ... Elizabeth Waller (2 episodes) Nokuthula Ledwaba ... Binta Kinte (2 episodes) (as Nokuthula Nonozi Ledwaba) Roman L. Armstrong ... Waller Slave / Kunta Kinte Dbl (2 episodes) (as Roman Armstrong) Darrell L. Shuler ... Waller Slave (2 episodes) Warren Summers III ... Waller Slave (2 episodes) Calvin Williams ... Waller Slave (2 episodes) Emayatzy Corinealdi ... Belle (2 episodes) Shannon Lucio ... Patricia Lea (2 episodes) Cortney McClelland Jr. ... Newborn Chicken George (2 episodes) Sam Woodworth ... Redcoat Soldier (2 episodes) (as Samuel A. Woodworth) Regé-Jean Page ... Chicken George (2 episodes) Anika Noni Rose ... Kizzy (2 episodes) Erica Tazel ... Matilda (2 episodes) Adam Fergus ... Sir Eric Russell (2 episodes) Carol Sutton ... Miss Malizy (2 episodes) David Shiflett ... Chicken Fight Gambler (2 episodes) Ike Amadi ... Narrator (voice) Kedar Williams-Stirling ... Sitafa Simona Brown ... Jinna Hakeem Kae-Kazim ... Samson James Gracie ... Edward (as James Alexander) Mary Aphane ... Dancer Colby Arps ... Blaine Jared Bankens ... Slave Dealer LeVar Burton ... Ephraim Tony Caprari ... Slave Buyer #1 (as Toni Caprari) Chukwuma Onwuchekwa ... Troilus (as Chima Chekwa) Ousmane Dagno ... Badja Sharleen Dziire ... Young Laundress Mbulelo Grootboom ... Foulah Robert Hobbs ... Slave Buyer #2 Thomas Tah Hyde III ... Aaron (as Thomas Tah Hyde) Kirby Jackson ... Tabitha Ben Kgosimore ... Kalabi Koro Bonko Khoza ... Djata Koro Kadialy Kouyate ... Griot Kaden Washington Lewis ... Slave Child (as Kaden Lewis) Mondi Abenico Makhoba ... Baila Koro Pierre Malherbe ... Franklin Roxy Marosa ... Laundress Denise Milfort ... Miss Ellen Carel Nel ... Captain Davies Ernest Ndlovu ... Wolof Man (as Ernest Posa Ndlovu) Nandi Nyembe ... Grandma Yaisa Peace Nzirawa ... Saloum Prince Sonni Ochuba ... Djeliba Koro Jonathan Pienaar ... Carrington Zak Rowlands ... Taylor Mavuso Simelane ... Mandinka Slave Lyndon Stratford ... Peck Lemogang Tsipa ... Addo Mary Twala ... Nyo Boto Trevayne Weber ... Peter Ebby Weyime ... Branded Woman Siphiwe Zungu ... Mamba Jambo Pakamisa Zwedala ... Lopes Silas Borelly ... Dancer Tyfanni Cassidy ... Christmas Party Dancer Dudley Fuqua ... Soldier Eddie Kendrick ... Town Folk (as Ed Kendrick) Bonko Khoza ... Djatta Koro Jacquelin Lopez ... Waller Slave (as Jacqueline Lopes) Brandon Pettis ... Cannoneer Mike Rollins ... Englishman / Gambler Rosé Belara Young ... Ring Shout Dancer Emyri Crutchfield ... Teen Miss Kizzy (as E'Myri Lee Crutchfield) Genevieve Hannelius ... Missy (as G. Hannelius) Mandela Van Peebles ... Noah Jason Bayle ... Grenadier Captain Gregory Bright ... Driver Slave Dominic Burgess ... Lord Dunmore Danny Cosmo ... Slave Trader David Dahlgren ... Planter Darren Darnborough ... Red Coat #1 Lola Fyke ... Abigail - Age 7 B.J. Grogan ... Rickety Man Octavius J. Johnson ... Carleton (as Octavius Johnson) David Kallaway ... Edward Covey Tre Styles ... Field Hand (as David Kency) Dylan Kenin ... Spalding Carrie Lazar ... Emmeline Anthony Marble ... Dragoon Captain Isaiah Margan ... Noah - Age 7 Eric Mendenhall ... Red Coat #3 David Midthunder ... Nansemond Recruit Jaren Mitchell ... Slave Recruit #1 John Neisler ... Evangelist Dickson Obahor ... Slave Recruit #2 Tom Proctor ... Thief #1 Joe Sartee ... Red Coat #2 Saniyya Sidney ... Kizzy - Age 6 Kiera Strauss ... Missy - Age 6 Lawrence Turner ... Thief #2 Ted Barba ... Slave Trader Brett Beoubay ... Wealthy Waller Party Guest Christopher Gulas ... Redcoat / Confederate soldier Deveney Marshall ... Ring Shout Dancer Marco M. McQueen ... Freeman Mike R. Moreau ... Redcoat Soldier Ron M Patterson ... Coveys Militia Andrew Penrow ... Slave Recruit Lisa Ann Smith ... Mrs. Spaulding Chad L. Coleman ... Mingo Michael James Shaw ... Marcellus Brett Rice ... William Byrd Mark Rolston ... Jewett Brett Baker ... Sheriff's Deputy Gabe Begneaud ... Hastings James Moses Black ... Benjamin Lyon Andrew Block ... First Attendant Miles Doleac ... Mr. MacGregor John P. Fertitta ... Duel Judge (as John Ferttita) Jim Gleason ... Charleston Barker Ann Hamilton ... Mrs. Jewett Bowie Hamilton ... White Man #1 Garrett Kruithof ... Roadblock Rider Brett Lapeyrouse ... White Man #3 Sharon K. London ... Sister Sarah (as Sharon London) Jaylin Ogle ... Little Chicken George Shane Partlow ... Tall Gambler Marco St. John ... Second Gambler Lance Tafelski ... White Man #2 Charley Vance ... Old White Man George Villas ... First Gambler Patrick Weathers ... County Barker Josh Whites ... Bearded Barker (as Joshua Whites) George Wilson ... Uncle Pompey Gabriel Byrd ... Family Member Queen Byrd ... Family Member Calen Curtis Edwards ... Soilder Steven Grossman ... Chicken Fight Gambler / Town Folk Adam Michael Johnson ... Self Harlon Miller ... Militiaman Kaleb Naquin ... Cockfight Gambler William Schaff ... Poor Farmer Maile Zox ... Prostitute Herman Netzhammer ... Braggart townfolk Lane Garrison ... Frederick Murray Tip 'T.I.' Harris ... Cyrus (as Tip 'T.I.' Harris) Anna Paquin ... Nancy Holt Mekhi Phifer ... Jerusalem Sedale Threatt Jr. ... Tom Mark Ashworth ... County Crier Lucius Baston ... Reverend Garland Kyle Baughman ... Banjo Playing Soldier Jackson Beals ... Major General Forrest Brandon Bracey ... Boseman Kesha Bullard Lewis ... Lilly Su Jason Carter ... Viscount Shaw Ian Casselberry ... Tyler Ladson Deyne ... Major Wimsatt Henry Frost ... Ballard Renell Gibbs ... Black Soldier Jaedon Godley ... Uriah Carlacia Grant ... Irene Kelvin Harrison Jr. ... Winslow Joy Jacobson ... Charlotte Murray Betty Jeune ... Slave Girl Sam Malone ... Ashford Spence Maughon ... Red-Haired Corporal Carl Palmer ... Overseer Toomey Wayne Pére ... Benjamin Murray (as Wayne Pere) Terence Rosemore ... Orly Aaron K Smalls ... Barefoot Ex-Slave (as Aaron Smalls) Frankie Smith ... James Brandon Stacy ... Clingman Matt Story ... Captain Pratt Jay Thames ... Teamster Donald Elise Watkins ... Virgil (as Donald Watkins) James Yeargain ... Private Kirk H. Andersen ... English Gambler Jeff Caperton ... Sir Atkins Michelle L. Clarke ... Wealthy Passbyers Juan Gaspard ... Union Soldier Creole Gaudet ... Cannoneer Catherine Humphrey ... Maria Donald M. Krause ... Wager Clerk Aaron Martin ... Vance Brittany Monet ... Little Kizzy (as Brittany M. Parker) Joseph Singletary ... Luther Jordan Smith ... Bushwhacker Lisha Wheeler ... Murray Slave Uncredited Cast Fiona McQuinn ... Dr. Waller Guest (2 episodes) Jon Arthur ... Gambler (2 episodes) Ron Centanni ... Cock Fight attendee / Confederate Soldier (2 episodes) Victoria Steadman ... Connelly's Wife Jason York ... Slave Cynthia LeBlanc ... Fancy Waller Wagon Guest Holly Bonney ... Prostitute James Breaux ... Cock Fight Attendee Jon Buckhouse ... Slave Gary Wayne Loper ... Gambler Jason York ... Slave Jared Antoline ... Union Soldier Ryan Carlos Castro ... Bushwhacker Produced by LeVar Burton   Cheryl Eatock   Barry Jossen   Alissa M. Kantrow   Ann Kindberg   Lawrence Konner   Karen Mayeda Vranek   Will Packer   Mark Rosenthal   Mike Stiller   Marc Toberoff   Korin Williams   Mark Wolper   Original Music by Alex Heffes   Philip Miller

Additional Info Premiere: May 30, 2016 DVD Release: August 23, 2016 Country: Distributor: Lions Gate Home Entertainment Websites: Production Companies Film Afrika Worldwide History Channel The Wolper Organization Will Packer Productions Distributors History Channel   (2016) (USA) (TV) A+E Networks   (2016) (USA) (TV) Lifetime Television   (2016) (USA) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.9 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #4,936 / 21,240 Site Ranking #4,932 Love Liza (2002) #4,933 The Three Faces Of Eve (1957) #4,934 Feast II: Sloppy Seconds (2008) #4,935 Prey (2006) #4,936 Roots (2016) #4,937 +1 (2013) #4,938 The Haunted Palace (1963) #4,939 Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008) #4,940 Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story Of The Once And Future Heavyweight Champion Of The World (2023)