Cast

• Malachi Kirby — Kunta Kinte
• Matthew Goode — Dr. William Waller
• Emayatzy Corinealdi — Belle
• Laurence Fishburne — Alex Haley
• Mekhi Phifer — Jerusalem
• James Purefoy — John Waller
• T.I. — Cyrus
• Anika Noni Rose — Kizzy
• Forest Whitaker — Fiddler
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers — Tom Lea
• Anna Paquin — Nancy Holt
• Regé-Jean Page — Chicken George
• Chad L. Coleman — Mingo
• Erica Tazel — Matilda
• Lane Garrison — Frederick Murray
• Sedale Threatt Jr. — Tom
• Derek Luke — Silla Ba Dibba
• Genevieve Hannelius — Missy Waller