![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
![cliffski on Twitter: "DID YOU KNOW? that levar burton, who played kunta kinte in the slavery miniseries 'roots' also played geordie in star trek: tng? https://t.co/jxfYlNYEWf" / Twitter cliffski on Twitter: "DID YOU KNOW? that levar burton, who played kunta kinte in the slavery miniseries 'roots' also played geordie in star trek: tng? https://t.co/jxfYlNYEWf" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D47NvgaWkAUl2c5.png)
cliffski on Twitter: "DID YOU KNOW? that levar burton, who played kunta kinte in the slavery miniseries 'roots' also played geordie in star trek: tng? https://t.co/jxfYlNYEWf" / Twitter
![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
SOUL TV - Happy 65th Birthday to Levar Burton. Born February 16, 1957, he is an actor, director, and children's television host. He is known for his roles as Kunta Kinte in
![LeVar Burton's Keynote at RootsTech 2017 – From Kunta Kinte to Star Trek and The Power of Imagination | DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy LeVar Burton's Keynote at RootsTech 2017 – From Kunta Kinte to Star Trek and The Power of Imagination | DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy](https://i0.wp.com/dna-explained.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/levar-burton.png?ssl=1)