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| − | [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001283 Louis Gossett Jr.] (1936-2024) won an Emmy for his role in the 1977 television mini series [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075572/ Roots] as the fiddle-playing enslaved worker who is | + | [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001283 Louis Gossett Jr.] (1936-2024) won an Emmy for his role in the 1977 television mini series [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075572/ Roots] as the fiddle-playing enslaved worker Fiddler, who is charged with the task of instructing the new enslaved field hand and lead character Kunta Kinte ([https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000996/ LeVar Burton]). Both actors reappear as these characters in the 1988 television film [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096009 Roots: The Gift]. |
In the [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3315386 2016 remake of Roots], Fiddler was played by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001845 Forest Whitaker]. | In the [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3315386 2016 remake of Roots], Fiddler was played by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001845 Forest Whitaker]. | ||
Latest revision as of 05:23, 2 April 2024
Louis Gossett Jr. (1936-2024) won an Emmy for his role in the 1977 television mini series Roots as the fiddle-playing enslaved worker Fiddler, who is charged with the task of instructing the new enslaved field hand and lead character Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton). Both actors reappear as these characters in the 1988 television film Roots: The Gift.
In the 2016 remake of Roots, Fiddler was played by Forest Whitaker.
