Roots:
The
Saga
of
an
American
Family
was
likewise
a
historic
series,
depicting
the
life
of
Kunta
Kinte
after
he
is
abducted
from
his
home
in
The
Gambia
and
sold
into
slavery.
Amos
played
the
adult
version
of
Kunta,
while
Levar
Burton
played
the
adolescent
version.
His
work
on
the
series
earned
him
an
Emmy
nomination,
and
earned
TV
Land
Awards
for
Roots,
Good
Times
and
The
Mary
Tyler
Moore
Show.
In
1996
he
also
earned
an
NAACP
Image
Award
nomination
for
In
The
House.
The
New
Jersey
native
also
portrayed
Admiral
Percy
Fitzwallace
on
The
West
Wing,
worked
on
The
District
and
appeared
in
movies
such
as
The
Beastmaster,
1988’s
Coming
to
America
(plus
its
2021
sequel),
Lock
Up
and
Die
Hard
2.
On
Good
Times,
Amos
previously
told
PBS
on
its
Pioneers
of
Television
series
in
2013,
“It
was
a
an
intelligent
show
at
times,
other
times,
of
course,
we
didn’t
go
for
a
heavy
message
and
it
was
just
sheer
entertainment.
But
even
under
the
umbrella
of
entertaining
people
we
got
messages
across.”
Yet
it
was
Roots
that
was
a
particularly
special
experience
for
the
actor.
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