LeVar Burton was a drama student at USC when this role in "Roots" made him a star overnight
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Recalling a milestone moment: LeVar Burton joins tributes to the ...  A USC theater department student sits alone in a friend's apartment, ... novice actor who made his professional debut as the young Kunta Kinte in "Roots," the ... television series "Reading Rainbow," which has earned him seven Emmys. ... LeVar Burton as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in "Star Trek The Next Generation.
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: LeVar Burton - Celebrating A Birthday ...  Feb 16, 2011 ... PHOTOS: LeVar Burton Through The Years The talented actor, ... At the age of 20, Burton, a then college student and unknown aspiring actor, became an overnight star with ... His iconic performance earned him an Emmy nomination and ... I was a sophomore at USC, working towards my BFA in Theater.
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jeopardy/143_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  Number: 1. ACTORS & ROLES | LeVar Burton was a drama student at USC when this role in "Roots" made him a star overnight | Kunta Kinte. right: Tom. Wrong:.
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LeVar Burton - Wikipedia  Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957), professionally known as LeVar Burton, is an American actor, presenter, director, and author. He is best known for his roles as the young Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: ... LeVar Burton made his acting debut in 1977 when he played Kunta Kinte in...
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CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; Both Timeless and Timely: 'Roots' at Quarter ...  Jan 18, 2002 ... Though much has been made of its impact -- from the heightened ... for his small role in ''Roots'' as the dandyish slave, Sam Bennett), says, ... LeVar Burton was a college drama student when he got the part of the young Kunta, and viewers who know him from his easygoing appearances on ''Star Trek: The...
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LeVar Burton - Wikipedia  Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957), professionally known as LeVar ... Burton attended Christian Brothers High School in Sacramento and ... La Forge started out serving as the USS Enterprise's helmsman, and as of the ... of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise.
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Grouch Potato - People  Jan 11, 1999 ... ... his old Three's Company castmate, would do anything for a laugh. ... Ritter's costar Joyce DeWitt agrees that, unlike Stanley Roper, the crotchety landlord he played on the ABC ... became Dustin Hoffman's exasperated landlord in The Graduate ... He also played TV cops on 87th Precinct and Dan August.
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Your name is TOBY! What's your name? - YouTube  Sep 5, 2011 - 4 min - Uploaded by Kunta K. KinteExcerpt from the mini-series "Roots" ... Your name is TOBY! .... LeVar Burton On  Filming The ...
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Every 70s Movie: December 2011  Dec 5, 2011 ... Director Richard Rush, whose gonzo style helped him forge a singular ... in 1980, with Tom Mason playing Freebie and Hector Elizondo playing Bean. ... Labels: alan arkin, funky, inspiration for TV show, james caan, race relations, ...... A thoughtful drama adapted from country singer Bobby Gentry's 1967...
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Articles about Keri Russell - Page 4 - tribunedigital-chicagotribune  If, however, WB's freshman college drama boasts too many carefree story lines about ... Keri Russell, the fresh-faced 22-year-old who plays college freshman Felicity Porter, ... By Steve Johnson, Tribune Television Critic | November 17, 1998.
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Finding Forrester - Wikipedia  Finding Forrester is a 2000 American drama film written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van Sant. An African-American teenager, Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown), is invited to attend a prestigious private high school. By chance, Jamal befriends a reclusive writer, William Forrester (Sean Connery) ... Sixteen-year-old Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown) plays basketball with his...
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Paul Scofield - Biography - IMDb  Though his number of film roles amount to a bit over 30, Paul Scofield has cast a giant shadow in the world of stage and film acting. ... Won Broadway's 1962 Tony Award as Best Actor (Dramatic) in "A Man for All Seasons," a role he recreated in an ... Scofield starred in the film version of Albee's play "A Delicate Balance".
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Tom Selleck Reveals The Ups And Downs Of Life That Led To His ...  Jun 23, 2016 ... Selleck played for the Trojans men's basketball team at USC and was also a ... And it wasn't long before he appeared in dozens of commercials for popular ... Selleck promptly moved to Hawaii, but before Magnum P.I. could begin ... start a family, it didn't take long for the hunky television star to settle down.
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Asia Pacific Arts: The Game-Changer: An Interview with John Cho  Jul 3, 2009 ... USC ... As it turned out, Cho would soon start creating many opportunities for folks to root for him. ... Three years later, he popped up as one of the major stars of the "Class of .... But the guy did have a flair for the dramatic, and he was a little .... In casting, there were people who were Japanese American and...
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Interview with Professor Emeritus of Drama Evert Sprinchorn ...  You took courses in Dramatic Literature, and also courses in production. .... I first got to know her because she lived on the edge of the campus, on College View Avenue. .... You have to remember that you are part of an undergraduate drama department. .... And, of course, you know about Meryl Streep and Miss Julie.
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'My So-Called Life' proves that Claire Danes was awesome even ...  Aug 16, 2016 ... 'My So-Called Life' proves that Claire Danes was awesome even ... Aug 16, 2016  03:00 pm ... and even before she was Juliet to Leonardo DiCaprio's Romeo in ... At 15, she won a Golden Globe and her first Emmy nomination for ... She is in love with Jordan Catalano, played unforgettably by Jared Leto.
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The Top 10 Best Blogs on Al Pacino - Notey  Apr 22, 2016 ... Why Are Movie Stars Struggling to Sell Broadway Tickets? ... In the days leading up to Forest Whitaker 's Broadway debut in  Hughie , people were nervous. ... got a big thumbs-down for his performance in the 2004 revival of A ... order for Pacino to get his Broadway groove back, he'll need to pick his next...
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Standard Of Review: While Paper Itself Might Be ... - Above the Law  Apr 2, 2015 ... In high school, I watched the movie The Paper Chase, which (to my high ... story of James Hart (Timothy Bottoms), a first-year student at Harvard Law School. ... Hart is called on by legendary contracts professor Charles Kingsfield (John ... Fields (Lindsay Wagner), who he meets on the streets of Cambridge.
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The Graduate - Wikipedia  The Graduate is a 1967 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. It is based on ... The film tells the story of 21-year-old Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), a recent college graduate with no well-defined aim in life, who is...
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Christopher Durang and Sigourney Weaver on Reuniting ... - Vulture  Mar 16, 2013 ... The actress and playwright, together again. ... have done nicely since meeting at the Yale School of Drama in the ... without ever getting out and doing anything, like Vanya and Sonia? ... Because they'd already told me I had no talent. ... were you surprised to see your goofball friend kicking butt in Alien?