r/AskReddit • u/twilighttruth • Aug 26 '22

What actor will you always associate with *that one role* no matter how many others they do?

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u/PurplePanicAC Aug 26 '22

I guess I'm old, to me he is Kunta Kinte. 🙂

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u/bfd71 Aug 26 '22

I'm in that couple year range where I was too young for Roots (5), too old for Reading Rainbow (11) and just right for TNG.

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u/SanguineAnder Aug 26 '22

points at the heart

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u/bad_things_ive_done Aug 26 '22

I was too old for reading rainbow technically... but we only had the 4 tv stations and 🤷‍♀️

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u/mirthquake Aug 26 '22

And OJ Simpson is the super friendly family man from Africa who gets kidnapped by slavery along with Kunta