Esteban (segment "Las vacas") — Roots Character Profile

About Esteban (segment "Las vacas")

A peasant farmer and husband in the Mezquital village who remains behind with their child after his wife leaves to work as a wet nurse.

Esteban (segment "Las vacas") — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Juan de la Cruz

Appears in

Roots (1954)

Role

Protagonist

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• Martina (segment "Las vacas") (Beatriz Flores)
• Don Remigio (segment "Las vacas") (Juan Cano)
• The Cousin (segment "Las vacas") (Rafael Ramírez)
• Angel, The One-Eyed Kid (segment "El tuerto") (Miguel Ángel Negrón)
• The City Woman (segment "Las vacas") (Conchita Montes)
• Xanath (segment "La potranca") (Alicia del Lago)
• Vivian (segment "La potranca") (Laura Holt)
• Teódulo (segment "La potranca") (Teódalo González)
• The Mother's Friend (segment "El tuerto") (Mario Herrera)
• The Mother (segment "El Tuerto") (Antonia Hernández)
• Eric (segment "La potranca") (Carlos Robles Gil)
• Narrator (prologue) (Fernando Marcos)