Richard Roundtree says he can identify with his “Family Reunion” role because he was a P.K.

Richard Roundtree and Jordyn Raya James; John P. Fleenor/NetflixRichard Roundtree stars as Jeb, a local Georgia pastor and the patriarch of the McKellan family in the new Netflix comedy, Family Reunion.

The series, which stars Loretta Devine as Roundtree’s wife, M’Dear, follows the Seattle-based McKellan family who, after a family reunion, decide to move to the South for a simpler life.

Roundtree tells ABC Radio that becoming the old-school, God-fearing grandpa on the show was an easy lift for him, considering he came from a strict and religious upbringing.

“I think we can safely say my dad was a preacher. So I’m a