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Finding Your Roots

Finding Your Roots Full Cast & Crew

2012TV Show

Cast

H
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
as Self - Host
D
Donna Brazile
as Self
K
Kara Walker
as Self
B
Bill Maher
as Self
B
Bill O'Reilly
as Self
D
Dustin Hoffman
as Self
S
Sterling K. Brown
as Self
S
Sasheer Zamata
as Self
J
Jon Batiste
as Self
H
Harry Connick Jr.
as Self
B
Branford Marsalis
as Self
C
Cory Booker
as Self
J
John Lewis
as Self
G
Geoffrey Canada
as Self
B
Barbara Walters
as Self
K
Kevin Bacon
as Self
K
Kyra Sedgwick
as Self
A
Angela Warnick Buchdahl
as Self
Y
Yasir Qadhi
as Self
R
Rick Warren
as Self
R
Robert Downey Jr.
as Self
R
Robert Downey Sr.
as Self
N
Naomi Foner
as Self
M
Maggie Gyllenhaal
as Self
S
Samuel L. Jackson
as Self
C
Condoleezza Rice
as Self
R
Ruth Simmons
as Self
M
Margaret Cho
as Self
S
Sanjay Gupta
as Self
M
Martha Stewart
as Self
M
Margarett Cooper
as Self
J
John Legend
as Self
B
Barack Obama
as Self (archive footage)
W
Wanda Sykes
as Self
L
Linda Chavez
as Self
A
Adrian Grenier
as Self
M
Michelle Rodriguez
as Self
S
Stephen King
as Self
G
Gloria Reuben
as Self
C
Courtney B. Vance
as Self
B
Billie Jean King
as Self
R
Rebecca Lobo
as Self
K
Ken Burns
as Self
A
Anna Deavere Smith
as Self
B
Ben Affleck
as Self
K
Khandi Alexander
as Self
B
Ben Jealous
as Self
M
Ming Tsai
as Self
C
Carole King
as Self
D
Deepak Chopra
as Self
D
David Sedaris
as Self
J
Jessica Alba
as Self
D
Derek Jeter
as Self
A
Anderson Cooper
as Self
T
Tom Colicchio
as Self
A
Angela Bassett
as Self
V
Valerie Jarrett
as Self
A
Alan Dershowitz
as Self
T
Tony Kushner
as Self
S
Sally Field
as Self
T
Tina Fey
as Self
N
Nas
as Self
D
Deval Patrick
as Self
A
Aarón Sánchez
as Self
S
Sting
as Self
G
George Stephanopoulos
as Self
S
Shonda Rhimes
as Self
K
Keenen Ivory Wayans
as Self
N
Norman Lear
as Self
R
Richard Branson
as Self
F
Frank Gehry
as Self
M
Maya Lin
as Self
P
Patricia Arquette
as Self
J
John McCain
as Self
D
Diddy
as Self
L
LL Cool J
as Self
S
Sandra Cisneros
as Self
N
Neil Patrick Harris
as Self
G
Gloria Steinem
as Self
J
Julianna Margulies
as Self
A
Azar Nafisi
as Self
L
Larry David
as Self
B
Bernie Sanders
as Self
F
Fred Armisen
as Self
C
Carly Simon
as Self
C
Christopher Walken
as Self
T
Ted Danson
as Self
W
William H. Macy
as Self
M
Mary Steenburgen
as Self
T
Ta-Nehisi Coates
as Self
J
Janet Mock
as Self
O
Oswald Mosley
as Self (archive footage)
P
Paul Rudd
as Self
B
Bryant Gumbel
as Self
T
Tonya Lewis Lee
as Self
S
Suzanne Malveaux
as Self
C
Carmelo Anthony
as Self
A
Ana Navarro
as Self
G
Gaby Hoffmann
as Self
C
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
as Self
P
Phil McGraw
as Self
A
Aziz Ansari
as Self
M
Maya Rudolph
as Self
A
Amy Schumer
as Self
G
George R. R. Martin
as Self
Andy Samberg
Andy Samberg
as Self
F
Felicity Huffman
as Self
M
Michael Kenneth Williams
as Self
C
Christiane Amanpour
as Self
K
Kal Penn
as Self
S
Sheryl Sandberg
as Self
M
Michael Strahan
as Self
C
CeCe Moore
as Self - Genetic Genealogy Expert
P
Paul Ryan
as Self
M
Marco Rubio
as Self
T
Tulsi Gabbard
as Self
J
Josh Meyers
as Self (archive footage)
S
Seth Meyers
as Self
T
Tig Notaro
as Self
S
Sarah Silverman
as Self
M
Michael Moore
as Self
C
Chloë Sevigny
as Self
A
Alejandro González Iñárritu
as Self
M
Marina Abramović
as Self
T
Ty Burrell
as Self
M
Mia Farrow
as Self
A
Anjelica Huston
as Self
I
Isabella Rossellini
as Self
M
Melissa McCarthy
as Self
E
Eric Stonestreet
as Self
J
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
as Mitchell Pritchett (archive footage)
Q
Queen Latifah
as Self
J
Jeffrey Wright
as Self
J
Jeff Goldblum
as Self
T
Terry Gross
as Self
M
Marc Maron
as Self
S
Steve Carell
as Self / Michael Scott
A
Amy Ryan
as Self
S
Sigourney Weaver
as Self
J
Justina Machado
as Self
H
Harold E. Varmus
as Self
S
Shirley Ann Jackson
as Self
F
Francis Collins
as Self
S
Soledad O'Brien
as Self
J
Jimmy Kimmel
as Self
A
Ava DuVernay
as Self
John Turturro
John Turturro
as Self
Q
Questlove
as Self
L
Lisa Ling
as Self
M
Marisa Tomei
as Self
S
S. Epatha Merkerson
as Self
L
Laura Linney
as Self
D
Diane von Fürstenberg
as Self
N
Narciso Rodríguez
as Self
R
RuPaul
as Self
B
Bill Hader
as Self
J
Julianne Moore
as Self
L
Lidia Bastianich
as Self
Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson
as Self
L
Lupita Nyong'o
as Self
T
Téa Leoni
as Self
A
Ann Curry
as Self
K
Kehinde Wiley
as Self
J
Joe Madison
as Self
G
Gayle King
as Self
J
Jordan Peele
as Self
I
Issa Rae
as Self
N
Nancy Pelosi
as Self
N
Norah O'Donnell
as Self
Z
Zac Posen
as Self
G
Glenn Close
as Self
J
John Waters
as Self
A
Andy Cohen
as Self
N
Nina Totenberg
as Self
J
Jane Lynch
as Self
J
Jim Gaffigan
as Self
J
John F. Kennedy
as Self (archive footage)
C
Christopher Meloni
as Self
T
Tony Shalhoub
as Self
P
Pharrell Williams
as Self
K
Kasi Lemmons
as Self
C
Clint Black
as Self
R
Rosanne Cash
as Self
J
Johnny Cash
as Self (archive footage)
V
Vivian Liberto
as Self (archive footage)
J
John Lithgow
as Self
M
Maria Hinojosa
as Self
W
Wes Studi
L
LeVar Burton
B
Brendan Fraser
V
Valerie Bertinelli
C
Ciara
A
Alanis Morissette
S
Sammy Hagar
E
Ed O'Neill
B
Bob Odenkirk
I
Iliza Shlesinger
S
Sunny Hostin
J
Jesse Williams
D
Danielle Brooks
D
Dionne Warwick
T
Tracy Morgan
A
Anthony Ramos
M
Michael Douglas
L
Lena Dunham

Crew

L
Lisa Vidal
Grip
H
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Executive Producer
H
Hazel Gurland-Pooler
Director
H
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Writer
J
Josh Gleason
Director
H
Hazel Gurland-Pooler
Director
H
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Writer
J
Jesse Sweet
Director
P
Peter W. Kunhardt
Executive Producer
P
Phil Bertelsen
Director
D
Dyllan McGee
Executive Producer
D
Deborah Clancy Porfido
Supervising Producer
N
Natalia Warchol
Producer
R
Robert Yacyshyn
Line Producer
B
Ben Howard
Editor
N
Nya Archie
Intern
S
Shana Darabie
Intern
M
Michaela Echols
Intern
K
Kevin Fanning
Assistant Editor
A
Andrew Gibbs
Intern
J
Jack Hillyer
Intern
V
Vivian Z. Hu
Assistant Editor
A
Aaron Prieto
Assistant Editor
N
Natalia Stevenson
Assistant Editor