Cast of

Finding Your Roots

Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. is an American historian, literary critic, filmmaker and public intellectual who curren...

Donna Lease Brazile is an American political strategist, campaign manager, political analyst, author, and Fox News co...

William "Bill" Maher, Jr. (born January 20, 1956) is an American stand-up comedian, television host, political commen...

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William James "Bill" O'Reilly, Jr. (born September 10, 1949) is an American t...

Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his versatile portrayals...

After graduating from college, Brown acted in a series of roles in the regional theater. He has also appeared on nume...

Jon Batiste was born on November 11, 1986 and is currently 37 years old.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American sin...

Cory Anthony Booker (born April 27, 1969) is an American politician, attorney, and author who has served as the junio...

Barbara Jill Walters was an American broadcast journalist, author, and television personality. Walters was known for ...

Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal Hous...

Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (born August 19, 1965) is an American actress. Sedgwick is best known for her starring role as ...

Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1966) is an American actor and producer. His career has been characterized by c...

Margalit "Maggie" Ruth Gyllenhaal (born November 16, 1977) is an American actress and filmmaker. Part of the Gyllenha...

Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and producer. One of the most widely recognized ac...

Margaret Moran Cho (born December 5, 1968) is an American comedian, fashion designer, actress, author, and recording ...

Sanjay Gupta was born on October 23, 1969 and is currently 54 years old.

Martha Stewart was born on August 3, 1941 in Nutley, New Jersey, USA as Martha Helen Kostyra. She is an actress and p...

John Legend is an American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and producer. He was born John Roger Stephens on Dec...

Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to ...

Wanda Sykes (born March 7, 1964) is an American writer, stand-up comedian and actress. She earned the 1999 Emmy Award...

Adrian Grenier (born July 10, 1976) is an American actor, musician and director. He is best known for his lead role o...

Mayte Michelle Rodríguez (born July 12, 1978), known professionally as Michelle Rodriguez, is an American actress, sc...

Stephen King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy fiction. His books ...

Gloria Reuben (born June 9, 1964) is a Canadian singer and actress of film and television, known for her role as Jean...

Courtney Bernard Vance (born March 12, 1960) is an American actor. Vance started his career on the Broadway stage in ...

Celebrated American documentarian who gradually amassed a considerable reputation and a devoted audience with a serie...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Anna Deavere Smith (born September 18, 1950) is an American actress, playwrig...

Benjamin Géza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor and filmmaker. His accolades include two Academy Aw...

Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981) is an American television and film actress. She began her television and mov...

Anderson Hays Cooper is an American journalist, television personality, and author. He is the primary anchor of the C...

Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress. Known for her work in film and television since ...

Valerie June Jarrett is an American businesswoman and former government official. She served as the senior advisor to...

Alan Morton Dershowitz is an American lawyer and academic. He is a scholar of United States constitutional law and cr...

Anthony Robert Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. Lauded for his work ...

Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress. She has received many awards and nominations, in...

Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer, known for h...

Aarón Sánchez was born on February 12, 1976 and is currently 48 years old.

Sting (aka Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, activist, actor and philanthropis...

George Stephanopoulos was born on February 10, 1961 and is currently 63 years old.

Shonda Rhimes (born January 13, 1970) is an American screenwriter, director and producer. Rhimes is best known as th...

Norman Milton Lear is an American television writer and producer who produced such 1970s sitcoms as All in the Family...

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate and investor, best known as the founder of Virgin...

Frank Owen Gehry, CC, FAIA is a Canadian-born American architect and designer, residing in Los Angeles. A number of h...

Patricia Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an American actress. She made her feature film debut as Kristen Parker in A...

John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer ...

Sean Love Combs (born Sean John Combs; November 4, 1969), also known by his stage names Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, or Didd...

James Todd Smith, better known as LL Cool J (acronym for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American rapper, songwriter, ...

Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973) is an American actor, singer, writer, producer, and television host. Primari...

Producer, writer, actor. Born July 2, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York. David attended the University of Maryland and start...

Bernard Sanders is an American politician and activist who has served as the junior United States senator from Vermon...

Alfredo "Fred" Armisen (born December 4, 1966) is an American actor, comedian and musician best known for his work as...

Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. After ...

Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken, March 31, 1943) is an American actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films ...

Edward Bridge “Ted” Danson III (born December 29, 1947) is an American actor best known for his role as central chara...

An American actor and writer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo. He is ...

Mary Nell Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) is an American actress. She was most successful for playing the role of...

Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates is an American author and journalist. Coates gained a wide readership during his time as nation...

Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer. He studied theater ...

Tonya Lewis Lee is an American film and television producer, author, entrepreneur and advocate for women and infant health.

Ana Violeta Navarro Flores is a Nicaraguan-born American Republican strategist and political commentator for various ...

Phillip Calvin McGraw, better known as Dr. Phil, is a television personality, author, psychologist, and the host of ...

Maya Khabira Rudolph (born July 27, 1972) is an American actress, comedian, and singer. In 2000, she became a cast me...

Amy Schumer was born in Manhattan and grew up on Long Island, New York. She attended South Side High School and was v...

George Raymond Richard Martin, also known as GRRM, is an American novelist and short story writer in the fantasy, hor...

Andy Samberg (born David A. J. Samberg; August 18, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, musician, producer and write...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Felicity Kendall Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an American film, stage, a...

Kalpen Suresh Modi, known professionally as Kal Penn, is an American actor, comedian, and former White House staff me...

Michael Anthony Strahan (/ˈstreɪhæn/; born November 21, 1971)[1] is an American former professional football player w...

Tulsi Gabbard is an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district...

Seth Adam Meyers (born December 28, 1973) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and television host. He h...

Mathilde "Tig" O'Callaghan Notaro (born March 24, 1971) is an American stand-up comic, writer, radio contributor, and...

Sarah Kate Silverman (born December 1, 1970) is an American comedian, actress, and writer. Her comedy addresses socia...

Michael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author and liberal political commentator. He is the director and prod...

Chloë Stevens Sevigny (born November 18, 1974) is an American film actress, fashion designer and former model. Sevign...

María de Lourdes Villiers "Mia" Farrow (born February 9, 1945) is an American actress, activist, and former fashion m...

Anjelica Huston (born July 8, 1951) is an American actress, director, producer, author, and former fashion model. She...

Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (born 18 June 1952) is an Italian actress, filmmaker, author, philanthr...

Melissa Ann McCarthy (born August 26, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, producer, writer, and fashion designer....

Eric Stonestreet (born September 9, 1971) is an American actor best known for his starring role on Modern Family.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson (born October 22, 1975) is an American actor. He is best known for his role on Modern Family an...

Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), known professionally as Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, actress, and s...

Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is an American actor. He is well known for his Tony, Golden Globe and Emmy win...

Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (born October 22, 1952) is an American actor and musician. He has starred in some of the highes...

Terry Gross was born on February 14, 1951 and is currently 73 years old.

Marc Maron (born September 27, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian and podcast host. He has been host of The Marc...

Steven John Carell (born August 16, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. He played Michael Scott in The Office (2...

Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski (born November 30, 1969), known professionally as Amy Ryan, is an American actress. She has ...

Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver (born October 8, 1949) is an American actress. Weaver is considered to be a pionee...

Justina Milagros Machado is an American actress, known for her roles as Penelope Alvarez on the Netflix and Pop TV si...

María de la Soledad Teresa O'Brien is an American broadcast journalist and progressive executive producer. Since 2016...

​James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel is an American comedian, actor, voice artist and television host. He is the host and ...

Ava Marie DuVernay (born August 24, 1972) is an American director, screenwriter, producer, and former rapper. In the ...

John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an American-Italian actor, writer and filmmaker, known for his asso...

Lisa J. Ling (born August 30, 1973) is an American journalist, best known for her role as a co-host of ABC's The View...

Marisa Tomei (born December 4, 1964) is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including an Academy...

S. Epatha Merkerson (born Sharon Epatha Merkerson) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has won a ...

Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is an American actress. She is the recipient of several awards, includin...

RuPaul Andre Charles (born November 17, 1960), known mononymously as RuPaul, is an American drag queen, television ju...

William Thomas Hader Jr. (born June 7, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the creator,...

Julie Anne Smith (born December 3, 1960), known professionally as Julianne Moore, is an American actress and author. ...

Scarlett Ingrid Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress. The world's highest-paid actress in 2018 a...

Lupita Amondi Nyong'o (born 1 March 1983) is a Kenyan-Mexican actress and author. She began her career in Hollywood a...

Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni ( born February 25, 1966), better known by her stage name Téa Leoni, is an American actress....

Gayle King was born on December 28, 1954 and is currently 69 years old.

Jordan Peele was born in New York City and was raised by his single mother on Manhattan's Upper West Side. He graduat...

Jo-Issa Rae Diop, known as Issa Rae (born January 12, 1985), is an American actress, writer, director, producer, and ...

Nancy Patricia Pelosi is an American politician serving as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives sinc...

Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a fem...

Growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s, John Waters was not like other children; he was obsessed by violence and gore, ...

Andy Cohen is the host and Executive Producer of "Watch What Happens Live," Bravo’s late night, interactive talk show...

Jane Marie Lynch (born July 14, 1960) is an American actress, comedian, and author. Lynch is known for starring as Su...

Jim has proven himself a major talent  beloved to a wide range of audiences after achieving milestones in stand-up, a...

Christopher Peter Meloni (born April 2, 1961) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as NYPD Detective E...

Tony Shalhoub is an American actor. His television work includes the role of Antonio Scarpacci on Wings and Adrian M...

Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (born April 5, 1973) is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion d...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Clint Patrick Black (born February 4, 1962) is an American country music singe...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John R. "Johnny" Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 200...

John Arthur Lithgow (born October 19, 1945) is an American actor. Prolific in films, television and on stage, Lithgow...