About Finding Your Roots
- Released on March 24, 2012
Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of their family trees. Professor Gates utilizes a team of genealogists to reconstruct the paper trail left behind by our ancestors and the world’s leading geneticists to decode our DNA and help us travel thousands of years into the past to discover the origins of our earliest forebears.
Main Cast of Finding Your Roots
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. plays Self - Host (96 episodes)
Secondary Cast of Finding Your Roots
Donna Brazile plays Self (1 episode)
Kara Walker plays Self (1 episode)
Bill Maher plays Self (1 episode)
Bill O'Reilly plays Self (1 episode)
Dustin Hoffman plays Self (1 episode)
Sterling K. Brown plays Self (1 episode)
Sasheer Zamata plays Self (1 episode)
Jon Batiste plays Self (1 episode)
Harry Connick Jr. plays Self (1 episode)
Branford Marsalis plays Self (1 episode)
Cory Booker plays Self (1 episode)
John Lewis plays Self (1 episode)
Geoffrey Canada plays Self (1 episode)
Barbara Walters plays Self (1 episode)
Kevin Bacon plays Self (1 episode)
Kyra Sedgwick plays Self (1 episode)
Angela Warnick Buchdahl plays Self (1 episode)
Yasir Qadhi plays Self (1 episode)
Rick Warren plays Self (1 episode)
Robert Downey Jr. plays Self (1 episode)
Robert Downey Sr. plays Self (1 episode)
Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal plays Self (1 episode)
Maggie Gyllenhaal plays Self (1 episode)
Samuel L. Jackson plays Self (1 episode)
Condoleezza Rice plays Self (1 episode)
Ruth Simmons plays Self (1 episode)
Margaret Cho plays Self (1 episode)
Sanjay Gupta plays Self (1 episode)
Martha Stewart plays Self (1 episode)
Margarett Cooper plays Self (1 episode)
John Legend plays Self (1 episode)
Barack Obama plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Wanda Sykes plays Self (1 episode)
Linda Chavez plays Self (1 episode)
Adrian Grenier plays Self (1 episode)
Michelle Rodriguez plays Self (1 episode)
Stephen King plays Self (1 episode)
Gloria Reuben plays Self (1 episode)
Courtney B. Vance plays Self (1 episode)
Billie Jean King plays Self (1 episode)
Rebecca Lobo plays Self (1 episode)
Ken Burns plays Self (1 episode)
Anna Deavere Smith plays Self (1 episode)
Ben Affleck plays Self (1 episode)
Khandi Alexander plays Self (1 episode)
Ben Jealous plays Self (1 episode)
Ming Tsai plays Self (1 episode)
Carole King plays Self (1 episode)
Deepak Chopra plays Self (1 episode)
David Sedaris plays Self (1 episode)
Jessica Alba plays Self (1 episode)
Derek Jeter plays Self (2 episodes)
Anderson Cooper plays Self (2 episodes)
Tom Colicchio plays Self (2 episodes)
Angela Bassett plays Self (2 episodes)
Valerie Jarrett plays Self (2 episodes)
Alan Dershowitz plays Self (2 episodes)
Tony Kushner plays Self (2 episodes)
Sally Field plays Self (2 episodes)
Tina Fey plays Self (2 episodes)
Nas plays Self (2 episodes)
Deval Patrick plays Self (1 episode)
Aarón Sánchez plays Self (2 episodes)
Sting plays Self (2 episodes)
George Stephanopoulos plays Self (2 episodes)
Shonda Rhimes plays Self (1 episode)
Keenen Ivory Wayans plays Self (1 episode)
Norman Lear plays Self (1 episode)
Richard Branson plays Self (1 episode)
Frank Gehry plays Self (1 episode)
Maya Lin plays Self (1 episode)
Patricia Arquette plays Self (1 episode)
John McCain plays Self (1 episode)
Sean Combs plays Self (1 episode)
LL Cool J plays Self (1 episode)
Sandra Cisneros plays Self (1 episode)
Neil Patrick Harris plays Self (1 episode)
Gloria Steinem plays Self (1 episode)
Julianna Margulies plays Self (1 episode)
Azar Nafisi plays Self (1 episode)
Larry David plays Self (1 episode)
Bernie Sanders plays Self (1 episode)
Fred Armisen plays Self (1 episode)
Carly Simon plays Self (1 episode)
Christopher Walken plays Self (1 episode)
Ted Danson plays Self (1 episode)
William H. Macy plays Self (1 episode)
Mary Steenburgen plays Self (1 episode)
Ta-Nehisi Coates plays Self (1 episode)
Janet Mock plays Self (1 episode)
Oswald Mosley plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Paul Rudd plays Self (1 episode)
Bryant Gumbel plays Self (1 episode)
Tonya Lewis Lee plays Self (1 episode)
Suzanne Malveaux plays Self (1 episode)
Carmelo Anthony plays Self (1 episode)
Ana Navarro plays Self (1 episode)
Gaby Hoffmann plays Self (1 episode)
Charlayne Hunter-Gault plays Self (1 episode)
Phil McGraw plays Self (1 episode)
Aziz Ansari plays Self (1 episode)
Maya Rudolph plays Self (2 episodes)
Amy Schumer plays Self (1 episode)
George R. R. Martin plays Self (1 episode)
Andy Samberg plays Self (1 episode)
Felicity Huffman plays Self (1 episode)
Michael Kenneth Williams plays Self (1 episode)
Christiane Amanpour plays Self (1 episode)
Kal Penn plays Self (1 episode)
Sheryl Sandberg plays Self (1 episode)
Michael Strahan plays Self (1 episode)
CeCe Moore plays Self - Genetic Genealogy Expert (7 episodes)
Paul Ryan plays Self (1 episode)
Marco Rubio plays Self (1 episode)
Tulsi Gabbard plays Self (1 episode)
Josh Meyers plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Seth Meyers plays Self (1 episode)
Tig Notaro plays Self (1 episode)
Sarah Silverman plays Self (1 episode)
Michael Moore plays Self (1 episode)
Chloë Sevigny plays Self (1 episode)
Alejandro González Iñárritu plays Self (1 episode)
Marina Abramović plays Self (1 episode)
Ty Burrell plays Self (2 episodes)
Mia Farrow plays Self (2 episodes)
Anjelica Huston plays Self (1 episode)
Isabella Rossellini plays Self (1 episode)
Melissa McCarthy plays Self (1 episode)
Eric Stonestreet plays Self (1 episode)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson plays Mitchell Pritchett (archive footage) (1 episode)
Queen Latifah plays Self (1 episode)
Jeffrey Wright plays Self (1 episode)
Jeff Goldblum plays Self (1 episode)
Terry Gross plays Self (1 episode)
Marc Maron plays Self (1 episode)
Steve Carell plays Self / Michael Scott (1 episode)
Amy Ryan plays Self (1 episode)
Sigourney Weaver plays Self (1 episode)
Justina Machado plays Self (1 episode)
Harold E. Varmus plays Self (1 episode)
Shirley Ann Jackson plays Self (1 episode)
Francis Collins plays Self (1 episode)
Soledad O'Brien plays Self (2 episodes)
Jimmy Kimmel plays Self (2 episodes)
Ava DuVernay plays Self (2 episodes)
John Turturro plays Self (2 episodes)
Questlove plays Self (2 episodes)
Lisa Ling plays Self (2 episodes)
Marisa Tomei plays Self (2 episodes)
S. Epatha Merkerson plays Self (2 episodes)
Laura Linney plays Self (2 episodes)
Diane van Fürstenberg plays Self (1 episode)
Narciso Rodríguez plays Self (1 episode)
RuPaul plays Self (1 episode)
Bill Hader plays Self (2 episodes)
Julianne Moore plays Self (2 episodes)
Lidia Bastianich plays Self (2 episodes)
Scarlett Johansson plays Self (2 episodes)
Lupita Nyong'o plays Self (2 episodes)
Téa Leoni plays Self (2 episodes)
Ann Curry plays Self (2 episodes)
Kehinde Wiley plays Self (2 episodes)
Joe Madison plays Self (2 episodes)
Gayle King plays Self (1 episode)
Jordan Peele plays Self (1 episode)
Issa Rae plays Self (1 episode)
Nancy Pelosi plays Self (1 episode)
Norah O'Donnell plays Self (1 episode)
Zac Posen plays Self (1 episode)
Glenn Close plays Self (1 episode)
John Waters plays Self (1 episode)
Andy Cohen plays Self (1 episode)
Nina Totenberg plays Self (1 episode)
Jane Lynch plays Self (1 episode)
Jim Gaffigan plays Self (1 episode)
John F. Kennedy plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Christopher Meloni plays Self (1 episode)
Tony Shalhoub plays Self (1 episode)
Pharrell Williams plays Self (1 episode)
Kasi Lemmons plays Self (1 episode)
Clint Black plays Self (1 episode)
Rosanne Cash plays Self (1 episode)
Johnny Cash plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Vivian Liberto plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
John Lithgow plays Self (1 episode)
Maria Hinojosa plays Self (1 episode)
Crew of Finding Your Roots
Production
Crew
Directing
Editing
Writing
- Donna Brazile
- Kara Walker
- Bill Maher
- Bill O'Reilly
- Dustin Hoffman
- Sterling K. Brown
- Sasheer Zamata
- Jon Batiste
- Harry Connick Jr.
- Branford Marsalis
- Cory Booker
- John Lewis
- Geoffrey Canada
- Barbara Walters
- Kevin Bacon
- Kyra Sedgwick
- Angela Warnick Buchdahl
- Yasir Qadhi
- Rick Warren
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Robert Downey Sr.
- Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal
- Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Condoleezza Rice
- Ruth Simmons
- Margaret Cho
- Sanjay Gupta
- Martha Stewart
- Margarett Cooper
- John Legend
- Barack Obama
- Wanda Sykes
- Linda Chavez
- Adrian Grenier
- Michelle Rodriguez
- Stephen King
- Gloria Reuben
- Courtney B. Vance
- Billie Jean King
- Rebecca Lobo
- Ken Burns
- Anna Deavere Smith
- Ben Affleck
- Khandi Alexander
- Ben Jealous
- Ming Tsai
- Carole King
- Deepak Chopra
- David Sedaris
- Jessica Alba
- Derek Jeter
- Anderson Cooper
- Tom Colicchio
- Angela Bassett
- Valerie Jarrett
- Alan Dershowitz
- Tony Kushner
- Sally Field
- Tina Fey
- Nas
- Deval Patrick
- Aarón Sánchez
- Sting
- George Stephanopoulos
- Shonda Rhimes
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
- Norman Lear
- Richard Branson
- Frank Gehry
- Maya Lin
- Patricia Arquette
- John McCain
- Sean Combs
- LL Cool J
- Sandra Cisneros
- Neil Patrick Harris
- Gloria Steinem
- Julianna Margulies
- Azar Nafisi
- Larry David
- Bernie Sanders
- Fred Armisen
- Carly Simon
- Christopher Walken
- Ted Danson
- William H. Macy
- Mary Steenburgen
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Janet Mock
- Oswald Mosley
- Paul Rudd
- Bryant Gumbel
- Tonya Lewis Lee
- Suzanne Malveaux
- Carmelo Anthony
- Ana Navarro
- Gaby Hoffmann
- Charlayne Hunter-Gault
- Phil McGraw
- Aziz Ansari
- Maya Rudolph
- Amy Schumer
- George R. R. Martin
- Andy Samberg
- Felicity Huffman
- Michael Kenneth Williams
- Christiane Amanpour
- Kal Penn
- Sheryl Sandberg
- Michael Strahan
- CeCe Moore
- Paul Ryan
- Marco Rubio
- Tulsi Gabbard
- Josh Meyers
- Seth Meyers
- Tig Notaro
- Sarah Silverman
- Michael Moore
- Chloë Sevigny
- Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Marina Abramović
- Ty Burrell
- Mia Farrow
- Anjelica Huston
- Isabella Rossellini
- Melissa McCarthy
- Eric Stonestreet
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson
- Queen Latifah
- Jeffrey Wright
- Jeff Goldblum
- Terry Gross
- Marc Maron
- Steve Carell
- Amy Ryan
- Sigourney Weaver
- Justina Machado
- Harold E. Varmus
- Shirley Ann Jackson
- Francis Collins
- Soledad O'Brien
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Ava DuVernay
- John Turturro
- Questlove
- Lisa Ling
- Marisa Tomei
- S. Epatha Merkerson
- Laura Linney
- Diane van Fürstenberg
- Narciso Rodríguez
- RuPaul
- Bill Hader
- Julianne Moore
- Lidia Bastianich
- Scarlett Johansson
- Lupita Nyong'o
- Téa Leoni
- Ann Curry
- Kehinde Wiley
- Joe Madison
- Gayle King
- Jordan Peele
- Issa Rae
- Nancy Pelosi
- Norah O'Donnell
- Zac Posen
- Glenn Close
- John Waters
- Andy Cohen
- Nina Totenberg
- Jane Lynch
- Jim Gaffigan
- John F. Kennedy
- Christopher Meloni
- Tony Shalhoub
- Pharrell Williams
- Kasi Lemmons
- Clint Black
- Rosanne Cash
- Johnny Cash
- Vivian Liberto
- John Lithgow
- Maria Hinojosa