Cast and Crew of What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates

Cast of
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates

About What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates

Join visionary philanthropist Bill Gates as he delves into pressing global issues and uncovers cutting-edge technologies that will transform the world.

Main Cast of What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates

Bill Gates
plays Self (5 episodes)

Bill Gates as Self

Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 and is currently 68 years old.

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Secondary Cast of What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates

James Cameron
plays Self - Filmmaker, Inventor, Explorer (1 episode)

James Cameron as Self - Filmmaker, Inventor, Explorer

James Cameron was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada, on August 16, 1954. He moved to the USA in 1971. The son of a...

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Lady Gaga
plays Self - Artist, Philanthropist and Businesswoman (1 episode)

Lady Gaga as Self - Artist, Philanthropist and Businesswoman

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American si...

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Bernie Sanders
plays Self - I-VT (1 episode)

Bernie Sanders as Self - I-VT

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

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Mitt Romney
plays Self - R-UT (1 episode)

Greg Brockman
plays Self - Founder and President, OpenAI (1 episode)

Kevin Roose
plays Self - Tech Columnist, The New York Times (1 episode)

Jeff Hancock
plays Self - Professor of Communication, Stanford University (1 episode)

Fei-Fei Li
plays Self - Co-Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (1 episode)

Nitasha Tiku
plays Self - Tech Reporter, The Washington Post (1 episode)

Tim Urban
plays Self - Author, "Wait Buy Why" (1 episode)

Michael Slade
plays Self - Friend, Co-Founder, Second Avenue Partners (2 episodes)

Sal Khan
plays Self - Founder and CEO, Khan Academy (1 episode)

Rasha Barakat
plays Self - Teacher, Khan Lab School (1 episode)

Rumman Chowdhury
plays Self - CEO, Humane Intelligence (1 episode)

Vinod Khosla
plays Self - Partner, Khosla Ventures (1 episode)

Lecia Sequist
plays Self - Lung Cancer Oncologist, Mass. General Cancer Center (1 episode)

Florian Fintelmann
plays Self - Radiologist, Mass. General Hospital (1 episode)

Refik Anadol
plays Self - Media Artist and Director (1 episode)

Sam Altman
plays Self - Founder and CEO, OpenAI (archive footage) (1 episode)

Eugenia Kuyda
plays Self - Founder and CEO, Replika (1 episode)

Sarah T. Roberts
plays Self - Professor of Information Studies, UCLA (1 episode)

Elise Wang
plays Self - Conspiracy Theory Historian (1 episode)

Danah Boyd
plays Self - Founder, Data and Society (1 episode)

Ramesh Srinivasan
plays Self - Professor of Information Studies, UCLA (1 episode)

Edward R. Murrow
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Jordan Klepper
plays Self - Podcast Host and Comedian (1 episode)

Donald Trump
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Donald Trump as Self (archive footage)

Donald John Trump was born on June 14, 1946 in New York City, New York, USA. He was the 45th President of the United ...

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Ike Sriskandarajah
plays Self - Investigative Reporter (1 episode)

Kathryn Joyce
plays Self - Investigative Reporter (1 episode)

Kara Swisher
plays Self - Tech Journalist (1 episode)

Mark Zuckerberg
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Mark Zuckerberg as Self (archive footage)

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur. He is a co-founder of Facebook, ...

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Bill Clinton
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Bill Clinton as Self (archive footage)

William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 t...

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Christopher Cox
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Anthony Fauci
plays Self - Distinguished University Professor, Georgetown University (2 episodes)

Phoebe Gates
plays Self - Daughter and Founder of Phia (1 episode)

Andrew Cook
plays Self - Managing Director, Gates Ventures (1 episode)

Larry Cohen
plays Self - CEO, Gates Ventures (1 episode)

Jacob Mchangama
plays Self - Author, "Free Speech: A History" (1 episode)

Elon Musk
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Elon Musk as Self (archive footage)

A South African-born Canadian-American entrepreneur, engineer, inventor and investor. He is the CEO and CTO of SpaceX...

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Renée DiResta
plays Self - Research Manager, Stanford Internet Observatory (1 episode)

Alex Stamos
plays Self - Founding Director, Stanford Internet Observatory (1 episode)

Richard Blumenthal
plays Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)

Josh Hawley
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Tucker Carlson
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Tucker Carlson as Self (archive footage)

Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson is an American conservative journalist and political commentator who has hosted the nig...

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Jonathan Ross
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Anderson Cooper
plays Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)

Anderson Cooper as Self (archive footage)

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

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Kevin LaSean
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Connie Chung
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Jake Angeli
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Christiane Amanpour
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Elizabeth Kolbert
plays Self - Staff Writer, The New Yorker (1 episode)

Justin Worland
plays Self - Journalist, Time Magazine (1 episode)

Grace Gibson-Snyder
plays Self - Climate Activist (1 episode)

Kayah George
plays Self - Climate Activist (1 episode)

Maanit Goel
plays Self - Climate Activist (1 episode)

Thomas L. Friedman
plays Self - New York Times Columnist and Author (2 episodes)

Eric Toone
plays Self - Managing Partner, Ventures, Breakthrough Energy (1 episode)

Rodi Guidero
plays Self - Executive Director, Breakthrough Energy (1 episode)

Carmichael Roberts
plays Self - Managing Partner, Ventures, Breakthrough Energy (1 episode)

Cody Finke
plays Self - Co-Founder, Brimstone (1 episode)

Hugo Leandri
plays Self - Co-Founder, Brimstone (1 episode)

Eunice Newton Foote
plays Self - Climate Scientist (archive footage) (1 episode)

Aliya Haq
plays Self - VP, U.S. Policy and Avocacy, Breakthrough Energy (1 episode)

Matthew Rogers
plays Self - Co-Founder and CEO, Mill (1 episode)

Emma Bright
plays Self - Head of Production Design Engineering, Mill (1 episode)

Maxim Willemse
plays Self - Lead Engineer, Climeworks (1 episode)

Sandra Ó. Snæbjörnsdóttir
plays Self - Chief Scientist, Carbfix (1 episode)

David Gelles
plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Matthew Desmond
plays Self - Author and Sociology Professor, Princeton University (1 episode)

Robert Reich
plays Self - Former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Co-Founder, Inequality Media (1 episode)

Robert Reich as Self - Former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Co-Founder, Inequality Media

Robert Reich was born on June 24, 1946 and is currently 78 years old.

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Rutger Bregman
plays Self - Historian and Author, "Utopia for Realists" and "Humankind" (1 episode)

Noah Smith
plays Self - Economics Blogger (1 episode)

Mark Cuban
plays Self - Co-Founder, Cost Plus Drugs (1 episode)

Mark Cuban as Self - Co-Founder, Cost Plus Drugs

Mark Cuban is an American billionaire entrepreneur, television personality, and media proprietor whose net worth is a...

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Kristi Blake
plays Self - Sister (1 episode)

Libby Gates MacPhee
plays Self - Sister (1 episode)

John D. Rockefeller
plays Self - Founder of Standard Oil (archive footage) (1 episode)

Andrew Carnegie
plays Self - Founder of Carnegie Steel (archive footage) (1 episode)

Saru Jayaraman
plays Self - President, One Fair Wage (1 episode)

Nataki Rhodes
plays Self - National Organizer, One Fair Wage & Restaurant Industry Veteran (1 episode)

Tabina Gibson
plays Self - Restaurant Industry Veteran (1 episode)

Antoinette Jewel Simmons
plays Self - Restaurant Industry Veteran (1 episode)

Connor Maxwell
plays Self - U.S. Economic Mobility and Opportunity Program Officer, Gates Foundation (1 episode)

Michael Williams
plays Self - Long Haul Truck Driver in Training (1 episode)

Ryan Rippel
plays Self - Director, Economic Mobility & Opportunity, Gates Foundation (1 episode)

Ariana Marbley
plays Self - Owner, Esscents of Flowers (1 episode)

Andrea Elliott
plays Self - Investigative Reporter, The New York Times (1 episode)

Jelani Cobb
plays Self - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School (1 episode)

Rae Pilarski
plays Self - Associate Program Director, Code for America (1 episode)

Hari Menon
plays Self - South and Southeast Asia Director, Gates Foundation (1 episode)

Madhu Krishna
plays Self - Deputy Director, Gender Equality, Gates Foundation (1 episode)

Abdoulaye Diabaté
plays Self - Principal Investigator, Target Malaria, Burkina Faso (1 episode)

Philip Welkhoff
plays Self - Malaria Director, Gates Foundation (1 episode)

Timothy C. Winegard
plays Self - Author, "The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator" (1 episode)

Michael Specter
plays Self - Science and Tech Journalist, The New Yorker (1 episode)

Jennifer Gardy
plays Self - Deputy Director, Surveillance, Data, and Epidemiology, Gates Foundation (1 episode)

Bono
plays Self - Musician and Activist (1 episode)

Bono as Self - Musician and Activist

Paul David Hewson, better known by his stage name Bono, is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, ...

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Robert Seder
plays Self - Chief, Cellular Immunology Section, Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH (1 episode)

Laura Steinhardt
plays Self - Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1 episode)

Titus K Kwambai
plays Self - Co-Principal Investigator, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1 episode)

Bernadina Odhiambo
plays Self - Siaya County, Kenya (1 episode)

Helen Jamet
plays Self - Deputy Director, Vector Control, Gates Foundation (1 episode)

Kevin Esvelt
plays Self - MIT, Inventor of CRISPR Gene Drive (1 episode)

Traore Sy Soumalo
plays Self - Lead of the Village Committee, Souroukoudinga Village (1 episode)

Barro Lassina
plays Self - District Representative (1 episode)


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