Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012) | Full Cast

Hazel Gurland

DIRECTOR

Jesse Sweet

DIRECTOR

Sabin Streeter

DIRECTOR

Josh Gleason

DIRECTOR

Muriel Soenens

DIRECTOR

Jamila Wignot

DIRECTOR

Phil Bertelsen

DIRECTOR

Hannah Olson

DIRECTOR

Krista Whetstone

DIRECTOR

Lindsey Megrue

DIRECTOR

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Self - Host

CeCe Moore

Self

Anita Hill

Self

Ty Burrell

Self

Sterling K. Brown

Self - Guest

Kehinde Wiley

Self

Cory Booker

Self

Angela Bassett

Self

Sally Field

Self

Tina Fey

Self

Sting

Self

Tony Kushner

Self

George Stephanopoulos

Self

Anderson Cooper

Self

Derek Jeter

Self

Nas

Self

Tom Colicchio

Self

Aarón Sánchez

Self

Alan Dershowitz

Self

Valerie Jarrett

Self

Julianne Moore

Self

Bill Hader

Self

Jimmy Kimmel

Self

Soledad O'Brien

Self

Mia Farrow

Self - Actress

Maya Rudolph

Self

John Turturro

Self

Questlove

Self

Marisa Tomei

Self

Laura Linney

Self

S. Epatha Merkerson

Self

Lisa Ling

Self

Amy Carlson

Self

Lena Waithe

Self

Damon Lindelof

Self

Melissa Villaseñor

Self

Erin Burnett

Self

Brittany Packnett

Self

Robert Downey Jr.

Self - Guest

Kevin Bacon

Self - Guest

Harry Connick Jr.

Self - Guest

John Legend

Self - Guest

Melissa McCarthy

Self - Guest

Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Self - Guest

Paul Ryan

Self - Guest

Queen Latifah

Self - Guest

Kyra Sedgwick

Self - Guest

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Self - Guest

Wanda Sykes

Self - Guest

Branford Marsalis

Self - Guest

Eric Stonestreet

Self - Guest

Marina Abramovic

Self - Guest

Marco Rubio

Self - Guest

Joe Madison

Self - Guest

Jeffrey Wright

Self - Guest

Sasheer Zamata

Self - Guest

Margarett Cooper

Self - Guest

Tulsi Gabbard

Self - Guest

Jon Batiste

Self - Guest

Michelle Rodriguez

Self

Samuel L. Jackson

Self

Adrian Grenier

Self

Robert Downey Sr.

Self - Robert's Father

Margaret Cho

Self

Martha Stewart

Self

Barbara Walters

Self

Naomi Foner

Self - Maggie's Mother

Condoleezza Rice

Self

Michael Bacon

Self - Kevin's Brother

Sanjay Gupta

Self

Geoffrey Canada

Self

Rick Warren

Self

Linda Chavez

Self

John Lewis

Self

John Sedgwick

Self - Kyra's Uncle

Paul Finkelman

Self - Expert on Slave Era Law, Albany Law School

Yasir Qadhi

Self

Johni Cerny

Self - Genealogist

Ellis Marsalis

Self - Branford's Father

Angela Warnick Buchdahl

Self

Delores Marsalis

Self - Branford's Mother

Eva Sheppard Wolf

Self - Historian, San Francisco State University

Art Green

Self - Civil War Historian, Mobile, Alabama

Peter Drummey

Self - Head Researcher, Massachusetts Historical Society

Ruth Simmons

Self

Walter Johnson

Self - Historian, Harvard

Susan O'Donovan

Self - Historian, University of Memphis

James L. Hale

Self - Author and John's Cousin

David Deskins

Self - Researcher

Henry Dwight Sedgwick

Self - Kyra's Father

Greg Osborn

Self - Researcher, New Orleans Public Library

Ronald Lamar Stephens

Self - John's Father

Ben Affleck

Self

Jessica Alba

Self

Stephen King

Self

Gloria Reuben

Self

Khandi Alexander

Self

Courtney B. Vance

Self

Ken Burns

Self

David Sedaris

Self

Anna Deavere Smith

Self

Carole King

Self

Billie Jean King

Self

Ming Tsai

Self

Deepak Chopra

ACTOR

Rebecca Lobo

Self

Ben Jealous

Self

Deval Patrick

Self

Patricia Arquette

Self - Interviewee

Neil Patrick Harris

Self

Dustin Hoffman

Self - Actor

Julianna Margulies

Self - Actress

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Self

LL Cool J

Self

Bill Maher

Self

Shonda Rhimes

Self

Sean 'Diddy' Combs

Self

David Burtka

Self

Norman Lear

Self

Gloria Steinem

Self

Richard Branson

Self

Bill O'Reilly

Self

John McCain

Self - Interviewee

Lidia Bastianich

Self - Chef

Donna Brazile

Self

Frank Gehry

Self

Kara Walker

Self

Maya Lin

Self

Sandra Cisneros

Self

Azar Nafisi

Self - Author

Scarlett Johansson

Self - Guest

Christopher Walken

Self

Paul Rudd

Self

Lupita Nyong'o

Self

Téa Leoni

Self

Mary Steenburgen

Self

Gaby Hoffmann

Self

Fred Armisen

Self

Ted Danson

Self

William H. Macy

Self

Larry David

Self

Amy Schumer

Self

Aziz Ansari

Self

Carly Simon

Self

Phil McGraw

Self

Bryant Gumbel

Self

Ana Navarro

Self

Bernie Sanders

Self

Carmelo Anthony

Self

Tonya Lewis Lee

Self

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Self

Suzanne Malveaux

Self

Chloë Sevigny

Self

Andy Samberg

Self

Anjelica Huston

Self - Guest

Tig Notaro

Self

Sarah Silverman

Self

Michael Kenneth Williams

Self

Felicity Huffman

Self

Isabella Rossellini

Self - Guest

Kal Penn

Self

Michael Moore

Self

Seth Meyers

Self

George R.R. Martin

Self

Michael Strahan

Self

Ann Curry

Self

Christiane Amanpour

Self

Sheryl Sandberg

Self

Sigourney Weaver

Self

Steve Carell

Michael Scott

Jeff Goldblum

ACTOR

Amy Ryan

Self

Justina Machado

Self

Marc Maron

ACTOR

RuPaul

Self

Ava DuVernay

Self

Terry Gross

Self

Diane von Fürstenberg

Self

Narciso Rodríguez

Self

Jordan Peele

Self

Mandy Patinkin

Self

Tony Shalhoub

Self

Christopher Meloni

Self

Glenn Close

Self

John Lithgow

Self

Jane Lynch

Self

Jim Gaffigan

Self

John Waters

Self

Audra McDonald

Self

Issa Rae

Self

Lewis Black

Self

Kasi Lemmons

Self

Pharrell Williams

Self

Andy Cohen

Self

Roy Wood Jr.

Self

Gayle King

Self

Norah O'Donnell

Self

Nancy Pelosi

Self

Clint Black

Self

Don Lemon

Self

Rosanne Cash

Self

Gretchen Carlson

Self

Zac Posen

Self

Henry Louis Gates Sr.

Self

Nina Totenberg

Self

Maria Hinojosa

Self

John Leguizamo

Self

Rebecca Hall

Self

Nathan Lane

Self

Kathryn Hahn

Self

Pamela Adlon

Self

Terry Crews

Self

Regina King

Self

Leslie Odom Jr.

Self

Tony Danza

Self

Raúl Esparza

Self

Mario Lopez

Self

Lee Daniels

Self

David Chang

Self

André Leon Talley

Self

Regina King

Self

Nathan Lane

Self

Mario Lopez

Self

David Chang

Self

Kieran Culkin

Self

Brian Cox

Self

Julia Roberts

Self

Edward Norton

ACTOR

Viola Davis

Self

Claire Danes

Self

Joe Manganiello

Self

Jamie Chung

Self

David Duchovny

Self

Danny Trejo

Self

Richard Kind

Self

Niecy Nash

Self

Jeff Daniels

Self

Carol Burnett

Self

Cyndi Lauper

Self

Tamera Mowry-Housley

Self

Van Jones

Self

Jim Acosta

Self

Tony Gonzalez

Self

Angela Davis

Self

Jeh Johnson

Self