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

Sabin Streeter

DIRECTOR

Krista Whetstone

DIRECTOR

Hazel Gurland

DIRECTOR

Jesse Sweet

DIRECTOR

Josh Gleason

DIRECTOR

Muriel Soenens

DIRECTOR

Jamila Wignot

DIRECTOR

Phil Bertelsen

DIRECTOR

Hannah Olson

DIRECTOR

Lindsey Megrue

DIRECTOR

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Self - Host

CeCe Moore

Self

Anita Hill

Self

Ty Burrell

Self - Guest

Sterling K. Brown

Self - Guest

Kehinde Wiley

Self

Cory Booker

Self

Angela Bassett

Self

Sally Field

Self

Tina Fey

Self

Sting

Self

Anderson Cooper

Self

Tony Kushner

Self

Nas

Self

George Stephanopoulos

Self

Derek Jeter

Self

Tom Colicchio

Self

Alan Dershowitz

Self

Aarón Sánchez

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

Ava DuVernay

Self

Questlove

Self

Marisa Tomei

Self

Laura Linney

Self

S. Epatha Merkerson

Self

Lisa Ling

Self

Lena Waithe

Self

Amy Carlson

Self

Damon Lindelof

Self

Melissa Villaseñor

Self

Erin Burnett

Self

Brittany Packnett Cunningham

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

Sharon Stone

Self - Guest

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Self - Guest

Kyra Sedgwick

Self - Guest

Wanda Sykes

Self - Guest

Branford Marsalis

Self - Guest

Eric Stonestreet

Self - Guest

Marco Rubio

Self - Guest

Marina Abramovic

Self - Guest

Joe Madison

Self - Guest

Jeffrey Wright

Self - Guest

Sasheer Zamata

Self - Guest

Chrissy Teigen

Self - Guest

Margarett Cooper

Self - Guest

Tulsi Gabbard

Self - Guest

Jon Batiste

Self - Guest

Samuel L. Jackson

Self

Michelle Rodriguez

Self

Adrian Grenier

Self

Margaret Cho

Self

Robert Downey Sr.

Self - Robert's Father

Naomi Foner

Self - Maggie's Mother

Martha Stewart

Self

Barbara Walters

Self

Michael Bacon

Self - Kevin's Brother

Condoleezza Rice

Self

Sanjay Gupta

Self

John Lewis

Self

Ellis Marsalis

Self - Branford's Father

John Sedgwick

Self - Kyra's Uncle

Rick Warren

Self

Linda Chavez

Self

Angela Warnick Buchdahl

Self

Geoffrey Canada

Self

Yasir Qadhi

Self

Peter Drummey

Self - Head Researcher, Massachusetts Historical Society

Ruth Simmons

Self

Eva Sheppard Wolf

Self - Historian, San Francisco State University

Henry Dwight Sedgwick

Self - Kyra's Father

Delores Marsalis

Self - Branford's Mother

David Deskins

Self - Researcher

James L. Hale

Self - Author and John's Cousin

Greg Osborn

Self - Researcher, New Orleans Public Library

Art Green

Self - Civil War Historian, Mobile, Alabama

Paul Finkelman

Self - Expert on Slave Era Law, Albany Law School

Susan O'Donovan

Self - Historian, University of Memphis

Johni Cerny

Self - Genealogist

Walter Johnson

Self - Historian, Harvard

Ronald Lamar Stephens

Self - John's Father

Ben Affleck

Self

Jessica Alba

Self

Courtney B. Vance

Self

Stephen King

Self

Gloria Reuben

Self

Khandi Alexander

Self

Ken Burns

Self

Anna Deavere Smith

Self

Carole King

Self

David Sedaris

Self

Billie Jean King

Self

Deepak Chopra

ACTOR

Ming Tsai

Self

Rebecca Lobo

Self

Ben Jealous

Self

Deval Patrick

Self

Patricia Arquette

Self - Interviewee

Dustin Hoffman

Self - Actor

Julianna Margulies

Self - Actress

Shonda Rhimes

Self

Neil Patrick Harris

Self

LL Cool J

Self

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Self

Sean 'Diddy' Combs

Self

Bill Maher

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

Maya Lin

Self

Azar Nafisi

Self - Author

Sandra Cisneros

Self

Kara Walker

Self

Scarlett Johansson

Self - Guest

Christopher Walken

Self

Gaby Hoffmann

Self

Téa Leoni

Self

Paul Rudd

Self

Ted Danson

Self

Mary Steenburgen

Self

Lupita Nyong'o

Self

William H. Macy

Self

Amy Schumer

Self

Fred Armisen

Self

Larry David

Self

Aziz Ansari

Self

Tonya Lewis Lee

Self

Bryant Gumbel

Self

Phil McGraw

Self

Carly Simon

Self

Janet Mock

Self

Bernie Sanders

Self

Carmelo Anthony

Self

Ana Navarro

Self

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Self

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Self

Suzanne Malveaux

Self

Isabella Rossellini

Self - Guest

Chloë Sevigny

Self

Anjelica Huston

Self - Guest

Andy Samberg

Self

Felicity Huffman

Self

Michael Kenneth Williams

Self

Kal Penn

Self

Sarah Silverman

Self

Tig Notaro

Self

Michael Moore

Self

George R.R. Martin

Self

Seth Meyers

Self

Michael Strahan

Self

Christiane Amanpour

Self

Sheryl Sandberg

Self

Ann Curry

Self

Sigourney Weaver

Self

Steve Carell

Michael Scott

Jeff Goldblum

Self

Amy Ryan

Self

Justina Machado

Self

Marc Maron

Self

RuPaul

Self

Diane von Fürstenberg

Self

Terry Gross

Self

Francis Collins

Self

Narciso Rodríguez

Self

Harold Varmus

Self

Shirley Ann Jackson

Self

John Lithgow

Self

Glenn Close

Self

Jordan Peele

Self

Mandy Patinkin

Self

Christopher Meloni

Self

Tony Shalhoub

Self

Jane Lynch

Self

John Waters

Self

Issa Rae

Self

Audra McDonald

Self

Jim Gaffigan

Self

Lewis Black

Self

Kasi Lemmons

Self

Pharrell Williams

Self

Clint Black

Self

Roy Wood Jr.

Self

Andy Cohen

Self

Don Lemon

Self

Gayle King

Self

Nancy Pelosi

Self

Rosanne Cash

Self

Norah O'Donnell

Self

Gretchen Carlson

Self

Zac Posen

Self

Nina Totenberg

Self

Henry Louis Gates Sr.

Self

Maria Hinojosa

Self

Kathryn Hahn

Self

Rebecca Hall

Self

Pamela Adlon

Self

John Leguizamo

Self

Nathan Lane

Self

Regina King

Self

Terry Crews

Self

Tony Danza

Self

Leslie Odom Jr.

Self

Raúl Esparza

Self

Mario Lopez

Self

Lee Daniels

Self

David Chang

Self

André Leon Talley

Self

Regina King

Self

Nathan Lane

Self

David Chang

Self

Mario Lopez

Self

Brian Cox

Self

Julia Roberts

Self

Kieran Culkin

Self

Edward Norton

ACTOR

Claire Danes

Self

Viola Davis

Self

Jeff Daniels

Self

Richard Kind

Self

Billy Crudup

Self

Danny Trejo

Self

Jamie Chung

Self

Joe Manganiello

Self

David Duchovny

Self

Niecy Nash

Self

Carol Burnett

Self

Cyndi Lauper

Self

Tamera Mowry-Housley

Self

Tony Gonzalez

Self

Angela Davis

Self

Jim Acosta

Self

Van Jones

Self

Jeh Johnson

Self

Brendan Fraser

Self

Anthony Ramos

Self

Bob Odenkirk

Self

Michael Douglas

Self

Iliza Shlesinger

Self

Jesse Williams

Self

Ed O'Neill

Self

Lena Dunham

Self

Tracy Morgan

Self

Danielle Brooks

Self

Wes Studi

Self

Valerie Bertinelli

Self

LeVar Burton

Self

Alanis Morissette

Self

Ciara

Self

Dionne Warwick

Self

Sunny Hostin

Self

Sammy Hagar

Self

Megan Robertson

Self

Terrie Morrow

Self

Joyce Willis

Self

Amanda Seyfried

Self - Guest

Melanie Lynskey

Self

Kristen Bell

Self - Guest

Debra Messing

Self

Michael Imperioli

Self - Guest

Laurence Fishburne

Self - Guest

Dax Shepard

Self - Guest

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Self - Guest

Rubén Blades

Self - Guest

Lea Salonga

Self - Guest

Joy Behar

Self - Guest

Amy Tan

Self - Guest

José Andrés

Self - Guest

Lonnie Bunch

Self - Guest

Natalie Morales

Self - Guest

Rita Dove

Self - Guest

Sean Sherman

Self - Guest

King Charles III

Self (uncredited)