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Finding Your Roots

Finding Your Roots Cast

205 cast members · 87 with active Attention Score
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Barack Obama is currently the most popular Finding Your Roots cast member online with a Attention Score of 12.6. 15 of 205 cast members rank in the top 1,000 actors online today. Updated July 16, 2026.

1
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
12.6
#109 overall
2
Ben Affleck
Self · 1 eps
12.2
#116 overall
3
Robert Downey Jr.
Self · 1 eps
6.2
#417 overall
4
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Self · 1 eps
6.0
#437 overall
5
Stephen King
Self · 1 eps
5.7
#486 overall
6
Sean Combs
Self · 1 eps
5.6
#511 overall
7
Sally Field
Self · 2 eps
5.6
#518 overall
8
Samuel L. Jackson
Self · 1 eps
5.1
#626 overall
9
Larry David
Self · 1 eps
4.8
#690 overall
10
Jessica Alba
Self · 1 eps
4.7
#721 overall
11
Carole King
Self · 1 eps
4.6
#742 overall
12
Mary Steenburgen
Self · 1 eps
4.5
#759 overall
13
Kevin Bacon
Self · 1 eps
4.5
#767 overall
14
Bernie Sanders
Self · 1 eps
4.1
#912 overall
15
Dustin Hoffman
Self · 1 eps
4.0
#973 overall
16
Ted Danson
Self · 1 eps
3.9
#1,021 overall
17
Kyra Sedgwick
Self · 1 eps
3.8
#1,080 overall
18
John McCain
Self · 1 eps
3.6
#1,153 overall
19
Christopher Walken
Self · 1 eps
3.6
#1,167 overall
20
Sting
Self · 2 eps
3.3
#1,359 overall
21
Patricia Arquette
Self · 1 eps
3.3
#1,371 overall
22
Tina Fey
Self · 2 eps
3.1
#1,473 overall
23
Paul Rudd
Self · 1 eps
3.0
#1,529 overall
24
William H. Macy
Self · 1 eps
2.9
#1,623 overall
25
Neil Patrick Harris
Self · 1 eps
2.9
#1,625 overall
26
Martha Stewart
Self · 1 eps
2.8
#1,719 overall
27
Fred Armisen
Self · 1 eps
2.8
#1,724 overall
28
Carly Simon
Self · 1 eps
2.5
#2,045 overall
29
Cory Booker
Self · 1 eps
2.5
#2,079 overall
30
Angela Bassett
Self · 2 eps
2.3
#2,277 overall
31
Michelle Rodriguez
Self · 1 eps
2.3
#2,326 overall
32
Carmelo Anthony
Self · 1 eps
2.1
#2,476 overall
33
Bill Maher
Self · 1 eps
2.1
#2,506 overall
34
Nas
Self · 2 eps
2.1
#2,562 overall
35
Jon Batiste
Self · 1 eps
2.1
#2,575 overall
36
Billie Jean King
Self · 1 eps
2.1
#2,596 overall
37
Julianna Margulies
Self · 1 eps
2.1
#2,622 overall
38
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Self · 1 eps
2.0
#2,746 overall
39
Richard Branson
Self · 1 eps
2.0
#2,752 overall
40
LL Cool J
Self · 1 eps
2.0
#2,755 overall
41
Condoleezza Rice
Self · 1 eps
2.0
#2,793 overall
42
Derek Jeter
Self · 2 eps
1.8
#3,064 overall
43
Anderson Cooper
Self · 2 eps
1.8
#3,162 overall
44
John Lewis
Self · 1 eps
1.8
#3,190 overall
45
Sterling K. Brown
Self · 1 eps
1.7
#3,306 overall
46
John Legend
Self · 1 eps
1.5
#3,795 overall
47
Harry Connick Jr.
Self · 1 eps
1.5
#3,841 overall
48
David Sedaris
Self · 1 eps
1.4
#4,146 overall
49
Gloria Steinem
Self · 1 eps
1.4
#4,197 overall
50
Adrian Grenier
Self · 1 eps
1.3
#4,573 overall
51
Courtney B. Vance
Self · 1 eps
1.2
#4,828 overall
52
Ken Burns
Self · 1 eps
1.2
#4,890 overall
53
Shonda Rhimes
Self · 1 eps
1.2
#4,964 overall
54
Barbara Walters
Self · 1 eps
1.1
#5,243 overall
55
Wanda Sykes
Self · 1 eps
1.1
#5,416 overall
56
Gaby Hoffmann
Self · 1 eps
1.1
#5,660 overall
57
Alan Dershowitz
Self · 2 eps
1.0
#5,722 overall
58
Ana Navarro
Self · 1 eps
1.0
#6,052 overall
59
Margaret Cho
Self · 1 eps
1.0
#6,080 overall
60
Norman Lear
Self · 1 eps
0.9
#6,317 overall
61
Robert Downey Sr.
Self · 1 eps
0.9
#6,402 overall
62
Bill O'Reilly
Self · 1 eps
0.9
#6,451 overall
63
Tony Kushner
Self · 2 eps
0.9
#6,493 overall
64
Gloria Reuben
Self · 1 eps
0.9
#6,746 overall
65
Tom Colicchio
Self · 2 eps
0.7
#8,169 overall
66
Khandi Alexander
Self · 1 eps
0.6
#9,394 overall
67
George Stephanopoulos
Self · 2 eps
0.6
#9,534 overall
68
Deepak Chopra
Self · 1 eps
0.6
#9,560 overall
69
Frank Gehry
Self · 1 eps
0.6
#9,867 overall
70
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Self · 1 eps
0.5
#11,062 overall
71
Sanjay Gupta
Self · 1 eps
0.5
#11,263 overall
72
Sasheer Zamata
Self · 1 eps
0.4
#12,060 overall
73
Maya Lin
Self · 1 eps
0.4
#12,085 overall
74
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Self - Host · 126 eps
0.4
#12,647 overall
75
Anna Deavere Smith
Self · 1 eps
0.4
#12,838 overall
76
Bryant Gumbel
Self · 1 eps
0.3
#14,549 overall
77
Rick Warren
Self · 1 eps
0.3
#14,929 overall
78
Ming Tsai
Self · 1 eps
0.3
#16,757 overall
79
Naomi Foner
Self · 1 eps
0.3
#17,044 overall
80
Branford Marsalis
Self · 1 eps
0.2
#17,835 overall
81
Suzanne Malveaux
Self · 1 eps
0.2
#19,407 overall
82
Donna Brazile
Self · 1 eps
0.2
#20,048 overall
83
Rebecca Lobo
Self · 1 eps
0.2
#20,953 overall
84
Linda Chavez
Self · 1 eps
0.1
#25,803 overall
85
Janet Mock
Self · 1 eps
0.1
#26,356 overall
86
Azar Nafisi
Self · 1 eps
0.1
#32,216 overall
87
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Self · 1 eps
0.0
#39,994 overall
88
Kara Walker
Self · 1 eps
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89
Geoffrey Canada
Self · 1 eps
·
90
Angela Warnick Buchdahl
Self · 1 eps
·
91
Yasir Qadhi
Self · 1 eps
·
92
Ruth Simmons
Self · 1 eps
·
93
Margarett Cooper
Self · 1 eps
·
94
Ben Jealous
Self · 1 eps
·
95
Valerie Jarrett
Self · 2 eps
·
96
Deval Patrick
Self · 1 eps
·
97
Aarón Sánchez
Self · 2 eps
·
98
Sandra Cisneros
Self · 1 eps
·
99
Oswald Mosley
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
·
100
Tonya Lewis Lee
Self · 1 eps
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Cast Popularity FAQ
Who is the most popular Finding Your Roots cast member right now?
Barack Obama is currently the most popular Finding Your Roots cast member online, with a Attention Score of 12.6 and an overall actor rank of #109 as of July 16, 2026.
How many cast members does Finding Your Roots have?
Finding Your Roots has 205 credited cast members. 87 of them have an active Attention Score on Television Stats today.
Which Finding Your Roots cast member has the highest career peak?
Sean Combs has the highest Peak Attention Score among the Finding Your Roots cast, reaching 184.3 at their career high.
How many Finding Your Roots cast members are in the top 1,000 actors today?
15 of the 205 Finding Your Roots cast members currently rank within the top 1,000 most popular actors online on Television Stats.
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