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Finding Your Roots Cast

205 cast members · 87 with active Buzz Score
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Sally Field is currently the most popular Finding Your Roots cast member online with a Buzz Score of 83.0. 15 of 205 cast members rank in the top 1,000 actors online today. Updated May 10, 2026.

Today's Most Popular Cast
#1
Sally Field
as Self
83.0
#4 overall
#2
Barack Obama
as Self (archive footage)
16.3
#85 overall
#3
Adrian Grenier
as Self
8.5
#300 overall
Full Cast Ranked
May 10, 2026
1
Sally Field
Self · 2 eps
83.0
#4 overall
2
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
16.3
#85 overall
3
Adrian Grenier
Self · 1 eps
8.5
#300 overall
4
Ben Affleck
Self · 1 eps
8.0
#344 overall
5
Sean Combs
Self · 1 eps
7.6
#394 overall
6
Jessica Alba
Self · 1 eps
7.1
#446 overall
7
Martha Stewart
Self · 1 eps
5.9
#665 overall
8
Sting
Self · 2 eps
5.7
#709 overall
9
Dustin Hoffman
Self · 1 eps
5.6
#734 overall
10
Robert Downey Jr.
Self · 1 eps
5.2
#827 overall
11
Carmelo Anthony
Self · 1 eps
5.0
#892 overall
12
Kevin Bacon
Self · 1 eps
5.0
#897 overall
13
Tina Fey
Self · 2 eps
5.0
#899 overall
14
Stephen King
Self · 1 eps
4.9
#918 overall
15
Christopher Walken
Self · 1 eps
4.9
#929 overall
16
Mary Steenburgen
Self · 1 eps
4.7
#1,003 overall
17
Margaret Cho
Self · 1 eps
4.4
#1,101 overall
18
Samuel L. Jackson
Self · 1 eps
4.3
#1,126 overall
19
Patricia Arquette
Self · 1 eps
4.1
#1,220 overall
20
Larry David
Self · 1 eps
4.0
#1,257 overall
21
Cory Booker
Self · 1 eps
3.9
#1,346 overall
22
Kyra Sedgwick
Self · 1 eps
3.8
#1,424 overall
23
Ted Danson
Self · 1 eps
3.6
#1,483 overall
24
Angela Bassett
Self · 2 eps
3.6
#1,513 overall
25
Donna Brazile
Self · 1 eps
3.6
#1,516 overall
26
Sterling K. Brown
Self · 1 eps
3.6
#1,517 overall
27
Paul Rudd
Self · 1 eps
3.6
#1,524 overall
28
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Self · 1 eps
3.4
#1,706 overall
29
Bernie Sanders
Self · 1 eps
3.3
#1,765 overall
30
Fred Armisen
Self · 1 eps
3.2
#1,830 overall
31
William H. Macy
Self · 1 eps
3.2
#1,860 overall
32
Neil Patrick Harris
Self · 1 eps
3.1
#1,893 overall
33
Richard Branson
Self · 1 eps
3.1
#1,950 overall
34
Jon Batiste
Self · 1 eps
2.9
#2,122 overall
35
Julianna Margulies
Self · 1 eps
2.8
#2,184 overall
36
Carole King
Self · 1 eps
2.8
#2,187 overall
37
Anderson Cooper
Self · 2 eps
2.6
#2,479 overall
38
Bill Maher
Self · 1 eps
2.4
#2,661 overall
39
LL Cool J
Self · 1 eps
2.3
#2,827 overall
40
John McCain
Self · 1 eps
2.3
#2,870 overall
41
Carly Simon
Self · 1 eps
2.2
#2,932 overall
42
Nas
Self · 2 eps
2.2
#3,023 overall
43
Michelle Rodriguez
Self · 1 eps
2.0
#3,326 overall
44
Derek Jeter
Self · 2 eps
1.9
#3,527 overall
45
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Self · 1 eps
1.9
#3,576 overall
46
Gaby Hoffmann
Self · 1 eps
1.8
#3,712 overall
47
Condoleezza Rice
Self · 1 eps
1.7
#3,902 overall
48
Shonda Rhimes
Self · 1 eps
1.7
#4,115 overall
49
Alan Dershowitz
Self · 2 eps
1.6
#4,331 overall
50
John Legend
Self · 1 eps
1.6
#4,385 overall
51
Barbara Walters
Self · 1 eps
1.5
#4,593 overall
52
Gloria Reuben
Self · 1 eps
1.5
#4,705 overall
53
Gloria Steinem
Self · 1 eps
1.5
#4,742 overall
54
Courtney B. Vance
Self · 1 eps
1.4
#4,855 overall
55
Harry Connick Jr.
Self · 1 eps
1.4
#4,893 overall
56
Billie Jean King
Self · 1 eps
1.3
#5,460 overall
57
David Sedaris
Self · 1 eps
1.2
#5,790 overall
58
Ken Burns
Self · 1 eps
1.1
#6,302 overall
59
Wanda Sykes
Self · 1 eps
1.1
#6,372 overall
60
Tony Kushner
Self · 2 eps
0.9
#7,720 overall
61
Khandi Alexander
Self · 1 eps
0.8
#7,922 overall
62
Robert Downey Sr.
Self · 1 eps
0.8
#8,512 overall
63
Bill O'Reilly
Self · 1 eps
0.8
#8,550 overall
64
Deepak Chopra
Self · 1 eps
0.7
#8,677 overall
65
George Stephanopoulos
Self · 2 eps
0.7
#8,692 overall
66
John Lewis
Self · 1 eps
0.7
#8,746 overall
67
Norman Lear
Self · 1 eps
0.7
#9,149 overall
68
Frank Gehry
Self · 1 eps
0.7
#9,199 overall
69
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Self - Host · 126 eps
0.6
#10,813 overall
70
Rick Warren
Self · 1 eps
0.6
#10,983 overall
71
Ming Tsai
Self · 1 eps
0.5
#11,017 overall
72
Sasheer Zamata
Self · 1 eps
0.5
#11,269 overall
73
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Self · 1 eps
0.5
#12,614 overall
74
Bryant Gumbel
Self · 1 eps
0.4
#13,415 overall
75
Sanjay Gupta
Self · 1 eps
0.4
#13,621 overall
76
Ana Navarro
Self · 1 eps
0.4
#13,685 overall
77
Maya Lin
Self · 1 eps
0.3
#15,497 overall
78
Tom Colicchio
Self · 2 eps
0.3
#15,730 overall
79
Rebecca Lobo
Self · 1 eps
0.3
#16,152 overall
80
Anna Deavere Smith
Self · 1 eps
0.3
#16,266 overall
81
Branford Marsalis
Self · 1 eps
0.3
#16,518 overall
82
Janet Mock
Self · 1 eps
0.2
#22,056 overall
83
Suzanne Malveaux
Self · 1 eps
0.2
#22,407 overall
84
Naomi Foner
Self · 1 eps
0.2
#22,477 overall
85
Linda Chavez
Self · 1 eps
0.1
#29,400 overall
86
Azar Nafisi
Self · 1 eps
0.1
#32,018 overall
87
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Self · 1 eps
0.0
#46,818 overall
88
Kara Walker
Self · 1 eps
·
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?
Sally Field is currently the most popular Finding Your Roots cast member online, with a Buzz Score of 83.0 and an overall actor rank of #4 as of May 10, 2026.
How many cast members does Finding Your Roots have?
Finding Your Roots has 205 credited cast members. 87 of them have an active Buzz Score on Television Stats today.
Which Finding Your Roots cast member has the highest career peak?
Sean Combs has the highest Peak Buzz 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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