Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - Production & Contact Info

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Name	STARmeter	Episodes	Known for
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Self - Host / Self / Self -Host / Host -Himself Self - Host / Self / Self -Host / Host -Himself See fewer	Members only	50	12 Years a Slave (2013)
CeCe Moore Self / Adoption Search Expert / Self - DNA / Self - DNA Expert / Self - Genetic Genealogy Expert Self / Adoption Search Expert / Self - DNA / Self - DNA Expert / Self - Genetic Genealogy Expert See fewer	Members only	7	The Invisible Man (2000)
Ty Burrell Self / Self - Guest Self / Self - Guest See fewer	Top 5000	2	Modern Family (2009)
Angela Bassett Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	2	Strange Days (1995)
Tom Colicchio Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	Top Chef (2006)
Anderson Cooper Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	Chappie (2015)
Alan M. Dershowitz Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	Reversal of Fortune (1990)
Tina Fey Self Self See fewer	Top 500	2	30 Rock (2006)
Sally Field Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	2	Forrest Gump (1994)
Valerie Jarrett Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	The Good Wife (2009)
Derek Jeter Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	The Other Guys (2010)
Tony Kushner Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	Lincoln (2012)
Nas Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	Belly (1998)
George Stephanopoulos Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	House of Cards (2013)
Sting Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
Aarón Sánchez Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	Best.Ever. (2015)
Jimmy Kimmel Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Mia Farrow Self - Actress / Self - Guest Self - Actress / Self - Guest See fewer	Top 5000	2	Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Maya Rudolph Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	2	Bridesmaids (I) (2011)
Quest Love Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	Top Five (2014)
John Turturro Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	2	Barton Fink (1991)
S. Epatha Merkerson Self Self See fewer	Members only	2	Law & Order (1990)
Marisa Tomei Self Self See fewer	Top 500	2	My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Top 5000	1	Biutiful (2010)
Melissa McCarthy Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Top 5000	1	The Heat (I) (2013)
Paul Ryan Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Members only	1	Squawk Box (1995)
Sterling K. Brown Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Top 5000	1	Black Panther (2018)
Queen Latifah Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Top 5000	1	Hairspray (2007)
Marina Abramovic Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Members only	1	Destricted (2006)
Joe Madison Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Members only	1	CNN Newsroom (1989)
Marco Rubio Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Members only	1	American Deep State
Eric Stonestreet Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Top 5000	1	The Loft (2014)
Jeffrey Wright Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Top 5000	1	Shaft (2000)
Sasheer Zamata Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Members only	1	Michelle Obama's Breaking Point (2009)
Tulsi Gabbard Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Members only	1	Two Weeks with Dada (2015)
Kehinde Wiley Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Members only	1	Area Scatter
Jonathan Batiste Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Members only	1	Red Hook Summer (2012)
Kevin Bacon Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Footloose (1984)
Cory Booker Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Being Mary Jane (2013)
Angela Warnick Buchdahl Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Apparition of the Eternal Church (2006)
Geoffrey Canada Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Luke Cage (2016)
Linda Chavez Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	16 for '16: The Contenders (2016)
Margaret Cho Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Margaret Cho: PsyCHO (2015)
Harry Connick Jr. Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Iron Giant (1999)
Margarett Cooper Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012)
Robert Downey Jr. Self Self See fewer	Top 500	1	Iron Man (2008)
Adrian Grenier Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Entourage (2004)
Sanjay Gupta Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Contagion (2011)
Maggie Gyllenhaal Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Secretary (2002)
Samuel L. Jackson Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Pulp Fiction (1994)
John Legend Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	La La Land (2016)
John Lewis Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	A Ripple of Hope (2008)
Branford Marsalis Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
Yasir Qadhi Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Supernatural Assault (2018)
Condoleezza Rice Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	30 Rock (2006)
Michelle Rodriguez Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Avatar (2009)
Kyra Sedgwick Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	The Closer (2005)
Ruth Simmons Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Makers: Women Who Make America (2013)
Martha Stewart Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Bad Moms (2016)
Wanda Sykes Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Monster-in-Law (2005)
Barbara Walters Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Barbara Walters Summer Special (1976)
Rick Warren Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Seeker (I) (2005)
Ben Affleck Self Self See fewer	Top 500	1	Argo (2012)
Jessica Alba Self Self See fewer	Top 500	1	Fantastic Four (I) (2005)
Khandi Alexander Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	CSI: Miami (2002)
Ken Burns Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Central Park Five (2012)
Deepak Chopra Actor Actor See fewer	Members only	1	The Love Guru (2008)
Ben Jealous Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Koch Brothers Exposed (2012)
Billie Jean King Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Battle of the Sexes (2017)
Carole King Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	You've Got Mail (1998)
Stephen King Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Rebecca Lobo Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Mad About You (1992)
Deval Patrick Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Quiet Desperation (2010)
Gloria Reuben Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Lincoln (2012)
David Sedaris Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Exit 57 (1995)
Anna Deavere Smith Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Human Stain (2003)
Ming Tsai Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Simply Ming (2003)
Courtney B. Vance Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Patricia Arquette Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Top 5000	1	True Romance (1993)
Lidia Bastianich Self - Chef Self - Chef See fewer	Members only	1	Lidia Celebrates America (2011)
Richard Branson Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Superman Returns (2006)
Donna Brazile Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	House of Cards (2013)
Sandra Cisneros Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The House on Mango Street
Sean 'Diddy' Combs Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Get Him to the Greek (2010)
Frank Gehry Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Miles Ahead (2015)
Bill Hader Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	The Skeleton Twins (2014)
Neil Patrick Harris Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	How I Met Your Mother (2005)
Dustin Hoffman Self - Actor Self - Actor See fewer	Top 5000	1	Tootsie (1982)
Norman Lear Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	All in the Family (1971)
Maya Lin Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (1994)
LL Cool J Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Bill Maher Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
Julianna Margulies Self - Actress Self - Actress See fewer	Top 5000	1	ER (1994)
John McCain Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Members only	1	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Julianne Moore Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Top 5000	1	Still Alice (2014)
Azar Nafisi Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	Members only	1	Pride and Prejudice Revisited (2005)
Soledad O'Brien Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Bill O'Reilly Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Iron Man 2 (2010)
Shonda Rhimes Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Gloria Steinem Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The First Wives Club (1996)
Kara Walker Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Great Minds with Dan Harmon (2016)
Keenen Ivory Wayans Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	In Living Color (1990)
Aziz Ansari Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Parks and Recreation (2009)
Carmelo Anthony Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
Fred Armisen Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Portlandia (2011)
Ted Danson Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Cheers (1982)
Larry David Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
Bryant Gumbel Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Contact (1997)
Gaby Hoffmann Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Field of Dreams (1989)
Charlayne Hunter-Gault Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	The Glass Ceiling
Scarlett Johansson Self Self See fewer	76	1	Her (2013)
Téa Leoni Self Self See fewer	Top 500	1	The Family Man (2000)
Tonya Lewis Lee Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Mistress of Modernism
William H. Macy Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Fargo (1996)
Suzanne Malveaux Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	CNN Breaking News: Revolution in Egypt - President Mubarak Steps Down (2011)
Phil McGraw Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Scary Movie 4 (2006)
Ana Navarro Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Being Mary Jane (2013)
Lupita Nyong'o Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	12 Years a Slave (2013)
Paul Rudd Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Ant-Man (2015)
Bernie Sanders Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception (1999)
Amy Schumer Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Trainwreck (2015)
Carly Simon Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	All Good Things (2010)
Mary Steenburgen Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Last Vegas (2013)
Christopher Walken Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Hairspray (2007)
Christiane Amanpour Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Zoolander 2 (2016)
Ann Curry Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	30 Rock (2006)
Felicity Huffman Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Transamerica (2005)
Anjelica Huston Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Top 5000	1	The Witches (1990)
Lisa Ling Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Our America with Lisa Ling (2011)
Laura Linney Self Self See fewer	Top 500	1	The Big C (2010)
George R.R. Martin Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Game of Thrones (2011)
Seth Meyers Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Documentary Now! (2015)
Michael Moore Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Tig Notaro Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	One Mississippi (2015)
Kal Penn Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
Isabella Rossellini Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Top 5000	1	Blue Velvet (1986)
Andy Samberg Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Sheryl Sandberg Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Lean In
Chloë Sevigny Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Sarah Silverman Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
Michael Strahan Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
Michael Kenneth Williams Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	The Wire (2002)
Steve Carell Michael Scott / Self Michael Scott / Self See fewer	Top 500	1	The Office (2005)
Ava DuVernay Self Self See fewer	Members only	1	Queen Sugar (2016)
Jeff Goldblum Actor Actor See fewer	Top 5000	1	Jurassic Park (1993)
Terry Gross Actress Actress See fewer	Members only	1	The Beaver (2011)
Marc Maron Actor Actor See fewer	Top 5000	1	Maron (2013)
Amy Ryan Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Sigourney Weaver Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	1	Alien: Resurrection (1997)

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