How Many Finding Your Roots (2012) Cast Members Are Still Alive?

Name: Finding Your Roots
Released: 2012
Cast: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Donna Brazile, Kara Walker, Bill Maher, Bill O'Reilly

Finding Your Roots (2012) featured a cast of 205 tracked actors. Of these, 189 (94%) are still alive today and 13 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Dustin Hoffman, age 89. This TV series starred Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Donna Brazile.

94% still with us· verified cast92% of full cast · incl. 3 unverified

Survivorship

Cast Reunion Index: 94% still living

Avg. Age at Death: 80.2 yrs

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Cast205 members

Person	Character	Status	DOB ▲▼	Age	DOD ▲▼	Age in 2012 ▲▼
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Self - Host	Self - Host	Living	16/09/1950	76	—	62
Donna Brazile Self	Self	Living	15/12/1959	66	—	53
Kara Walker Self	Self	Living	26/11/1969	56	—	43
Bill Maher Self	Self	Living	20/01/1956	70	—	56
Bill O'Reilly Self	Self	Living	10/09/1949	77	—	63
Dustin Hoffman Self	Self	Living	08/08/1937	89	—	75
Sterling K. Brown Self	Self	Living	05/04/1976	50	—	36
Sasheer Zamata Self	Self	Living	06/05/1986	40	—	26
Jon Batiste Self	Self	Living	11/11/1986	39	—	26
Harry Connick Jr. Self	Self	Living	11/09/1967	59	—	45
Branford Marsalis Self	Self	Living	26/08/1960	66	—	52
Cory Booker Self	Self	Living	27/04/1969	57	—	43
John Lewis Self	Self	Deceased	21/02/1940	80	17/07/2020	72
Geoffrey Canada Self	Self	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Barbara Walters Self	Self	Deceased	25/09/1929	93	30/12/2022	83
Kevin Bacon Self	Self	Living	08/07/1958	68	—	54
Kyra Sedgwick Self	Self	Living	19/08/1965	61	—	47
Angela Warnick Buchdahl Self	Self	Living	08/07/1972	54	—	40
Yasir Qadhi Self	Self	Living	01/01/1975	51	—	37
Rick Warren Self	Self	Living	28/01/1954	72	—	58
Robert Downey Jr. Self	Self	Living	04/04/1965	61	—	47
Robert Downey Sr. Self	Self	Deceased	24/06/1936	85	07/07/2021	76
Naomi Foner Self	Self	Living	15/03/1946	80	—	66
Maggie Gyllenhaal Self	Self	Living	16/11/1977	48	—	35
Samuel L. Jackson Self	Self	Living	21/12/1948	77	—	64
Condoleezza Rice Self	Self	Living	14/11/1954	71	—	58
Ruth Simmons Self	Self	Living	03/07/1945	81	—	67
Margaret Cho Self	Self	Living	05/12/1968	57	—	44
Sanjay Gupta Self	Self	Living	23/10/1969	57	—	43
Martha Stewart Self	Self	Living	03/08/1941	85	—	71
Margarett Cooper Self	Self	Deceased	15/10/1913	99	20/09/2013	99
John Legend Self	Self	Living	28/12/1978	47	—	34
Barack Obama Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)	Living	04/08/1961	65	—	51
Wanda Sykes Self	Self	Living	07/03/1964	62	—	48
Linda Chavez Self	Self	Living	17/06/1947	79	—	65
Adrian Grenier Self	Self	Living	10/07/1976	50	—	36
Michelle Rodriguez Self	Self	Living	12/07/1978	48	—	34
Stephen King Self	Self	Living	21/09/1947	79	—	65
Gloria Reuben Self	Self	Living	09/06/1964	62	—	48
Courtney B. Vance Self	Self	Living	12/03/1960	66	—	52
Billie Jean King Self	Self	Living	22/11/1943	82	—	69
Rebecca Lobo Self	Self	Living	06/10/1973	53	—	39
Ken Burns Self	Self	Living	29/07/1953	73	—	59
Anna Deavere Smith Self	Self	Living	18/09/1950	76	—	62
Ben Affleck Self	Self	Living	15/08/1972	54	—	40
Khandi Alexander Self	Self	Living	04/09/1957	69	—	55
Ben Jealous Self	Self	Living	18/01/1973	53	—	39
Ming Tsai Self	Self	Living	29/03/1964	62	—	48
Carole King Self	Self	Living	09/02/1942	84	—	70
Deepak Chopra Self	Self	Living	22/10/1947	79	—	65