American Experience

Russell Baker

Narrator (voice)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Ages 80-117

Robert Dallek

Self

Dion Graham

Self - Narrator (voice)

René Auberjonois

Woodrow Wilson (voice)

Ages 48-85

Susan Sarandon

Narrator (voice)

Ages 42-79

Richard Ben Cramer

Narrator (voice)

David Margulies

(voice)

Ages 51-88

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Ages 106-143

Benjamin Bratt

Narrator (voice)

Ages 24-62

Corey Stoll

Narrator (voice)

Ages 12-49

Holly Hunter

Mary Lincoln (voice)

Ages 30-67

David Morse

Abraham Lincoln

Ages 34-72

Robert J. Thompson

Self

Ages 29-66

Peter Coyote

Narrator (voice)

Ages 46-84

Alfre Woodard

Narrator (voice)

Ages 35-73

Randy Quaid

Narrator (voice)

Ages 38-75

Héctor Elizondo

Narrator (voice)

Ages 51-89

Morgan Freeman

Narrator (voice)

Ages 51-88

Scott Glenn

Narrator (voice)

Ages 49-86

Laura Linney

Narrator (voice)

Ages 24-61

I

Irv Drasnin

Narrator (voice)

Robert Redford

Self - Narrator (voice)

Ages 52-89

James Avery

Charles Hamilton Houston (voice)

Ages 42-80

Eric Sevareid

Self

Martin Luther King Jr.

Himself (archive footage)

Ages 59-96

Kate Burton

Narrator

Ages 31-68

Peter Krause

Narrator

Ages 23-60

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Ages 77-114

Donald Regan

Self

Ages 69-107

Dina Titus

Self

Lois Smith

(voice)

Ages 57-95

Morley Safer

Self (archive footage)

Ages 56-94

Kathy Bates

Narrator

Ages 40-77

Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage)

Ages 71-109

J. Edgar Hoover

Self (archive footage)

Ages 93-131

Amelia Earhart

Self

Ages 91-128

Wes Studi

Major Ridge

Ages 40-78

Ronnie Dugger

Self

Lady Bird Johnson

Self

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Ages 71-108

Harry S. Truman

Self (archive footage)

Ages 104-141

Eleanor Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Ages 103-141

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Ages 113-151

Gore Vidal

Self (archive footage)

Ages 63-100

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Ages 75-112

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Tim Naftali

Self

Robert Caro

Self

Ages 52-90

Walt Disney

Self (archive footage)

Ages 86-124

Don Hahn

Self

Ages 32-70

Richard Schickel

Self

Ages 55-92

Don Lusk

Self

Ruthie Tompson

Self

Tom Sito

Self

Ages 32-69

N

Neal Gabler

Self

Steven Watts

Self

E

Eric Smoodin

Self

Ron Suskind

Self

F. Murray Abraham

Self - Narrator (voice)

Ages 48-86

Mary McDonnell

Narrator (voice)

Ages 36-73

Donald Sutherland

Narrator (voice)

Ages 53-90

Brian Dennehy

Aaron Burr (voice)

Ages 50-87

Mandy Patinkin

Narrator (voice)

Ages 35-73

Judith Light

Narrator (voice)

Ages 39-76

Tom Hanks

Narrator (voice)

Ages 32-69

Carl Lumbly

Narrator (voice)

Ages 37-74

Marion Ross

Edith Bolling-Galt (voice)

Ages 59-97

Cherry Jones

Narrator (voice)

Ages 31-69

Keith Carradine

Narrator (voice)

Ages 39-76

Courtney B. Vance

Narrator (voice)

Ages 28-65

Robert Duvall

Narrator (voice)

Ages 57-95

Glenn Close

Self - Narrator (voice)

Ages 41-78

Charles Kuralt

Self - Narrator (voice)

Ages 54-91

Hume Cronyn

Narrator (voice)

Ages 77-114

Ruby Dee

Narrator (voice)

Ages 65-103

Philip Bosco

Narrator (voice)

Ages 58-95

Sam Grey

Felix Frankfurter (voice)

Joe Mantegna

Narrator (voice)

Ages 40-78

Hal Linden

Narrator (voice)

Ages 57-94

Ellen Burstyn

Narrator (voice)

Ages 55-93

William Stanley Merwin

Narrator (voice)

Hal Holbrook

Narrator (voice)

Ages 63-100

Garrison Keillor

Narrator (voice)

Ages 46-83

Roy Scheider

Narrator (voice)

Ages 55-93

Anna Deavere Smith

Narrator (voice)

Ages 38-75

Harris Yulin

Narrator (voice)

Ages 50-88

Simon Russell Beale

John Adams (voice)

Ages 27-64

Lisa Emond

Abigail Adams (voice)

Mitchell McCann

Jesse James

Brian Paulette

Frank James

Christopher Plummer

Narrator

Ages 58-96

Marilyn Spanier

Annie Oakley (voice)

Kenneth Branagh

Narrator (voice)

Ages 27-65

Jeffrey Wright

Narrator (voice)

Ages 22-60

Colm Feore

Narrator (voice)

Ages 30-67

Ping Wu

Narrator (voice)

Ages 32-69

Chris Cooper

Narrator (voice)

Ages 37-74

Nicholas Purcell

Charles Adams

Ages ?-35

Bugsy Siegel

Self (archive footage)

Ages 82-119

Roger Rees

William Bradford

Ages 44-81

Richard Thomas

Narrator (voice)

Ages 37-74

Sada Thompson

Narrator (voice)

Ages 61-98

Len Cariou

Narrator (voice)

Ages 49-86

Stephen Ives

Himself - Director

Jesse Owens

Self

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Hilmar Dressler

Self

Jeremy Schaap

Self

Professor Margaret MacMillan

Self

T

Theodor Michael

Self

William Rhoden

Self

Harry Edwards

Self

Ages 45-83

V

Volker Kluge

Self

Guy Walters

Self

Rainer Rother

Self

I

Iris Cummings Critchell

Self

David Wallechinsky

Self

Louis Zamperini

Self

William J. Baker

Self

Susan Ware

Self

Rafael Medoff

Self

Marlene Owens Rankin

Self

Beverly Owens Prather

Self

David Clay Large

Self

Louis Stokes

Self

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Narrator

Ages 17-55

André Holland

Narrator

Ages 8-46

Joanna Rhinehart

Narrator

Ages 29-67

Lea Salonga

Narrator

Ages 17-54

Vanessa Williams

Narrator (voice)

Ages 25-62

Bahni Turpin

Zora Neale Hurston (voice)

Ages 26-63

J. Hunter

Self

Jim Jones

Self (archive footage)

Ages 57-94

Leo J. Ryan

Self (archive footage)

Ages 63-100

Christine Jorgensen

Self (archive footage)

Chris Dodd

Self

Ages 44-81

Lee Wilkof

Dr. Walter Freeman (voice)

Ages 37-74

Joanna Merlin

Family Member (voice)

Ages 57-94

Judd Hirsch

(voice)

Ages 53-90

Al Lewis

Self

Ages 65-102

Timothy Hutton

(voice)

Ages 28-65

Beverly Gage

Self

William Hitchcock

Self

Sarah Churchwell

Self

Bradley Hart

Self

Steven Ross

Self

Charles Coughlin

Self

Leah Wright Rigeur

Self

F

Fritz Kuhn

Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Lenin

Self (archive footage)

Ages 118-155

Dorothy Thompson

Self (archive footage)

Kyle MacLachlan

Narrator

Ages 29-66

Ron Vawter

Charles Guiteau

Ages 39-77

Bart Whiteman

James Garfield

Robert Fields

George Scoville

A

Adolph Mall

Judge Cox

Marty McDonough

District Attorney Cockhill

Kevin Murray

Mr Jocelyn

Steven Conn

Self

K

Kenneth Anger

Self

Bradley Douglas Cook

Alfred Kinsey

Mary Pickford

Self

Ages 96-133

Douglas Fairbanks

Self

Ages 105-142

Jeanine Basinger

Self

Ages 52-89

Charlie Chaplin

Self

Ages 99-136

D.W. Griffith

Self

Ages 113-150

Charles 'Buddy' Rogers

Self

Ages 84-121

Jack Pickford

Self

Ages 92-129

Lottie Pickford

Self

Hermann Göring

Self (archive footage)

Ages 95-132

Robert Jackson

Self

Benjamin Ferencz

Self

William Jennings Bryan

Self

Clarence Darrow

Self

John Thomas Scopes

Self

G

Gutzon Borglum

Self

Theodore Roosevelt

Self

Jackson Walker

Daniel Ross

Josh Blaylock

Young John Ross

Carla-Rae

Suzanna Ridge

K

Kelly Finley

Sara

William J. Finley

Elias Boudinot

Wesley French

John Ridge

Ages 9-46

Robert Hatch

Missionary

Ages 24-61

Ryan Lewis

Wealthy Plantation Owner

Emily Podleski

Sarah Northrup

Brad D. Smith

Senator

F

Frederick Stuart

John Ross

Steve Warren

Missionary

H

Hans Bethe

Self

Peter Haydu

Russian voices (voice)

Curtis LeMay

Self (archive footage)

Curtis LeMay

Self

E

Edward Teller

Self

Richard Rhodes

Self

Robert Lansing

Narrator

Ages 60-97

Marc Seifer

Self

Jane Alcorn

Self

H

Harold Clark

Self

Peter Fisher

Self

Samantha Hunt

Self

Jill Jonnes

Self

John M. Staudenmaier

Self

Louis Gossett Jr.

Narrator (voice)

Ages 52-89

Denzel Washington

Narrator (voice)

Ages 33-71

Matthew Broderick

Jack Binns (voice)

Ages 26-63

Stephanie Castellarin

Hallie Davis (voice)

Paul Guilfoyle

James Connolly (voice)

Ages 39-76

John Maxtone-Graham

Self

Susan Douglas

Self

Phil Petersen

Self

Charles A. Haas

Self

Bill Paxton

Self - Reader (voice)

Ages 33-70

Blaine Hamann

Self - U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

I

Ila Clements

Self - Worker's Daughter

T

Tommy Nelson

Self - Worker

John Mahoney

(voice)

Ages 48-85

Mary Bacon

Sally Thorpe

Samuel Barnett

Philip's Schoolmate

Ages 8-45

Gerry Bamman

Peter Fenner

Ages 47-84

Lauren Bloom

Young Eliza Schuyler

John Ellison Conlee

Shopkeeper Evans

Ages 20-57

John Curless

David Hosack

Ages 38-75

Michael Cumpsty

James Callender

Ages 28-65

Richard Easton

George Washington

Ages 55-92

Peter Gerety

Robert Bartlett

Ages 48-85

Daniel Gerroll

Thomas Jefferson

Ages 36-74

Neal Huff

Ephraim Slattery

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Neil McGarry

Aaron Burr

Julia Morrison

Mary Paget

Brian Murray

Gouverneur Morris

Ages 51-88

Mark Nelson

Nathaniel Pendleton

Denis O'Hare

Henry Lee

Ages 26-63

Kelli O'Hara

Maria Reynolds

Ages 12-49

Jamie Parker

Philip Hamilton

Ages 9-46

Brandon Reilly

Young Hamilton in St. Croix