American Experience

1988-2024, documentary

55 minutes

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

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Cast

David Ogden Stiers

David Ogden Stiers

Narrator (voice) (31 episodes)

David McCullough

David McCullough

Narrator (voice) (12 episodes), Self (1 episode)

Linda Hunt

Linda Hunt

Narrator (voice) (12 episodes)

Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy

Narrator (voice) (10 episodes)

Julian Bond

Julian Bond

Narrator (voice) (8 episodes)

Joe Morton

Joe Morton

Narrator (voice) (8 episodes)

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Narrator (voice) (8 episodes)

Jason Robards

Jason Robards

Narrator (voice) (7 episodes)

Blair Brown

Blair Brown

Narrator (voice) (6 episodes), Ellen Wilson (voice) (1 episode)

Frances Sternhagen

Frances Sternhagen

(voice) (5 episodes), Self (voice) (1 episode)

Oliver Platt

Oliver Platt

Narrator (voice) (4 episodes), Narrator (2 episodes)

Andre Braugher

Andre Braugher

Narrator (3 episodes), Narrator (voice) (1 episode), Robert Carter (voice) (1 episode)

George Plimpton

(voice) (4 episodes), Self (voice) (1 episode)

Campbell Scott

Campbell Scott

Narrator (voice) (5 episodes)

Russell Baker

Narrator (voice) (4 episodes)

Stacy Keach

Stacy Keach

Narrator (voice) (4 episodes)

Richard Ben Cramer

Narrator (voice) (3 episodes)

David Margulies

David Margulies

(voice) (2 episodes), Self (voice) (1 episode)

Dion Graham

Narrator (voice) (3 episodes)

René Auberjonois

René Auberjonois

Woodrow Wilson (voice) (2 episodes), Alexander Hamilton (voice) (1 episode)

Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon

Narrator (voice) (3 episodes)

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)

Laura Linney

Laura Linney

Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)

Kate Burton

Kate Burton

Narrator (2 episodes)

Lois Smith

Lois Smith

(voice) (2 episodes)

Peter Krause

Peter Krause

Narrator (2 episodes)

Dina Titus

Self (2 episodes)

Eric Sevareid

Narrator (voice) (1 episode), Himself (1 episode)

Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard

Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)

Hector Elizondo

Hector Elizondo

Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)

James Avery

James Avery

Narrator (voice) (1 episode), Charles Hamilton Houston (voice) (1 episode)

Robert Redford

Robert Redford

Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)

Scott Glenn

Scott Glenn

Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)

Donald Regan

Self (2 episodes)

Randy Quaid

Randy Quaid

Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)

Ping Wu

Ping Wu

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Stephen Ives

Stephen Ives

Himself - Director (1 episode)

Theodore Roosevelt

Self (1 episode)

Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Bahni Turpin

Bahni Turpin

Zora Neale Hurston (voice) (1 episode)

Blaine Hamann

Self - U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (1 episode)

Ila Clements

Self - Worker's Daughter (1 episode)

Tommy Nelson

Self - Worker (1 episode)

Marilyn Spanier

Annie Oakley (voice) (1 episode)

Len Cariou

Len Cariou

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (1 episode)

Gutzon Borglum

Self (1 episode)

Courtney B. Vance

Courtney B. Vance

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Sada Thompson

Sada Thompson

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Timothy Hutton

Timothy Hutton

(voice) (1 episode)

Judith Light

Judith Light

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Corey Stoll

Corey Stoll

Narrator (1 episode)

Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Jim Jones

Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Leo J. Ryan

Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

Self - Narrator (1 episode)

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Self - Narrator (1 episode)

J. Hunter

Self (1 episode)

Bugsy Siegel

Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Anna Deavere Smith

Anna Deavere Smith

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick

Jack Binns (voice) (1 episode)

Stephanie Castellarin

Hallie Davis (voice) (1 episode)

Paul Guilfoyle

Paul Guilfoyle

James Connolly (voice) (1 episode)

John Maxtone-Graham

Self (1 episode)

Susan Douglas

Self (1 episode)

Phil Petersen

Self (1 episode)

Charles A. Haas

Self (1 episode)

Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens

Self (1 episode)

Hilmar Dressler

Self (1 episode)

Jeremy Schaap

Jeremy Schaap

Self (1 episode)

Professor Margaret MacMillan

Self (1 episode)

Theodor Michael

Self (1 episode)

William Rhoden

Self (1 episode)

Harry Edwards

Harry Edwards

Self (1 episode)

Volker Kluge

Self (1 episode)

Guy Walters

Self (1 episode)

Rainer Rother

Self (1 episode)

Iris Cummings Critchell

Self (1 episode)

David Wallechinsky

Self (1 episode)

Louis Zamperini

Self (1 episode)

William J. Baker

Self (1 episode)

Susan Ware

Self (1 episode)

Rafael Medoff

Self (1 episode)

Marlene Owens Rankin

Self (1 episode)

Beverly Owens Prather

Self (1 episode)

David Clay Large

Self (1 episode)

Louis Stokes

Self (1 episode)

Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

William Stanley Merwin

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Morley Safer

Morley Safer

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Mandy Patinkin

Mandy Patinkin

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

William Jennings Bryan

Self (1 episode)

Clarence Darrow

Self (1 episode)

John Thomas Scopes

Self (1 episode)

Kenneth Anger

Self (1 episode)

Bradley Douglas Cook

Alfred Kinsey (1 episode)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Himself (archive footage) (1 episode)

Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Simon Russell Beale

Simon Russell Beale

John Adams (voice) (1 episode)

Lisa Emond

Abigail Adams (voice) (1 episode)

Nicolas Purcell

Nicolas Purcell

Charles Adams (1 episode)

Christine Jorgensen

Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Colm Feore

Colm Feore

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Mary Bacon

Sally Thorpe (1 episode)

Samuel Barnett

Philip's Schoolmate (1 episode)

Gerry Bamman

Peter Fenner (1 episode)

Lauren Bloom

Young Eliza Schuyler (1 episode)

John Ellison Conlee

John Ellison Conlee

Shopkeeper Evans (1 episode)

John Curless

David Hosack (1 episode)

Michael Cumpsty

James Callender (1 episode)

Richard Easton

Richard Easton

George Washington (1 episode)

Peter Gerety

Peter Gerety

Robert Bartlett (1 episode)

Daniel Gerroll

Daniel Gerroll

Thomas Jefferson (1 episode)

Neal Huff

Neal Huff

Ephraim Slattery (1 episode)

Neil McGarry

Aaron Burr (1 episode)

Julia Morrison

Mary Paget (1 episode)

Brian Murray

Gouverneur Morris (1 episode)

Mark Nelson

Mark Nelson

Nathaniel Pendleton (1 episode)

Denis O'Hare

Denis O'Hare

Henry Lee (1 episode)

Kelli O'Hara

Kelli O'Hara

Maria Reynolds (1 episode)

Jamie Parker

Philip Hamilton (1 episode)

Brandon Reilly

Young Hamilton in St. Croix (1 episode)

Bridget Regan

Bridget Regan

Angelica Shippen (1 episode)

Henry Strozier

John Adams (1 episode)

Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg

Officer Stephen Colden (1 episode)

Angela Thornton

Old Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1 episode)

Leonardo Cuesta

Plantation Slave St. Croix (1 episode)

Joanne Freeman

Self (1 episode)

Kevin R. Hershberger

Kevin R. Hershberger

Continental Soldier (1 episode)

Brían F. O'Byrne

Brían F. O'Byrne

Alexander Hamilton (1 episode)

John Pagano

Continental Officer (1 episode)

Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Judd Hirsch

Judd Hirsch

(voice) (1 episode)

Al Lewis

Al Lewis

Self (1 episode)

John Mahoney

John Mahoney

(voice) (1 episode)

Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Bill Paxton

Bill Paxton

Self - Reader (voice) (1 episode)

Roy Scheider

Roy Scheider

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

Self (1 episode)

Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks

Self (1 episode)

Jeanine Basinger

Self (1 episode)

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Self (1 episode)

D.W. Griffith

D.W. Griffith

Self (1 episode)

Amelia Earhart

Self (1 episode)

Charles

Charles "Buddy" Rogers

Self (1 episode)

Jack Pickford

Jack Pickford

Self (1 episode)

Lottie Pickford

Lottie Pickford

Self (1 episode)

Jackson Walker

Daniel Ross (1 episode)

Josh Blaylock

Young John Ross (1 episode)

Benjamin Bratt

Benjamin Bratt

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Carla-Rae

Suzanna Ridge (1 episode)

Kelly Finley

Sara (1 episode)

William J. Finley

Elias Boudinot (1 episode)

Wesley French

John Ridge (1 episode)

Robert Hatch

Missionary (1 episode)

Ryan Lewis

Wealthy Plantation Owner (1 episode)

Emily Podleski

Sarah Northrup (1 episode)

Brad D. Smith

Senator (1 episode)

Freddy Douglas

John Ross (1 episode)

Wes Studi

Wes Studi

Major Ridge (1 episode)

Steve Warren

Missionary (1 episode)

Glenn Close

Glenn Close

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Sam Grey

Felix Frankfurter (voice) (1 episode)

Matthew Arkin

Alexander Bickel (voice) (1 episode)

Robert Bakker

Self (1 episode)

Michael Murphy

Narrator (1 episode)

Steven Conn

Self (1 episode)

Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Lee Wilkof

Dr. Walter Freeman (voice) (1 episode)

Joanna Merlin

Family Member (voice) (1 episode)

Lea Salonga

Lea Salonga

Narrator (1 episode)

Joe Mantegna

Joe Mantegna

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Marion Ross

Marion Ross

Edith Bolling-Galt (voice) (1 episode)

Carl Lumbly

Carl Lumbly

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Roger Rees

Roger Rees

William Bradford (1 episode)

Keith Carradine

Keith Carradine

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Charles Kuralt

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Harris Yulin

Harris Yulin

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Marc Seifer

Self (1 episode)

Jane Alcorn

Self (1 episode)

Harold Clark

Self (1 episode)

Peter Fisher

Self (1 episode)

Samantha Hunt

Self (1 episode)

Jill Jonnes

Self (1 episode)

John M. Staudenmaier

Self (1 episode)

Brian Dennehy

Brian Dennehy

Aaron Burr (voice) (1 episode)

Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Renee Goldsberry

Renee Goldsberry

Narrator (1 episode)

F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham

Narrator (1 episode)

Chris Dodd

Self (1 episode)

Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite

Self (1 episode)

Hermann Göring

Hermann Göring

Self (1 episode)

Robert Jackson

Self (1 episode)

Benjamin Ferencz

Self (1 episode)

Hal Linden

Hal Linden

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Richard Thomas

Richard Thomas

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

André Holland

André Holland

Narrator (1 episode)

Robert Lansing

Robert Lansing

Narrator (1 episode)

Mitchell McCann

Jesse James (1 episode)

Brian Paulette

Frank James (1 episode)

Irv Drasnin

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Kyle MacLachlan

Kyle MacLachlan

Narrator (1 episode)

Ron Vawter

Charles Guiteau (1 episode)

Bart Whiteman

James Garfield (1 episode)

Robert Fields

George Scoville (1 episode)

Adolph Mall

Judge Cox (1 episode)

Marty McDonough

District Attorney Cockhill (1 episode)

Kevin Murray

Mr Jocelyn (1 episode)

Hal Holbrook

Hal Holbrook

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Joanna Rhinehart

Narrator (1 episode)

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Narrator (1 episode)

Beverly Gage

Self (1 episode)

William Hitchcock

Self (1 episode)

Sarah Churchwell

Self (1 episode)

Bradley Hart

Self (1 episode)

Steven Ross

Self (1 episode)

Charles Coughlin

Self (1 episode)

Leah Wright Rigeur

Self (1 episode)

Fritz Kuhn

Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin

Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Dorothy Thompson

Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

J. Edgar Hoover

Self (voice) (archive footage) (1 episode)

Hans Bethe

Self (1 episode)

Peter Haydu

Russian voices (voice) (1 episode)

Curtis LeMay

Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Curtis LeMay

Self (1 episode)

Edward Teller

Self (1 episode)

Richard Rhodes

Self (1 episode)

Crew

Production

Sharon Grimberg

Executive producer (46 episodes), Producer (1 episode)

Susan Bellows

Producer (46 episodes), Executive producer (1 episode)

Mark Samels

Mark Samels

Executive producer (47 episodes)

Thomas Lennon

Producer (46 episodes)

Rob Rapley

Producer (46 episodes)

Lisa Ades

Producer (45 episodes)

Patrick Long

Producer (45 episodes)

Jamila Wignot

Producer (45 episodes)

Judy Crichton

Producer (45 episodes)

David Belton

Producer (45 episodes)

Mark Zwonitzer

Producer (45 episodes)

Michael Epstein

Producer (45 episodes)

Austin Hoyt

Producer (45 episodes)

Nick Fraser

Executive producer (45 episodes)

Robin Espinola

Producer (45 episodes)

Mary Recine

Producer (45 episodes)

Robert Kenner

Producer (45 episodes)

David Grubin

Producer (45 episodes)

Ric Burns

Ric Burns

Producer (45 episodes)

Margaret Drain

Executive producer (45 episodes)

Bonnie Lafave

Producer (45 episodes)

Cameo George

Executive producer (29 episodes)

Amanda Pollak

Producer (5 episodes)

Deborah Blum

Production Consultant (2 episodes)

Gene Tempest

Producer (2 episodes)

Barak Goodman

Barak Goodman

Producer (1 episode)

Laurens Grant

Producer (1 episode)

Stacey L. Holman

Associate producer (1 episode)

Susan Mottau

Coordinating Producer (1 episode)

Stanley Nelson

Stanley Nelson

Producer (1 episode)

Dennis Wells

Associate producer (1 episode)

Bernd Wilting

Executive producer (1 episode)

Lindsey Megrue

Associate producer (1 episode)

Kiley Kraskouskas

Producer (1 episode)

Rachell Shapiro

Producer (1 episode)

Emily L. Harrold

Producer (1 episode)

Jen Hickey

Co-producer (1 episode)

Melissa Martin Pollard

Co-producer (1 episode)

Heather Merrill

Associate producer (1 episode)

Stephanie Mills

Associate producer (1 episode)

Li-Shin Yu

Producer (1 episode)

James Q. Chan

Producer (1 episode)

Chana Gazit

Producer (1 episode)

Hilary Klotz Steinman

Producer (1 episode)

Jamila Ephron

Producer (1 episode)

Helen Dobrowski

Producer (1 episode)

Edna Alburquerque

Producer (1 episode)

Peter Yost

Producer (1 episode)

Writing

Michelle Ferrari

Writer (50 episodes)

Mark Zwonitzer

Writer (47 episodes)

Marcia Smith

Writer (45 episodes)

Tracy Heather Strain

Writer (2 episodes)

Deborah Blum

Book (2 episodes)

Rob Rapley

Writer (2 episodes)

Gene Tempest

Writer (1 episode)

Stanley Nelson

Stanley Nelson

Writer (1 episode)

Stephen Ives

Stephen Ives

Writer (1 episode)

Aaron R. Cohen

Writer (1 episode)

Michael Bicks

Writer (1 episode)

Anna Lee Strachan

Writer (1 episode)

Ronald Blumer

Writer (1 episode)

Ken Chowder

Writer (1 episode)

Sharon Grimberg

Writer (1 episode)

Susan Kim

Writer (1 episode)

Chana Gazit

Writer (1 episode)

Pierre Berton

Book (1 episode)

Jamila Ephron

Writer (1 episode)

Rocky Collins

Writer (1 episode)

Randall MacLowry

Writer (1 episode)

Peter Yost

Writer (1 episode)

Directing

Rob Rapley

Director (6 episodes)

Stephen Ives

Stephen Ives

Director (4 episodes)

Robert Stone

Robert Stone

Director (4 episodes)

Sam Pollard

Sam Pollard

Director (3 episodes)

Tracy Heather Strain

Director (2 episodes)

Barak Goodman

Barak Goodman

Director (1 episode)

Michelle Ferrari

Director (1 episode)

Michelle Ferrari

Director (1 episode)

Amanda Pollak

Director (1 episode)

Laurens Grant

Director (1 episode)

Margaret Grossi

Director (1 episode)

Michael Bicks

Director (1 episode)

Anna Lee Strachan

Director (1 episode)

Sébastien Lifshitz

Director (1 episode)

Muffie Meyer

Director (1 episode)

Leola Calzolai-Stewart

Director (1 episode)

Chris Eyre

Director (1 episode)

Sharon Grimberg

Director (1 episode)

Li-Shin Yu

Director (1 episode)

John Maggio

Director (1 episode)

Mark Zwonitzer

Director (1 episode)

Chana Gazit

Director (1 episode)

Connie Field

Director (1 episode)

Marilyn Mulford

Director (1 episode)

Jamila Ephron

Director (1 episode)

Robert Kenner

Director (1 episode)

Rocky Collins

Director (1 episode)

Randall MacLowry

Director (1 episode)

Keven McAlester

Director (1 episode)

Sarah Colt

Director (1 episode)

Peter Yost

Director (1 episode)

Editing

George O'Donnell

Editor (2 episodes)

Jon Neuburger

Editor (2 episodes)

Mark Dugas

Editor (1 episode)

Don Kleszy

Editor (1 episode)

Camera

Nikki Bramley

Director of Photography (1 episode)

Lisa Vidal

Assistant Camera (1 episode)

Jason Longo

Director of Photography (1 episode)

John Baynard

Director of Photography (1 episode)

Tom Bergmann

Director of Photography (1 episode)

Art

Michael Shaw

Art direction (2 episodes)

Crew

Tim Kaine

Thanks (1 episode)

Sound

Peter Rundquist

Original music composer (2 episodes)

Tom Phillips

Music (1 episode)

Gary Lionelli

Original music composer (1 episode)

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