Cast (29)
David McCullough
Narrator
Sam Waterston
Abraham Lincoln
Julie Harris
Mary Chestnut
Jason Robards
Ulysses S. Grant
Morgan Freeman
Frederick Douglass
Paul Roebling
Joshua Chamberlain
Garrison Keillor
Walt Whitman
George Black
Robert E. Lee
Arthur Miller
William Tecumseh Sherman
Christopher Murney
Elisha Hunt Rhodes
Charles McDowell
Samuel R. Watkins
Horton Foote
Jefferson Davis
George Plimpton
George Templeton Strong
Philip Bosco
Horace Greeley
Terry Courier
George B. McClellan
Jody Powell
Stonewall Jackson / Various
Studs Terkel
Benjamin Butler / Various
Hoyt Axton
Various
John Hartford
Various
Colleen Dewhurst
Various
Shelby Foote
Various
Ronnie Gilbert
Various
Jeremy Irons
Various
Gene Jones
Various
Derek Jacobi
Various
Kurt Vonnegut
Various
Laurence Fishburne
Various
Pamela Reed
Various
M. Emmet Walsh
Various
David McCullough
Narrator
Sam Waterston
Abraham Lincoln
Julie Harris
Mary Chestnut
Jason Robards
Ulysses S. Grant
Morgan Freeman
Frederick Douglass
Paul Roebling
Joshua Chamberlain
Garrison Keillor
Walt Whitman
George Black
Robert E. Lee
Arthur Miller
William Tecumseh Sherman
Christopher Murney
Elisha Hunt Rhodes
Charles McDowell
Samuel R. Watkins
Horton Foote
Jefferson Davis
George Plimpton
George Templeton Strong
Philip Bosco
Horace Greeley
Terry Courier
George B. McClellan
Jody Powell
Stonewall Jackson / Various
Studs Terkel
Benjamin Butler / Various
Hoyt Axton
Various
John Hartford
Various
Colleen Dewhurst
Various
Shelby Foote
Various
Ronnie Gilbert
Various
Jeremy Irons
Various
Gene Jones
Various
Derek Jacobi
Various
Kurt Vonnegut
Various
Laurence Fishburne
Various
Pamela Reed
Various
M. Emmet Walsh
Various
Crew (9)
Editing
Paul Barnes
Editor
Sound
Jay Ungar
Original Music Composer
Camera
Ken Burns
Director of Photography
Production
Stephen Ives
Producer
Catherine Yang Eisele
Producer
Mike Hill
Producer
Julie A. Dunfey
Producer
Ric Burns
Producer
Ken Burns
Executive Producer