American Experience Cast

415 cast members · 76 with active Buzz Score

Most Popular American Experience Cast Members

Tom Hanks is currently the most popular American Experience cast member online with a Buzz Score of 9.3. 7 of 415 cast members rank in the top 1,000 actors online today. Updated June 16, 2026.

Today's Most Popular Cast

Martin Luther King Jr.

as Himself (archive footage)

4.5

#683 overall

Full Cast Ranked

June 16, 2026

Tom Hanks

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

9.3

#174 overall

Morgan Freeman

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

4.9

#579 overall

Martin Luther King Jr.

Himself (archive footage) · 2 eps

4.5

#683 overall

Robert Duvall

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

4.1

#846 overall

Robert Redford

Self - Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

4.1

#848 overall

Donald Sutherland

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

3.7

#991 overall

Kenneth Branagh

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

3.7

#992 overall

Alfre Woodard

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

3.4

#1,132 overall

Susan Sarandon

Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

3.4

#1,148 overall

Mandy Patinkin

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

3.4

#1,156 overall

Ellen Burstyn

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

2.9

#1,467 overall

Liev Schreiber

Narrator (voice) · 8 eps

Narrator (voice) · 4 eps

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

2.4

#1,904 overall

Glenn Close

Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

2.3

#2,012 overall

Mary McDonnell

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

2.3

#2,031 overall

Jeffrey Wright

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

2.2

#2,257 overall

Richard Thomas

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.9

#2,723 overall

F. Murray Abraham

Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.8

#2,835 overall

Roy Scheider

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.8

#2,881 overall

Keith Carradine

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.7

#2,951 overall

Bugsy Siegel

Self (archive footage) · 1 eps

1.7

#2,992 overall

David Ogden Stiers

Narrator (voice) · 31 eps

1.7

#3,139 overall

Randy Quaid

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

1.6

#3,199 overall

Stacy Keach

Narrator (voice) · 4 eps

1.6

#3,360 overall

Scott Glenn

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

1.6

#3,395 overall

Cherry Jones

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.5

#3,481 overall

Chris Cooper

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.5

#3,526 overall

Brian Dennehy

Aaron Burr (voice) · 1 eps

1.5

#3,550 overall

Oliver Platt

Narrator (voice) · 12 eps

1.4

#3,914 overall

René Auberjonois

Woodrow Wilson (voice) · 2 eps

1.3

#4,133 overall

Joe Mantegna

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.2

#4,513 overall

Jason Robards

Narrator (voice) · 7 eps

Self - Narrator (voice) · 12 eps

1.1

#4,903 overall

Peter Coyote

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

1.1

#4,955 overall

Courtney B. Vance

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.1

#4,996 overall

Campbell Scott

Narrator (voice) · 5 eps

1.1

#5,026 overall

James Avery

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.0

#5,670 overall

Hal Holbrook

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.0

#5,672 overall

Len Cariou

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.0

#5,715 overall

Joe Morton

Narrator (voice) · 8 eps

0.9

#5,905 overall

Héctor Elizondo

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.8

#6,956 overall

Marion Ross

Edith Bolling-Galt (voice) · 1 eps

0.8

#7,156 overall

Simon Russell Beale

John Adams (voice) · 1 eps

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.7

#7,691 overall

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.6

#9,200 overall

Hume Cronyn

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.5

#9,741 overall

Ruby Dee

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.5

#9,735 overall

Anna Deavere Smith

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.5

#9,866 overall

Roger Rees

William Bradford · 1 eps

0.5

#9,940 overall

David McCullough

Narrator (voice) · 14 eps

0.5

#10,322 overall

Harris Yulin

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.5

#10,539 overall

Garrison Keillor

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

Narrator (voice) · 6 eps

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.2

#17,150 overall

Charles Kuralt

Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.2

#21,735 overall

Sada Thompson

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.1

#28,381 overall

William Stanley Merwin

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.1

#30,657 overall

Dion Graham

Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

0.1

#34,824 overall

Ping Wu

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

0.0

#48,666 overall

Stephen Ives

Himself - Director · 1 eps

0.0

#62,144 overall

Irv Drasnin

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

Sam Grey

Felix Frankfurter (voice) · 1 eps

Russell Baker

Narrator (voice) · 4 eps

Lisa Emond

Abigail Adams (voice) · 1 eps

Annie Oakley (voice) · 1 eps

Nicholas Purcell

Charles Adams · 1 eps

Hilmar Dressler

Self · 1 eps

Professor Margaret MacMillan

Iris Cummings Critchell

Beverly Owens Prather

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Cast Popularity FAQ

Who is the most popular American Experience cast member right now?

Tom Hanks is currently the most popular American Experience cast member online, with a Buzz Score of 9.3 and an overall actor rank of #174 as of June 16, 2026.

How many cast members does American Experience have?

American Experience has 415 credited cast members. 76 of them have an active Buzz Score on Television Stats today.

Which American Experience cast member has the highest career peak?

Robert Redford has the highest Peak Buzz Score among the American Experience cast, reaching 173.1 at their career high.

How many American Experience cast members are in the top 1,000 actors today?

7 of the 415 American Experience cast members currently rank within the top 1,000 most popular actors online on Television Stats.

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