American Experience (TV) Cast
The cast of American Experience. Updated on October 7, 2025.
196 actors
F. Murray Abraham
as Narrator (1 episode)

F. Murray Abraham serves as a narrator on American Experience, lending his voice to explore various historical topics.

Liev Schreiber
as Narrator (voice) (8 episodes)

Liev Schreiber works as a narrator on American Experience, providing voiceovers that enhance the storytelling of American history.

Linda Hunt
as Narrator (voice) (12 episodes)

Linda Hunt narrates on American Experience, using her distinctive voice to delve into American historical events.

Jason Robards
as Narrator (voice) (7 episodes)

Jason Robards contributed as a narrator to American Experience, his voice bringing life to the rich tales of the past.

Mary McDonnell
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Mary McDonnell is featured as a narrator on American Experience, helping to articulate the narratives of American history documentaries.

Donald Sutherland
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Donald Sutherland has narrated several episodes of American Experience, offering his voice to frame American historical stories.

Peter Coyote
as Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)

Peter Coyote serves as a narrator on American Experience, guiding the audience through compelling historical insights.

Alfre Woodard
as Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)

Alfre Woodard narrates on American Experience, engaging viewers with her interpretations of significant American events.

Dion Graham
as Narrator (voice) (3 episodes)

Dion Graham is a narrator on American Experience, contributing his vocal talents to various episodes focussing on American history.

Brian Dennehy
as Aaron Burr (voice) (1 episode)

Brian Dennehy voices Aaron Burr on American Experience, bringing to life the historical figure through detailed narratives.

Joe Morton
as Narrator (voice) (8 episodes)

Joe Morton provides narration on American Experience, adding his voice to the rich tapestry of American historical documentaries.

Mandy Patinkin
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Mandy Patinkin lends his voice as a narrator to American Experience, thoroughly exploring themes of American history.

Randy Quaid
as Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
René Auberjonois
as Woodrow Wilson (voice) (2 episodes)
Judith Light
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Tom Hanks
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Carl Lumbly
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Marion Ross
as Edith Bolling-Galt (voice) (1 episode)
Cherry Jones
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Keith Carradine
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Blair Brown
as Narrator (voice) (6 episodes)
Hector Elizondo
as Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
Morgan Freeman
as Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
Scott Glenn
as Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
Courtney B. Vance
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Laura Linney
as Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
Robert Duvall
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Glenn Close
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Charles Kuralt
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Irv Drasnin
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Hume Cronyn
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Ruby Dee
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Robert Redford
as Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
Stacy Keach
as Narrator (voice) (4 episodes)
Philip Bosco
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Sam Grey
as Felix Frankfurter (voice) (1 episode)
Joe Mantegna
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
James Avery
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
David McCullough
as Narrator (voice) (12 episodes)
Hal Linden
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Ellen Burstyn
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Susan Sarandon
as Narrator (voice) (3 episodes)
Russell Baker
as Narrator (voice) (4 episodes)
William Stanley Merwin
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Eric Sevareid
as Himself (1 episode)
Hal Holbrook
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Richard Ben Cramer
as Narrator (voice) (3 episodes)
Garrison Keillor
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Roy Scheider
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Anna Deavere Smith
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Morley Safer
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Harris Yulin
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Simon Russell Beale
as John Adams (voice) (1 episode)
Lisa Emond
as Abigail Adams (voice) (1 episode)
Mitchell McCann
as Jesse James (1 episode)
Brian Paulette
as Frank James (1 episode)
Campbell Scott
as Narrator (voice) (5 episodes)
Christopher Plummer
as Narrator (1 episode)
Marilyn Spanier
as Annie Oakley (voice) (1 episode)
Kenneth Branagh
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Jeffrey Wright
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Colm Feore
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Kathy Bates
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Ping Wu
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Chris Cooper
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Martin Luther King Jr.
as Himself (archive footage) (1 episode)
Nicholas Purcell
as Charles Adams (1 episode)
David Ogden Stiers
as Narrator (voice) (31 episodes)
Bugsy Siegel
as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Roger Rees
as William Bradford (1 episode)
Richard Thomas
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Andre Braugher
as Narrator (3 episodes)
Michael Murphy
as Narrator (voice) (10 episodes)
Sada Thompson
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Len Cariou
as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Stephen Ives
as Himself - Director (1 episode)
Jesse Owens
as Self (1 episode)
Hilmar Dressler
as Self (1 episode)
Jeremy Schaap
as Self (1 episode)
Professor Margaret MacMillan
as Self (1 episode)
Theodor Michael
as Self (1 episode)
William Rhoden
as Self (1 episode)
Harry Edwards
as Self (1 episode)
Volker Kluge
as Self (1 episode)
Guy Walters
as Self (1 episode)
Oliver Platt
as Narrator (voice) (4 episodes)
Rainer Rother
as Self (1 episode)
Iris Cummings Critchell
as Self (1 episode)
David Wallechinsky
as Self (1 episode)
Louis Zamperini
as Self (1 episode)
William J. Baker
as Self (1 episode)
Susan Ware
as Self (1 episode)
Rafael Medoff
as Self (1 episode)
Marlene Owens Rankin
as Self (1 episode)
Beverly Owens Prather
as Self (1 episode)
David Clay Large
as Self (1 episode)
Louis Stokes
as Self (1 episode)
Renée Elise Goldsberry
as Narrator (1 episode)
André Holland
as Narrator (1 episode)
Joanna Rhinehart
as Narrator (1 episode)
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