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 9.9. 7 of 415 cast members rank in the top 1,000 actors online today. Updated June 13, 2026.

Today's Most Popular Cast

Full Cast Ranked

June 13, 2026

Tom Hanks

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

9.9

#210 overall

Donald Sutherland

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

6.4

#517 overall

Morgan Freeman

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

5.8

#597 overall

Robert Duvall

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

5.4

#674 overall

Robert Redford

Self - Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

5.1

#753 overall

Susan Sarandon

Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

5.0

#789 overall

Alfre Woodard

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

4.7

#862 overall

Kenneth Branagh

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

3.9

#1,193 overall

Martin Luther King Jr.

Himself (archive footage) · 2 eps

3.8

#1,227 overall

Liev Schreiber

Narrator (voice) · 8 eps

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

3.3

#1,496 overall

Richard Thomas

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

3.2

#1,584 overall

Mandy Patinkin

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

3.2

#1,606 overall

Glenn Close

Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

3.1

#1,702 overall

Andre Braugher

Narrator (voice) · 4 eps

3.0

#1,760 overall

Judith Light

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

3.0

#1,784 overall

Mary McDonnell

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

2.6

#2,085 overall

Laura Linney

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

2.5

#2,261 overall

Randy Quaid

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

2.4

#2,331 overall

Brian Dennehy

Aaron Burr (voice) · 1 eps

2.4

#2,336 overall

Jeffrey Wright

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

2.3

#2,530 overall

Roy Scheider

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

2.2

#2,614 overall

Scott Glenn

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

2.1

#2,812 overall

F. Murray Abraham

Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

2.0

#2,975 overall

Linda Hunt

Self - Narrator (voice) · 12 eps

2.0

#2,977 overall

Stacy Keach

Narrator (voice) · 4 eps

Self (archive footage) · 1 eps

1.8

#3,298 overall

Ellen Burstyn

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.8

#3,444 overall

Cherry Jones

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.7

#3,667 overall

Oliver Platt

Narrator (voice) · 12 eps

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.5

#4,045 overall

Jason Robards

Narrator (voice) · 7 eps

1.5

#4,064 overall

Chris Cooper

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.5

#4,143 overall

David Ogden Stiers

Narrator (voice) · 31 eps

1.4

#4,540 overall

René Auberjonois

Woodrow Wilson (voice) · 2 eps

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.2

#5,123 overall

Campbell Scott

Narrator (voice) · 5 eps

1.2

#5,136 overall

Héctor Elizondo

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

1.2

#5,317 overall

Courtney B. Vance

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.2

#5,356 overall

Peter Coyote

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.1

#5,629 overall

Hal Holbrook

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.1

#5,889 overall

Colm Feore

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.0

#6,008 overall

Marion Ross

Edith Bolling-Galt (voice) · 1 eps

0.9

#6,565 overall

James Avery

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.9

#6,594 overall

Simon Russell Beale

John Adams (voice) · 1 eps

Narrator (voice) · 8 eps

0.7

#8,286 overall

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.7

#8,513 overall

Hal Linden

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.7

#8,850 overall

Anna Deavere Smith

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.6

#9,359 overall

Roger Rees

William Bradford · 1 eps

0.6

#9,498 overall

Carl Lumbly

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.5

#10,376 overall

Harris Yulin

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.5

#10,586 overall

Garrison Keillor

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.5

#10,978 overall

Blair Brown

Narrator (voice) · 6 eps

0.4

#12,232 overall

David McCullough

Narrator (voice) · 14 eps

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.3

#15,175 overall

Charles Kuralt

Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.2

#19,206 overall

Sada Thompson

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

William Stanley Merwin

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.1

#32,925 overall

Dion Graham

Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.0

#40,617 overall

Richard Ben Cramer

Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

0.0

#43,748 overall

Stephen Ives

Himself - Director · 1 eps

0.0

#60,883 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 9.9 and an overall actor rank of #210 as of June 13, 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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