American Experience Cast

414 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 10.4. 9 of 414 cast members rank in the top 1,000 actors online today. Updated May 16, 2026.

Today's Most Popular Cast

as Self - Narrator (voice)

5.7

#635 overall

Full Cast Ranked

May 16, 2026

Tom Hanks

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

10.4

#199 overall

Kenneth Branagh

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

6.1

#576 overall

Robert Redford

Self - Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

5.7

#635 overall

Donald Sutherland

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

5.7

#641 overall

Judith Light

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

5.3

#729 overall

Morgan Freeman

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

5.3

#748 overall

Martin Luther King Jr.

Himself (archive footage) · 2 eps

5.2

#772 overall

Robert Duvall

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

4.8

#892 overall

Susan Sarandon

Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

3.5

#1,508 overall

Cherry Jones

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

3.4

#1,547 overall

Glenn Close

Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

3.2

#1,693 overall

Liev Schreiber

Narrator (voice) · 8 eps

3.2

#1,731 overall

Mandy Patinkin

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

3.2

#1,744 overall

Andre Braugher

Narrator (voice) · 4 eps

3.0

#1,824 overall

Brian Dennehy

Aaron Burr (voice) · 1 eps

3.0

#1,831 overall

Jeffrey Wright

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

2.9

#1,914 overall

Ellen Burstyn

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

2.9

#1,920 overall

Scott Glenn

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

2.9

#1,925 overall

Randy Quaid

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

2.5

#2,432 overall

Keith Carradine

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

2.3

#2,656 overall

Bugsy Siegel

Self (archive footage) · 1 eps

2.3

#2,657 overall

F. Murray Abraham

Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

2.2

#2,751 overall

Mary McDonnell

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

2.1

#2,919 overall

Campbell Scott

Narrator (voice) · 5 eps

2.0

#3,169 overall

Roy Scheider

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

2.0

#3,201 overall

Oliver Platt

Narrator (voice) · 12 eps

Narrator (voice) · 7 eps

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.8

#3,630 overall

Joe Mantegna

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.8

#3,667 overall

Stacy Keach

Narrator (voice) · 4 eps

1.7

#3,724 overall

Richard Thomas

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.7

#3,798 overall

Alfre Woodard

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

1.6

#3,949 overall

Héctor Elizondo

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

1.6

#3,946 overall

David Ogden Stiers

Narrator (voice) · 31 eps

1.5

#4,341 overall

Courtney B. Vance

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

Self - Narrator (voice) · 12 eps

1.3

#4,996 overall

Len Cariou

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.2

#5,623 overall

Marion Ross

Edith Bolling-Galt (voice) · 1 eps

1.1

#5,937 overall

Hal Holbrook

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.1

#5,994 overall

René Auberjonois

Woodrow Wilson (voice) · 2 eps

1.0

#6,170 overall

Peter Coyote

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

1.0

#6,624 overall

Colm Feore

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

1.0

#6,663 overall

James Avery

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.7

#8,531 overall

Simon Russell Beale

John Adams (voice) · 1 eps

0.7

#8,575 overall

Hume Cronyn

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.7

#9,003 overall

Joe Morton

Narrator (voice) · 8 eps

0.7

#9,169 overall

Harris Yulin

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.7

#9,213 overall

Hal Linden

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.6

#9,400 overall

Roger Rees

William Bradford · 1 eps

0.5

#10,649 overall

Carl Lumbly

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.5

#10,859 overall

Garrison Keillor

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.5

#11,033 overall

David McCullough

Narrator (voice) · 14 eps

0.4

#12,963 overall

Blair Brown

Narrator (voice) · 6 eps

0.4

#13,129 overall

Philip Bosco

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.4

#13,660 overall

Anna Deavere Smith

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

0.2

#22,023 overall

Sada Thompson

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

0.1

#32,546 overall

William Stanley Merwin

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

0.0

#46,772 overall

Stephen Ives

Himself - Director · 1 eps

0.0

#64,352 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 10.4 and an overall actor rank of #199 as of May 16, 2026.

How many cast members does American Experience have?

American Experience has 414 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?

9 of the 414 American Experience cast members currently rank within the top 1,000 most popular actors online on Television Stats.

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