America: The Story of Us
*America: The Story of Us* is a six-part, 12-hour documentary-drama television miniseries that premiered on April 25, 2010, on the History channel. Produced by Nutopia, the program portrays more than 400 years of American history, spanning from the successful English settlement of Jamestown beginning in 1607 through to the present day. Narrated by Liev Schreiber, the series recreates many historical events using actors dressed in the style of the period and computer-generated special effects. The miniseries received mixed reviews from critics but attracted the largest audiences of any special aired by the channel to date.
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63 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Liev Schreiber
as Self - Narrator (voice) (10 Episodes)
Tom Brokaw
as Self (9 Episodes)
Annette Gordon Reed
as Self (8 Episodes)
H W Brands
as Self (8 Episodes)
Jim Meigs
as Self (8 Episodes)
Tim Gunn
as Self (1 Episode)
Colin Powell
as Self (7 Episodes)
Michael Douglas
as Self (7 Episodes)
Brian Williams
as Self (7 Episodes)
Richard Machowicz
as Self (6 Episodes)
Al Sharpton
as Self (6 Episodes)
Henry Louis Gates Jr
as Self (5 Episodes)
Supporting cast
51John Lasseter
as Self (5 Episodes)
Michael Strahan
as Self (5 Episodes)
Donald Trump
as Self (4 Episodes)
Rudolph Giuliani
as Self (4 Episodes)
Jimmy Wales
as Self (4 Episodes)
William Bodette
as Self (4 Episodes)
David Baldacci
as Self (4 Episodes)
Jeannette Walls
as Self (4 Episodes)
Alberto Camarillo
as Self (4 Episodes)
Richard Norton Smith
as Self (3 Episodes)
Michael Bloomberg
as Self (3 Episodes)
Newt Gingrich
as Self (3 Episodes)
David Petraeus
as Self (3 Episodes)
Buzz Aldrin
as Self (3 Episodes)
Sheryl Crow
as Self (3 Episodes)
Richard Slotkin
as Self (3 Episodes)
Martha Stewart
as Self (3 Episodes)
Bill Maher
as Self (3 Episodes)
Caitlyn Jenner
as Self (as Bruce Jenner) (3 Episodes)
Bob Lutz
as Self (3 Episodes)
Beverly Gage
as Self (3 Episodes)
David M Kennedy
as Self (3 Episodes)
Meryl Streep
as Self (2 Episodes)
Robert Warrior
as Self (2 Episodes)
John Legend
as Self (2 Episodes)
Daniel Silva
as Self (2 Episodes)
I M Pei
as Self (2 Episodes)
Tommy Franks
as Self (2 Episodes)
Morne Du Toit
as Bob Barnett (2 Episodes)
Aaron Sorkin
as Self (1 Episode)
Dan Hirst
as Customs Officer (1 Episode)
Tessa Jubber
as Susanna White (1 Episode)
Paul Hampshire
as John Rolfe (1 Episode)
Kevin Otto
as Paul Revere (1 Episode)
Aubrey Shelton
as Albigence Waldo (1 Episode)
Leon Clingman
as Lewis Keseberg (1 Episode)
Matthew Dylan Roberts
as James Howden (1 Episode)
Sean Combs
as Self (1 Episode)
Woody Norris
as Self (1 Episode)
Imogen Vinden North
as Emeline Larcom (1 Episode)
Daniel Walker Howe
as Self (1 Episode)
Greg Kriek
as Sgt. Jeremiah Cage (1 Episode)
Dylan Skews
as Plum Martin (1 Episode)
Melissa Etheridge
as Self (1 Episode)
Margaret Cho
as Self (1 Episode)
Bill Richardson
as Self (1 Episode)
Gary Green
as Killer (1 Episode)
Sean Cameron Michael
as Thomas Edison (1 Episode)
Aoife Lennon Ritchie
as Louise Walton (1 Episode)
Darron Meyer
as Lt. Tyler (1 Episode)
Steven Johnson
as Self (1 Episode)
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