About Explained
- Released on May 23, 2018
This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current trends, from politics, to science to pop culture.
Main Cast of Explained
Maria Bello plays Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
Estelle Caswell plays Narrator (voice) (3 episodes)
Bill Clinton plays Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)
Franklin D. Roosevelt plays Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)
Catherine, Princess of Wales plays Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)
William, Prince of Wales plays Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)
Samira Wiley plays Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
George H.W. Bush plays Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)
Donald Trump plays Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)
Nelson Mandela plays Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)
Barack Obama plays Self (archive footage) (4 episodes)
Richard Nixon plays Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)
Lyndon B. Johnson plays Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)
Vladimir Putin plays Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)
Joe Biden plays Self (archive footage) (3 episodes)
Secondary Cast of Explained
Joss Fong plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Christian Slater plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
LeVar Burton plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Nick Kroll plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Aasif Mandvi plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Kevin Smith plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Coleman Lowndes plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Yara Shahidi plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Kristen Bell plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Rachel Bloom plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Jerry Springer plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Rachel McAdams plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Kyle MacLachlan plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Carly Rae Jepsen plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Tablo plays Self (1 episode)
Park Ji-min plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Min Yoon-gi plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Kim Tae-hyung plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Kim Seok-jin plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Kim Nam-joon plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Jeon Jung-kook plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Jung Ho-seok plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Park Chung-hee plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Yang Hyun-suk plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
DJ Tukutz plays Self (1 episode)
Mithra Jin plays Self (1 episode)
Lee Soo-man plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Kim Dae-jung plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Psy plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Grace Kelly plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Virginia Woolf plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Eleanor Roosevelt plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Hillary Clinton plays Self (1 episode)
Valentine Rugwabiza plays Self (1 episode)
Elizabeth Warren plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Kirsten Gillibrand plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Sandra Day O'Connor plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Anderson Cooper plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Hilary Swank plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Maggie Siff plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Abigail Disney plays Self (1 episode)
Michael Jordan plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Mark Cuban plays Self (1 episode)
Lakeith Stanfield plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
J.K. Simmons plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Bill Gates plays Self (1 episode)
Vincent Kartheiser plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Natasha Lyonne plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Cleo Abram plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Andrew Carnegie plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Warren Buffett plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
John D. Rockefeller plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Cornelius Vanderbilt plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
John Maynard Keynes plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Mehrsa Baradaran plays Self - Author (1 episode)
Cory Booker plays Self - U.S. Senator (1 episode)
Thomas Shapiro plays Self - Sociologist (1 episode)
Beth Jacobson plays Self - Foreclosure Specialist (1 episode)
James Baldwin plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Edward A. Bouchet plays Self - First Black Ph.D Recipient (archive footage) (1 episode)
Shirley Chisholm plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Ta-Nehisi Coates plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Stephen Colbert plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Bessie Coleman plays Self - First Black Licensed Pilot (archive footage) (1 episode)
Alan Greenspan plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Jesse Jackson plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Robert L. Johnson plays Self - First Black Billionaire (archive footage) (1 episode)
Martin Luther King Jr. plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Dennis Kucinich plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Abraham Lincoln plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Alain Leroy Locke plays Self - First Black Rhodes Scholar (archive footage) (1 episode)
Malcolm X plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Thurgood Marshall plays Self - First Black Supreme Court Justice (archive footage) (1 episode)
Hattie McDaniel plays Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage) (1 episode)
Michelle Obama plays Self - First Black First Lady (archive footage) (1 episode)
Jesse Owens plays Self - Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist (archive footage) (1 episode)
Colin Powell plays Self - First Black Secretary of State (archive footage) (1 episode)
Joseph Rainey plays Self - First Black Congressperson (archive footage) (1 episode)
Hiram Revels plays Self - First Black Senator (archive footage) (1 episode)
Jackie Robinson plays Self - First Black MLB Player (archive footage) (1 episode)
Rick Santelli plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
William Tecumseh Sherman plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Ruth Simmons plays Self - First Black Ivy League President (archive footage) (1 episode)
Edwin M. Stanton plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
George Stephanopoulos plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Brian Williams plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Neville Sanjana plays Self - Biologist (1 episode)
Jennifer Doudna plays Self - CRISPR Pioneer (1 episode)
John Evans plays Self - Sociologist (1 episode)
Hank Greely plays Self - Law Professor (1 episode)
Rebecca Cokley plays Self - Disability Rights Activist (1 episode)
Emmanuelle Charpentier plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Francis Collins plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Dick Costolo plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Don Lemon plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Keith Morrison plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Reena Ninan plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Bernie Sanders plays Self (1 episode)
John Franklin Stephens plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Keri Russell plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
John Waters plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Karlie Kloss plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Aya Cash plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Adolf Eichmann plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Big Boi plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Jane Fonda plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Noam Chomsky plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Mike Wallace plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Rosario Dawson plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Meghan Markle plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Naruhito plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Park Geun-hye plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Akihito plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Jay-Z plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode) , Self (voice) (1 episode)
Emperor Hirohito of Japan plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Princess Margaret plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
King Charles III of the United Kingdom plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Kim Kardashian plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Princess Diana of Wales plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Oprah Winfrey plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Fidel Castro plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
George W. Bush plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Adolf Hitler plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Ronald Reagan plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Ann Coulter plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Peter Jennings plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Dan Rather plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Tom Brokaw plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Ethan Hawke plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Boris Johnson plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Jake Gyllenhaal plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Rainn Wilson plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Sophie Okonedo plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Keke Palmer plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Hector Elizondo plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Kim Cattrall plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Kelly Rowland plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Connie Britton plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Ruth Negga plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Doja Cat plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Moon Jae-in plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Xi Jinping plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Justin Trudeau plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Ted Cruz plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Michael Bloomberg plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Seo Tai-ji plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Primary plays Self (1 episode)
Jim Jones plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Catherine Oxenberg plays Self - Mother of NXIVM Cult Member (1 episode)
Mark Zuckerberg plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Muhammad Ali plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Doug E. Fresh plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Gigi Hadid plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Leo J. Ryan plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Crew of Explained
- Joss Fong
- Christian Slater
- LeVar Burton
- Nick Kroll
- Aasif Mandvi
- Kevin Smith
- Coleman Lowndes
- Yara Shahidi
- Kristen Bell
- Rachel Bloom
- Jerry Springer
- Rachel McAdams
- Kyle MacLachlan
- Carly Rae Jepsen
- Tablo
- Park Ji-min
- Min Yoon-gi
- Kim Tae-hyung
- Kim Seok-jin
- Kim Nam-joon
- Jeon Jung-kook
- Jung Ho-seok
- Park Chung-hee
- Yang Hyun-suk
- DJ Tukutz
- Mithra Jin
- Lee Soo-man
- Kim Dae-jung
- Psy
- Grace Kelly
- Virginia Woolf
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Hillary Clinton
- Valentine Rugwabiza
- Elizabeth Warren
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Sandra Day O'Connor
- Anderson Cooper
- Hilary Swank
- Maggie Siff
- Abigail Disney
- Michael Jordan
- Mark Cuban
- Lakeith Stanfield
- J.K. Simmons
- Bill Gates
- Vincent Kartheiser
- Natasha Lyonne
- Cleo Abram
- Andrew Carnegie
- Warren Buffett
- John D. Rockefeller
- Cornelius Vanderbilt
- John Maynard Keynes
- Mehrsa Baradaran
- Cory Booker
- Thomas Shapiro
- Beth Jacobson
- James Baldwin
- Edward A. Bouchet
- Shirley Chisholm
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Stephen Colbert
- Bessie Coleman
- Alan Greenspan
- Jesse Jackson
- Robert L. Johnson
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Dennis Kucinich
- Abraham Lincoln
- Alain Leroy Locke
- Malcolm X
- Thurgood Marshall
- Hattie McDaniel
- Michelle Obama
- Jesse Owens
- Colin Powell
- Joseph Rainey
- Hiram Revels
- Jackie Robinson
- Rick Santelli
- William Tecumseh Sherman
- Ruth Simmons
- Edwin M. Stanton
- George Stephanopoulos
- Brian Williams
- Neville Sanjana
- Jennifer Doudna
- John Evans
- Hank Greely
- Rebecca Cokley
- Emmanuelle Charpentier
- Francis Collins
- Dick Costolo
- Don Lemon
- Keith Morrison
- Reena Ninan
- Bernie Sanders
- John Franklin Stephens
- Keri Russell
- John Waters
- Karlie Kloss
- Aya Cash
- Adolf Eichmann
- Big Boi
- Jane Fonda
- Noam Chomsky
- Mike Wallace
- Rosario Dawson
- Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
- Meghan Markle
- Naruhito
- Park Geun-hye
- Akihito
- Jay-Z
- Emperor Hirohito of Japan
- Princess Margaret
- King Charles III of the United Kingdom
- Kim Kardashian
- Princess Diana of Wales
- Oprah Winfrey
- Fidel Castro
- George W. Bush
- Adolf Hitler
- Ronald Reagan
- Ann Coulter
- Peter Jennings
- Dan Rather
- Tom Brokaw
- Ethan Hawke
- Boris Johnson
- Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- Jake Gyllenhaal
- Rainn Wilson
- Sophie Okonedo
- Keke Palmer
- Hector Elizondo
- Kim Cattrall
- Kelly Rowland
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Connie Britton
- Ruth Negga
- Doja Cat
- Moon Jae-in
- Xi Jinping
- Justin Trudeau
- Ted Cruz
- Michael Bloomberg
- Seo Tai-ji
- Primary
- Jim Jones
- Catherine Oxenberg
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Muhammad Ali
- Doug E. Fresh
- Gigi Hadid
- Leo J. Ryan