About John Adams
- Released on March 16, 2008
Adapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the Boston Massacre of 1770 through his years as an ambassador in Europe, then his terms as vice president and president of the United States, up to his death on July 4, 1826.
Main Cast of John Adams
Paul Giamatti plays John Adams (7 episodes)
Laura Linney plays Abigail Adams (7 episodes)
Stephen Dillane plays Thomas Jefferson (7 episodes)
Danny Huston plays Samuel Adams (7 episodes)
David Morse plays George Washington (7 episodes)
Sarah Polley plays Abigail Adams Smith (7 episodes)
Tom Wilkinson plays Benjamin Franklin (7 episodes)
Steven Hinkle plays Young John Quincy Adams (7 episodes)
Madeline Taylor plays Young Nabby Adams (7 episodes)
John Dossett plays Benjamin Rush (7 episodes)
Ebon Moss-Bachrach plays John Quincy Adams (7 episodes)
Samuel Barnett plays Thomas Adams (7 episodes)
Andrew Scott plays Colonel William Smith (7 episodes)
Kevin Trainor plays Charles Adams (7 episodes)
Mamie Gummer plays Sally Smith Adams (7 episodes)
Secondary Cast of John Adams
Boris McGiver plays Robert Goddard (1 episode)
John Bedford Lloyd plays Richard Palmes (1 episode)
Ritchie Coster plays Captain Preston (1 episode)
Guy Henry plays Jonathan Sewall (1 episode)
Justin Theroux plays John Hancock (2 episodes)
Bill Buell plays Justice Lynde (1 episode)
Clancy O'Connor plays Edward Rutledge (1 episode)
Brennan Brown plays Robert Treat Paine (2 episodes)
Tom Beckett plays Elbridge Gerry (2 episodes)
Vincent Renart plays Andrew Holmes (1 episode)
Ed Jewett plays James Duane (1 episode)
Del Pentecost plays General Henry Knox (1 episode)
Neal Huff plays Captain John Tucker (1 episode)
Jean-Hugues Anglade plays Comte de Vergennes (1 episode)
Tom Hollander plays King George III (1 episode)
Judith Magre plays Madame Helvétius (2 episodes)
Cyril Descours plays Edmund Charles Genet (1 episode)
Alan Cox plays William Maclay (1 episode)
Hugh O'Gorman plays Thomas Pinckney (1 episode)
Jack Gwaltney plays John Marshall (1 episode)
John Keating plays Timothy Pickering (2 episodes)
Caroline Corrie plays Louisa Catherine Adams (1 episode)
Jason Butler Harner plays Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (1 episode)
Zak Orth plays James McHenry (1 episode)
Crew of John Adams
Writing
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Production
Sound
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Editing
Directing
Costume & Make-Up
- Boris McGiver
- John Bedford Lloyd
- Ritchie Coster
- Guy Henry
- Justin Theroux
- Bill Buell
- Clancy O'Connor
- Brennan Brown
- Tom Beckett
- Vincent Renart
- Ed Jewett
- Del Pentecost
- Neal Huff
- Jean-Hugues Anglade
- Tom Hollander
- Judith Magre
- Cyril Descours
- Alan Cox
- Hugh O'Gorman
- Jack Gwaltney
- John Keating
- Caroline Corrie
- Jason Butler Harner
- Zak Orth