Cast and Crew of Lincoln

Cast of
Lincoln

About Lincoln

The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

Full Cast of Lincoln

Daniel Day-Lewis
plays Abraham Lincoln

Sally Field
plays Mary Todd Lincoln

Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln

Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress. She has received many awards and nominations, in...

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David Strathairn
plays William Seward

David Strathairn as William Seward

An American film and television actor, best known for his portrayal of journalist Edward R. Murrow in the feature fil...

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
plays Robert Lincoln

Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Robert Lincoln

Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (born February 17, 1981) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received various acc...

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James Spader
plays W.N. Bilbo

James Spader as W.N. Bilbo

James Todd Spader (born February 7, 1960) is an American actor and producer. He has portrayed eccentric characters in...

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Hal Holbrook
plays Preston Blair

Hal Holbrook as Preston Blair

Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. (February 17, 1925 – January 23, 2021) was an American actor, television director, and write...

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Tommy Lee Jones
plays Thaddeus Stevens

John Hawkes
plays Robert Latham

John Hawkes as Robert Latham

John Hawkes was born John Marvin Perkins in Alexandria, Minnesota, to Patricia Jeanne (Olson) and Peter John Perkins,...

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Jackie Earle Haley
plays Alexander Stephens

Jackie Earle Haley as Alexander Stephens

Jackie Earle Haley (born Jack E. Haley; July 14, 1961) is an American film actor. Establishing himself from child act...

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Bruce McGill
plays Edwin Stanton

Bruce McGill as Edwin Stanton

Bruce Travis McGill (born July 11, 1950) is an American actor who has an extensive list of credits in film and televi...

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Tim Blake Nelson
plays Richard Schell

Tim Blake Nelson as Richard Schell

Timothy Blake Nelson (born May 11, 1964) is an American actor and playwright. Described as a "modern character actor...

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Joseph Cross
plays John Hay

Jared Harris
plays Ulysses S. Grant

Lee Pace
plays Fernando Wood

Lee Pace as Fernando Wood

Lee Grinner Pace (born March 25, 1979) is an American actor. Pace has been featured in film, stage and television. H...

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Peter McRobbie
plays George Pendleton

Peter McRobbie as George Pendleton

Peter McRobbie is a Scottish-born American character actor, best known for his roles as Pop Pop Jamison in the 2015 h...

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Gulliver McGrath
plays Tad Lincoln

Gloria Reuben
plays Elizabeth Keckley

Gloria Reuben as Elizabeth Keckley

Gloria Reuben (born June 9, 1964) is a Canadian singer and actress of film and television, known for her role as Jean...

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Jeremy Strong
plays John Nicolay

Jeremy Strong as John Nicolay

Jeremy Strong (born December 25, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Kendall Roy in the HBO ...

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Michael Stuhlbarg
plays George Yeaman

Michael Stuhlbarg as George Yeaman

Michael Stewart Stuhlbarg (born July 5, 1968) is an American actor. He rose to prominence as troubled university prof...

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Boris McGiver
plays Alexander Coffroth

Boris McGiver as Alexander Coffroth

Boris McGiver is an American stage and screen actor. He holds an MFA in Acting from the Tisch School of Arts at New Y...

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David Costabile
plays James Ashley

David Costabile as James Ashley

David Costabile (born January 9, 1967) is an American actor. He is best known for his television work, having appeare...

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Stephen Spinella
plays Asa Vintner Litton

Stephen Spinella as Asa Vintner Litton

Stephen Nicholas Spinella (born 11 October 1956) is an American actor. He received two consecutive Tony Awards for Be...

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Walton Goggins
plays Clay Hawkins

Walton Goggins as Clay Hawkins

Walton Sanders Goggins, Jr. (born November 10, 1971) is an American actor best known for his roles on the FX Networks...

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David Warshofsky
plays William Hutton

David Warshofsky as William Hutton

David Warshofsky (born David Warner) is an American actor. The aspiring actor studied in New York City at NYU's prest...

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Colman Domingo
plays Private Harold Green

Colman Domingo as Private Harold Green

Colman Jason Domingo (born November 28, 1969) is an American actor, writer and director. He is best known for his rol...

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David Oyelowo
plays Corporal Ira Clark

David Oyelowo as Corporal Ira Clark

David Oyelowo was born in Oxford in 1976. His family originates from Nigeria. David studied Theatre Studies for A lev...

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Lukas Haas
plays First White Soldier

Lukas Haas as First White Soldier

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Lukas Daniel Haas (born April 16, 1976) is an American actor, known for ro...

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Dane DeHaan
plays Second White Soldier

Dane DeHaan as Second White Soldier

Dane William DeHaan (born February 6, 1986) is an American actor, known for his roles as Andrew Detmer in Chronicle (...

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Carlos Thompson
plays Navy Yard – Shouting Soldier

Bill Camp
plays Mr. Jolly

Bill Camp as Mr. Jolly

William "Bill" Camp is an American actor. He is best known for playing Detective Dennis Box in the HBO limited televi...

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Elizabeth Marvel
plays Mrs. Jolly

Elizabeth Marvel as Mrs. Jolly

Elizabeth Marvel is an American actress. Her most prominent roles include Det. Nancy Parras on The District, Solicito...

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Byron Jennings
plays Montgomery Blair

Julie White
plays Elizabeth Blair Lee

Julie White as Elizabeth Blair Lee

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Charmaine White
plays Minerva – Blair's Servant

Ralph D. Edlow
plays Leo – Blair's Servant

Grainger Hines
plays Gideon Welles

Grainger Hines as Gideon Welles

Grainger Hines is actor, writer and director.

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Richard Topol
plays James Speed

Richard Topol as James Speed

Richard Topol is an actor.

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Walt Smith
plays William Fessenden

Dakin Matthews
plays John Usher

Dakin Matthews as John Usher

Melvin Richard "Dakin" Matthews (born November 7, 1940) is an American actor, playwright, theatre director, and theat...

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James 'Ike' Eichling
plays William Dennison

Wayne Duvall
plays Senator Bluff Wade

Wayne Duvall as Senator Bluff Wade

Wayne Duvall (born May 29, 1958) is an American actor, known for playing Homer Stokes in O Brother Where Art Thou?, C...

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Bill Raymond
plays Schuyler Colfax

Michael Stanton Kennedy
plays Hiram Price

Ford Flannagan
plays White House Doorkeeper – Tom Pendel

Robert Ayers
plays White House Petitioner

Robert Peters
plays Jacob Graylor

Robert Peters as Jacob Graylor

Robert Peters was born on July 20, 1961 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. Robert is an actor and director, known for Ocean's E...

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John Moon
plays Edwin LeClerk

Kevin Lawrence O'Donnell
plays Charles Hanson

Jamie Horton
plays Giles Stuart

Joe Dellinger
plays Nelson Merrick

Richard Warner
plays Homer Benson

Elijah Chester
plays Union Army Officer

Dave Hager
plays Captain Nathan Saunders – River Queen

Sean Haggerty
plays Officer in Peace Commissioners Exchange

Mike Shiflett
plays Senator R.M.T. Hunter

Gregory Itzin
plays Judge John A. Campbell

Gregory Itzin as Judge John A. Campbell

Gregory Martin Itzin (April 20, 1948 – July 8, 2022) was an American character actor of film and television, perhaps ...

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Stephen Dunn
plays Petersburg Siege Lines – Confederate Officer

Stephen McKinley Henderson
plays William Slade

Stephen McKinley Henderson as William Slade

Henderson is known mostly for his stage work. He won the 2015 Obie Award for Best Actor for his starring role of Walt...

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Chase Edmunds
plays Willie Lincoln

John Hutton
plays Senator Charles Sumner

Robert Ruffin
plays Major Thompson Eckert

Drew Sease
plays David Homer Bates

John Lescault
plays Gustavus Fox

Scott Wichmann
plays Charles Benjamin

Adam Driver
plays Samuel Beckwith

Adam Driver as Samuel Beckwith

Adam Douglas Driver (born November 19, 1983) is an American actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, includin...

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Jean Kennedy Smith
plays House of Representatives – Woman Shouter

Shirley Augustine
plays House of Representatives – Woman Shouter

Sarah Wylie
plays House of Representatives – Woman Shouter

Margaret Ann McGowan
plays House of Representatives – Woman Shouter

Hilary Montgomery
plays House of Representatives – Woman Shouter

Asa-Luke Twocrow
plays Ely Parker

Lancer Dean Shull
plays Union Soldier – Bodyguard

Robert Wilharm
plays Wounded Soldier

Kevin Kline
plays Wounded Soldier

John Jones
plays Wounded Soldier

Paul Gowans
plays Wounded Soldier

Joseph Miller
plays Wounded Soldier

John Bellemer
plays Faust

Mary Dunleavy
plays Marguerite

Christopher Evan Welch
plays Clerk – Edward McPherson

Alan Sader
plays Sergeant At Arms

Gannon McHale
plays Aaron Haddam

Ken Lambert
plays Augustus Benjamin

Thomas Belgrey
plays Arthur Bentleigh

Ted Johnson
plays John Ellis

Don Henderson Baker
plays Walter Appleton

Raynor Scheine
plays Josiah S. 'Beanpole' Burton

Armistead Wellford
plays Nehemiah Cleary

Michael Ruff
plays Harold Hollister

Rich Wills
plays House of Representatives – Soldier One

Stephen Bozzo
plays House of Representatives – Soldier Two

Christopher Alan Stewart
plays Sergeant – Grant's HQ

Teddy Eck
plays Corporal – Grant's HQ

Todd Fletcher
plays Walter H. Washburn

Charles Kinney
plays Myer Strauss

Joseph Carlson
plays Joseph Marstern

Michael Goodwin
plays Chilton A. Elliot

Edward McDonald
plays Daniel G. Stuart

Jim Batchelder
plays Howard Guillefoyle

Gregory Hosaflook
plays John F. McKenzie

Joe Kerkes
plays Andrew E. Finck

William Kaffenberger
plays John A. Casson

Larry Van Hoose
plays Avon Hanready

C. Brandon Marshall
plays Rufus Warren

David Russell Graham
plays House of Representatives – Rebel Shouter

Benjamin Shirley
plays House of Representatives – Rebel Shouter

Henry Kidd
plays House of Representatives – Rebel Shouter

Joseph Frances Filipowski
plays House of Representatives – Rebel Shouter

Thomas Aldridge
plays House of Representatives

Sidney Blackmer Jr.
plays House of Representatives

Billy Caldwell
plays House of Representatives

Glenn T. Crone
plays House of Representatives

Martin Dew
plays House of Representatives

Theodore Ewald
plays House of Representatives

Todd Hunter
plays House of Representatives

Joe Inscoe
plays House of Representatives

Raymond H. Johnson
plays House of Representatives

Gary Keener
plays House of Representatives

Randolph Meekins
plays House of Representatives

Frank Moran
plays House of Representatives

Charley Morgan
plays House of Representatives

Chad Pettit
plays House of Representatives

Barry Privett
plays House of Representatives

Leslie Rogers
plays House of Representatives

Marcello Rollando
plays House of Representatives

Keith Tyree
plays House of Representatives

Kevin J. Walsh
plays House of Representatives

Robert Wray
plays House of Representatives

S. Epatha Merkerson
plays Lydia Smith

S. Epatha Merkerson as Lydia Smith

S. Epatha Merkerson (born Sharon Epatha Merkerson) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has won a ...

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Christopher Boyer
plays General Robert E. Lee

Christopher Boyer as General Robert E. Lee

Christopher Boyer was born on March 10, 1960 and is currently 64 years old.

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Stephen Dunford
plays Actor Swordsman

David Doersch
plays Actor Demon Affrit

Christopher Cartmill
plays Leonard Grover

Robert Shepherd
plays Dr. Joseph K. Barnes


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