Meet the Cast of Lincoln

Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.

Full Cast of Lincoln

Jason Robards

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is a multi-award-winning American actor of theater and film, well known for ...

Glenn Close

as Mary Todd Lincoln (voice)

Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a fem...

Richard Widmark

as Ward Hill Lamon (voice)

Arnold Schwarzenegger

as John G. Nicolay (voice)

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American actor, film producer, businessman, former bo...

Burgess Meredith

as Winfield Scott (voice)

Richard Thomas

as John Hay (voice)

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Keith Ian Carradine (born August 8, 1949) is an American actor and singer-songwriter.

Blythe Danner

as Elizabeth Todd Edwards (voice)

Fred Gwynne

as Edwin Stanton (voice)

Stacy Keach

as George McClellan (voice)

Walter Stacy Keach, Jr. (born June 2, 1941) is an American actor and narrator. He is most famous for his dramatic rol...

Oprah Winfrey

as Elizabeth Keckley (voice)

Oprah Winfrey, born Orpah Gail Winfrey on January 29, 1954, is an American television host, actress, producer, and ph...

Ossie Davis

as Frederick Douglas (voice)

E.G. Marshall

as Gideon Welles (voice)

Robert Vaughn

as Isaac Arnold (voice)

Robert Francis Vaughn, Ph.D. (November 22, 1932 – November 11, 2016) was an American actor noted for stage, film and ...

Dabney Coleman

as Stephen A. Douglas (voice)

Dabney Coleman is an American actor. He was born on January 3, 1932, in Austin, Texas. Coleman has had a prolific car...

Philip Bosco

as Frederick Seward (voice)

Jim Dale

as Baltimore Correspondent (voice)

Cliff Roberts

as Noah Brooks (voice)

Jill Clayburgh

as Emilie Todd Helm (voice)

Jill Clayburgh (April 30, 1944 – November 5, 2010) was an American actress known for her work in theater, television,...

Rod Steiger

as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (voice)

Rodney Stephen "Rod" Steiger (April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American actor known for his performances in such...

Gordon Parks

as Henry H. Garnet (voice)

Frank Langella

as John Wilkes Booth (voice)

Frank A. Langella, Jr. (born January 1, 1938) is an American stage and film actor. Description above from the Wikipe...

Richard Dreyfuss

as William Tecumsah Sherman (voice)

An American actor best known for starring in a number of film, television, and theater roles since the late 1960s, in...

Eli Wallach

as William Crook (voice)

John Shea

as John Barnes (voice)

John Victor Shea III (born April 14, 1949) is an American actor and director who has starred on stage, television and...

Laurence Luckinbill

as Joshua Speed (voice)

Stockard Channing

as Clara Harris (voice)

Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard) is an American stage, film and television actress. She is kn...

Cliff Robertson