Cast and Crew of The West

The West

The West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a documentary film about the American Old West. It was directed by Stephen Ives and the executive producer was Ken Burns. The film originally aired on PBS in September 1996.

Full Cast of The West

Peter Coyote as Self - Narrator

Peter Coyote

as Self - Narrator (9 episodes)

Peter Coyote (born Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon; October 10, 1941) is an American actor, author, director, screenw...

N. Scott Momaday as Self - Writer

N. Scott Momaday

as Self - Writer (9 episodes)
Murphy Guyer as Self

Murphy Guyer

as Self (9 episodes)

Murphy Guyer (born December 25, 1952) is an American actor, playwright, writer and director, best known for his plays...

John Trudell as Self

John Trudell

as Self (9 episodes)
Eli Wallach as Self

Eli Wallach

as Self (9 episodes)
Arthur Miller as Self

Arthur Miller

as Self (9 episodes)
John Lithgow as Self

John Lithgow

as Self (9 episodes)

John Arthur Lithgow (born October 19, 1945) is an American actor. Prolific in films, television and on stage, Lithgow...

Gary Sinise as T. P. Eagan

Gary Sinise

as T. P. Eagan (9 episodes)

Gary Alan Sinise (born March 17, 1955) is an American actor, film director, humanitarian, and musician. Among other a...

Jimmy Smits as Self

Jimmy Smits

as Self (9 episodes)

Jimmy Smits is an American actor. Smits is perhaps best known for his roles as attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s...

Keith Carradine as Self

Keith Carradine

as Self (9 episodes)

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

Adam Arkin as Self

Adam Arkin

as Self (9 episodes)

Adam Arkin (born August 19, 1956) is an American actor and director. His father is Oscar Award-winning actor Alan Ark...

Matthew Broderick as Self - William Swain

Matthew Broderick

as Self - William Swain (9 episodes)

Matthew Broderick is an American actor whose career has spanned both the silver screen and the stage. Broderick got h...

Ossie Davis as Self

Ossie Davis

as Self (9 episodes)
Jason Robards as Self - Brigham Young

Jason Robards

as Self - Brigham Young (9 episodes)

Crew of The West

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