Abraham Lincoln

Graham Sibley

as Abraham Lincoln

André Jacobs

as Gideon Welles

Jenny Stead

as Mary Todd Lincoln

Colin Moss

as William Seward

Luke Tyler

as John Hay

Stefan Adegbola

as Frederick Douglass

Edward J. Pepperell

as Alonzo Draper

Doris Kearns Goodwin

as Self (Commentary)

Barack Obama

as Self (Commentary)

Ted Widmer

as Self (Commentary)

Mary Frances Berry

as Self (Commentary)

Harold Holzer

as Self (Commentary)

Greg Jackson

as Self (Commentary)

Christy Coleman

as Self (Commentary)

Allen C. Guelzo

as Self (Commentary)

Richard Blackett

as Self (Commentary)

Caroline E. Janney

as Self (Commentary)

Stephen Aron

as Self (Commentary)