American Experience (1987- )
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- Not Rated
- 3h 43min
- Documentary, Biography
- TV Series
A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
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Awards:
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 84 wins & 123 nominations.
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Series Cast Summary
David McCullough | ... |
Self - Host
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(50 episodes, 1987-2022)
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David Ogden Stiers | ... |
Self - Narrator
(33 episodes, 1995-2011)
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Michael Murphy | ... |
Self - Narrator
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(31 episodes, 2002-2020)
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Oliver Platt | ... |
Self - Narrator
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(26 episodes, 2012-2018)
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Joe Morton | ... |
Self - Narrator
(14 episodes, 1999-2020)
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Linda Hunt | ... |
Self - Narrator
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(12 episodes, 1993-2009)
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Campbell Scott | ... |
Self - Narrator
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(10 episodes, 2005-2018)
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Liev Schreiber | ... |
Self - Narrator
(10 episodes, 1997-2007)
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Will Lyman | ... |
Narrator
(10 episodes, 1990-2005)
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Philip Bosco | ... |
Narrator
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(9 episodes, 1990-2010)
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Blair Brown | ... |
Self - Narrator
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(8 episodes, 1995-2007)
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Brendan Gill | ... |
Self
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(8 episodes, 1990-2001)
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Eli Wallach | ... |
George McKinstry
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(8 episodes, 1991-2002)
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John Steele Gordon | ... |
Self
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(8 episodes, 1999-2005)
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Robert A. Caro | ... |
Self
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(8 episodes, 1999-2014)
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Robert Dallek | ... |
Self
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(8 episodes, 1991-2014)
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George Plimpton | ... |
Self
(8 episodes, 1991-2003)
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Callie Thorne | ... |
Voice
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(8 episodes, 1999-2010)
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Robert A.M. Stern | ... |
Self
(8 episodes, 1999-2003)
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Mike Wallace | ... |
Self (historian)
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(8 episodes, 1999-2003)
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Kenneth Jackson | ... |
Self
(8 episodes, 1999-2003)
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Andre Braugher | ... |
Narrator
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(7 episodes, 1993-2023)
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Harris Yulin | ... |
Narrator
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(7 episodes, 1997-2001)
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Robert Sean Leonard | ... |
Self
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(7 episodes, 1999-2012)
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Pete Hamill | ... |
Self
(7 episodes, 1999-2003)
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David Morse | ... |
Abraham Lincoln
(6 episodes, 2001)
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Holly Hunter | ... |
Mary Lincoln
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(6 episodes, 2001)
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Frances Sternhagen | ... |
Self
(6 episodes, 1991-1999)
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Jason Robards | ... |
Narrator
(7 episodes, 1991-2006)
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Lucy Sante | ... |
Self
(6 episodes, 1999-2001)
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Calvin O. Butts III | ... |
Self
(6 episodes, 1999-2001)
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Craig Steven Wilder | ... |
Self
(6 episodes, 1999-2001)
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Neal Huff | ... |
William Lloyd Garrison
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(5 episodes, 2007-2013)
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Stacy Keach | ... |
Self - Narrator
(5 episodes, 1990-2009)
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Benjamin Bratt | ... |
Narrator
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(5 episodes, 2009)
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Kate Burton | ... |
Narrator
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(5 episodes, 2020-2023)
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Carol Berkin | ... |
Self
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(5 episodes, 1999-2013)
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Daniel Czitrom | ... |
Self
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(5 episodes, 1999-2005)
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Josh Hamilton | ... |
Owen Chase
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(5 episodes, 2002-2012)
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Andrew Young | ... |
Self
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(5 episodes, 1991-2013)
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Julian Bond | ... |
Narrator
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(6 episodes, 1991-2008)
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Stanley Karnow | ... |
Self
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(5 episodes, 1997-2005)
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Spalding Gray | ... |
Self
(5 episodes, 1997-2001)
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Josh Hamilton |
(5 episodes, 1999-2017)
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Keith David |
(5 episodes, 1999-2012)
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Paul Giamatti | ... |
Narrator
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(5 episodes, 1999-2001)
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Fran Lebowitz | ... |
Self
(5 episodes, 1999-2001)
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Rudy Giuliani | ... |
Self
(5 episodes, 1999-2001)
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Alfred Kazin | ... |
Self
(5 episodes, 1999-2001)
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Marshall Berman | ... |
Self
(5 episodes, 1999-2001)
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Production Companies
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (for)
- Robert Stone Productions
- WGBH
- WGBH (produced by)
Distributors
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (United States) (tv)
- PBS Home Video (1988) (United States) (video)
- PBS Home Video (United States) (video)
- PBS International (1987) (World-wide) (tv)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1987) (United States) (tv)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (2022) (World-wide)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2021) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Aetna Life Insurance Co. (funding)
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (funding)
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (major funding)
- American Mutoscope & Biograph (archival film)
- Arthur Vining Davis Foundations (funding)
- Ashland (funding)
- Ashland (funding) (local broadcast: KET)
- Berkeley Sound Artists (post-production sound services)
- Consumer Cellular (funding)
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) (additional funding)
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) (funding)
- Digital One (additional voice recording)
- Kentucky River Coal (funding)
- Kentucky River Coal (funding) (local broadcast: KET)
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (funding)
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (national corporate funding)
- Park Foundation (funding)
- Robert D.L. Gardiner Foundation (funding)
- String and Can (sound post-production)
- The Documentary Investment Group (funding)
- The Ford Foundation (funding)
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (funding)
- The Scotts Company (funding)
- The Scotts Company (national corporate funding)
- Viewers Like You (funding)
- Viewers Like You (sound post-production)
Storyline
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"American Experience" combines dramatic re-enactments with commentary by historians and authors to present an absorbing look at the personalities, events and resources that have had a profound impact on the shaping of America's past and present. Written by Jwelch5742 |
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