The American Revolution (2025)

The American Revolution was at once a war for independence, a war of conquest, a civil war, and a world war, fought by neighbors on American farms and between global powers an ocean or more away. It impacted millions from Vermont’s Green Mountains to the swamps of South Carolina, from Indian Country to the Iberian Peninsula. In defeating the British Empire and giving birth to a new nation, the American Revolution turned the world upside-down. Thirteen colonies on the Atlantic Coast united in rebellion, won their independence, and established a republic that still endures. The American Revolution will present the story of the men and women of the Revolutionary generation, their humanity in victory and defeat, and the crisis that they lived through.

The American Revolution

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Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Adam Arkin
Adam Arkin
as James Parker, Private Ashbel Green, Andrew Hunter, Enoch Anderson, Timothy Dwight, Robert Morris as
Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh
as voice as
Josh Brolin
Josh Brolin
as George Washington (voice) as George Washington
Hugh Dancy
Hugh Dancy
as voice as Hugh Percy (voice) / General John Burgoyne (voice) / Banastre Tarleton (voice) / Comte de Vergennes (voice)
Claire Danes
Claire Danes
as voice as Abigail Adams (voice)
Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks
as voice as
Damian Lewis
Damian Lewis
as voice as King George III (voice) / Nicholas Cresswell (voice) / Major John Andre (voice) / Bartholomew James (voice)
Tobias Menzies
Tobias Menzies
as voice as Edmund Burke (voice) / Ambrose Serle (voice) / General Lord Cornwallis (voice) / William Pitt (voice)
Liev Schreiber
Liev Schreiber
as voice as Samuel Adams (voice) / Nathaniel Greene (voice) / Lewis Beebe (voice)
Alden Ehrenreich
Alden Ehrenreich
as voice as Joseph Plumb Martin (voice)
Craig Ferguson
Craig Ferguson
as voice as John Murray (voice) / John Paul Jones (voice) / John Purrier (voice) / Martin Hunter (voice) / William Harcourt (voice)
Paul Giamatti
Paul Giamatti
as voice as John Adams (voice)
Maya Hawke
Maya Hawke
as voice as Betsy Ambler (voice)
Josh Charles
Josh Charles
as voice as Joseph Warren (voice) / John Peters (voice) / David Ramsey (voice)
Laura Linney
Laura Linney
as voice as Sarah Logan Fisher (voice) / Sarah Morris Mifflin (voice) / Eliza Wilkinson (voice) / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice)
Edward Norton
Edward Norton
as voice as Benjamin Rush (voice) / Philip Vickers Fithian (voice) / Philip Schuyler (voice)
Matthew Rhys
Matthew Rhys
as voice as Thomas Paine (voice)
Charlotte Hacke
Charlotte Hacke
as voice as Friederike Riedesel (voice) / Hannah Davis (voice) / Lucy Knox (voice) / Martha Reeves (voice)
Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke
as voice as General Anthony Wayne (voice) / John Andrews (voice)
Corbin Bleu
Corbin Bleu
as voice as John Joseph Henry (voice) / Daniel McCurtin (voice) / Nathaniel Bacheller (voice) / Isaac Jefferson (voice)
Joe Keery
Joe Keery
as voice as John Greenwood (voice)
Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels
as voice as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
Carolyn McCormick
Carolyn McCormick
as voice as Hannah Griffiths (voice) / Hannah Winthrop (voice) / Esther Reed (voice)
Domhnall Gleeson
Domhnall Gleeson
as voice as Loftus Cliffe (voice) / Roger Lamb (voice) / John MacPherson (voice) / John Bowater (voice) / William Barton (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson
as Caesar Sarter (voice) / Lemuel Haynes (voice) / Boston King (voice) as voice
Jon Proudstar
Jon Proudstar
as voice as Canassatego (voice) / Chainbreaker (voice) / Old Smoke (voice) / Shawnee Delegate (voice)
Christian Friedel
Christian Friedel
as voice
Josh Lucas
Josh Lucas
as voice as George Rogers Clark (voice) / John Glover (voice) / Drury Mathias (voice)
Lindsay Mendez
Lindsay Mendez
as voice as Catharine Macaulay (voice) / Mary M. Campbell (voice)
Chaske Spencer
Chaske Spencer
as voice as Tsiyu Gansini (voice) / Shingas (voice)
Mandy Patinkin
Mandy Patinkin
as Benjamin Franklin (voice) as voice
Joe Morton
Joe Morton
as voice as Elisha Bostwick (voice) /Elias Dayton (voice)
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
as voice as Mercy Otis Warren (voice)
Michael Greyeyes
Michael Greyeyes
as voice as Joseph Brant (voice) / Uhhaunauwaunmut (voice)
Yul Vazquez
Yul Vazquez
as voice as Henry Knox (voice) / José de Gálvez (voice)
Josh Hutcherson
Josh Hutcherson
as voice as James Potter Collins (voice) / Thomas Mellen (voice) / Jabez Campfield (voice)
Gene Jones
Gene Jones
as voice as Landon Carter (voice) / Thomas Nelson (voice) / Moses Kirkland (voice) / Thomas Young (voice)
Dan Stevens
Dan Stevens
as voice
Lucas Hedges
Lucas Hedges
as voice
Michael Mando
Michael Mando
as voice
Amanda Gorman
Amanda Gorman
as Phillis Wheatley (voice)
Marcus Davis-Orrom
Marcus Davis-Orrom
as John Barker (voice) / William Bamford (voice) as voice
Bruce Davison
Bruce Davison
as voice as
Leon Dische Becker
Leon Dische Becker
as voice
Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton
as voice as General Benedict Arnold (voice)
Joel Kinnaman
Joel Kinnaman
as Rev. Samuel Seabury (voice) / Nils Collin (voice) / Thomas Hutchinson (voice) as voice
David Oyelowo
David Oyelowo
as Olaudah Equiano (voice) / Sam (voice) as voice
Jeremiah Bitsui
Jeremiah Bitsui
as voice
Tantoo Cardinal
Tantoo Cardinal
as voice
Bill Camp
Bill Camp
as voice
Keith David
Keith David
as voice
Jonathan Groff
Jonathan Groff
as voice
Tracy Letts
Tracy Letts
as voice
Wendell Pierce
Wendell Pierce
as voice
Tony Beck
Tony Beck
as voice
Martin Czembor
Martin Czembor
as voice
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman
as voice
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
as voice
Reece Mccullagh
Reece Mccullagh
as voice
Olivier Mercier
Olivier Mercier
as voice
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Seasons

Season 1

Miniseries

Episodes season 0

  • 0x1

    An inside look

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    In order to be free (may 1754 – may 1775)

  • 1x2

    An asylum for mankind (may 1775 – july 1776)

  • 1x3

    The times that try men's souls (july 1776 – january 1777)

  • 1x4

    Conquer by a drawn game (january 1777 – february 1778)

  • 1x5

    The soul of all america (december 1777 – may 1780)

  • 1x6

    The most sacred thing (may 1780 – onward)

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