John Adams

Sarah Polley is a Canadian actress, singer and film director, best known for her roles in the movies Go and Dawn Of The Dead

Laura Linney is an American actress best known for her roles in the feature films The Truman Show (1998) and Kinsey (2004), and for her starring role as Abigail Adams in the 2008 television mini-series John Adams, for which she won Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG awards for Best Actress

Rufus Sewell is a British actor who has appeared in films such as The Woodlanders, Dangerous Beauty, Dark City, A Knight's Tale, and Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence

Tom Wilkinson is an English actor best known for his roles in films such as The Full Monty (1997), Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Patriot (2000) and In the Bedroom (2001); and for his role as patriot Benjamin Franklin in the HBO mini-series John Adams (2008), for which he won both the Emmy and Golden Globe awards for Best Supporting Actor

John Dossett is an American actor and singer best known for his role as Paul in the 1990 feature film Longtime Companion; and as Benjamin Rush in the HBO mini-series John Adams, in 2008

Kevin Trainor is an Irish actor best known for his role as the younger version of Trevor Bruttenholm (played as an older man by John Hurt) in the film Hellboy, as the character John in The Catherine Tate Show (from the "Ulster Mum" series of sketches) and as Charles Adams in the HBO mini-series John Adams, in 2008

Andrew Scott is an Irish actor best known for his roles as Tommy McGann in the 2003 feature film Dead Bodies, Paul McCartney in the BBC television drama Lennon Naked and arch-villain Jim Moriarty in Sherlock, for which he was awarded the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2012

David Morse is an American actor known for his supporting roles in movies like Twelve Monkeys, The Rock, Extreme Measures, The Green Mile and Proof Of Life

Paul Giamatti is an American actor and comedian who began his career as a supporting actor in several films produced during the 1990s including Private Parts, The Truman Show, Saving Private Ryan, The Negotiator and Man on the Moon, before earning lead roles in several critically acclaimed projects in the 2000s including American Splendor, Sideways, Cinderella Man and John Adams

Zeljko Ivanek is a Slovenian-born American actor best known for his television roles as ASA Ed Danvers in Homicide: Life on the Street (1993-1999), as Governor James Devlin in Oz (1997-2003), as Ray Fiske in Damages (2007-2009) and as Emile Danko in Heroes, in 2009

Justin Paul Theroux was born at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC and is the youngest of three children.

Ebon Moss-Bachrach is an American actor best known for his roles in the feature films Mona Lisa Smile (2003), Live Free or Die (2006) and The Lake House (2006)

Mamie Gummer is an American actress best known for her role as Lila Wittenborn in the 2007 feature film Evening; and as Sally Smith Adams in the HBO mini-series John Adams, in 2008

Danny Huston is an American actor and director who has appeared in numerous films including Anna Karenina (1997), The Aviator (2004), The Constant Gardener (2005) and X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

Samuel Barnett is an English actor best known for his role as Posner in the stage and film versions of The History Boys, by Alan Bennett

Stephen Dillane is a British actor best known for his role as Horatio in Franco Zefferelli's film adaptation of Hamlet (1990) and as Thomas Jefferson in the HBO mini-series John Adams (2008), receiving an Emmy nomination for the role.