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  • The American Revolution (2025–2025)
  • TV Mini-series | Documentary, History
The American Revolution (2025–2025)
TV Mini-series | Documentary, History

Chronicles how 13 British colonies fought for independence and formed a new nation, through the experiences of soldiers, leaders, Loyalists, Native Americans, and African Americans.
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Writer
Geoffrey C. Ward (written by)
Producers
Sarah Botstein (produced by) (producer) | Ken Burns (produced by) (producer) | Salimah El-Amin (produced by) (producer) | David P. Schmidt (produced by) (as David Schmidt) (producer)
Composer
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Edit Released
Updated Aug 29, 2025

Release date (First episode)
Nov 16, 2025 (United States)

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Cast

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93 cast members
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Peter Coyote
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Adam Arkin
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6
Kenneth Branagh
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6
Josh Brolin
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Hugh Dancy
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6
Claire Danes
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6
Tom Hanks
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6
Damian Lewis
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6
Tobias Menzies
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6
Matthew Rhys
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6
Liev Schreiber
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6
Josh Charles
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5
Alden Ehrenreich
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5
Craig Ferguson
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5
Paul Giamatti
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5
Maya Hawke
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Laura Linney
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5
Jon Proudstar
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5
Stacy Schiff
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4
Nathaniel Philbrick
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4
Jane Kamensky
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4
Christopher Brown
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4
Philip J. Deloria
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4
Rick Atkinson
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4
Alan Taylor
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Vincent Brown
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Corbin Bleu
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4
Jeff Daniels
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Christian Friedel
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Domhnall Gleeson
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Charlotte Hacke
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Ethan Hawke
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Samuel L. Jackson
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Joe Keery
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Josh Lucas
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Carolyn McCormick
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Edward Norton
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Donté Bonner
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Raphael Corkhill
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Dann Fink
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Nicholas Guest
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J.D. Mollison
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Jakob Von Eichel
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Maya Jasanoff
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3
Stephen Conway
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Joseph Ellis
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Colin Calloway
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Friederike Baer
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3
Maggie Blackhawk
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3
Michael Greyeyes
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Josh Hutcherson
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Lucas Hedges
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Gene Jones
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Lindsay Mendez
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Michael Mando
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Joe Morton
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Mandy Patinkin
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Chaske Spencer
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Meryl Streep
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Dan Stevens
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Yul Vazquez
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Darren Bonaparte
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2
Annette Gordon-Reed
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William Hogeland
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Serena Zabin
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Ned Blackhawk
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Kathleen DuVal
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Leon Dische Becker
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Jeremiah Bitsui
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Tantoo Cardinal
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Marcus Davis-Orrom
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Bruce Davison
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Amanda Gorman
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Joel Kinnaman
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Michael Keaton
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David Oyelowo
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Iris de Rode
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Erica Armstrong Dunbar
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Ed Lengel
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Gordon S. Wood
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Michael Witgen
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Tony Beck
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Bill Camp
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Hope Davis
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Keith David
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Martin Czembor
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Morgan Freeman
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Jonathan Groff
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Tracy Letts
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LaTanya Richardson Jackson
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Wendell Pierce
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Reece McCullagh
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Olivier Mercier
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