Benjamin Franklin
8.3(1,537) 2022-04-04Series
DocumentaryBiographyHistory
Exploring the life and work of writer and publisher, scientist and inventor, diplomat and signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution: Benjamin Franklin.
Season
Cast
Ken Burns
Director
Peter Coyote
Narrator
Mandy Patinkin
Benjamin Franklin
Josh Lucas
William Franklin
Liam Neeson
Alexander Wedderburn
Liam Neeson
Ambassador Lord Stormont
Paul Giamatti
John Adams
Adam Arkin
Elkanah Watson
Joe Morton
William Bradford
Tony Beck
Marquis de Lafayette
William Leuchtenburg
Self
Walter Isaacson
Self, author of 'Benjamin Franklin: An American Life'
Joseph Ellis
Self, historian
Christopher L. Brown
Self, historian
Stacy Schiff
Self, author
Joyce Chaplin
Self, historian
Ellen Cohn
Self, historian
Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Self, historian
Clay Jenkinson
Self, historian
Dayton Duncan
Writer
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