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Status
Ended
Release
2008 - 2008
Seasons / Eps
1 / 7
Streaming availability by country
"He United the States of America."
Adapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the Boston Massacre of 1770 through his years as an ambassador in Europe, then his terms as vice president and president of the United States, up to his death on July 4, 1826.
44 Cast Members
Paul Giamatti
John Adams
7 Episodes
Laura Linney
Abigail Adams
7 Episodes
Stephen Dillane
Thomas Jefferson
7 Episodes
Danny Huston
Samuel Adams
7 Episodes
David Morse
George Washington
7 Episodes
Sarah Polley
Abigail Adams Smith
7 Episodes
Tom Wilkinson
Benjamin Franklin
7 Episodes
Steven Hinkle
Young John Quincy Adams
7 Episodes
Madeline Taylor
Young Nabby Adams
7 Episodes
John Dossett
Benjamin Rush
7 Episodes
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
John Quincy Adams
7 Episodes
Samuel Barnett
Thomas Adams
7 Episodes
Andrew Scott
Colonel William Smith
7 Episodes
Kevin Trainor
Charles Adams
7 Episodes
Mamie Gummer
Sally Smith Adams
7 Episodes
Rufus Sewell
Alexander Hamilton
2 Episodes
Justin Theroux
John Hancock
2 Episodes
Brennan Brown
Robert Treat Paine
2 Episodes
Tom Beckett
Elbridge Gerry
2 Episodes
Judith Magre
Madame Helvétius
2 Episodes
