The Words That Built America

David McCullough as Self - Narrator (voice) Caitlyn Jenner as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Meryl Streep as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Angus King as Self - Reader: The Constitution Richard Shelby as Self - Reader: The Constitution John Kasich as Self - Reader: The Constitution Patrick Leahy as Self - Reader: The Constitution Patty Murray as Self - Reader: The Constitution Kevin Bacon as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Robert Duvall as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Al Franken as Self - Reader: The Constitution Barack Obama as Self - Reader: The Constitution Dan Quayle as Self - Reader: The Constitution Susan Collins as Self - Reader: The Constitution Cathy McMorris Rodgers as Self - Reader: The Constitution Walter Mondale as Self - Reader: The Constitution Anderson Cooper as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Dick Cheney as Self - Reader: The Constitution John Hickenlooper as Self - Reader: The Constitution Claire McCaskill as Self - Reader: The Constitution Eric Swalwell as Self - Reader: The Constitution Morgan Freeman as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Rosie O'Donnell as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Joe Biden as Self - Reader: The Constitution George W. Bush as Self - Reader: The Constitution John Roberts as Self - Reader: The Constitution Todd Young as Self - Reader: The Constitution Common as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Mike Pence as Self - Reader: The Constitution Donald Trump as Self - Reader: The Constitution Maxine Waters as Self - Reader: The Constitution Chris Van Hollen as Self - Reader: The Constitution Fareed Zakaria as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Tammy Baldwin as Self - Reader: The Constitution Bob Corker as Self - Reader: The Constitution Chuck Grassley as Self - Reader: The Constitution Amy Klobuchar as Self - Reader: The Constitution America Ferrera as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Samuel L. Jackson as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Mã Hữu Hữu as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Hillary Clinton as Self - Reader: The Constitution Paul Ryan as Self - Reader: The Constitution Chris Murphy as Self - Reader: The Constitution Megyn Kelly as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Henry Kissinger as Self - Reader: The Constitution Joe Kennedy III as Self - Reader: The Constitution Bill Clinton as Self - Reader: The Constitution Nancy Pelosi as Self - Reader: The Constitution Tim Kaine as Self - Reader: The Constitution Tammy Duckworth as Self - Reader: The Constitution Mark Warner as Self - Reader: The Constitution Jack Black as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Mitch McConnell as Self - Reader: The Constitution Shelley Moore Capito as Self - Reader: The Constitution Jon Tester as Self - Reader: The Constitution Kerry Washington as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Neil Patrick Harris as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Toby Keith as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Elizabeth Warren as Self - Reader: The Constitution Debbie Stabenow as Self - Reader: The Constitution John Kerry as Self - Reader: The Constitution Robert De Niro as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Laura Dern as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Vince Vaughn as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Kamala Harris as Self - Reader: The Constitution Chuck Schumer as Self - Reader: The Constitution Dwayne Johnson as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Al Gore as Self - Reader: The Constitution John Thune as Self - Reader: The Constitution Kirsten Gillibrand as Self - Reader: The Constitution Condoleezza Rice as Self - Reader: The Constitution Anthony M. Kennedy as Self - Reader: The Constitution Tucker Carlson as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Bryan Cranston as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Kid Rock as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Nikki Haley as Self - Reader: The Constitution John McCain as Self - Reader: The Constitution Colin Powell as Self - Reader: The Constitution Jack Reed as Self - Reader: The Constitution Sean Hannity as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Robert Redford as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence Jimmy Carter as Self - Reader: The Constitution John Lewis as Self - Reader: The Constitution Ed Markey as Self - Reader: The Constitution Donald Rumsfeld as Self - Reader: The Constitution Peggy Noonan as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence George H. W. Bush as Self - Reader: The Constitution Catherine Cortez Masto as Self - Reader: The Constitution Ron Wyden as Self - Reader: The Constitution

Alexandra Pelosi Director, Producer Lisa Heller Producer Sheila Nevins Executive Producer