--- title: "Lincoln: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/lincoln/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/lincoln" cast: 60 crew: 36 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Lincoln (2012): cast and crew 60 cast and 36 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Daniel Day-Lewis](https://film.one/person/daniel-day-lewis.md) as Abraham Lincoln - [Sally Field](https://film.one/person/sally-field.md) as Mary Todd Lincoln - [David Strathairn](https://film.one/person/david-strathairn.md) as William Seward - [Joseph Gordon-Levitt](https://film.one/person/joseph-gordon-levitt.md) as Robert Lincoln - [James Spader](https://film.one/person/james-spader.md) as W.N. Bilbo - [Hal Holbrook](https://film.one/person/hal-holbrook.md) as Preston Blair - [Tommy Lee Jones](https://film.one/person/tommy-lee-jones.md) as Thaddeus Stevens - [John Hawkes](https://film.one/person/john-hawkes.md) as Robert Latham - [Jackie Earle Haley](https://film.one/person/jackie-earle-haley.md) as Alexander Stephens - [Bruce McGill](https://film.one/person/bruce-mcgill.md) as Edwin Stanton - [Tim Blake Nelson](https://film.one/person/tim-blake-nelson.md) as Richard Schell - [Joseph Cross](https://film.one/person/joseph-cross.md) as John Hay - [Jared Harris](https://film.one/person/jared-harris.md) as Ulysses S. Grant - [Lee Pace](https://film.one/person/lee-pace.md) as Fernando Wood - [Peter McRobbie](https://film.one/person/peter-mcrobbie.md) as George Pendleton - Gulliver McGrath as Tad Lincoln - [Gloria Reuben](https://film.one/person/gloria-reuben.md) as Elizabeth Keckley - [Jeremy Strong](https://film.one/person/jeremy-strong.md) as John Nicolay - [Michael Stuhlbarg](https://film.one/person/michael-stuhlbarg.md) as George Yeaman - Boris McGiver as Alexander Coffroth - [David Costabile](https://film.one/person/david-costabile.md) as James Ashley - [Stephen Spinella](https://film.one/person/stephen-spinella.md) as Asa Vintner Litton - [Walton Goggins](https://film.one/person/walton-goggins.md) as Clay Hawkins - [David Warshofsky](https://film.one/person/david-warshofsky.md) as William Hutton - [Colman Domingo](https://film.one/person/colman-domingo.md) as Private Harold Green - [David Oyelowo](https://film.one/person/david-oyelowo.md) as Corporal Ira Clark - [Lukas Haas](https://film.one/person/lukas-haas.md) as First White Soldier - Dane DeHaan as Second White Soldier - Carlos Thompson as Navy Yard – Shouting Soldier - [Bill Camp](https://film.one/person/bill-camp.md) as Mr. Jolly - [Elizabeth Marvel](https://film.one/person/elizabeth-marvel.md) as Mrs. Jolly - Byron Jennings as Montgomery Blair - [Julie White](https://film.one/person/julie-white.md) as Elizabeth Blair Lee - Charmaine White as Minerva – Blair's Servant - Ralph D. Edlow as Leo – Blair's Servant - Grainger Hines as Gideon Welles - Richard Topol as James Speed - Walt Smith as William Fessenden - [Dakin Matthews](https://film.one/person/dakin-matthews.md) as John Usher - James 'Ike' Eichling as William Dennison - [Wayne Duvall](https://film.one/person/wayne-duvall.md) as Senator Bluff Wade - Bill Raymond as Schuyler Colfax - Michael Stanton Kennedy as Hiram Price - Ford Flannagan as White House Doorkeeper – Tom Pendel - Robert Ayers as White House Petitioner - Robert Peters as Jacob Graylor - John Moon as Edwin LeClerk - Kevin Lawrence O'Donnell as Charles Hanson - Jamie Horton as Giles Stuart - Joe Dellinger as Nelson Merrick - Richard Warner as Homer Benson - Elijah Chester as Union Army Officer - Dave Hager as Captain Nathan Saunders – River Queen - Sean Haggerty as Officer in Peace Commissioners Exchange - Mike Shiflett as Senator R.M.T. Hunter - [Gregory Itzin](https://film.one/person/gregory-itzin.md) as Judge John A. Campbell - Stephen Dunn as Petersburg Siege Lines – Confederate Officer - [Stephen McKinley Henderson](https://film.one/person/stephen-mckinley-henderson.md) as William Slade - Chase Edmunds as Willie Lincoln - John Hutton as Senator Charles Sumner ## Directing - [Steven Spielberg](https://film.one/person/steven-spielberg.md): Director - [Adam Somner](https://film.one/person/adam-somner.md): First Assistant Director - Ian Stone: Second Assistant Director ## Writing - [Tony Kushner](https://film.one/person/tony-kushner.md): Screenplay - Doris Kearns Goodwin: Book ## Production - Jeff Skoll: Executive Producer - Jonathan King: Executive Producer - [Daniel Lupi](https://film.one/person/daniel-lupi.md): Executive Producer - [Kathleen Kennedy](https://film.one/person/kathleen-kennedy.md): Producer - [Steven Spielberg](https://film.one/person/steven-spielberg.md): Producer - Avy Kaufman: Casting - [Adam Somner](https://film.one/person/adam-somner.md): Co-Producer - [Kristie Macosko Krieger](https://film.one/person/kristie-macosko-krieger.md): Co-Producer ## Camera - [Janusz Kamiński](https://film.one/person/janusz-kaminski.md): Director of Photography - David James: Still Photographer ## Editing - [Michael Kahn](https://film.one/person/michael-kahn.md): Editor - Michael Hatzer: Digital Colorist ## Sound and music - [John Williams](https://film.one/person/john-williams.md): Original Music Composer - [Ben Burtt](https://film.one/person/ben-burtt.md): Sound Designer - Ron Judkins: Production Sound Mixer - Gary Rydstrom: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Andy Nelson: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Musician ## Art - Charles Maloy: Set Decoration - [David Crank](https://film.one/person/david-crank.md): Art Direction - Leslie McDonald: Art Direction - Jim Erickson: Set Decoration - [Rick Carter](https://film.one/person/rick-carter.md): Production Design - [Curt Beech](https://film.one/person/curt-beech.md): Art Direction ## Costume and make-up - [Joanna Johnston](https://film.one/person/joanna-johnston.md): Costume Design - [Holly Waddington](https://film.one/person/holly-waddington.md): Assistant Costume Designer - Lois Burwell: Makeup Designer - Kay Georgiou: Hair Department Head ## Visual effects - Ben Morris: Visual Effects Supervisor - Christian Kaestner: Compositing Supervisor ## Crew - Garrett Warren: Stunt Coordinator --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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