--- title: "John Adams: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/tv/john-adams/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/tv/john-adams" cast: 44 crew: 45 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." --- # John Adams (2008): cast and crew 44 cast and 45 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Paul Giamatti](https://film.one/person/paul-giamatti.md) as John Adams (7 episodes) - [Laura Linney](https://film.one/person/laura-linney.md) as Abigail Adams (7 episodes) - [Stephen Dillane](https://film.one/person/stephen-dillane.md) as Thomas Jefferson (7 episodes) - [Danny Huston](https://film.one/person/danny-huston.md) as Samuel Adams (7 episodes) - [David Morse](https://film.one/person/david-morse.md) as George Washington (7 episodes) - [Sarah Polley](https://film.one/person/sarah-polley.md) as Abigail Adams Smith (7 episodes) - [Tom Wilkinson](https://film.one/person/tom-wilkinson.md) as Benjamin Franklin (7 episodes) - [Željko Ivanek](https://film.one/person/zeljko-ivanek.md) as John Dickinson (1 episodes) - [Rufus Sewell](https://film.one/person/rufus-sewell.md) as Alexander Hamilton (2 episodes) - [Steven Hinkle](https://film.one/person/steven-hinkle.md) as Young John Quincy Adams (7 episodes) - [Madeline Taylor](https://film.one/person/madeline-taylor.md) as Young Nabby Adams (7 episodes) - [John Dossett](https://film.one/person/john-dossett.md) as Benjamin Rush (7 episodes) - [Ebon Moss-Bachrach](https://film.one/person/ebon-moss-bachrach.md) as John Quincy Adams (7 episodes) - Samuel Barnett as Thomas Adams (7 episodes) - [Andrew Scott](https://film.one/person/andrew-scott.md) as Colonel William Smith (7 episodes) - Kevin Trainor as Charles Adams (7 episodes) - [Mamie Gummer](https://film.one/person/mamie-gummer.md) as Sally Smith Adams (7 episodes) - Boris McGiver as Robert Goddard (1 episodes) - [John Bedford Lloyd](https://film.one/person/john-bedford-lloyd.md) as Richard Palmes (1 episodes) - [Ritchie Coster](https://film.one/person/ritchie-coster.md) as Captain Preston (1 episodes) - Guy Henry as Jonathan Sewall (1 episodes) - [Justin Theroux](https://film.one/person/justin-theroux.md) as John Hancock (2 episodes) - [Bill Buell](https://film.one/person/bill-buell.md) as Justice Lynde (1 episodes) - Clancy O'Connor as Edward Rutledge (1 episodes) - Brennan Brown as Robert Treat Paine (2 episodes) - Tom Beckett as Elbridge Gerry (2 episodes) - Vincent Renart as Andrew Holmes (1 episodes) - Ed Jewett as James Duane (1 episodes) - [Del Pentecost](https://film.one/person/del-pentecost.md) as General Henry Knox (1 episodes) - [Neal Huff](https://film.one/person/neal-huff.md) as Captain John Tucker (1 episodes) - [Jean-Hugues Anglade](https://film.one/person/jean-hugues-anglade.md) as Comte de Vergennes (1 episodes) - [Tom Hollander](https://film.one/person/tom-hollander.md) as King George III (1 episodes) - Judith Magre as Madame Helvétius (2 episodes) - Cyril Descours as Edmund Charles Genet (1 episodes) - [Alan Cox](https://film.one/person/alan-cox.md) as William Maclay (1 episodes) - Hugh O'Gorman as Thomas Pinckney (1 episodes) - Jack Gwaltney as John Marshall (1 episodes) - John Keating as Timothy Pickering (2 episodes) - Caroline Corrie as Louisa Catherine Adams (1 episodes) - Jason Butler Harner as Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (1 episodes) - Zak Orth as James McHenry (1 episodes) - Lucas N. Hall as Continental Army Officer (2 episodes) - Afemo Omilami as Servant (1 episodes) - Bertie Carvel as Lord Carmarthen (1 episodes) ## Directing - [Tom Hooper](https://film.one/person/tom-hooper.md): Director (7 episodes) ## Writing - [Kirk Ellis](https://film.one/person/kirk-ellis.md): Writer (7 episodes) - David McCullough: Book (7 episodes) - [Michelle Ashford](https://film.one/person/michelle-ashford.md): Writer (1 episodes) ## Production - [Greg Spence](https://film.one/person/greg-spence.md): Associate Producer (7 episodes) - Henry Jaderlund: Casting (7 episodes) - Nina Gold: Casting (7 episodes) - [Tom Hanks](https://film.one/person/tom-hanks.md): Executive Producer (7 episodes) - [Kirk Ellis](https://film.one/person/kirk-ellis.md): Co-Executive Producer (7 episodes) - Kirk Saduski: Co-Producer (7 episodes) - [Graham Yost](https://film.one/person/graham-yost.md): Consulting Producer (7 episodes) - Frank Doelger: Co-Executive Producer (7 episodes) - Kathleen Chopin: Casting (7 episodes) - Gary Goetzman: Executive Producer (7 episodes) - [David Coatsworth](https://film.one/person/david-coatsworth.md): Producer (7 episodes) - [Steven Shareshian](https://film.one/person/steven-shareshian.md): Producer (7 episodes) - Amy McKenzie: Associate Producer (7 episodes) - Richard Sharkey: Line Producer (5 episodes) - Tracy Kilpatrick: Local Casting (4 episodes) - Sylvie Brocheré: Local Casting (2 episodes) ## Camera - [Tak Fujimoto](https://film.one/person/tak-fujimoto.md): Director of Photography (6 episodes) - [Danny Cohen](https://film.one/person/danny-cohen.md): Director of Photography (5 episodes) ## Editing - [Melanie Oliver](https://film.one/person/melanie-oliver.md): Editor (7 episodes) ## Sound and music - [Rob Lane](https://film.one/person/rob-lane.md): Original Music Composer (4 episodes) - [Joseph Vitarelli](https://film.one/person/joseph-vitarelli.md): Original Music Composer (3 episodes) ## Art - [Steve Summersgill](https://film.one/person/steve-summersgill.md): Assistant Art Director, Standby Art Director (7 episodes) - John P. Goldsmith: Art Direction (7 episodes) - John Warnke: Art Direction (7 episodes) - W. Steven Graham: Art Direction (7 episodes) - Kathy Lucas: Set Decoration (7 episodes) - David Swayze: Assistant Art Director (7 episodes) - [David Crank](https://film.one/person/david-crank.md): Supervising Art Director (7 episodes) - Sarah Whittle: Set Decoration (3 episodes) - Michael H. Ward: Art Direction (1 episodes) ## Costume and make-up - Christian Burgoyne: Special Effects Makeup Artist (7 episodes) - John R. Bayless: Makeup Artist (7 episodes) - [Donna Zakowska](https://film.one/person/donna-zakowska.md): Costume Design (7 episodes) - Colleen Wheeler: Hair Supervisor (7 episodes) - Nancy Keslar: Hair Supervisor (7 episodes) - Jon Henry Gordon: Hairstylist (7 episodes) - Jan Archibald: Hair Department Head (7 episodes) - Trefor Proud: Makeup Designer (7 episodes) - Cheryl 'Pickles' Kinion: Makeup Artist (7 episodes) - Matthew W. Mungle: Prosthetic Makeup Artist (7 episodes) ## Crew - Chad Tyler: Stand In (1 episodes) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/tv/john-adams.md