Overview

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.

Cast

Paul Giamatti

John Adams

Laura Linney

Abigail Adams

Stephen Dillane

Thomas Jefferson

Danny Huston

Samuel Adams

David Morse

George Washington

Sarah Polley

Abigail Adams Smith

Tom Wilkinson

Benjamin Franklin

Steven Hinkle

Young John Quincy Adams

Madeline Taylor

Young Nabby Adams

John Dossett

Benjamin Rush

Ebon Moss-Bachrach

John Quincy Adams

Samuel Barnett

Thomas Adams