Lincoln

Lincoln (2012)

The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

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  • Release Date: 2012-11-09
  • Runtime: 2h 29min
  • Director: Steven Spielberg

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    Cast

    • Daniel Day-Lewis

      Abraham Lincoln

    • Sally Field

      Mary Todd Lincoln

    • David Strathairn

      William Seward

    • Joseph Gordon-Levitt

      Robert Lincoln

    • James Spader

      W.N. Bilbo

    • Hal Holbrook

      Preston Blair

    • Tommy Lee Jones

      Thaddeus Stevens

    • John Hawkes

      Robert Latham

    • Jackie Earle Haley

      Alexander Stephens

    • Bruce McGill

      Edwin Stanton

    • Tim Blake Nelson

      Richard Schell

    • Joseph Cross

      John Hay

    • Jared Harris

      Ulysses S. Grant

    • Lee Pace

      Fernando Wood

    • Peter McRobbie

      George Pendleton

    • Gulliver McGrath

      Tad Lincoln

    • Gloria Reuben

      Elizabeth Keckley

    • Jeremy Strong

      John Nicolay

    • Michael Stuhlbarg

      George Yeaman

    • Boris McGiver

      Alexander Coffroth

    • David Costabile

      James Ashley

    • Stephen Spinella

      Asa Vintner Litton

    • Walton Goggins

      Clay Hawkins

    • David Warshofsky

      William Hutton

    • Colman Domingo

      Private Harold Green

    • David Oyelowo

      Corporal Ira Clark

    • Lukas Haas

      First White Soldier

    • Dane DeHaan

      Second White Soldier

    • Carlos Thompson

      Navy Yard – Shouting Soldier

    • Bill Camp

      Mr. Jolly

    • Elizabeth Marvel

      Mrs. Jolly

    • Byron Jennings

      Montgomery Blair

    • Julie White

      Elizabeth Blair Lee

    • Charmaine White

      Minerva – Blair's Servant

    • Ralph D. Edlow

      Leo – Blair's Servant

    • Grainger Hines

      Gideon Welles

    • Richard Topol

      James Speed

    • Walt Smith

      William Fessenden

    • Dakin Matthews

      John Usher

    • James 'Ike' Eichling

      William Dennison

    • Wayne Duvall

      Senator Bluff Wade

    • Bill Raymond

      Schuyler Colfax

    • Michael Stanton Kennedy

      Hiram Price

    • Ford Flannagan

      White House Doorkeeper – Tom Pendel

    • Robert Ayers

      White House Petitioner

    • Robert Peters

      Jacob Graylor

    • John Moon

      Edwin LeClerk

    • Kevin Lawrence O'Donnell

      Charles Hanson

    • Jamie Horton

      Giles Stuart

    • Joe Dellinger

      Nelson Merrick

    • Richard Warner

      Homer Benson

    • Elijah Chester

      Union Army Officer

    • Dave Hager

      Captain Nathan Saunders – River Queen

    • Sean Haggerty

      Officer in Peace Commissioners Exchange

    • Mike Shiflett

      Senator R.M.T. Hunter

    • Gregory Itzin

      Judge John A. Campbell

    • Stephen Dunn

      Petersburg Siege Lines – Confederate Officer

    • Stephen McKinley Henderson

      William Slade

    • Chase Edmunds

      Willie Lincoln

    • John Hutton

      Senator Charles Sumner

    • Robert Ruffin

      Major Thompson Eckert

    • Drew Sease

      David Homer Bates

    • John Lescault

      Gustavus Fox

    • Scott Wichmann

      Charles Benjamin

    • Adam Driver

      Samuel Beckwith

    • Jean Kennedy Smith

      House of Representatives – Woman Shouter

    • Shirley Augustine

      House of Representatives – Woman Shouter

    • Sarah Wylie

      House of Representatives – Woman Shouter

    • Margaret Ann McGowan

      House of Representatives – Woman Shouter

    • Hilary Montgomery

      House of Representatives – Woman Shouter

    • Asa-Luke Twocrow

      Ely Parker

    • Lancer Dean Shull

      Union Soldier – Bodyguard

    • Robert Wilharm

      Wounded Soldier

    • Kevin Kline

      Wounded Soldier

    • John Jones

      Wounded Soldier

    • Paul Gowans

      Wounded Soldier

    • Joseph Miller

      Wounded Soldier

    • John Bellemer

      Faust

    • Mary Dunleavy

      Marguerite

    • Christopher Evan Welch

      Clerk – Edward McPherson

    • Alan Sader

      Sergeant At Arms

    • Gannon McHale

      Aaron Haddam

    • Ken Lambert

      Augustus Benjamin

    • Thomas Belgrey

      Arthur Bentleigh

    • Ted Johnson

      John Ellis

    • Don Henderson Baker

      Walter Appleton

    • Raynor Scheine

      Josiah S. 'Beanpole' Burton

    • Armistead Wellford

      Nehemiah Cleary

    • Michael Ruff

      Harold Hollister

    • Rich Wills

      House of Representatives – Soldier One

    • Stephen Bozzo

      House of Representatives – Soldier Two

    • Christopher Alan Stewart

      Sergeant – Grant's HQ

    • Teddy Eck

      Corporal – Grant's HQ

    • Todd Fletcher

      Walter H. Washburn

    • Charles Kinney

      Myer Strauss

    • Joseph Carlson

      Joseph Marstern

    • Michael Goodwin

      Chilton A. Elliot

    • Edward McDonald

      Daniel G. Stuart

    • Jim Batchelder

      Howard Guillefoyle

    • Gregory Hosaflook

      John F. McKenzie

    • Joe Kerkes

      Andrew E. Finck

    • William Kaffenberger

      John A. Casson

    • Larry Van Hoose

      Avon Hanready

    • C. Brandon Marshall

      Rufus Warren

    • David Russell Graham

      House of Representatives – Rebel Shouter

    • Benjamin Shirley

      House of Representatives – Rebel Shouter

    • Henry Kidd

      House of Representatives – Rebel Shouter

    • Joseph Frances Filipowski

      House of Representatives – Rebel Shouter

    • Thomas Aldridge

      House of Representatives

    • Sidney Blackmer Jr.

      House of Representatives

    • Billy Caldwell

      House of Representatives

    • Glenn T. Crone

      House of Representatives

    • Martin Dew

      House of Representatives

    • Theodore Ewald

      House of Representatives

    • Todd Hunter

      House of Representatives

    • Joe Inscoe

      House of Representatives

    • Raymond H. Johnson

      House of Representatives

    • Gary Keener

      House of Representatives

    • Randolph Meekins

      House of Representatives

    • Frank Moran

      House of Representatives

    • Charley Morgan

      House of Representatives

    • Chad Pettit

      House of Representatives

    • Barry Privett

      House of Representatives

    • Leslie Rogers

      House of Representatives

    • Marcello Rollando

      House of Representatives

    • Keith Tyree

      House of Representatives

    • Kevin J. Walsh

      House of Representatives

    • Robert Wray

      House of Representatives

    • S. Epatha Merkerson

      Lydia Smith

    • Christopher Boyer

      General Robert E. Lee

    • Stephen Dunford

      Actor Swordsman

    • David Doersch

      Actor Demon Affrit

    • Christopher Cartmill

      Leonard Grover

    • Robert Shepherd

      Dr. Joseph K. Barnes

    • Lucas N. Hall

      Grover's Theater Patron

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