Paul Giamatti ... John Adams
Laura Linney ... Abigail Adams
David Morse ... George Washington
Clancy O'Connor ... Edward Rutledge
Sarah Polley ... Abigail 'Nabby' Adams
Rufus Sewell ... Alexander Hamilton
Justin Theroux ... John Hancock
Tom Wilkinson ... Benjamin Franklin
Landon Ashworth ... The Senator
Danny Huston ... Samuel Adams
Austin Blankenship ... Redcoat Defendant #5 Boston Massacre
Stephen Dillane ... Thomas Jefferson
Jeremy Ambler ... Redcoat Defendant #1 Boston Massacre / Citizen

This seven-part epic miniseries event explores American history through one of its greatest founding fathers, a fiercely independent spirit whose unwavering vision steered America through a tumultuous period.

A miniseries on the life of American Revolutionary leader and second President of the United States John Adams. This biography takes a fresh perspective of the Revolutionary period, making a case for Adams' work being the force behind Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence, many of the triumphs of the Revolutionary War as well as the subsequent governmental structure.