“Lincoln” (2012) Cast of Characters

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Fictional characters are in italics.   Actors names are in parentheses.
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The President and First Family                        

Abraham Lincoln, President    (Daniel Day-Lewis)
Mary Lincoln, First Lady           (Sally Field)
Robert Lincoln, oldest son       (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
Tad Lincoln, youngest son       (Gulliver McGrath)

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Daniel Day Lewis

Daniel Day Lewis

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mary Lincoln

Mary Lincoln 

Sally Field

Sally Field

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Lincoln

Robert Lincoln

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tad Lincoln

Tad Lincoln

Gulliver McGrath

Gulliver McGrath

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White House staff and servants

John Hay, aide                                      (Joseph Cross)
John Nicolay, aide                                (Jeremy Strong)
Tom Pendel, doorkeeper                      (Ford Flannagan)
Elizabeth Keckley, dressmaker             (Gloria Reuben)
William Slade, servant                          (Stephen Henderson)

Hay

John Hay

Cross

Joseph Cross

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicolay

John G. Nicolay

Jeremy Strong

Jeremy Strong

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keckley

Elizabeth Keckley

Scene 42

Gloria Reuben

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slade

William Slade

Scene 15

Stephen Henderson

 

 

 

 

 

 

Presidential Cabinet

William Seward, Secy State          (David Strathairn
Edwin Stanton, Secy War              (Bruce McGill)
Gideon Welles, Secy Navy            (Grainger Hines)
John P. Usher, Secy Interior          (Dakin Matthews)
James Speed, Atty General           (Richard Topol)
William Fessenden, Treasury         (Walt Smith)

 

William Henry Seward

William Henry Seward

David Strathairn

David Strathairn

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edwin Stanton

Edwin Stanton

Bruce McGill

Bruce McGill

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seward’s lobbyists
Richard Schell                 (Tim Blake Nelson)
Robert Latham                (John Hawkes)
W.N. Bilbo                     (James Spader)

 

Richard Schell

Richard Schell

Tim Blake Nelson

Tim Blake Nelson

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bilbo's signature

Bilbo’s signature

James Spader

James Spader

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conservative Republicans
Preston Blair, Aging party leader                      (Hal Holbrook)
Montgomery Blair, Ex-Cabinet member           (Byron Jennings)
Elizabeth Blair Lee, hostess                              (Julie White)
Rep. Aaron Haddam, (R-KY)                          (Gannon McHale)

 

 

Preston Blair

Preston Blair

Hal Holbrook

Hal Holbrook

 

 

 

 

 

 

Radical Republicans
Rep. Thaddeus Stevens, (R-PA), committee chair           (Tommy Lee Jones)
Rep. James Ashley, (R-OH), amendment sponsor           (David Costabile)
Rep. Schuyler Colfax, (R-IN), Speaker                           (Bill Raymond)
Rep. Hiram Price, (R-IA)                                                (Michael S. Kennedy)
Sen. “Bluff” Wade, (R-OH) (listed in script as R, MA)     (Wayne Duvall)
Sen. Charles Sumner (R-MA)                                          (John Hutton)
 Asa Vintner Litton, Republican congressman               (Stephen Spinella)

 

Thaddeus Stevens

Thaddeus Stevens

Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones

 

 

 

 

 

 

James Ashley

James Ashley

David Costabile

David Costabile

 

 

 

 

 

 

Democratic congressmen
Rep. Fernando Wood (D-NY)              (Lee Pace)
Rep. George Pendleton (D-OH)            (Peter McRobbie)
Rep. Alexander Coffroth (D-PA)          (Boris McGiver)
Rep. George Yeaman (D-KY)              (Michael Stuhlbarg)
Rep. Jacob Graylor, (D-PA)                (Robert Peters)
Rep. Charles Hanson, (D-NY)              (Kevin L. O’Donnell)
Rep. Clay Hawkins, (D-OH)                 (Walton Goggins)
Rep. Giles Stuart, (D-NY)                     (Jamie Horton)
Rep. Homer Benson, (D-NY)                 (Richard Warner)
Rep. Nelson Merrick, (N-NY)                (Joe Dellinger)
Rep. William Hutton, (D-IN)                 (David Warshofsky)
Rep. Edwin F. LeClerk, (D-OH)            (John Moon)
Rep. Beanpole Burton, (D-MO)              (Raynor Scheine)

 

Fernando Wood

Fernando Wood

Lee Pace

Lee Pace

 

 

 

 

 

 

George Pendleton

George Pendleton

Peter McRobbie

Peter McRobbie

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alexander Coffroth

Alexander Coffroth

Boris McGiver

Boris McGiver

 

 

 

 

 

 

George Yeaman

George Yeaman

Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg

 

 

 

 

 

 

Confederate envoys
Alexander Stephens, Vice President            (Jackie Earle Haley)
John Campbell, Assistant Secy of War        (Gregory Itzin)
Robert M.T. Hunter, Senator (VA)             (Mike Shiflett)

 

Alexander Stephens

Alexander Stephens\

Jackie Earle Haley

Jackie Earle Haley

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miscellaneous figures
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA                                      (Jared Harris)
Lydia Smith, Stevens’ housekeeper and lover             (S. Epatha Merkerson)
Harold Green, free black soldier                              (Colman Domingo)
Ira Clark, free black soldier                                      (David Oyelowo)
Mr. & Mrs. Jolly from Jefferson City, Missouri        (Bill Camp & Elizabeth Marvel)

 

Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant

Jared Harris

Jared Harris

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lydia Smith

Lydia Smith

S. Epatha Merkerson

S. Epatha Merkerson

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Fictional characters are in italics)

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