Oliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Oliver StoneNarrator | Narrator |
 Vasili ArkhipovSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Henry A. WallaceSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Harry S. TrumanSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Joseph StalinSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Winston ChurchillSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Barack ObamaSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 George W. BushSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 John F. KennedySelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Bill ClintonSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Lyndon B. JohnsonNot listed | Not listed |
 Eleanor RooseveltSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Richard NixonSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |