The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009) | Full Cast

Ken Burns

DIRECTOR

Peter Coyote

Self - Narrator

William Cronon

Self - Historian

Dayton Duncan

Self - Writer

Shelton Johnson

Self - Park Ranger

Alfred Runte

Self - Historian

Paul Schullery

Self - Writer

Carl Pope

Self - Sierra Club

Terry Tempest Williams

Self - Writer

Murphy Guyer

Reader

Philip Bosco

Reader

Kevin Conway

Reader

Tom Hanks

Reader

Kim Heacox

Self - Writer

Adam Arkin

Reader

Lee Stetson

Reader

Amy Madigan

Reader

Lee Whittlesey

Self - Historian

Nevada Barr

Self - Former Ranger

Juanita Greene

Self - Journalist

Gerard Baker

Self - Park Superintendent

Carolyn McCormick

Reader

Tim Clark

Reader

Josh Lucas

Reader

Derek Jacobi

Reader

Gene Jones

Reader

Eli Wallach

Reader

Clay Jenkinson

Self - Historian

George Hartzog

Self - Former Park Service Director

Gretel Ehrlich

Self - Writer

Marian Albright Schenck

Self - Daughter of Horace Albright

Bill Brown

Self - Historian

J.L. Crawford

Self - Former Ranger

Stewart L. Udall

Self - Former Interior Secretary

John Cook

Self - Former Park Superintendent

Martin Murie

Himsel - Nephew of Adolph Murie

Kenneth Brower

Self - Writer

Sam Waterston

Reader

Campbell Scott

Reader

John Lithgow

Reader

Ruth Kirk

Self - Writer

Ginny Wood

Self - Alaskan Bush Pilot

Duane Smith

Self - Historian

Richard Bradley

Self - Son of Harold Bradley

Judith Goldstein

Self - Writer

Brad Washburn

Self - Explorer

Tuan Luong

Self - Photographer

Juan Lujan

Self - Resident of Redford, Texas

Burton Appleton

Self - Resident of Brooklyn, New York

Barbara Washburn

Self - Explorer

Claude Tyler

Self - Resident of Blossom, Texas

Tom Bodett

Reader

John Hope Franklin

Self - Historian

Pamela Wright Lloyd

Self - Daughter of George Melendez Wright

Ernest Ortega

Self - Former Park Superintendent

Kimi Kodani Hill

Self - Granddaughter of Chiura Obata

Trina Carmody

Reader

Clifford Hansen

Self - Former Governor & Senator, Wyoming

Bev Dunham

Self - Seward Resident

Kayci Cook Collins

Self - Park Superintendent

Marcus Lovell Smith

Reader

Sho Wada

Reader

Yumi Mizui

Reader

Carl Lumbly

Reader

Andy Garcia

Reader

John Trudell

Reader

James Kyson

Reader

Albert McFadyen

Reader

George Takei

Chiura Obata