The Obama Years: The Power of Words

Top 10 Billed Cast

Jesse Williams
Jesse Williams

Self - Narrator (voice)

David Axelrod
David Axelrod

Self - Senior Advisor to President Obama

Douglas Brinkley
Douglas Brinkley

Self - Presidential Historian

Jon Favreau
Jon Favreau

Self - Speechwriter for President Obama

Doris Kearns Goodwin
Doris Kearns Goodwin

Self - Historian

Valerie Jarrett
Valerie Jarrett

Self - Senior Advisor to President Obama

Clark Judge
Clark Judge

Self - Speechwriter for Ronald Reagan

Cody Keenan
Cody Keenan

Self - Former White House Director of Speechwriting

John Lewis
John Lewis

Self - Congressman and Civil Rights Advocate

Harry Rubenstein
Harry Rubenstein

Self - Curator of Political History for the Smithsonian

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