On screen
Cast
35 credited performers
John Rhys-Davies
Self / Narrator
Elijah Wood
Self
Hugo Weaving
Self
Peter Jackson
Self
Ian McKellen
Self
Artwork unavailable
Jock Ferguson
Self - William Wallace Re-enactor
Artwork unavailable
Jock Ferguson
Self - Scottish Historian
Artwork unavailable
Michael Drout
Self - Tolkien Expert
Artwork unavailable
Susan Doran
Self - Oxford University
Artwork unavailable
David Loades
Self - Author, 'Elizabeth I'
Theodore Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Artwork unavailable
Tweed Roosevelt
Self - Theodore Roosevelt's Great-Grandson
Artwork unavailable
Michael Zuckerman
Self - Benjamin Franklin Expert
Christopher Lee
Self
Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Self (archive footage)
Tsarina Alexandra
Self (archive footage)
Richard Pipes
Self - Russian Historian
Vladimir Lenin
Self (archive footage)
Lynette Nusbacher
Self - English Historian
David Wenham
Self
Artwork unavailable
James M. McPherson
Self - Civil War Historian
Philippa Boyens
Self - Co-Screenwriter
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
Artwork unavailable
Bob Doe
Self - World War II RAF Pilot
Artwork unavailable
Gary Moulton
Self - Lewis and Clark Expert
Billy Boyd
Self
Orlando Bloom
Self
Tenzing Norgay
Self (archive footage)
Edmund Hillary
Self (archive footage)
Artwork unavailable
Broughton Coburn
Self - Everest Expert
Artwork unavailable
Jamling Tenzing Norgay
Self - Son of Tenzing Norgay
Sean Astin
Self
Artwork unavailable
Allen Counter
Self - Peary Expedition Historian
Artwork unavailable
Robert Peary Stafford
Self - Robert A. Peary Great-grandson