Benjamin Walker 
 as Abraham Lincoln

Dominic Cooper 
 as Henry Sturgess

Anthony Mackie 
 as Will Johnson

Mary Elizabeth Winstead 
 as Mary Todd Lincoln

Rufus Sewell 
 as Adam

John Rothman 
 as Jefferson Davis

Marton Csokas 
 as Jack Barts

Alex Lombard 
 as Gabrielle

Jimmi Simpson 
 as Joshua Speed

Teri Wyble 
 as Henry's Wife

Cameron M. Brown 
 as Willie Lincoln

Frank Brennan 
 as Jeb Nolan

John Neisler 
 as Rev. Charles Dresser

Meade Patton 
 as Nancy Lincoln's Doctor

Alan Tudyk 
 as Stephen A. Douglas

Robin McLeavy 
 as Nancy Hanks Lincoln

Erin Wasson 
 as Vadoma

Jaqueline Fleming 
 as Harriet Tubman

Laura Cayouette 
 as Vadoma Maid

Joseph Mawle 
 as Thomas Lincoln

Curtis Harris 
 as Young Will

Bill Martin Williams 
 as RR Pastor

Aaron Toney 
 as Will's Brother

Lawrence Turner 
 as Pharmacist

Earl Maddox 
 as Angry Resident

Jake La Botz 
 as Bull Run Private

Dane Rhodes 
 as Captain Slash

Jillian Batherson 
 as Dancer

Chelsea Bruland 
 as Dancer

Kristin Daniel 
 as Dancer

Johnny Otto 
 as Union Soldier (uncredited)

Lux Haney-Jardine 
 as Young Abraham Lincoln