Washington Rebel Commander (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 83 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

Washington

Rebel Commander (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 83 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

The British are no longer coming, they're here. And as the American colonies make their final break from the British empire, their newly minted commander-in-chief George Washington realizes he's been handed a nearly impossible task--...See moreThe British are no longer coming, they're here. And as the American colonies make their final break from the British empire, their newly minted commander-in-chief George Washington realizes he's been handed a nearly impossible task--fighting the most powerful and seasoned armed forces in the world with a ragtag group of soldiers that is undisciplined, inexperienced and underfunded. With no formal military training or major victory to his name, Washington sets the course for achieving the unimaginable through cunning, ingenuity and sheer force of will. And he is transformed in the process, from a man driven by personal ambition and animus for the British, to a man called to lead a cause far larger--the cause of liberty. See less

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27 cast members

Name	Known for
Jeff Daniels Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	The Squid and the Whale (2005)
Alan Taylor Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian See fewer	Pritzker Military Library Presents (2006)
Joseph Ellis Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian (as Joseph J. Ellis) Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian (as Joseph J. Ellis) See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Alexis Coe Self - George Washington Biographer Self - George Washington Biographer See fewer	Alice + Freda Forever
Joanne Freeman Self - Yale University (as Joanne B. Freeman) Self - Yale University (as Joanne B. Freeman) See fewer	Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union (2022)
Ed Lengel Self - George Washington Biographer (as Edward G. Lengel) Self - George Washington Biographer (as Edward G. Lengel) See fewer	The UnXplained (2019)
H.W. Brands Self - University of Texas at Austin Self - University of Texas at Austin See fewer	The Titans That Built America (2021)
Nathaniel Philbrick Self - National Book Award-Winning Author Self - National Book Award-Winning Author See fewer	In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
Colin Powell Self (as General Colin Powell) Self (as General Colin Powell) See fewer	Madam Secretary (2014)
Lindsay M. Chervinsky Self - White House Historian Self - White House Historian See fewer	Washington (2020)
Jon Meacham Self Self See fewer	The Front Runner (2018)
Annette Gordon-Reed Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian See fewer	The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
Bill Clinton Self (as President Bill Clinton) Self (as President Bill Clinton) See fewer	The Great Irish Potato Famine
Kevin J. Weddle Self - Retired U.S. Army Colonel, U.S. Army War College (as Col. Kevin J. Weddle) Self - Retired U.S. Army Colonel, U.S. Army War College (as Col. Kevin J. Weddle) See fewer	Washington (2020)
Douglas Bradburn Self - President & CEO, Mount Vernon Self - President & CEO, Mount Vernon See fewer	Washington's War: General George Washington and the Revolutionary War (2018)
Nicholas Rowe George Washington George Washington See fewer	Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Josh Taylor Henry Knox Henry Knox See fewer	The Crown (2016)
Nia Roberts Martha Washington Martha Washington See fewer	Cashback (2006)
Hainsley Lloyd Bennett William Lee William Lee See fewer	Pennyworth (2019)
James Robinson Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton See fewer	Braveheart (1995)
Ciarán Owens Benedict Arnold (as Ciaran Owens) Benedict Arnold (as Ciaran Owens) See fewer	Spotless (2015)
Colin Mace General Howe General Howe See fewer	Last Night in Soho (2021)
Richard Southgate James Paterson James Paterson See fewer	Eve (II) (2021)
Jeremy Berges Marquis de Lafayette Marquis de Lafayette See fewer	Washington (2020)
Radu Andrei Micu Nathanael Greene Nathanael Greene See fewer	Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020)
Olivia Hallinan Peggy Shippen Peggy Shippen See fewer	Sugar Rush (I) (2005)
Alexander Perkins Duty Officer Duty Officer See fewer	Interview with the Vampire (2022)