PAST ARTISTS
PAST PERFORMERS OF VOICES OF A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES / THE PEOPLE SPEAK DOCUMENTARY (US) (alphabetical order by first name)
Aaron “atribe” Guillen
Aaron Whitby
Aasif Mandvi
Abigail Breslin
Abiodun Oyewole of The Last Poets
Adepero Oduye
Aisha Hinds
Akemi Kochiyama
Alan Rickman (1946-2016)
Aldis Hodge
Alex Chadwick
Alexis Floyd
Alfre Woodard
Alia Shawkat
Alice Randall
Alice Walker
Alicia Jamison
Alicia Witt
Alisha Boe
Allison Moorer
Ally Sheedy
Amazouu
Amber Tamblyn
Amy Goodman
Andre Gregory
Andre Royo
Ani Cordero
Anthony Arnove
Anthony Ramos
Aparna Nancherla
April Ortiz
Ari Graynor
Arian Moayed
Ariana DeBose
Ashley Fink
Aunjanue Ellis
Avery Brooks
BD Wong
Ben Affleck
Ben Barnes
Ben Chaplin
Ben Harper
Benjamin Bratt
Beverley Knight
Bill Irwin
Billy Bragg
Black Thought of The Roots
Blind Boys of Alabama
Bluebiird
Bob Dylan
Bonnie Castillo
Boots Riley
Brandee Younger
Brandon Kazen-Maddox
Brianna Thomas
Brenda Coughlin
Brendan Sexton III
Brian Jones
Brooke Williams
“There’s something about learning the other side of the story, the ‘people side’ of the story so to speak. It really is the average person—it wasn’t from the politicians, it wasn’t from the presidents, it wasn’t from the generals or anything like that. Those kind of unknown histories would just move you so much, because it’s the average person.”
Lupe Fiasco | Photo by Michael N. Todaro
Bruce Springsteen
Byllye Avery
Camilo Mejía
Carl Restivo
Carol C
Celisse Henderson
Charlyne Yi
Chenjerai Kumanyika
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor
Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes
Christina Kirk
Christina Marín
Christopher Jackson
Chuck D of Public Enemy
Cindy Corrie
Clarence Thomas (ILWU)
Claire Danes
Colin Firth
Damaris Lewis
Danielle Brooks
Danny Glover
Darryl “DMC” McDaniels
David Conrad
David Strathairn
Deborah Burger
Deepa Fernandes
DeLanna Studi
Deva Mahal
Diane Guerrero
Diane Lane
Diane Neal
DJ Bobbito
DJ Reborn
Don Cheadle
Donna Murch
Dres (from Black Sheep)
Eddie Vedder
Eddie Kaye Thomas
Ehren Watada
Eisa Davis
Elle Varner
Elizabeth Acevedo
Elizabeth Cook
Elizabeth A. Davis
Elizabeth McGovern
Elizabeth Peña
Elz Cuya
Emily King
Eric Levine
Erin Cherry
Ethan Hawke
Etienne Stadwijk
Evan Ruggiero
Evann Orleck-Jetter
Exene Cervenka
Fariha Róisín
Fatou Thiam
Floyd “Red Crow” Westerman
Frances Fisher
Frances McDormand
Francesco Turrisi
Franklin Rankin
Gaby Hoffmann
Gandhi Mendoza
Gbenga Akinnagbe
Gían Pérez
Ginny Suss
Greta Gerwig
Haley Pessin
Hayley Penner and the tall, tall buildings
Hanifah Walidah
Hari Kondabolu
Harris Yulin
Harry Belafonte (1927-2023)
Haskiri Velazquez
Heather M. Butts
Helen Hong
Hill Harper
Hong Chau
Howard Zinn (1922-2010)
Ianne Fields Stewart
Imani Uzuri
Isa Bruder
J Hoard
Jackson Browne
Jaimee Swift
James Earl Jones
Jane Fonda
Jasmine Guy
Jean Grae
Jeff Zinn
Jeorge Bennett Watson
Jesse Eisenberg
Jesús Papoleto Melendez
Jesse Williams
Jessica Pimentel
Jidenna
Jill Sobule
Joe Henry
John Doe
Viggo Mortensen for The People Speak | Photo by Greg Federman
“I think it’s always important in any democracy, anywhere, that voices of dissent, voices of opposition or at least voices that question the status quo and authority be heard.”
John Krasinski
John Legend
John Leventhal
John Sayles
John Trudell (1946-2015)
Josh Bernstein
Josh Brolin
Josh Hamilton
Juan Ospina of M.A.K.U Soundsystem
Julia Chan
Justine Skye
Karina Ortiz
Kathy Engel
Kathleen Chalfant
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Keith Anthony Fluitt
Kellindo Parker
Kendrick Sampson
Kerry Washington
Kevin Coval
Keyontia Hawkins
Krista Detor
Kristina Wong
Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007)
L Morgan Lee
Lachi
Lama El Homaïssi
Laura Gómez
Lee Knight
Lemon Andersen
Leslie Silva
Leta Levy
Lia Rose
Lili Taylor
Lily Tomlin
Linda Diaz
Linda Janet Holmes
Linqua Franqa
Lucia Leandro Gimeno
Lucille Clifton (1936-2010)
Lupe Fiasco
M Ward
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Mahogany L. Browne
Margaret Odette
Mario McClean
Mariposa María Teresa Fernández
Marisa Tomei
Margaux Simmons
Mark Ruffalo
Marlene Martin
Martha Redbone
Martín Espada
Marvin Sewell
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Matt Damon
Maysoon Zayid
Megalyn Echikunwoke
Megan Dodds
Meklit
Melissa Leo
Meshell Ndegeocello
Michael Ealy
Michael Rapaport
Michael Roberson
Michael Stipe
Michael Wayne Turner III
Michelle Krusiec
Mike Cooley
Mike O’Malley
Monica Raymund
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Spector
Morley
muMs aka Craig Grant (1968-2021)
Myla Pitt
Nico Santos
Nona Hendryx
Nora Brown
Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine
Nyle Emerson
Okieriete “Oak” Onaodowan
Otis Taylor
Ozomatli
Patterson Hood
Patti Smith
Peppermint
Peter Sarsgaard
Pink
“I believe in the texts. ... As a Black, immigrant lesbian woman, I appreciate the retelling of historical events from the point of view of people who aren’t necessarily the voice of power.”
Staceyann Chin performs Voices of a People’s History at Lincoln Center | Photo by Kevin Yatarola
Q’orianka Kilcher
Queen Esther
Radha Blank
Ramon Rodriguez
Randy Newman
Rebecca Hall
Rebecca Solnit
Reg E. Cathey (1958-2018)
Regie Cabico
Reiko Aylesworth
Renee Maria Saucedo
Rhiannon Giddens
Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes
Robert E. Fullilove
Robert Redford
Robin de Jesús
Rosal Colón
Rosanna Arquette
Rosanne Cash
Rosario Dawson
Rosie Perez
Russell G. Jones
Ry Cooder
Ryan Jamaal Swain
Sandra Oh
Sarah Jones
Sarah Levy
Sarah Sophie Flicker
Sean Penn
Sharrelle Barber
Shelby Lynne
Shontina Vernon
Sian Clifford
Simone Missick
Sonia Guiñansaca
Staceyann Chin
Stanley Tucci
The Stairwell Sisters
Stephanie Hsu
Steve Earle
Steven Yeun
Suheir Hammad
Susan Pourfar
Susan Sarandon
Talib Kweli
Tatiana Maslany
Taye Diggs
Téa Leoni
Tim Robbins
Tom Morello
Toshi Reagon
Tovah Leibowitz
Tracie Thoms
Trevino Brings Plenty
Ty Jones
Uzo Aduba
Valerie June
Viggo Mortensen
Vincent Harding (1931-2014)
Wallace Shawn
Walter Mosley
W. Ellington Felton
Woody Harrelson
Wyclef Jean
Yasiin Bey (Mos Def)
Zakiya Collier
Zuri Chin
Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, and Anthony Arnove, behind the scenes of The People Speak UK | Photo by Mike Hax
“[The People Speak UK] takes history beyond the classroom; democratising our own legacy and providing a unique voice that resonates as much today as it did when it was first spoken.”
PERFORMERS IN THE PEOPLE SPEAK U.K. – LIVE / DOCUMENTARY (alphabetical order by first name)
Anna Chancellor
Arundhati Roy
Ben Kingsley
Benjamin Zephaniah
Celia Imrie
Colin Salmon
Emily Blunt
Ian McKellen
John Castle
Joss Stone
Juliet Stevenson
Keira Knightley
Kelly Macdonald
Laura Marling
Mark Steel
Mark Strong
Noel Clarke
Nonso Anozie
Omid Djalili
Owen Teale
Rupert Everett
Saffron Burrows
Stephen Rea
Teddy Thompson
Tom Hickey
Tom Robinson
The Unthanks
Vanessa Redgrave
The cast of The People Speak UK
PERFORMERS IN THE PEOPLE SPEAK IRELAND (alphabetical order by first name)
(info here)
Amy Molloy
Brid Brennan
Ciarán Hinds
Colm Meaney
Dónal Lunny
Fionnula Flanagan
Geoffrey Arend
Geraldine Hughes
Griffin Dunne
Isabelle O’Connell
Ivan Goff
Jane Brennan
John Connors
John Kavanagh
Liam Ó Maonlaí
Liam O’Flynn
Loah
Louis de Paor
Marin Ireland
Mercedes Ruehl
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin
Neil Martin
Noel Hill
Old Hannah
Paddy Glackin
Paul Brady
Radie Peat of Lankum
Robert Sheehan
Sean McGinley
Shane MacGowan
Stephen James Smith
Stephen Rea
Susan McKeown
Tommy Tiernan
Williams Rossa Cole
Wunmi Mosaku
The cast of The People Speak Ireland
PERFORMERS IN THE PEOPLE SPEAK AUSTRALIA – DOCUMENTARY (alphabetical order by first name)
(info here)
Alex Dimitriades
Chris Haywood
Christine Anu
Claudia Karvan
Damian De Montemas
Dan Wyllie
David Wenham
Dina Panozzo
Hal Holbrook
Hazem Shammas
Indira Naidoo
Jack Thompson
Jimi Bani
John Jarratt
Jon Claire Lee
Julia Stone
Kelton Pel
Lillian Crombie
Madeleine Madden
Matilda Brown
Rebecca Gibney
Rob Carlton
Ryan Kwanten
Sam Worthington
Sophie Lowe
Tex Perkins
Thomas Keneally
The cast of The People Speak Australia