The movie, “Lincoln,” was released in 2012. It’s a biography drama directed by Steven Spielberg and stars actors like Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, and David Strathairn. The movie portrays U.S. President Abraham Lincoln’s struggles during the Civil War and his decision to emancipate the slaves. This overview provides details about where the film was shot, the roles of the actors, and some fun and interesting facts about the movie’s production.
Where it Filmed?
“Lincoln” was filmed in several locations around Richmond, Virginia, USA. Some of the primary shooting spots include the State Capitol and the Executive Mansion, both located on Capitol Square at Ninth & Grace Streets, Richmond. Filming also took place at State Farm, Powhatan, and Virginia Rep Center on W. Broad Street, Richmond. The entire shoot happened within a timespan of two months, from October 17, 2011, to December 19, 2011.
Cast Details
Cast Name | Role |
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Daniel Day-Lewis | Abraham Lincoln |
Sally Field | Mary Todd Lincoln |
David Strathairn | William Seward |
Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Robert Lincoln |
James Spader | W.N. Bilbo |
Hal Holbrook | Preston Blair |
Tommy Lee Jones | Thaddeus Stevens |
John Hawkes | Robert Latham |
Jackie Earle Haley | Alexander Stephens |
Bruce McGill | Edwin Stanton |
Tim Blake Nelson | Richard Schell |
Joseph Cross | John Hay |
Jared Harris | Ulysses S. Grant |
Lee Pace | Fernando Wood |
Peter McRobbie | George Pendleton |
Gulliver McGrath | Tad Lincoln |
Gloria Reuben | Elizabeth Keckley |
Jeremy Strong | John Nicolay |
Michael Stuhlbarg | George Yeaman |
Boris McGiver | Alexander Coffroth |
David Costabile | James Ashley |
Stephen Spinella | Asa Vintner Litton |
Walton Goggins | Clay Hawkins |
David Warshofsky | William Hutton |
Colman Domingo | Private Harold Green |
David Oyelowo | Corporal Ira Clark |
Lukas Haas | First White Soldier |
Carlos Thompson | Navy Yard – Shouting Soldier |
Bill Camp | Mr. Jolly |
Elizabeth Marvel | Mrs. Jolly |
Byron Jennings | Montgomery Blair |
Julie White | Elizabeth Blair Lee |
Ralph D. Edlow | Leo – Blair’s Servant |
Grainger Hines | Gideon Welles |
Richard Topol | James Speed |
Walt Smith | William Fessenden |
Dakin Matthews | John Usher |
Wayne Duvall | Senator Bluff Wade |
Bill Raymond | Schuyler Colfax |
Michael Stanton Kennedy | Hiram Price |
Ford Flannagan | White House Doorkeeper – Tom Pendel |
Robert Peters | Jacob Graylor |
John Moon | Edwin LeClerk |
Kevin Lawrence O’Donnell | Charles Hanson |
Jamie Horton | Giles Stuart |
Richard Warner | Homer Benson |
Elijah Chester | Union Army Officer |
Dave Hager | Captain Nathan Saunders – River Queen |
Sean Haggerty | Officer in Peace Commissioners Exchange |
Gregory Itzin | Judge John A. Campbell |
Stephen Dunn | Petersburg Siege Lines – Confederate Officer |
Stephen McKinley Henderson | William Slade |
Chase Edmunds | Willie Lincoln |
John Hutton | Senator Charles Sumner |
Robert Ruffin | Major Thompson Eckert |
Drew Sease | David Homer Bates |
John Lescault | Gustavus Fox |
Scott Wichmann | Charles Benjamin |
Adam Driver | Samuel Beckwith |
Shirley Augustine | House of Representatives – Woman Shouter |
Sarah Wylie | House of Representatives – Woman Shouter |
Margaret Ann McGowan | House of Representatives – Woman Shouter |
Hilary Montgomery | House of Representatives – Woman Shouter |
Asa-Luke Twocrow | Ely Parker |
Robert Wilharm | Wounded Soldier |
Kevin Kline | Wounded Soldier |
Paul Gowans | Wounded Soldier |
Joseph Miller | Wounded Soldier |
John Bellemer | Faust |
Mary Dunleavy | Marguerite |
Christopher Evan Welch | Clerk – Edward McPherson |
Alan Sader | Sergeant At Arms |
Gannon McHale | Aaron Haddam |
Ken Lambert | Augustus Benjamin |
Ted Johnson | John Ellis |
Don Henderson Baker | Walter Appleton |
Raynor Scheine | Josiah S. ‘Beanpole’ Burton |
Michael Ruff | Harold Hollister |
Rich Wills | House of Representatives – Soldier One |
Stephen Bozzo | House of Representatives – Soldier Two |
Christopher Alan Stewart | Sergeant – Grant’s HQ |
Teddy Eck | Corporal – Grant’s HQ |
Todd Fletcher | Walter H. Washburn |
Charles Kinney | Myer Strauss |
Joseph Carlson | Joseph Marstern |
Michael Goodwin | Chilton A. Elliot |
Edward McDonald | Daniel G. Stuart |
Gregory Hosaflook | John F. McKenzie |
Joe Kerkes | Andrew E. Finck |
William Kaffenberger | John A. Casson |
Larry Van Hoose | Avon Hanready |
C. Brandon Marshall | Rufus Warren |
Benjamin Shirley | House of Representatives – Rebel Shouter |
Henry Kidd | House of Representatives – Rebel Shouter |
Joseph Frances Filipowski | House of Representatives – Rebel Shouter |
Billy Caldwell | House of Representatives |
Martin Dew | House of Representatives |
Theodore Ewald | House of Representatives |
Todd Hunter | House of Representatives |
Joe Inscoe | House of Representatives |
Gary Keener | House of Representatives |
Randolph Meekins | House of Representatives |
Frank Moran | House of Representatives |
Charley Morgan | House of Representatives |
Chad Pettit | House of Representatives |
Barry Privett | House of Representatives |
Leslie Rogers | House of Representatives |
Marcello Rollando | House of Representatives |
Keith Tyree | House of Representatives |
Kevin J. Walsh | House of Representatives |
Robert Wray | House of Representatives |
S. Epatha Merkerson | Lydia Smith |
Christopher Boyer | General Robert E. Lee |
Stephen Dunford | Actor Swordsman |
David Doersch | Actor Demon Affrit |
Christopher Cartmill | Leonard Grover |
Robert Shepherd | Dr. Joseph K. Barnes |
Misan Akuya | Union Soldier (uncredited) |
Sheree Ali | Woman Shouter (uncredited) |
Randy Allen | Violinist (uncredited) |
Ryan Andrews | Union Soldier (uncredited) |
Aaron Angus | Union Soldier (uncredited) |
Walker Babington | Confederate Soldier (uncredited) |
Nico Barnes | Soldier (uncredited) |
Logan Bennett | Republican Representative (uncredited) |
Nathan Bieri | Page Boy (uncredited) |
Corey Booth | Drunk Confederate Soldier (uncredited) |
Garman Bowers Jr. | Marine Band Musician (uncredited) |
Jacob Brankley | Democrat Senator (uncredited) |
Ryland Breeding | U.S. Congressman (uncredited) |
Benjamin M. Brown | Confederate Orderly Sergeant (uncredited) |
Leon Addison Brown | Harold Green (uncredited) |
Aaron Canada | Union Soldier (uncredited) |
Paul W. Carroll | Republican Representative #21 (uncredited) |
DéRome A. Chrétien | Union Soldier (uncredited) |
Chris Condetti | White House guest (uncredited) |
Paul D’Elia | Petitioner (uncredited) |
Skye Dennis | Union Soldier (uncredited) |
John Dever | Republican US Representative (uncredited) |
Joe Duquette | Working Man (uncredited) |
Kelsea Edgerly | Theatre Patron / White House Guest (uncredited) |
Brian Elder | Confederate Soldier (uncredited) |
Spencer Ellis | Union Solider (uncredited) |
Jeff Elmore | General Halleck (uncredited) |
Mark Elrod | Marine Band Musician (uncredited) |
Mark Falvo | Wounded Solider (uncredited) |
Dennis Farrell | Confederate Soldier (uncredited) |
Daniel Fissmer | Union Soldier (uncredited) |
David Foster | Representative (uncredited) |
Keiston France | Civilian (uncredited) |
Terry Menefee Gau | Grover’s Theater Patron (uncredited) |
David Gibbs | House of Representatives (uncredited) |
Chance Gibson | Union Soldier (uncredited) |
Katherine Gray | Petitioner (uncredited) |
Dot Gregory | Balcony Shouter (uncredited) |
Israel David Groveman | Union Soldier (uncredited) |
Lucas N. Hall | Grover’s Theater Patron (uncredited) |
Vonn Harris | Contraband Man (uncredited) |
Theodore L Henry | Union Cavalry Col. (uncredited) |
Josh Herzog | Confederate Soldier (uncredited) |
Jack Hoke | Radical Repulican Rep (uncredited) |
Bob Hurley | Workman (uncredited) |
Kevin Inouye | Union Cavalry (uncredited) |
Shaun Irving | Gen. Grant’s Staff (uncredited) |
Don Johnson | Marine Band Musician (uncredited) |
Chris Johnston | Marine Band Musician (uncredited) |
Johnny Jones | Wounded Soldier (uncredited) |
Shawn Everett Jones | Clerk (uncredited) |
James Judice | Confederate Soldier (uncredited) |
Dave Kearney | Radical Republican |
House of Representatives (uncredited) | |
Stephen L. Kolb | Radical Republican (uncredited) |
Reese Land | Marine Band Musician (uncredited) |
T. Alloy Langenfeld | White House Doorman (uncredited) |
Jon Michael Lawrence | Union Soldier (uncredited) |
David Leehy | Congressman (uncredited) |
Lance Lemon | Union Soldier (uncredited) |
J. Emerson McGowan | 3rd Contraband Man (uncredited) |
Stephen McKenna | Court Reporter (uncredited) |
Alexander McPherson | Extra (uncredited) |
Jim Meisner Jr. | Radical Republican (uncredited) |
William L. Moss Jr. | Congressman (uncredited) |
Adrian Nanney | Union Soldier (uncredited) |
Robert Lucas Nelson | Radical Republican (uncredited) |
Joseph Patrick O’Connell | Confederate Soldier (uncredited) |
Dakota Oher | Color Gaurd (uncredited) |
Travis Oliver | Civilian (uncredited) |
Matthew Pabo | Page (uncredited) |
Ken Peebles | Drunk Contraband Slave (uncredited) |
Melondy Phillips | Grover’s Theater Patron (uncredited) |
Shane Pinson | Union Soldier (uncredited) |
Andrew Ragan | Union Soldier 5 (uncredited) |
Laura Rikard | Theatre Patron / White House Guest (uncredited) |
Chad Roberts | Assistant Surgeon General Charles H. Crane (uncredited) |
Robert Roldan | Junius Brutus Booth (uncredited) |
Brian Schools | Confederate Soldier (uncredited) |
Matthew Sims | General Brigadier Michael Morgan (uncredited) |
Leigh Spofford | Theatre Patron (uncredited) |
Christopher Henry Stephens | Union Soldier (uncredited) |
Jeffrey Stockham | Marine Band Musician (uncredited) |
Eric Stoupa | Congressman #350 (uncredited) |
Stephen Szibler | Journal Clerk (uncredited) |
Bryan Veronneau | Aide to US Grant (uncredited) |
Charles West | Marine Band Musician (uncredited) |
William White | Brigadier General Rufus Ingalls (uncredited) |
Lawrence Whitener | James English (uncredited) |
Ryan Wick | House of Representatives (uncredited) |
Philip N. Williams | 5th Contraband Man (uncredited) |
Skylor Williams | Union Soldier (uncredited) |
Jim Ed Wills | Clerk (uncredited) |
John T. Witt | Rev. Phineas D. Gurley (uncredited) |
Kazunori Yamauchi | John Wilkes Booth (uncredited) |
Trivia and Facts
- Lincoln(2012) is a PG-13 rated movie with a length of 2 hours and 30 minutes.
- The screenplay was written by Tony Kushner and Doris Kearns Goodwin.
- The film was an award magnet, winning two Oscars among numerous other accolades. In total, it garnered 105 wins and had 251 nominations.
- The audience responded positively, with the film earning 974 user reviews and 568 critic reviews.
- Some other noteworthy actors in the movie include Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Tommy Lee Jones, John Hawkes, Jackie Earle Haley, and Bruce McGill. They played the characters Robert Lincoln, W.N. Bilbo, Preston Blair, Thaddeus Stevens, Robert Latham, Alexander Stephens, and Edwin Stanton, respectively.
Geo Location Details
- Location Name: State Capitol, Capitol Square – Ninth & Grace Streets, Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Latitude: 37.5388415
- Longitude: -77.433596
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- Map Link: Google Map
- Place Address: 1000 Bank St, Richmond, VA 23218, USA
- Timezone: America/New_York
- Location Name: Executive Mansion, Capitol Square – Ninth & Grace Streets, Richmond Virginia, USA
- Latitude: 37.5384856
- Longitude: -77.4322303
- Place ID: ChIJmy9kZSIRsYkRjHBpnsGa0OU
- Map Link: Google Map
- Place Address: Capitol Sq, Richmond, VA 23219, USA
- Timezone: America/New_York
- Location Name: State Farm, Powhatan, Virginia, USA
- Latitude: 37.5415273
- Longitude: -77.91882389999999
- Place ID: ChIJM9W0fKNisYkRrbymoIYIUsQ
- Map Link: Google Map
- Place Address: Powhatan, VA 23139, USA
- Timezone: America/New_York
- Location Name: Virginia Rep Center – 114 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Latitude: 37.546758
- Longitude: -77.443162
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- Map Link: Google Map
- Place Address: 114 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220, USA
- Timezone: America/New_York
- Location Name: Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Latitude: 37.5407246
- Longitude: -77.4360481
- Place ID: ChIJ7cmZVwkRsYkRxTxC4m0-2L8
- Map Link: Google Map
- Place Address: Richmond, VA, USA
- Timezone: America/New_York