The Eighties (2016) | Full Cast

H.W. Brands

Self - Author, 'Reagan: A Life'

Chris Connelly

Self - Reporter, ESPN

Gil Troy

Self - Author, 'Morning in America'

Tom Hanks

Self - Actor

Lesley Stahl

Self - Former White House Correspondent, CBS News

James Baker III

Self - Former White House Chief of Staff

Pat Buchanan

Self - Former White House Communications Director

Douglas Brinkley

Self

Steven Hayward

Self - Author, 'The Age of Reagan'

Phil Donahue

Self - The Phil Donahue Show

Downtown Julie Brown

Self - Former MTV VJ

Martha Quinn

Self - Former MTV VJ

Colin Powell

Self - Former National Security Advisor

Mark J. Goodman

Self - MTV VJ

Robin Wright

Self - Contributing Writer, The New Yorker

John Heilemann

Self

Tim Naftali

Self - Author and Historian

Judy Woodruff

Self - Former White House Correspondent, NBC News

Jeff Greenfield

Self - Journalist

Ken Auletta

Self - Author, 'Greed and Glory on Wall Street'

Evan Thomas

Self - Author and Historian

David Bianculli

Self - Television Critic, 'Fresh Air'

Renee Graham

Self - Columnist, 'The Boston Globe'

Julian Zelizer

Self - Professor of History, Princeton University

Mark Harmon

Self - Actor

Shelley Long

Actor, 'Cheers'

Michael Mann

Self - Executive Producer, 'Miami Vice'

Patrick Duffy

Actor, 'Dallas'

Graham Yost

Self - Executive producer and creator, 'Justified'

Mike Farrell

Self - Actor, 'M*A*S*H'

Susanna Hoffs

Self - Musician, The Bangles

Penelope Spheeris

Self - Filmmaker

James Burrows

Executive producer and co-creator, 'Cheers'

Nancy Wilson

Self - Heart

Questlove

Self - Musician and Record Producer

Steven Bochco

Self - Co-Creator, 'Hill Street Blues'

Ted Turner

Self - Founder, CNN

David Steinberg

Self - Comedian

Mary Hart

Self - Former Host, Entertainment Tonight

Wendy Girard

Marion Hammond

Andrew Ross Sorkin

Self - Columnist, New York Times

Ann Wilson

Self - Musician, Heart

Ed Lover

Self

Nile Rodgers

Self - Music Producer

Larry Kramer

Co-founder, Act Up

Wendy Melvoin

Self - Guitarist, Prince and the Revolution

Diane English

Self - Creator, 'Murphy Brown'

Anthony Fauci

Self

Ken Levine

Self - Writer, 'M*A*S*H'

David France

Self - Director, How to Survive a Plague

Barbara Corday

Self - Co-creator, 'Cagney & Lacey'

Ed Catmull

Self - Pixar and Disney Animation Studios

Jay McInerney

Self - Author, 'Brights Lights, Big City'

Chuck D

Self - MC, Public Enemy

Rakim

Self

Nolan Bushnell

Self

Caryn Mandabach

Self - Producer, 'The Cosby Show'

Bethany McLean

Self - Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair

David Gergen

Self - Former White House Communications Director

Pat Mitchell

CEO, PBS

David Pogue

Self

Nelson George

Self - Author and Filmmaker

Gillian Tett

Self - U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times

David Wild

Self - Reporter

Mark Halperin

Self - Managing Editor, Bloomberg Politics

Peter Staley

Self - AIDS Activist

Richard O. Covey

Self

Stewart Cheifet

Self

Cleve Jones

Creator, AIDS Memorial Quilt

Bryan Burrough

Self - Author, 'Barbarians at the Gate'

Martin Cooper

Self

Tom Shales

Self - Television Critic

Harold Jaffe

Self - Centers for Disease Control (as Dr. Harold Jaffe)

Joe Nocera

Self - Columnist, New York Times

Joel Peresman

Self - President, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Richard Reeves

Self - Author, 'President Reagan: The Triumph of Imagination'

Mathilde Krim

Self - Co-founder, AMFAR (as Dr. Mathilde Krim)

Doug Macrae

Self

Jane Mayer

Self - Former Reporter, Wall Street Journal

David E. Hoffman

Self - Contributing Editor, Washington Post

Barney Frank

Self - Former Congressman, (D) Ma

Lori Majewski

Self - Author, Mad World

William Black

Self - Former Counsel, Federal Home Loan Bank Board

Sharron Lovejoy

Self

Victor Sebestyen

Self - Author, 'Revolution 1989'

Phill Wilson

AMFAR Member

Jack F. Matlock Jr.

Self - Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.S.S.R.

Doyle McManus

Self - Co-author, 'Landslide: The Unmaking of the President'

Frank Buzzard

Self

Mervyn Silverman

Fmr President, AMFAR (as Dr. Mervyn Silverman)

Robert Gallo

Self - National Cancer Institute

Paul Shafer

Self - Musical director, 'Late Night with David Letterman'

Jeanne White

Self - Mother of Ryan White (as Jeanne White-Ginder)

Allan Sloan

Self - Journalist, Forbes

Ken Adelman

Self - Former Director, U.S. Arms Control & Disarmament Agency

David Ensor

Self - ABC News

James B. Stewart

Self - Author, 'Den of Thieves'

James Curran

Self - Centers for Disease Control (as Dr. James Curran)

John Poindexter

Self - Former National Security Advisor

Robert Service

Self - Author, 'Comrades: A World History of Communism'

Michael Dobbs

Self - Author, 'Down with Big Brother'

Henry Waxman

Self - Former Congressman, (D) California

Donald Francis

Self - Centers for Disease Control

Michael Specter

Self - Staff Writer, The New Yorker

Stephen Pizzo

Self - Author, 'Inside Job'

Linda Holmes

Self - Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR

Kevin Maney

Self

Lou Cannon

Self - Author, 'President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime'

Alan Kay

Self

James Mann

Self - Author, 'The Rebellion of President Reagan'