Cosmos (2014) featured a cast of 92 tracked actors. Of these, 49 (91%) are still alive today and 5 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Judd Hirsch, age 91. This TV series starred Neil deGrasse Tyson and Ann Druyan.
91% still with us· verified cast53% of full cast · incl. 38 unverified
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 91% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 65.6 yrs
Deaths by Year
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2023
Cast92 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Neil deGrasse Tyson Self - Host | Self - Host | Living | 05/10/1958 | 67 | — | 56 |
| Living | 13/06/1949 | 77 | — | 65 | ||
 John Steven Rocha Bellaramine (voice) | Bellaramine (voice) | Living | 23/10/1970 | 55 | — | 44 |
 Paul Telfer Angry Scholar #2 (voice) | Angry Scholar #2 (voice) | Living | 30/10/1979 | 46 | — | 35 |
 Jonathan Morgan Heit John Herschel (voice) | John Herschel (voice) | Living | 16/07/2000 | 26 | — | 14 |
 Cary Elwes Edmond Halley / Robert Hooke (voice) | Edmond Halley / Robert Hooke (voice) | Living | 26/10/1962 | 63 | — | 52 |
 Tom Konkle Samuel Pepys (voice) | Samuel Pepys (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Alexander Siddig Isaac Newton (voice) | Isaac Newton (voice) | Living | 21/11/1965 | 60 | — | 49 |
 Alfred Molina Ibn al-Haytham (voice) | Ibn al-Haytham (voice) | Living | 24/05/1953 | 73 | — | 61 |
 Richard Gere Clair Patterson (voice) | Clair Patterson (voice) | Living | 31/08/1949 | 77 | — | 65 |
 Marc Worden Harrison Brown (voice) | Harrison Brown (voice) | Living | 05/06/1976 | 50 | — | 38 |
 Kirsten Dunst Cecilia Payne (voice) | Cecilia Payne (voice) | Living | 30/04/1982 | 44 | — | 32 |
 Marlee Matlin Annie Jump Cannon (voice) | Annie Jump Cannon (voice) | Living | 24/08/1965 | 61 | — | 49 |
 Peggy Jo Jacobs Margaret Harwood (voice) | Margaret Harwood (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Amanda Seyfried Marie Tharp (voice) | Marie Tharp (voice) | Living | 03/12/1985 | 40 | — | 29 |
 Christiane Amanpour Enheduanna (voice) | Enheduanna (voice) | Living | 12/01/1958 | 68 | — | 56 |
 Stoney Emshwiller Guard (voice) | Guard (voice) | Living | 05/02/1959 | 67 | — | 55 |
 Michael Chochol Jan Oort | Jan Oort | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 André Sogliuzzo Weichelberger (voice) | Weichelberger (voice) | Living | 10/08/1966 | 60 | — | 48 |
 Oliver Vaquer Joseph von Fraunhofer (voice) | Joseph von Fraunhofer (voice) | Living | 01/01/1950 | 76 | — | 64 |
| Living | 10/10/1981 | 44 | — | 33 | ||
 Fred Tatasciore Democritus (voice) | Democritus (voice) | Living | 13/06/1968 | 58 | — | 46 |
| Living | 06/03/1955 | 71 | — | 59 | ||
 Piotr Michael Edmund Muskie (voice) | Edmund Muskie (voice) | Living | 27/03/1988 | 38 | — | 26 |
| Living | 10/07/1950 | 76 | — | 64 | ||
| Living | 23/07/1951 | 75 | — | 63 | ||
 Enn Reitel Henry Norris Russell (voice) | Henry Norris Russell (voice) | Living | 21/06/1950 | 76 | — | 64 |
 Keythe Farley (voice) | (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
| Living | 23/01/1970 | 56 | — | 44 | ||
| Unverified | — | — | — | — | ||
 Martin Jarvis Humphry Davy (voice) | Humphry Davy (voice) | Living | 04/08/1941 | 85 | — | 73 |
 Noah Langford (voice) | (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Fay Masterson (voice) | (voice) | Living | 15/04/1974 | 52 | — | 40 |
 Heiko Obermöller Einstein's Father (voice) | Einstein's Father (voice) | Living | 30/06/1974 | 52 | — | 40 |
 Julian Ovenden Michael Faraday (voice) | Michael Faraday (voice) | Living | 29/11/1976 | 49 | — | 38 |
Jack Rainsford (voice) | (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Glenn Steinbaum Bruce Heezen (voice) | Bruce Heezen (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 William Salyers (voice) | (voice) | Living | 16/08/1964 | 62 | — | 50 |
 Paul Sorvino Augustin Mouchot (voice) | Augustin Mouchot (voice) | Deceased | 13/04/1939 | 83 | 25/07/2022 | 75 |
 Eliza Schneider (voice) | (voice) | Living | 03/02/1978 | 48 | — | 36 |
 Frank Baxter Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 04/05/1896 | 85 | 18/01/1982 | 118 |
 John F. Kennedy Self (voice) (archive footage) | Self (voice) (archive footage) | Deceased | 29/05/1917 | 46 | 22/11/1963 | 97 |
Masoumeh Husseini Monk (voice) | Monk (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Harssh A. Singh Ashoka (voice) | Ashoka (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
| Living | 16/09/1970 | 56 | — | 44 | ||
| Unverified | — | — | — | — | ||
 Shereen Balles Female Voyager (voice) | Female Voyager (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Kapeneta Te'o-Tafiti Male Voyager (voice) | Male Voyager (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Seth MacFarlane (voice) | (voice) | Living | 26/10/1973 | 52 | — | 41 |
 Patrick Stewart William Herschel (voice) | William Herschel (voice) | Living | 13/07/1940 | 86 | — | 74 |
Joseph Grange John Herschel (voice) | John Herschel (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Carol Bach Rita Caroline Herschel (voice) | Caroline Herschel (voice) | Living | 30/10/1962 | 63 | — | 52 |
 Viggo Mortensen Nikolai Vavilov (voice) | Nikolai Vavilov (voice) | Living | 20/10/1958 | 67 | — | 56 |
 Ken Lally (voice) | (voice) | Deceased | 11/08/1971 | 52 | 10/10/2023 | 43 |
 Phil Crowley (voice) | (voice) | Living | 06/06/1950 | 76 | — | 64 |
 Yuri Lowenthal (voice) | (voice) | Living | 05/03/1971 | 55 | — | 43 |
 Edita Brychta (voice) | (voice) | Living | 06/09/1961 | 65 | — | 53 |
 Christopher Lee Parson (voice) | (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Andrew Pifko (voice) | (voice) | Living | 13/09/1974 | 52 | — | 40 |
 Brendan Bradley (voice) | (voice) | Living | 05/05/1983 | 43 | — | 31 |
 Carl Sagan Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 09/11/1934 | 62 | 20/12/1996 | 80 |
 Matthew Jayson Cwern (voice) | (voice) | Living | 27/12/1980 | 45 | — | 34 |
 Alan Shearman (voice) | (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Natasha Goubskaya (voice) | (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Skye Sammoutis (voice) | (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Marcelo Tubert (voice) | (voice) | Living | 01/02/1952 | 74 | — | 62 |
 Mara Junot (voice) | (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Rick Pasqualone (voice) | (voice) | Living | 30/03/1966 | 60 | — | 48 |
 Elijah Braik (voice) | (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Novi Brown (voice) | (voice) | Living | 14/11/1986 | 39 | — | 28 |
| Unverified | — | — | — | — | ||
 Will Greenburg John Goodricke | John Goodricke | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
| Unverified | — | — | — | — | ||
| Unverified | — | — | — | — | ||
 Elizardo Torrez Young Carl Sagan | Young Carl Sagan | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Steve Oatway Charles Darwin | Charles Darwin | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Adam Tsekhman Christiaan Huygens | Christiaan Huygens | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Neil Arnote Neil Armstrong | Neil Armstrong | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Ernie Vigil Thomas Young | Thomas Young | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Judd Hirsch Robert Oppenheimer (voice) | Robert Oppenheimer (voice) | Living | 15/03/1935 | 91 | — | 79 |
 Olivia D'Abo Marie Curie (voice) | Marie Curie (voice) | Living | 22/01/1969 | 57 | — | 45 |
Yurika Okamura (voice) | (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Selyna Chan (voice) | (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Trang Vo Birthmark Woman | Birthmark Woman | Living | 23/08/1996 | 30 | — | 18 |
Sianna Chan (voice) | (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Sasha Sagan Rachel Molly Gruber | Rachel Molly Gruber | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Joseph J. Micucci Young Father | Young Father | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Lennard Ortmann Albert Einstein | Albert Einstein | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Alex Bartram Samuel Sagan | Samuel Sagan | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Brannon Braga World's Fair Attendee | World's Fair Attendee | Living | 14/08/1965 | 61 | — | 49 |
 Marcello Guedes Young Neil deGrasse Tyson | Young Neil deGrasse Tyson | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Leandro Guedes Young Stephen Joseph Tyson | Young Stephen Joseph Tyson | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
