Netflix’s Death by Lightning Reveals Full Cast

Netflix revealed additional cast members of Death By Lightning, a series that brings to life the epic and stranger-than-fiction true story of James Garfield, reluctant 20th president of the United States, and his greatest admirer Charles Guiteau — the man who would come to kill him. 

Cast

• Archie Fisher (Steve, Last Days of John Allen Chau) as ‘Joe Brown’ 
• Barry Shabaka Henley (Forever, Bob Hearts Abishola) as ‘Senator Blanche Bruce’*
• Željko Ivanek (Damages, Walking Dead: Dead City) as ‘Dr. Doctor Bliss’
• Kyle Soller (Andor, Bodies) as ‘Robert Todd Lincoln’
• Ben Miles (The Crown, Napoleon) as ‘George Scoville’
• Vondie Curtis Hall (Harriet) as ‘Frederick Douglass’
• Shaun Parkes (Small Axe: Mangrove) as ‘Dr. Charles Purvis’
• Alistair Petrie (The Night Manager, Sex Education) as ‘John Sherman’

The actors join the previously announced cast

• Betty Gilpin (Glow, The Hunt, Gaslit, Mrs. Davis)  will play ‘Crete Garfield’
• Matthew Macfadyen (Succession, Deadpool 3, Stonehouse, Operation Mincemeat) is ‘Charles Guiteau’ 
• Nick Offerman (The Last of Us, Parks & Recreation, Fargo) as ‘Chester Arthur’
• Michael Shannon (George & Tammy, Waco, Nocturnal Animals, Revolutionary Road) will play ‘James Garfield’
• Laura Marcus (The Serpent Queen) as ‘Mollie Garfield’ 
• Bradley Whitford (The Handmaid’s Tale, Get Out, The West Wing) as ‘Secretary of State James Blaine’
• Shea Whigham (Joker, Take Shelter) as ‘Senator Roscoe Conkling’
• Paula Malcomson (Deadwood, Ray Donovan) as ‘Franny Scoville’, sister of Charles Guiteau
• Tuppence Middleton (Downton Abbey; Mank) as ‘Kate Chase Sprague

When will Death by Lighting premiere on Netflix?

Death by Lightning has wrapped production in Budapest, Hungary and is set to debut on Netflix in 2025. The limited series is based on the novel ‘Destiny Of The Republic’ by Candice Millard.