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Death by Lightning

Death by Lightning (2025)★ 7.4/10

TV-MA · US · 50 min · November 6, 2025 · 1 seasons

  • Drama
  • History
  • Biography

Directed by: Matt Ross

Written by: Mike Makowsky, Candice Millard

Dramatizes the stranger-than-fiction true story of 20th U.S. President James Garfield, and admirer Charles Guiteau, who assassinated him.

Directed by

Matt Ross

Written by

Mike MakowskyCandice Millard

Cast & crew

Matthew MacfadyenCharles GuiteauMichael ShannonJames GarfieldBetty GilpinCrete GarfieldShea WhighamRoscoe ConklingBradley WhitfordJames BlaineNick OffermanChester ArthurLaura MarcusMollie GarfieldArchie FisherJoe BrownDavid NyklLevi MortonAndrew HeflerTom PlattJack AlldridgeHarry GarfieldDylan HughesJim Garfield Jr.Anders Olof GrundbergAbram GarfieldAlfie TempestIrvin GarfieldTuppence MiddletonKate SpragueVondie Curtis-HallFrederick DouglassPaula MalcomsonFranny ScovilleBarry Shabaka HenleyBlanche BruceDominic ApplewhiteGrierNicholas WoodesonLoefflerDaniel GoslingFosterChristine Grace SzarkoDr. Susan EdsonStuart MilliganChairman HoarMary AngiolilloDesk MatronRoy McCrereyAlabama ManAndrew Van WilpeArkansas ManHenry FisherConnecticut ManJamie WilsonIllinois ManSteve MirerIndiana ManRoderick HillIowa ManRobert JacksonMaryland ManDamian Odess-GillettMassachusetts ManRandall Scott WilliamsPennsylvania ManJake Bernard BucknerVirginia ManOwen GoodWisconsin ManJulian KrennCub ReporterTimothy OtisNY ReporterZeljko IvanekDoctor Willard BlissAlistair PetrieJohn ShermanBen MilesGeorge ScovilleShaun ParkesDr. Charles PurvisKyle SollerRobert Todd LincolnRichard RankinAlexander Graham BellMichael CarterRep. JoyBronagh WaughMyrnaRichard RycroftSpurlockDaniel BettsJohn NoyesEphraim GoldinPollardJim HighBowler CrispMáté Bede-FazekasOneida BrotherAlex MontyroBowler MuddSinead PhelpsOneida SisterPeter MarinkerStocktonAlwyne TaylorMrs. LockwoodZalán TakácsFredericLincoln ConwayProject ChiefCharles ArmstrongBank ManagerJosh MorrisonDr. LambJeremy WheelerReverend HicksKevin GriffithsO'MearaSam BellSarah the AttendantNick WittmanMuseum GuardWayne BrettUlysses GrantMichael PitthanState Senator MurthaJoe HornNext Man In LineMatt DevereTicket AgentZachary SloukaMan After ThatPatrick McCulloughReverend PowerFred FaberSeeker #1Declan HanniganKearneyJared DoreckSeeker #2Marc CramNY Senate ChairPhilip LenkowskySeeker #3Szonja OroszlánSeeker #4Alena DolákováMilly the HookerCurtis MatthewSeeker #5Luckas UrtubeyDelmonico's ReporterScott Alexander YoungPriestRalph BerkinLaphamJohn PostonDepewBrendan DouglasJudge RobertsonMark TaylorPunching BagKristóf WidderService WorkerCara NewlonCrowd Woman #1Guy RobertsSgt. MasonAlyssa DillardCrowd Woman #2Will TizardOhio VendorRebecka JohnstonWoman on TrainMadeleine CrowMary ScovilleEvelyn CrowBertha ScovilleTom FyansConstableLevente PupicsUnion PrivateJacob ChannellHotel PorterLevente TörkölyWorkman #1David GutemaWorkman #2Anabelle Daisy GrundbergGirl on TrainViktor HeiczmanOneida Community Member (uncredited)Zsolt KormendyJournalist (uncredited)