Ended

Death by Lightning

Created by: Mike Makowsky

7.4 79

2025

53m

1 season

DramaCrime

The story of James Garfield, who rose from obscurity to become America's 20th President — and Charles Guiteau, the man who assassinated him.

Seasons

Limited Series

Cast

Michael Shannon

Matthew Macfadyen

Charles Guiteau

Chester A. Arthur

Roscoe Conkling

Bradley Whitford

Anders Grundberg

Abram Garfield(as Anders Grundberg)

Jim Garfield Jr.

Mollie Garfield

Tuppence Middleton

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Frederick Douglass

Paula Malcomson

Franny Scoville

Barry Shabaka Henley

Dominic Applewhite

Nicholas Woodeson

Christine Grace Szarkó

Dr. Susan Edson

Stuart Milligan

Mary Angiolillo

Andrew Van Wilpe

Connecticut Man

Damian Odess-Gillett

Massachusetts Man

Randall Scott Williams

Pennsylvania Man

Jake Bernard Buckner

Virginia Man(as Jake Buckner)

Robert Todd Lincoln

Alistair Petrie