Death by Lightning (2025)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

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

• Released: 2025-11-06
• Genres: Drama, Crime
• Seasons: 1, 4 episodes
• Episode length: 53m
• Network: Netflix
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 7.3/10 from 101 votes

Created by Mike Makowsky.

Top cast

• Michael Shannon as James Garfield
• Matthew Macfadyen as Charles Guiteau
• Nick Offerman as Chester A. Arthur
• Shea Whigham as Roscoe Conkling
• Bradley Whitford as James Blaine
• Betty Gilpin as Crete Garfield
• Alfie Tempest as Irvin Garfield
• Anders Grundberg as Abram Garfield
• Dylan Hughes as Jim Garfield Jr.
• Jack Alldridge as Harry Garfield

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Death by Lightning

• United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• India: stream on Netflix
• Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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