Based on the novel Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard, ...

Matthew Macfadyen is no stranger to playing a Midwestern sycophant willing to kiss any powerful a-- to get ahead. Whereas Tom Wambsgans fails up to the very top in Succession, his role as Charles ...

Death by Lightning’ immediately pulls you into a part of history few know well: the short, tragic presidency of James ...

Netflix’s Death by Lightning dramatizes the life and assassination of President James A. Garfield, starring Michael Shannon ...

Michael Shannon is US President James A. Garfield in four-part limited series Death By Lightning — streaming now on Netflix.

Netflix ‘s new drama Death By Lightning tells the wild story of how President James A. Garfield ( Michael Shannon) was killed ...

The Netflix limited series is both a timely exploration of political disillusionment and a frequently amusing character drama ...

In the late 19th Century, James Garfield promised progress and reform – but four months after his inauguration he was shot.

Though Garfield doesn’t die immediately, the real villain is 19th-century medicine itself. His doctors, led by Dr. Bliss ...

Death by Lightning has been drawing viewers since its release. The limited series, which debuted on November 6, 2025, presented the real-life events of President James Garfield (played by Michael ...

Mike Makowsky had spent months working on obtaining permission from the government to see the real thing, so perhaps it’s not ...

For Death by Lightning’s Charles Guiteau, the actor calls upon the glorious command of humiliation he perfected as Tom Wambsgans.