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The Alienist

The Alienist

TNT 2018

New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and secretary Sara Howard to investigate several murders of male prostitutes.
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The Top 10 Actors and Characters of The Alienist (Ranked Cast in 2024)

Daniel Brühl

#1 - Daniel Brühl (Laszlo Kreizler)

Daniel César Martín Brühl González Domingo (born 16 June 1978) is a German actor, producer and director. He is best known for Good Bye Lenin! (2003), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Rush (2013) and Captain America: Civil War (2016). Daniel speaks German, Spanish, English, French, Portuguese and Català.

Daniel Brühl plays as Laszlo Kreizler in The Alienist.
Daniel Brühl is the top #1 member of the cast and appears in 18 episodes.

Luke Evans

#2 - Luke Evans (John Moore)

Luke George Evans (born 15 April 1979) is a Welsh actor. Evans began his career on the stage, performing in many of London's West End productions such as Rent, Miss Saigon, and Piaf before making his film breakthrough in the Clash of the Titans 2010 remake. Following his debut, Evans was cast in such action and thriller films as Immortals (2011), The Raven (2012), and the re-imagined The Three Musketeers (2011). In 2013, Evans starred as the main antagonist Owen Shaw in the blockbuster Fast & Furious 6, and also played Bard the Bowman in Peter Jackson's three-part adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. Evans also portrayed the vampire Dracula in the character's film origin story, Dracula Untold. In 2017, Evans starred as Gaston in Disney's live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, and portrayed American psychologist William Moulton Marston, creator of fictional character Wonder Woman, in the biographical drama Professor Marston and the Wonder Women. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Luke Evans plays as John Moore in The Alienist.
Luke Evans is the top #2 member of the cast and appears in 18 episodes.

Dakota Fanning

#3 - Dakota Fanning (Sara Howard)

Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994), better known as Dakota Fanning, is an American actress. Fanning's breakthrough performance was in I Am Sam in 2001. As a child actress, she appeared in high-profile films such as Man on Fire, War of the Worlds, and Charlotte's Web. Fanning began the transition to more adult roles with Hounddog and The Secret Life of Bees. Recent films have included The Twilight Saga and The Runaways. She has won numerous awards and is the youngest nominee for a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Dakota Fanning plays as Sara Howard in The Alienist.
Dakota Fanning is the top #3 member of the cast and appears in 18 episodes.

Matthew Shear

#4 - Matthew Shear (Lucius Isaacson)

Matthew Louis Shear is an American actor. He is known for playing the role of Tony in Noah Baumbach's Mistress America opposite Greta Gerwig and Lola Kirke. Wikipedia

Matthew Shear plays as Lucius Isaacson in The Alienist.
Matthew Shear is the top #4 member of the cast and appears in 18 episodes.

Douglas Smith

#5 - Douglas Smith (Marcus Isaacson)

Douglas Alexander Smith (born June 22, 1985) is a Canadian-American actor most notable for his work on the HBO series, Big Love as Ben Henrickson, the eldest son of polygamist Bill Henrickson. Description above from the Wikipedia article Douglas Smith (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Douglas Smith plays as Marcus Isaacson in The Alienist.
Douglas Smith is the top #5 member of the cast and appears in 18 episodes.

Q'orianka Kilcher

#6 - Q'orianka Kilcher (Mary Palmer)

Q'orianka Waira Qoiana Kilcher is a German born American-Peruvian actress, singer, and activist. She played Pocahontas in the 2005 film The New World, and Kaʻiulani in Princess Kaiulani.

Q'orianka Kilcher plays as Mary Palmer in The Alienist.
Q'orianka Kilcher is the top #6 member of the cast and appears in 10 episodes.

Matt Lintz

#7 - Matt Lintz (Stevie Taggert)

Matthew Lintz is an American actor known for playing Matty van Patten in Pixels (2015), Henry in the AMC television series The Walking Dead and Bruno in Ms. Marvel (2022).

Matt Lintz plays as Stevie Taggert in The Alienist.
Matt Lintz is the top #7 member of the cast and appears in 10 episodes.

David Wilmot

#8 - David Wilmot (Constable Bouchard)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Wilmot is an award-winning Irish stage, screen, and television actor. Wilmot's theatre credits include Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, As You Like It with the Druid Theatre Company in Galway, and Juno and the Paycock in London's West End.[1] He originated the role of Padraic in The Lieutenant of Inishmore at The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2001, played it at the Barbican Center in 2002, then joined the 2006 off-Broadway Atlantic Theater Company production, which later transferred to Broadway. He was nominated for the 2006 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play and won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor and the Theatre World Award for his performance. Wilmot portrayed Dr. Ed Costello in sixteen episopdes of The Clinic on RTÉ. He was nominated for the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor in a TV Drama. Wilmot's screen credits include Michael Collins (1996), I Went Down (1997), The Devil's Own (1997), The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998), Intermission (2003), Laws of Attraction (2004), King Arthur (2004), and Six Shooter (2006). He was named Best Supporting Actor in Film and nominated Best New Talent for Intermission at the 2003 Irish Film and Television Awards. Wilmot's latest project is Waiting for Dublin, a feature film scheduled for release in 2008. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Wilmot, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

David Wilmot plays as Constable Bouchard in The Alienist.
David Wilmot is the top #8 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

Rosy McEwen

#9 - Rosy McEwen (Libby Hatch)

Rosy McEwen plays as Libby Hatch in The Alienist.
Rosy McEwen is the top #9 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

Melanie Field

#10 - Melanie Field (Bitsy Sussman)

Melanie Field plays as Bitsy Sussman in The Alienist.
Melanie Field is the top #10 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

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