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The Politician

The Politician

Netflix 2019

Payton has known since childhood that he's going to be president. First he'll have to navigate the most treacherous political landscape: high school.
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The Top 10 Actors and Characters of The Politician (Ranked Cast in 2024)

Ben Platt

#1 - Ben Platt (Payton Hobart)

Benjamin Schiff Platt (born 24 September 1993) is an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He began his career in theatre as a child and appeared in Broadway productions of The Music Man (2002), The Book of Mormon (2012–2013), and Dear Evan Hansen (2015–2017), receiving multiple accolades for his performances, including the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. His film credits include Pitch Perfect (2012), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), Ricki and the Flash (2015), and Run This Town (2019). Since 2019, he has starred in the Netflix comedy-drama series The Politician, for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy. In May 2020, a concert film titled Ben Platt Live from Radio City Music Hall debuted on Netflix. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Lucy Boynton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Ben Platt plays as Payton Hobart in The Politician.
Ben Platt is the top #1 member of the cast and appears in 15 episodes.

Lucy Boynton

#2 - Lucy Boynton (Astrid Sloan)

Lucy Boynton (born 17 January 1994) is a British-American actress. Her first professional role was as the young Beatrix Potter in Miss Potter (2006), for which she was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress. She went on to play Posy Fossil in 2007 in the BBC film Ballet Shoes. She also played the role of Margaret Dashwood in the BBC serial Sense and Sensibility (2008). She portrayed the mysterious model Raphina in the 2016 film Sing Street, a ghost Polly Parsons in the 2016 film I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House and Countess Helena Andrenyi in the 2017 adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express. She played Freddie Mercury's partner, Mary Austin, in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), for which earned the cast a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards. She portrayed Astrid Sloan in the Netflix series The Politician (2019–). Description above is from the Wikipedia article Lucy Boynton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Lucy Boynton plays as Astrid Sloan in The Politician.
Lucy Boynton is the top #2 member of the cast and appears in 15 episodes.

Zoey Deutch

#3 - Zoey Deutch (Infinity Jackson)

Zoey Francis Thompson Deutch (born November 10, 1994) is an American actress and producer. Deutch is a daughter of director Howard Deutch and actress-director Lea Thompson. She gained recognition for her roles in the film Everybody Wants Some!!, Netflix comedy series The Politician, and the Netflix film Set It Up. She began her career with roles on the Disney Channel comedy series The Suite Life on Deck (2010–2011) and The CW crime drama series Ringer (2011–2012). Following her credited film debut in the gothic romance film Beautiful Creatures (2013), she starred in the fantasy horror film Vampire Academy (2014), for which she received a Teen Choice Award nomination. Deutch achieved critical praise for her roles in numerous films, including Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Some!! (2016), Why Him? (2016), Before I Fall (2017), Flower (2017), and Rebel in the Rye (2017), for which she has received awards from the Dallas International Film Festival and the SCAD Savannah Film Festival. In 2017, her mother directed her and her sister Madelyn in the comedy-drama film The Year of Spectacular Men, which Deutch also co-produced. She went on to star in the critically acclaimed romantic comedy Set It Up (2018), the zombie comedy Zombieland: Double Tap (2019), and the comedy-drama Buffaloed (2019), which she also produced. Since 2019, she has starred in the Netflix comedy series The Politician. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zoey Deutch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Zoey Deutch plays as Infinity Jackson in The Politician.
Zoey Deutch is the top #3 member of the cast and appears in 15 episodes.

Laura Dreyfuss

#4 - Laura Dreyfuss (McAfee Westbrook)

Laura Dreyfuss plays as McAfee Westbrook in The Politician.
Laura Dreyfuss is the top #4 member of the cast and appears in 15 episodes.

Theo Germaine

#5 - Theo Germaine (James Sullivan)

Theo Germaine is a theatre, television, and film actor from in Central Illinois. They split their time between Chicago and Los Angeles.

Theo Germaine plays as James Sullivan in The Politician.
Theo Germaine is the top #5 member of the cast and appears in 15 episodes.

Rahne Jones

#6 - Rahne Jones (Skye Leighton)

Rahne Jones plays as Skye Leighton in The Politician.
Rahne Jones is the top #6 member of the cast and appears in 15 episodes.

Gwyneth Paltrow

#7 - Gwyneth Paltrow (Georgina Hobart)

Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (born September 27, 1972) is an American actress, businesswoman and author. She has received numerous accolades for her work, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Paltrow gained very early notice for her work in films such as Seven (1995), Emma (1996), Sliding Doors (1998), and A Perfect Murder (1998). For Shakespeare in Love (1998), Paltrow won a Golden Globe Award, SAG Award, and Academy Award. This was followed by roles in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Shallow Hal (2001), and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004). After becoming a mother, Paltrow significantly reduced her film workload, making occasional appearances in films, such as Proof (2005), for which she earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. In 2009, Paltrow received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for the children's audiobook Brown Bear and Friends and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her guest role as Holly Holliday on the Fox musical comedy-drama television series Glee in 2011. From 2008 to 2019, Paltrow portrayed Pepper Potts in the Marvel Cinematic Universe appearing in Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Description above is from the Wikipedia article Gwyneth Paltrow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Gwyneth Paltrow plays as Georgina Hobart in The Politician.
Gwyneth Paltrow is the top #7 member of the cast and appears in 15 episodes.

Jessica Lange

#8 - Jessica Lange (Dusty Jackson)

Jessica Lange (born April 20, 1949 in Cloquet, Minnesota) is an American screen and stage actress. Most recently, she debuted also as a photographer. Despite for being considered as one of the most respected actresses of her generation, she has not become part of the Hollywood mainstream scene. In contrast to her fellow Meryl Streep, Lange has continued to work with moderate commercial success outside of the spotlight, while appearing often in independent films following the millennium. In response to, the artist was in 2006 "crowned" by the international webzine PopMatters, which is known for cultural criticism that covers many aspects of popular culture, the Anti-Streep icon of modern era. The actress may be most notable for her performance of Frances Farmer (ranked #85 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time in 2006) in Frances, and Tootsie. Both from 1982, for which she was nominated on Oscars in two categories at the same time, becoming the first such female case since 1942. Her other significant roles featured Patsy Cline in Sweet Dreams (1985), Carly Marshall in Blue Sky (1994), Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1995), Irma Applewood in Normal (2003), and Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens (2009). Amongs other, she has won two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes, and lately an Emmy Award. After three decades in front of the camera, Lange has realized her dream of being on the other side of the lens, and published in 2008 her own collection of black-and-white photographs, simply entitled 50 Photographs (powerHouse Books). Their exhibition, along with series of her films, was presented at the eldest international museum of photography and film George Eastman House, to be awarded by the first GEH Honors Award in 2009. Since 1982, Lange has lived with the Pulitzer Prize-winner, Sam Shepard.

Jessica Lange plays as Dusty Jackson in The Politician.
Jessica Lange is the top #8 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

Judith Light

#9 - Judith Light (Joan)

Judith Light (born February 9, 1949) is an American actress. Her television roles include One Life to Live, Who's the Boss?, Ugly Betty and Law & Order Special Victims Unit.

Judith Light plays as Joan in The Politician.
Judith Light is the top #9 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

#10 - Benjamin Barrett (Ricardo)

Benjamin Barrett plays as Ricardo in The Politician.
Benjamin Barrett is the top #10 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

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