The Current War
Drama
History
Power changes everything
Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
2018-02-01
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Cast
Director
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison
Michael Shannon as George Westinghouse
Nicholas Hoult as Nikola Tesla
Katherine Waterston as Marguerite Westinghouse
Tom Holland as Samuel Insull
Matthew Macfadyen as J.P. Morgan
Tuppence Middleton as Mary Edison
Stanley Townsend as Franklin Pope
Damien Molony as Bourke Cockran
Conor MacNeill as William Kemmler
Celyn Jones as Sherman Quincy
Craig Roberts as Robert Lane
Harry Melling as Benjamin Vale
Colin Stinton as Daniel Burnham
Oliver Powell as Leo
John Schwab as Rudolph Young
Tom Bell as Reverend Vincent
Tom Sweet as Boy
Iain McKee as Reporter
Jason Matthewson as Stock Broker
Woody Norman as Dash Edison
Louis Ashbourne Serkis as Older Dash
Phil Hodges as City Gent
Ekow Quartey as Journalist 1
Adam Lazarus as Wabco Worker
Simon Connolly as Sioux City
Joseph Balderrama as Horace Kaden
Martyn Mayger as Lawyer
Toby Williams as Fort Worth Investment Banker
Tim Steed as Maurice Manesburg
Jeremy Oliver as Mr. Westinghouse's Secretary
Liza Ross as Beti
Steve Carroll as Cinema Goer
James Chalmers as South Dakota Delegate
Nancy Crane as Gladys
Will Irvine as Reporter 1
Adam Pearce as New Orleans Investment Banker
Sophia Ally as Dotty Edison
Greg Haiste as South Dakota Delegate
Jed Aukin as Westinghouse Secretary
Simon Manyonda as Lewis Latimer
Nigel Whitmey as Doctor Grandoff
Benjamin Schnau as George Westinghouse's Secretary (uncredited)