The Current War
2018Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
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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
Abigail Johns
as Emily Faulk
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
Faye Ormston
as Party Guest
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
Steven I. Dillard
as NYSE member
Martyn Mayger
as Lawyer
Toby Williams
as Fort Worth Investment Banker
Tim Steed
as Maurice Manesburg
Christopher McMullen
as New York Stockbroker
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
Kevin Millington
as Henry Walsh
Ben Mars
as Francis Upton
Greg Haiste
as South Dakota Delegate
Katy Poulter
as Hannah
Jed Aukin
as Westinghouse Secretary
John Kinory
as Scientist
Michael Yates
as Stock Enchange Gent
Andy Cockell
as City Gent
Giacomo Joshua Brunelli
as WABCO Worker
Nigel Wilcock
as J.P. Morgan Lawyer
Jay William Whittington Barrette
as Wabco Worker
Thor Janke
as Policeman
Andrew Okello
as Footman
David Morley Hale
as Frederick Worthington
Pamela Betsy Cooper
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Simon Manyonda
as Lewis Latimer
John Pierce Jones
as President Glover Cleveland
Nigel Whitmey
as Doctor Grandoff
Benjamin Schnau
as George Westinghouse's Secretary (uncredited)