The Current War: Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch
Thomas Edison

Michael Shannon
George Westinghouse

Nicholas Hoult
Nikola Tesla

Katherine Waterston
Marguerite Westinghouse

Tom Holland
Samuel Insull

Matthew Macfadyen
J.P. Morgan

Tuppence Middleton
Mary Edison

Stanley Townsend
Franklin Pope

Damien Molony
Bourke Cockran

Conor MacNeill
William Kemmler

Celyn Jones
Sherman Quincy

Craig Roberts
Robert Lane

Harry Melling
Benjamin Vale

Colin Stinton
Daniel Burnham

Oliver Powell
Leo

John Schwab
Rudolph Young
Abigail Johns
Emily Faulk

Tom Bell
Reverend Vincent

Tom Sweet
Boy

Iain McKee
Reporter

Jason Matthewson
Stock Broker

Woody Norman
Dash Edison

Louis Ashbourne Serkis
Older Dash
Faye Ormston
Party Guest

Phil Hodges
City Gent

Ekow Quartey
Journalist 1

Adam Lazarus
Wabco Worker

Simon Connolly
Sioux City

Joseph Balderrama
Horace Kaden
Steven I. Dillard
NYSE member

Martyn Mayger
Lawyer

Toby Williams
Fort Worth Investment Banker

Tim Steed
Maurice Manesburg
Christopher McMullen
New York Stockbroker

Jeremy Oliver
Mr. Westinghouse's Secretary

Liza Ross
Beti

Steve Carroll
Cinema Goer

James Chalmers
South Dakota Delegate

Nancy Crane
Gladys

Will Irvine
Reporter 1

Adam Pearce
New Orleans Investment Banker

Sophia Ally
Dotty Edison
Kevin Millington
Henry Walsh
Ben Mars
Francis Upton

Greg Haiste
South Dakota Delegate
Katy Poulter
Hannah

Jed Aukin
Westinghouse Secretary
John Kinory
Scientist
Michael Yates
Stock Enchange Gent
Andy Cockell
City Gent
Giacomo Joshua Brunelli
WABCO Worker
Nigel Wilcock
J.P. Morgan Lawyer
Jay William Whittington Barrette
Wabco Worker
Thor Janke
Policeman
Andrew Okello
Footman
David Morley Hale
Frederick Worthington
Pamela Betsy Cooper
Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Simon Manyonda
Lewis Latimer
John Pierce Jones
President Glover Cleveland

Nigel Whitmey
Doctor Grandoff

Benjamin Schnau
George Westinghouse's Secretary (uncredited)