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TV series / 2003
Carnivàle
Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christian theology with gnosticism and Masonic lore, particularly that of the Knights Templar.
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Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christian theology with gnosticism and Masonic lore, particularly that of the Knights Templar.
Cast
Nick StahlBen Hawkins
Michael J. AndersonSamson
Clea DuVallSofie
Cynthia EttingerRita Sue Dreifuss
Carla GalloLibby Dreifuss
Adrienne BarbeauRuthie
Amy MadiganIris Crowe
Debra ChristoffersonLila
Brian TurkGabriel
Clancy BrownBrother Justin Crowe
Tim DeKayClayton 'Jonesy' Jones
Toby HussFelix 'Stumpy' Dreifuss
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Patrick BauchauProfessor Ernst Lodz
Diane SalingerApollonia
John FleckGecko
Karyne StebenAlexandria
Sarah StebenCaladonia
John Carroll LynchVarlyn Stroud
Robert KnepperTommy Dolan
Bill MoseleyPossum
Scott MacDonaldBurley
Amanda AdayDora Mae Dreifuss
K CallanEleanor McGill
John SavageHenry 'Hack' Scudder
Ralph WaiteReverend Norman Balthus
Michael MasseeRussian Soldier
Blake ShieldsOsgood
Don SwayzeTattooed Man
Valeria HernandezCatalina de la Rosa
Eliza Pryor NagelCeleste Watkins
Richard FancyPsychiatrist
Spencer GarrettYoung Balthus
John HannahStangler
John DoePhineas Boffo
Erin SandersIrina
Linda HuntManagement (voice)
Glenn ShadixCouncilman Val Templeton
Bree WalkerSabina Engstrom
Leo FitzpatrickErn
John AylwardBishop McNaughton
Jon GriesTexas Ranger
Jordan OrrAlexsei
Brent HinkleySlim / Wheel Man
Frank CollisonJasper · Jasper / Talker #3
Jeff AustinRowlett
Ellen GeerThe Crone
Matt McCoyCouncilman Ned Munson
Matthew McGroryGiant
Time WintersWilfred Talbot Smith
Judith HoagMiss Jolene
Luis ContrerasProprietor
Rene KirbyHoppy
Aria WallacePolly Ann
Van EppersonHotel Astoria Clerk
Jenna BoydMaddy Crane
Gabriel MannHarlan Staub
Thomas KopacheIke Gukor
Kurt FullerBud Everhard
Cletus YoungDaddy - Tucker
Gary ImhoffMale Performer
Patrick Thomas O'BrienClark
Michael Robert BrandonBunny
Peter JasonLou Edwards
Lisa K. WyattMinnie
Jesse BurchMackey
Lucinda JenneyFlora Hawkins
Ritchie MontgomeryPatrolman
George CheungMr. Chin
Deborah StrangBecca Donovan
Jimmi SimpsonLee
Kathleen GatiEmma Templeton
Kim RobillardFrank Mooney
Fay MastersonWaitress
Charles RobinsonWalter
Brett RickabyBarker
Susan WaltersYoung Becca Donovan
Ron PerkinsCarroll Templeton
Jane AdamsMother of Dead Baby (uncredited)
Jack McGeeBulldozer Driver
E.J. CallahanLean Man
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