

April 26, 1986, Ukrainian SSR. Plant workers and firefighters put their lives on the line to control a catastrophic 1986 explosion at a Soviet nuclear power plant.
Ratings
3.5
Cast

Jared Harris
Valery Legasov

Stellan Skarsgård
Boris Shcherbina

Emily Watson
Ulana Khomyuk

Paul Ritter
Anatoly Dyatlov

Jessie Buckley
Lyudmilla Ignatenko

Adam Nagaitis
Vasily Ignatenko

Sam Troughton
Alexandr Akimov

Robert Emms
Leonid Toptunov

Con O'Neill
Viktor Bryukhanov

Adrian Rawlins
Nikolai Fomin

Alan Williams
KGB Chairman Charkov

David Dencik
Mikhail Gorbachev

Mark Lewis Jones
General Pikalov

Ralph Ineson
General Tarakanov

Barry Keoghan
Pavel

Alex Ferns
Glukhov

Fares Fares
Bacho

Michael McElhatton
Prosecutor Andrei Stepashin

Laura Elphinstone
Oksana
Nadia Clifford
Dr. Svetlana Zinchenko

Sam Strike
Misha

Sammy Hayman
Titenok

Matas Dirginčius
Vladimir Tishchura

Caolan Byrne
Day Shift Worker
Stephen Bisland
Night Shift Worker

Alex Blake
Petrovich

Ron Cook
Old Maternity Doctor

Donald Sumpter
Zharkov

Gerard Kearns
Pravik

Povilas Jatkevičius
Kibenok

Michael Socha
Mikhail

Jamie Sives
Sitnikov

Douggie McMeekin
Yuvchenko

Michael Shaeffer
Blond Man

Karl Davies
Viktor Proskuryakov

Adam Lundgren
Brazhnik

Billy Postlethwaite
Boris Stolyarchuk

Jay Simpson
Perevozchenko
Ross Armstrong
Nikolai Gorbachenko

Paulius Markevičius
Aleksandr Kudryavstev

Joshua Leese
Kirschenbaum

Karolis Kasperavičius
Viktor Degtaryenko
Jan Ričica
Oksana's Kid
Crew
Visual Effects Supervisor
Stunt Coordinator
Stunt Double
Roto Supervisor
VFX Production Coordinator
Editor
Writer
Focus Puller
Prosthetics Sculptor
Director