#POLITICATS TV SHOW SERIES#

Terry Sweeney as Buddy Broidy (season 1).Jake Tapper as himself, a CNN correspondent and moderator for the gubernatorial debate.Russell Posner as Elliot Beachman (season 1).Jordan Nichole Wall as Ivy (season 1), a girl with Down's syndrome on the school bus.Jackie Hoffman as Sherry Dougal (season 2 guest season 1), the receptionist at Dede Standish's campaign office.Teddy Sears as William Ward (season 2 guest season 1), the third in Dede and Marcus' throuple.Joe Morton as Marcus Standish (season 2 guest season 1), Dede's husband.

Sam Jaeger as Tino McCutcheon (season 2 guest season 1), the Junior Senator-Elect from Texas.January Jones as Lisbeth Sloan (season 1), Astrid's mother.

Dylan McDermott as Theo Sloan (season 1), Astrid's father.

Martina Navratilova as Brigitte (season 1), a horse trainer who is also Georgina's lover.

Natasha Ofili as Principal Vaughn (season 1), the Principal at St.

Trey Eason as Luther Hobart, one of Payton's brothers.

Trevor Mahlon Eason as Martin Hobart, one of Payton's brothers.

Kobi Kumi-Diaka as Pierre Toussaint (season 1), the only Haitian student studying at St.

Sebastian who is now helping Payton with his New York campaign. Haddad as Andrew Cashman, a former student with cerebral palsy at St.

Bette Midler as Hadassah Gold (season 2 guest season 1), Dede's Chief of Staff.

Judith Light as Dede Standish (season 2 guest season 1), the New York State Senate Majority Leader.

Gwyneth Paltrow as Georgina Hobart, Payton's adoptive mother.

Jessica Lange as Dusty Jackson (season 1), Infinity's grandmother and former caretaker.

Benjamin Barrett as Ricardo (season 1 guest season 2), Infinity's former dim-witted boyfriend.

Rahne Jones as Skye Leighton, River's former running mate who is now helping Payton with his New York campaign.

Theo Germaine as James Sullivan, Payton's campaign manager and advisor.

Laura Dreyfuss as McAfee Westbrook, Payton's campaign manager and advisor.

Julia Schlaepfer as Alice Charles, Payton's girlfriend and later fiancée.

David Corenswet as River Barkley (season 1 recurring season 2), Payton's opponent for student body president and ex-boyfriend.

Bob Balaban as Keaton Hobart (season 1), Payton's adoptive father.

Lucy Boynton as Astrid Sloan, Payton's rival and River's former girlfriend.

Zoey Deutch as Infinity Jackson, Payton's former running mate who becomes an activist for the environment.

Sebastian and later for State Senate of New York.

Ben Platt as Payton Hobart, an ambitious man who ran for student body president at St.

Meanwhile, Payton's mother, Georgina Hobart, having also become a politician on a whim, is running to be Governor of California.Ĭast and characters Main Standish, under the direction of her conniving campaign manager Hadassah Gold, runs a more conservative campaign. Payton, under the direction of his former classmates and climate change activist Infinity Jackson, runs an ecocentric campaign. Payton, now a student at New York University, is running for a seat in the New York State Senate against incumbent Majority Leader Dede Standish. The second season is set in New York City and Albany, New York. Meanwhile, River, under the direction of his girlfriend Astrid Sloan, chooses Skye Leighton, a gender-nonconforming black classmate, to be his vice-president. Payton, under the direction of his ambitious friends McAfee Westbrook, James Sullivan, and Alice Charles, chooses Infinity Jackson, a cancer patient and victim of Munchausen by Proxy disorder, to be his vice-president. Payton Hobart, who has dreamed of being elected President of the United States since childhood, is running for student body president against the popular and athletic River Barkley. The first season is set at the fictional Saint Sebastian High School in Santa Barbara, California. A third and final season is in development. Production on the second season started in November 2019, which premiered on June 19, 2020. David Corenswet, Benjamin Barrett, and Jessica Lange joined the main cast in the first season, while Judith Light and Bette Midler joined the main cast in the second season.

#POLITICATS TV SHOW SERIES#

The series stars Ben Platt, Zoey Deutch, Lucy Boynton, Bob Balaban, Laura Dreyfuss, Julia Schlaepfer, Theo Germaine, Rahne Jones and Gwyneth Paltrow. The first season was released on Netflix on September 27, 2019. The series centers on the story of Payton Hobart (Platt), a wealthy Santa Barbaran, and each season revolves around a different political race his character is involved in. The trio also serves as executive producers with Alexis Martin Woodall, Ben Platt, and Gwyneth Paltrow. The Politician is an American comedy-drama streaming television series created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan and released on Netflix.

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