The Alienist

The Alienist is an American television series of the period drama genre. It is based on the book by Caleb Carr and was produced by Anonymous Content. It began airing on TNT on January 22nd, 2018. The show stars Daniel Brühl as psychiatrist Doctor Laszlo Kreizler, with Luke Evans as photographic journalist John Moore. Also starring in the series is Brian Geraghty as Theodore Roosevelt, Robert Ray Wisdom as Cyrus Montrose, Douglas Smith as Detective Sergeant Marcus Isaacson, Matthew Shear as Detective Sergeant Lucius Isaacson, Q'orianka Kilcher as Mary Palmer, Matt Lintz as Stevie Taggert, and Dakota Fanning as Sara Howard.