Carnivàle
Into each generation is born a creature of light and a creature of darkness.
Premiered: Sep 14, 2003 | 2 seasons | 24 episodes
Popularity: 14
| Creator: | Daniel Knauf |
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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. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Knepper | Tommy Dolan | 24 |
| Clancy Brown | Brother Justin | 24 |
| Carla Gallo | Libby Dreifuss | 24 |
| Ralph Waite | Norman Belthus | 24 |
| Tim DeKay | Clayton Jones | 24 |
| Nick Stahl | Ben Hawkins | 24 |
| Toby Huss | Stumpy Dreifuss | 24 |
| Clea DuVall | Sofie | 24 |
| Adrienne Barbeau | Ruthie | 24 |
| Cynthia Ettinger | Rita Sue Dreifuss | 24 |
| Amy Madigan | Iris Crowe | 24 |
| John Fleck | Gecko | 24 |
| Debra Christofferson | Lila | 24 |
| Michael J. Anderson | Samson | 24 |
| Brian Turk | Gabriel | 24 |
| Blake Shields | Osgood | 16 |
| Patrick Bauchau | Professor Ernst Lodz | 14 |
| Bill Moseley | Possum | 14 |
| John Carroll Lynch | Varlyn Stroud | 12 |
| Amanda Aday | Dora Mae Dreifuss | 12 |
| Diane Salinger | Apollonia | 12 |
| John Savage | Henry 'Hack' Scudder | 10 |
| Don Swayze | Tattooed Man | 8 |
| Michael Massee | Russian Soldier | 8 |
| Richard Fancy | Psychiatrist | 6 |
| John Doe | Phineas Boffo | 6 |
| K Callan | Eleanor McGill | 5 |
| John Hannah | Stangler | 4 |
| Linda Hunt | Management (voice) | 4 |
| Jon Gries | Texas Ranger | 4 |
| Brent Hinkley | Slim / Wheel Man | 4 |
| John Aylward | Bishop McNaughton | 4 |
| Spencer Garrett | Young Balthus | 4 |
| Glenn Shadix | Councilman Val Templeton | 4 |
| Leo Fitzpatrick | Ern | 4 |
| Erin Sanders | Irina | 4 |
| Bree Walker | Sabina Engstrom | 4 |
| Gary Imhoff | Male Performer | 4 |
| Michael Robert Brandon | Bunny | 4 |
| Jane Adams | Mother of Dead Baby (uncredited) | 2 |
| Kurt Fuller | Bud Everhard | 2 |
| George Cheung | Mr. Chin | 2 |
| Thomas Kopache | Ike Gukor | 2 |
| Time Winters | Wilfred Talbot Smith | 2 |
| Jimmi Simpson | Lee | 2 |
| Luis Contreras | Proprietor | 2 |
| Fay Masterson | Waitress | 2 |
| Susan Walters | Young Becca Donovan | 2 |
| Matt McCoy | Councilman Ned Munson | 2 |
| Gabriel Mann | Harlan Staub | 2 |
| Peter Jason | Lou Edwards | 2 |
| Judith Hoag | Miss Jolene | 2 |
| Van Epperson | Hotel Astoria Clerk | 2 |
| Kim Robillard | Frank Mooney | 2 |
| Lucinda Jenney | Flora Hawkins | 2 |
| Joe Unger | Red | 2 |
| Jack McGee | Bulldozer Driver | 2 |
| Charles Robinson | Walter | 2 |
| Jenna Boyd | Maddy Crane | 2 |
| Patrick Thomas O'Brien | Clark | 2 |
| E.J. Callahan | Lean Man | 2 |
| Kathleen Gati | Emma Templeton | 2 |
| Ron Perkins | Carroll Templeton | 2 |
| Matthew McGrory | Giant | 2 |
| Lisa K. Wyatt | Minnie | 2 |
| Joshua Harto | Junior | 2 |
| Brett Rickaby | Barker | 2 |
| Ritchie Montgomery | Patrolman | 2 |
| Jesse Burch | Mackey | 2 |
| Deborah Strang | Becca Donovan | 2 |
| Helen Slayton-Hughes | Scripture-Reading Lady (uncredited) | 2 |
| Frank Collison | Jasper | 2 |
| Jordan Orr | Alexsei | 2 |
| Ted Rooney | Talker #1 | 1 |
| Richard Wharton | Townie | 1 |
| Saemi Nakamura | Hiroshi | 1 |
| Frank Collison | Jasper / Talker #3 | 1 |
| Rene Kirby | Hoppy | 1 |