Scripted series · FX
Atlanta
A side of the city you've never seen.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Donald Glover
Earnest 'Earn' Marks
41 eps
Brian Tyree Henry
Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles
41 eps
LaKeith Stanfield
Darius Epps
41 eps
Zazie Beetz
Vanessa 'Van' Keefer
41 eps
Aaron Tyler
Event Staff (uncredited)
1 eps
Candace B. Harris
Fast Food Cashier
1 eps
Keena Ferguson
Crystal
1 eps
Katt Williams
Uncle Willy
2 eps
Austin Lowe
Chris
1 eps
Nadjah Dabney
Driver
1 eps
Diane Sellers
Lorraine
2 eps
Grady Port
Alex
1 eps
Hye Jin Jang
Nail Technician
1 eps
Tiffany Denise Hobbs
Keisha
1 eps
Rick Holmes
Craig Allen
2 eps
Abraham Clinkscales
Young Alfred
1 eps
Myles Truitt
Devin
1 eps
Alkoya Brunson
Young Earn
1 eps
Shariff Earp
Teen 3
1 eps
Christian Gabriel Anderson
Dexter
1 eps
Eric Jepson
Greg
1 eps
Aaron Heffernan
Demarco
1 eps
Samuel Blenkin
Wiley
1 eps
Hugh Coles
Socks
2 eps
Sean Gilder
Folk
1 eps
Toby Dixon
Cancer Kid
1 eps
Justin Bartha
Marshall Johnson
1 eps
Conphidance
Owner
1 eps
Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson
1 eps
Alexander Skarsgård
Alexander Skarsgård
1 eps
Rachel Resheff
Kate
1 eps
Tyriq Withers
Aaron
1 eps
Adriyan Rae
Candice
2 eps
Lorenzo Yearby
Photographer
1 eps
Alan T. Coleman
Prince
1 eps
Jerome Beazer
Black Customer
1 eps
Renell Gibbs
Dude
1 eps
Nijah Brenea
Black Girl #1
1 eps
Teisha Speight
Elise
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Atlanta actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Atlanta reads strongest on Character Depth, Humour and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the lives of their families.
The run
Seasons
4 seasons · 41 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201610 episodes
8.0IMDbCousins Earnest "Earn" Marks and Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles work through the Atlanta music scene to better their lives and their families'.
Best episode · S01E07 B.A.N.
Season 2 · Complete
Robbin' Season
201811 episodes
8.1IMDbSeason Two takes place during a time when the city Earn and Alfred aka Paper Boi is going through some changes. "Robbin' Season" refers to the time around Christmas when, for the first time, there is an influx of money in an impoverished area, and people are trying to get that money and also get holiday gifts — which makes people very "tense and desperate" and often causes crime to increase.
Best episode · S02E06 Teddy Perkins
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
202210 episodes
8.1IMDbTaking place almost entirely in Europe, Season Three finds Earn, Alfred / ‘Paper Boi,’ Darius and Van in the midst of a successful European tour, as the group navigates their new surroundings as outsiders, and struggle to adjust to the newfound success they had aspired to.
Best episode · S03E01 Three Slaps
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
202210 episodes
7.5IMDbEarn, Alfred ‘Paper Boi’ Miles, Darius, and Van are back in their hometown. But the question is, has Atlanta changed, or have they?
Best episode · S04E10 It Was All a Dream
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E06
Teddy Perkins
Darius is trippin in this one. Y'all know I woulda been left.
- Directed by Hiro Murai
- Written by Donald Glover
S03E01
Three Slaps
Wow it’s been a minute. I mean, I like this episode about the troubled kid but we waited 50 years for this?
- Directed by Hiro Murai
- Written by Stephen Glover
S04E10
It Was All a Dream
You know what? As much as I hated this show, I think I'm gonna miss it.
- Directed by Hiro Murai
- Written by Donald Glover
S01E07
B.A.N.
Montague; Special guest Paper Boi and Dr. Deborah Holt.
- Directed by Donald Glover
- Written by Donald Glover
S03E08
New Jazz
Al and Darius walk around Amsterdam. Psssh, I could make a way better tv show than this.
- Directed by Hiro Murai
- Written by Donald Glover
S02E05
Barbershop
You know how you need a fresh cut but your barber is always on some wack stuff? He's lucky I only trust him.
- Directed by Donald Glover
- Written by Stefani Robinson
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S04E10
It Was All a Dream
- Directed by Hiro Murai
- Written by Donald Glover
S04E09
Andrew Wyeth. Alfred's World.
- Directed by Hiro Murai
- Written by Taofik Kolade
S04E08
The Goof Who Sat by the Door
- Directed by Donald Glover
- Written by Francesca Sloane, Karen Joseph Adcock
S04E06
Crank Dat Killer
- Directed by Hiro Murai
- Written by Stephen Glover
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Donald Glover
Showrunner
Stephen Glover
Executive producer
Dianne McGunigle
Executive producer
Stefani Robinson
Executive producer
Hiro Murai
Executive producer
Paul Simms
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Jamal Olori
Writer
Jordan Temple
Writer
Janine Nabers
Writer
Ibra Ake
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Francesca Sloane
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Taofik Kolade
Writer
Karen Joseph Adcock
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Stephen GloverExecutive Producer
- Dianne McGunigleExecutive Producer
- Kaitlin WaldronProducer
- Kathryn DeanProducer
- Stefani RobinsonExecutive Producer
- Stefani RobinsonProducer
Writing
- Stephen GloverWriter
- Jamal OloriWriter
- Jordan TempleWriter
- Janine NabersWriter
- Ibra AkeWriter
- Francesca SloaneWriter
Direction
- Ibra AkeDirector
- Amy SeimetzDirector
- Hiro MuraiDirector
- Janicza BravoDirector
- Donald GloverDirector
- Adamma EboDirector
Cinematography
- Stephen MurphyDirector of Photography
- Christian SprengerDirector of Photography
Music
- Ludwig GöranssonOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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