Miniseries · ABC
Cleopatra
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Leonor Varela
Cleopatra
2 eps
Billy Zane
Marc Antony
2 eps
Timothy Dalton
Julius Caesar
2 eps
Rupert Graves
Octavian
2 eps
John Bowe
Rufio
2 eps
Owen Teale
Grattius
2 eps
Sean Pertwee
Marcus Brutus
2 eps
David Schofield
Casca
2 eps
Ralph Brown
Guevarius
2 eps
James Cosmo
Agrippa
2 eps
Nadim Sawalha
Mardian
2 eps
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh
Octavia
2 eps
Ace Bhatti
Sceptical Citizen
2 eps
Richard Armitage
Epiphanes
2 eps
Art Malik
Olympos
2 eps
Caroline Langrishe
Calpurnia
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Cleopatra actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Cleopatra reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
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.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Cleopatra, the famed Egyptian Queen born in 69 B.C., is shown to have been brought by Roman ruler Julius Caesar at age 18. Caesar becomes sexually obsessed by the 18 year old queen, beds her, and eventually has a son by her. However, his Roman followers and his wife are not pleased by the union. In fact, as Caesar has only a daughter by his wife, he had picked Octavian as his successor.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Robert Halmi Jr.Executive Producer
- Robert Halmi Sr.Executive Producer
- Dyson LovellProducer
Writing
- Margaret GeorgeWriter
Direction
- Franc RoddamDirector
Cinematography
- David ConnellDirector of Photography
Music
- Trevor JonesOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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