Miniseries · History
Hatfields & McCoys
Never Forgive. Never Forget.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Kevin Costner
'Devil' Anse Hatfield
3 eps
Bill Paxton
Randall McCoy
3 eps
Matt Barr
Johnse Hatfield
3 eps
Tom Berenger
Jim Vance
3 eps
Powers Boothe
Judge Valentine 'Wall' Hatfield
3 eps
Andrew Howard
'Bad' Frank Phillips
3 eps
Jena Malone
Nancy McCoy
3 eps
Sarah Parish
Levicy Hatfield
3 eps
Lindsay Pulsipher
Roseanna McCoy
3 eps
Ronan Vibert
Perry Cline
3 eps
Joe Absolom
Selkirk McCoy
3 eps
Noel Fisher
Ellison 'Cotton Top' Mounts
3 eps
Boyd Holbrook
William 'Cap' Hatfield
3 eps
Tom McKay
Jim McCoy
3 eps
Sam Reid
Tolbert McCoy
3 eps
Mare Winningham
Sally McCoy
3 eps
Greg Patmore
'Good' Lias Hatfield
3 eps
John Bell
Audie
3 eps
Katie Griffiths
Alifair McCoy
3 eps
Jack Laskey
Squirrel-Huntin' Sam McCoy
3 eps
Michael Jibson
Phamer McCoy
3 eps
Lloyd Hutchinson
Floyd Hatfield
3 eps
Ben Cartwright
Parris McCoy
3 eps
Jonathan Fredrick
Jefferson McCoy
3 eps
Rebecca Calder
Martha McCoy
3 eps
Tyler Jackson
Bud McCoy
3 eps
Chad Hugghins
Harmon McCoy
3 eps
Max Deacon
Calvin McCoy
3 eps
Nick Dunning
Preacher Dyke Garrett
3 eps
Joy McBrinn
Aunt Betty Blankenship
3 eps
Adam Jones
Bartender Wiggins
3 eps
Darrell Fetty
Doc Rutherford
3 eps
Jon Bloch
T. C. Crawford
3 eps
Michael Woods
Cat Miller
3 eps
Levi Bowling
David Hatfield
3 eps
Jilon VanOver
Ransom Bray
3 eps
Damian O'Hare
Ellison Hatfield
3 eps
Andy Gathergood
Skunkhair Tom Wallace
3 eps
Christopher Hatherall
French Ellis
3 eps
Noah Taylor
Lark Varney
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Hatfields & McCoys actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Hatfields & McCoys reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
It’s the true American story of a legendary family feud—one that spanned decades and nearly launched a war between Kentucky and West Virginia. The Hatfield-McCoy saga begins with Devil Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy.. Close friends and comrades until near the end of the Civil War, they return to their neighboring homes—Hatfield in West Virginia, McCoy just across the Tug River border in Kentucky—to increasing tensions, misunderstandings and resentments that soon explode into all-out warfare between their families. As hostilities grow, friends, neighbors and outside forces join the fight, bringing the two states to the brink of another civil war.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E03
Part 3
Bad Frank's raids force the besieged Hatfields deeper into the mountains; the impulsive Johnse sets his sights on another McCoy woman; the ruthless Nancy McCoy spies on the Hatfields; and the feud leads to a shattering New Year's Day battle.
- Written by Bill Kerby
S01E02
Part 2
When the McCoys murder Anse's younger brother, the Hatfields ride out to get bloody revenge. Soon, friends, neighbors, and outside forces join the feud, and all-out hostilities between the Hatfields and McCoys bring West Virginia and Kentucky to the brink of Civil War.
- Written by Bill Kerby
S01E01
Part 1
The clash of clans begins when a Hatfield murders a McCoy, and Randall McCoy's daughter and Devil Anse Hatfield's son begin a tempestuous, forbidden love affair.
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
- Barry M. BergProducer
- Kevin CostnerProducer
- Leslie GreifExecutive Producer
- Herb NanasProducer
- Dirk HoogstraExecutive Producer
- Darrell FettyProducer
Writing
- Ted MannWriter
- Ronald ParkerWriter
- Bill KerbyWriter
Direction
- Kevin ReynoldsDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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