Miniseries · Netflix
True Story
Betrayal is relative.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Kevin Hart
Kid
7 eps
Wesley Snipes
Carlton
7 eps
Paul Adelstein
7 eps
William Catlett
Herschel
7 eps
Tawny Newsome
Billie
7 eps
Ash Santos
Daphne
7 eps
Lauren London
Monyca
7 eps
Theo Rossi
Gene
7 eps
John Ales
7 eps
Chris Diamantopoulos
7 eps
Billy Zane
Ari
7 eps
Jessica Clark
Detective Malford
1 eps
Thomas Q. Jones
Detective Samuels
1 eps
Tom Wright
Shelly
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How True Story actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
True Story reads strongest on Serialized, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
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
A world-famous comedian desperately searches for a way out after a night in Philadelphia with his brother threatens to sabotage more than his success.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E04
Chapter 4: We Should Be Together Too
- Directed by Stephen Williams
S01E06
Chapter 6: The Things You Do for Family
- Directed by Hanelle M. Culpepper
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
- Eric NewmanExecutive Producer
- Charles MurrayExecutive Producer
- Kevin HartExecutive Producer
- Tim KingProducer
- Bryan SmileyExecutive Producer
Direction
- Hanelle M. CulpepperDirector
- Stephen WilliamsDirector
Cinematography
- Tobias DatumDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
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