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Meet the Cast of 'Painkiller' Starring Uzo Aduba and Matthew Broderick - Netflix Tudum
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Who’s Who
Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick, Taylor Kitsch and more make up the cast of the tense limited series.
Painkillerputs a sharp focus on the pain wrought by America’s opioid epidemic.
The limited series, premiering Aug. 10, charts the skyrocketing business of Purdue Pharma’s OxyContin campaign in the US — a movement which quickly became a health care crisis that’s still ravaging America today.
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With a cast that includes Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick, and Taylor Kitsch, Painkiller recounts the “several moments when this epidemic could’ve been stopped,” co-showrunner Noah Harpster told Netflix during production.
Micah Fitzerman-Blue also serves as co-showrunner, with Eric Newman (Narcos), Alex Gibney, and Pete Berg executive producing.
Learn more about the cast who play the perpetrators, victims, and truth-seeker