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Status
Canceled
Release
2003 - 2005
Seasons / Eps
2 / 24
Streaming availability by country
"Into each generation is born a creature of light and a creature of darkness."
Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christian theology with gnosticism and Masonic lore, particularly that of the Knights Templar.
93 Cast Members
Nick Stahl
Ben Hawkins
24 Episodes
Clancy Brown
Brother Justin
24 Episodes
Michael J. Anderson
Samson
24 Episodes
Tim DeKay
Clayton Jones
24 Episodes
Clea DuVall
Sofie
24 Episodes
Cynthia Ettinger
Rita Sue Dreifuss
24 Episodes
Carla Gallo
Libby Dreifuss
24 Episodes
Adrienne Barbeau
Ruthie
24 Episodes
Amy Madigan
Iris Crowe
24 Episodes
Toby Huss
Stumpy Dreifuss
24 Episodes
Debra Christofferson
Lila
24 Episodes
Brian Turk
Gabriel
24 Episodes
Ralph Waite
Norman Belthus
24 Episodes
John Fleck
Gecko
24 Episodes
Blake Shields
Osgood
16 Episodes
Patrick Bauchau
Professor Ernst Lodz
13 Episodes
Diane Salinger
Apollonia
12 Episodes
John Carroll Lynch
Varlyn Stroud
12 Episodes
Robert Knepper
Tommy Dolan
12 Episodes
Bill Moseley
Possum
7 Episodes
