Genius

Genius
Premiere	April 25, 2017
Creator	season 3 Suzan-Lori Parks
Based on	season 1 the book "Einstein: His Life and Universe" by Walter Isaacson season 2 season 4 Inspired by Jeff Stetson's "The Meeting" and Peniel E. Joseph's "The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr."
Developed for television by	season 1 Noah Pink and Ken Biller season 2 Ken Biller season 4 Jeff Stetson
Network/Provider	National Geographic
Style	60-minute anthology
Company	Imagine Television Paperboy Productions (seasons 1-2) OddLot Entertainment (season 1), MWM Studios (seasons 2-) EUE/Sokolow Entertainment Warner Music Entertainment (season 3), Tumbleweed (season 3) Undisputed Cinema (season 4) Fox 21 Television Studios (seasons 1-2), 20th Television (seasons 3-)
Seasons	4
Episodes	36 (through season 4)
Status	Currently in limbo, has not yet been renewed or cancelled.
Origin	USA
Official Site	National Geographic

Genius, National Geographic's first scripted series, tells the stories of the world's most brilliant innovators.

The first season focused on famous physicist Albert Einstein, based on Walter Isaacson’s biography Einstein: His Life and Universe.

Season two focused on painter Pablo Picasso.

Season three focused on American singer Aretha Franklin.

Season four will focus on both Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.

Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Main Cast		1	2	3	4
Geoffrey Rush	Albert Einstein	*
Johnny Flynn	Albert Einstein (young)	*
	Alain Cuny		o
Samantha Colley	Mileva Maric	*
	Dora Maar		*
Richard Topol	Fritz Haber	*
Michael McElhatton	Dr. Philipp Lenard	*
Emily Watson	Elsa Einstein	*
Antonio Banderas	Pablo Picasso		*
Alex Rich	Pablo Picasso (young)		*
Clémence Poésy	Françoise Gilot		*
Cynthia Erivo	Aretha Franklin			*
Malcolm Barrett	Ted White			*
Patrice Covington	Erma Franklin			*
Kimberly Hébert Gregory	Ruth Bowen			*
Rebecca Naomi Jones	Carolyn Franklin			*
Shaian Jordan	Little Re			*
Courtney B. Vance	C.L. Franklin			*
David Cross	Jerry Wexler			*
Aaron Pierre	Malcolm X				*
Kelvin Harrison, Jr.	Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.				*
Jayme Lawson	Betty Shabazz				*
Weruche Opia	Coretta Scott King				*
Gary Carr	Clyde X				*
Hubert Point-Du Jour	Ralph Abernathy				*
Ron Cephas Jones	Elijah Muhammad				*
Orange/Red/o indicates a recurring or guest role during that season. Dark Green indicates top billing during that season.
Supporting/Recurring Cast		1	2	3	4
T.R. Knight	J. Edgar Hoover	*
	Max Jacob		*
Poppy Delevingne	Marie-Thérèse Walter		*
Robert Sheehan	Carlos Casagemas		*
Aisling Franciosi	Fernande Olivier		*
Sebastian Roché	Emile Gilot		*
Marque Richardson	King Curtis			*
Pauletta Washington	Grandmother Rachel			*
Steven Norfleet	Cecil			*
Omar J. Dorsey	James Cleveland			*

There are no DVD releases for this show.