Spartacus

(A&E) – Miniseries

Spartacus is a 2004 North American miniseries directed by Robert Dornhelm and produced by Ted Kurdyla from a teleplay by Robert Schenkkan. It aired over two nights on the USA Network, and stars Goran Visnjic, Alan Bates, Angus Macfadyen, Rhona Mitra, Ian McNeice, Ross Kemp and Ben Cross. It is based on the novel of the same name by Howard Fast.

Cast

Goran Višnjić as Spartacus

Alan Bates as Antonius Agrippa

Angus Macfadyen as Marcus Crassus

Rhona Mitra as Varinia, Spartacus’ wife

Ian McNeice as Lentulus Batiatus

Paul Kynman as Crixus

Paul Telfer as Gannicus

James Frain as David

Henry Simmons as Draba

Chris Jarman as Nordo

Ross Kemp as Cinna

Ben Cross as Titus Glabrus, based on Gaius Claudius Glaber

Niall Refoy as Publius Maximus, based on Publius Varinius

George Calil as Pompey Magnus

Richard Dillane as Julius Caesar