Chernobyl (2019 miniseries)

***Chernobyl*** is a 2019 historical drama television miniseries that revolves around the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 and the cleanup efforts that followed. The series was created and written by Craig Mazin and directed by Johan Renck. It features an ensemble cast led by Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson and Paul Ritter. The series was produced by HBO in the United States and Sky UK in the United Kingdom.

The five-part series premiered simultaneously in the United States on May 6, 2019, and in the United Kingdom on May 7. It was acclaimed by critics, who lauded the performances, cinematography, historical accuracies, atmosphere, direction, screenplay, musical score and tone. At the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, it received nineteen nominations and won for Outstanding Limited Series, Outstanding Directing, and Outstanding Writing, while Harris, Skarsgård, and Watson received acting nominations. At the 77th Golden Globe Awards, the series won for Best Miniseries or Television Film and Skarsgård won for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film.

## Shooting

* Principal photography began in April 2018 in Lithuania. Initial filming started on May 13, 2018, in Fabijoniškės, a residential district in Vilnius, Lithuania, which was used to portray the Ukrainian city of Pripyat, since the district maintained an authentic Soviet atmosphere. The filming of *Chernobyl* took 16 weeks.

## Cast

* Jessie Buckley - Lyudmilla Ignatenko
* Jared Harris - Valery Legasov
* Stellan Skarsgård - Boris Shcherbina
* Adam Nagaitis - Vasily Ignatenko
* Emily Watson - Ulana Khomyuk
* Paul Ritter - Anatoly Dyatlov
* Robert Emms - Leonid Toptunov
* Sam Troughton - Alexandr Akimov
* Karl Davies - Viktor Proskuryakov
* Michael Socha - Mikhail
* Laura Elphinstone - Oksana
* Jan Ricica - Oksana's Kid
* Adrian Rawlins - Nikolai Fomin
* Alan Williams - KGB Chairman Charkov
* Con O'Neill - Viktor Bryukhanov
* Douggie McMeekin - Yuvchenko
* Nadia Clifford - Dr. Svetlana Zinchenko
* David Dencik - Mikhail Gorbachev
* Gerard Kearns - Pravik
* Mark Lewis Jones - General Pikalov
* Jamie Sives - Sitnikov
* Adam Lundgren - Brazhnik
* Michael Shaeffer - Blond Man
* Ron Cook - Old Maternity Doctor
* Jay Simpson - Perevozchenko
* Povilas Jatkevicius - Kibenok
* Joshua Leese - Kirschenbaum
* Ross Armstrong - Nikolai Gorbachenko
* Billy Postlethwaite - Boris Stolyarchuk
* Paulius Markevicius - Aleksandr Kudryavtsev
* Ralph Ineson - General Nikolai Tarakanov
* Baltasar Breki Samper - Ananenko
* Barry Keoghan - Pavel
* Philip Barantini - Bezpalov
* Amanda Drew - Kremlin Aide Female
* Karolis Kasperavicius - Viktor Degtaryenko
* Oscar Dyekjær Giese - Baranov
* Darius Petkevicius - Local Husband
* Cait Davis - Local Wife / Local Wife at Wife
* Donald Sumpter - Zharkov
* Tomas Zaibus - Soldier (Hospital) / Policeman
* June Watson - Old Woman Babushka
* Josef Altin - Soldier
* Matthew Needham - Dmitri
* Rosie Sheehy - Nurse Pripyat
* Sergejus Ivanovas - Survey Soldier
* Caoilfhionn Dunne - Yenina
* Alexej Manvelov - Garo
* Pandora Colin - Dr. Vetrova
* Fares Fares - Bacho
* Josef Davies - Janek
* Simonas Dovidauskas - KGB Driver
* Rachel Atkins - Niyazova
* Velta Zygure - Elderly Librarian
* Paulius Cizinauskas - KGB Agent Library
* Mark Bagnall - Jughashvili (Robot Operator)
* Michael McElhatton - Prosecutor Andrei Stepashin
* Sam Strike - Misha
* Ian Pirie - Site Officer Masha
* Hilton McRae - Judge Milan Kadnikov
* Alex Ferns - Glukhov
* Andrew Sheridan - Biorobot
* James Cosmo - Miner
* Kieran O'Brien - Khodemchuck
* Sammy Hayman - Titenok
* Lukas Malinauskas - Biorobot Soldier
* Peter Guinness - Major Burov
* Arnas Danusas - Soldier (Miner's Bus)
* Marius Karolis Gotbergas - Biorobot Soldier
* Laurence Spellman - Commission Heli Pilot
* Michael Colgan - Mikhail Shchadov
* Alison Pargeter - BCP HQ Aide Female
* James Kermack - Miner
* Victor McGuire - Garanin
* Karolis Vilkas - Miner
* Sakalas Uzdavinys - Ilya Ivanovich Chulkov
* Sarunas Datenis - Soldier (Reactor Site)
* Deividas Breive - Soldier (Mobile Office)
* Matas Dirgincius - Vladimir Tishchura
* Aidas Jurgaitis - Soldier (Shelter)
* Aiste S. Gram - Bartender in Polyssia Hotel
* Caolan Byrne - Day Shift Worker
* Stephen Bisland - Night Shift Worker
* Alex Blake - Petrovich
* Daniel Crossley - Stasiuk
* Lucy Russell - Marina Gruzinskaya
* Diarmaid Murtagh - Zukauskas
* Natasha Radski - Russian News Reader
* Yitzchak Averbuch - General
* Joe Tucker - Plant Employee

**Rest of cast listed alphabetically:**

* Kadrolsha Ona Carole - Civilian in a Hospital (uncredited)
* Bartas Erminas - Civilian in a Hospital (uncredited)
* Jokubas Gutautas
* Dainius Jucius - Minister of Finance of Pripyat (uncredited)
* Roman Listopad - Civilian (uncredited)
* Danguole Ragazinskaite - Civilian (uncredited)
* Petras Simonis - Dyatlov's Guard (uncredited)
* Jimmy Walker - Airman Pavel (uncredited)