The Altruists: Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle to Star in Limited Series - Netflix Tudum

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    Hudson Williams Joins Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle in The Altruists 

    The upcoming drama will tell the story of Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison.

    March 17, 2026

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Julia Garner (OzarkThe Fantastic Four: First Steps, Inventing Anna) and Anthony Boyle (House of Guinness, Say Nothing, Masters of the Air) are set to star in The Altruists, a new eight-episode limited series about Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison. Hudson Williams (Heated Rivalry) and Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing, A Real Pain, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) have also joined the cast in recurring roles.

Graham Moore (The Imitation GameThe Outfit) and Jacqueline Hoyt (The Underground Railroad, Dietland, Leftovers) will co-showrun and executive produce the series, which tells the story of Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison, two hyper-smart, ambitious young idealists who tried to remake the global financial system in the blink of an eye — before they were accused of stealing $8 billion and became Gen Z's own Bonnie and Clyde.

“For nearly three years now, Sam and Caroline’s story has been my daily obsession,” Moore tells Tudum. “I’m so grateful to my friends at Netflix and Higher Ground for loving this story not only as much as I do, but in the same way that I do. And we can’t wait to show all of you why.”

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Additional series regulars joining Garner and Boyle in the limited series include:

  • Alex Lawther (Alien Earth) as Sam Trabucco
  • Matt Rife (Rolling Loud) as Ryan Salame
  • Madison Hu (The Brothers Sun) as Constance Wang
  • Karan Soni (Deadpool, Miracle Workers) as Nishad Singh
  • Eugene Young (Veep, NCIS: Los Angeles) as Gary Wang
  • Naomi Okada as Claire Watanabe

And cast members joining in a recurring role include:

  • Hudson Williams (Heated Rivalry) as Duncan Rheingans‑Yoo
  • Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing, A Real Pain, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) as Sarah Fisher Ellison
  • Terry Chen (Almost Famous, House of Cards) as CZ
  • Elizabeth Adams (Wayward) as Hannah
  • Hannah Galway (The Institute, Billy the Kid) as Lucy
  • William Mapother (Lost, Another Earth) as Dr. Lerner
  • Paul Reiser (The Kominsky Method, Mad About You) as Joe Bankman
  • Robin Weigert (Deadwood, Big Little Lies) as Barbara Fried
  • Maddie Hasson (The Recruit) as Lauren Platt
  • Marianna Phung (Y: The Last Man) as Lily Zhang

Executive producer and director James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular NowDaisy Jones & The SixShrinkingRunning Point) will direct the first episode. Vinnie Malhotra and Jessie Dicovitsky will also serve as executive producers for Higher Ground Productions, alongside Scoop Wasserstein for New York Magazine/Vox Media Studios, Tonia Davis, Lauren Morelli, and Garner. The Altruists is inspired by New York Magazine reporting.

The Altruists is the latest project out of Higher Ground’s successful creative partnership with Netflix. Additional Netflix projects with Higher Ground include Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds, Starting 5, Bodkin, Leave the World BehindAmerican SymphonyWorking: What We Do All Day, Rustin, and the upcoming All the Sinners Bleed.

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