Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush stars as legendary intellectual Albert Einstein in this series that tracks the famed professor’s life. The story spotlights Einstein’s humble origins as a young, rebellious thinker and his struggles to be recognized by the establishment of academia before finally being accepted by his peers and achieving celebrity status following the disclosure of his theory of relativity. The series also delves into Einstein’s personal life, which includes complicated relationships with the likes of his two wives, two children, and the various women with whom he had extramarital affairs. The drama series is based on the book “Einstein” by Walter Isaacson.

Series cast summary:
	Johnny Flynn	…	Young Albert Einstein (10 episodes, 2017)
	Nicholas Rowe	…	Jost Winteler (9 episodes, 2017)
	Geoffrey Rush	…	Albert Einstein (8 episodes, 2017)
	Samantha Colley	…	Mileva Maric (7 episodes, 2017)
	Ralph Brown	…	Max Planck (6 episodes, 2017)
	Richard Topol	…	Fritz Haber (5 episodes, 2017)
	Seth Gabel	…	Michele Besso (5 episodes, 2017)
	Jon Fletcher	…	Marcel Grossmann (5 episodes, 2017)