Main •
Killian Scott as Seth Davenport, an enigmatic preacher with a mysterious past who is behind the strikes in Holden County. •
Logan Marshall-Green as Creeley Turner, Seth's older brother, a convicted murderer, and a
Pinkerton detective. •
Sarah Jones as Amelia Davenport, Seth's politically radical wife, who writes inflammatory sermons under the alias "Dr. Samuel T. Hopkins." • Chasten Harmon as Bessie Louvin, an African American prostitute at the local brothel, who is literate and cunning, and is hired by Creeley to be his secretary. •
Christopher Heyerdahl as Don Berryman, the amoral sheriff of Holden County who runs the town's bootlegging and gambling operations. •
Melinda Page Hamilton as Connie Nunn, a cold-blooded and murderous agent of the
William J. Burns International Detective Agency, who believes that Seth Davenport killed her strikebreaking husband. •
Joe Adler as D. L. Sullivan, a reporter for the town's local newspaper, who nurses literary ambitions and comes to sympathize with the Davenports' labor crusade.
Recurring •
Paul Rae as Melvin Stubbs, a local food distributor and the grandmaster of the Black Legion, who is campaigning to replace Berryman as sheriff in an upcoming election. • Phillipa Domville as Martha Riley, the wife of Sam Riley, the late leader of the farmers' strike. • David Haysom as Deputy Sheriff Raymond Berryman, Sheriff Berryman's dimwitted and occasionally brutal nephew. • Dan Donohue as Calvin Rumple, a corrupt local banker who is fixing food prices in the county at the behest of powerful industrial interests. •
Tom Butler as Burt Babbage, the editor of the local newspaper who makes sure no news of the strike is reported. • Juan Javier Cardenas as Lew Nez, a mixed-race childhood friend of Seth and Creeley's who is wanted in five states for bank robbery. •
Arnold Pinnock as Victor, an African American dairy farmer and
World War I veteran. • Teach Grant as Preston Riley, Sam's alcoholic cousin. •
Gabriel Mann as Martin Eggers Hyde, PhD, a highly educated fixer for the industrialist Duvall family, who controls Creeley Turner's actions and fate. •
Zach McGowan as Tennyson Duvall, an ambitious, art-loving philanthropist heir to the Duvall family fortune who aspires to replace farmers with modern industrial processes. •
Timothy V. Murphy as Gram Turner, Seth and Creeley's cruel father and a mercenary for oil interests. •
Bradley Stryker as Tanner Phillips, an employee of the local food distributor and one of the leaders of the Black Legion. • Rohan Mead as Sam Riley Jr., the son of Sam Riley, the late leader of the farmers' strike. • Alexis McKenna as Brittany Butler, a young girl orphaned and then adopted by the murderous Connie Nunn to help her pose as a grieving mother. • Hannah Masi as Cynthia Rainey, Seth's first love from his youth in Wyoming. • Nola Augustson as Della, the madam of the local brothel and Sheriff Berryman's sister-in-law.
Special Guests •
Luke Harper as Pitchfork Perry, a traveling professional wrestler on the carnival circuit.
Guest stars • Blair Williams as Sam Riley. • Thomas Nicholson as Remy Johnson. • Jerod Blake as Prisoner #2. ==Production==