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Michael Shannon as Gary Noesner, an FBI hostage negotiator •
Giovanni Ribisi as Dan Cogdell, a trial lawyer for the Branch Davidians •
Keean Johnson as Vernon Howell, a young
David Koresh •
Abbey Lee as
Carol Howe, a former Southern debutante turned neo-Nazi, turned government informant •
Alex Breaux as
Timothy McVeigh, a notorious domestic terrorist •
John Hoogenakker as
Clive Doyle, David Koresh's first follower within the Branch Davidians •
Kali Rocha as
Ruth Riddle, one of the Davidians on trial and the possibility of life in jail •
Michael Luwoye as
Livingstone Fagan, one of the Davidians on trial •
Michael Cassidy as Bill Johnston, the lead prosecutor in the trial of the Branch Davidians •
Sasheer Zamata as Angie Graham, an experienced ATF agent •
David Costabile as
Judge Smith, who oversees the trial of
Branch Davidians Recurring •
J. Smith-Cameron as
Lois Roden, the leader and Prophetess of the Branch Davidians •
Gary Cole as
Gordon Novel, a private investigator •
Shea Whigham as Mitch Decker, the FBI agent who managed the situation leading up the siege •
John Leguizamo as Jacob Vasquez, an ATF agent who worked undercover during the lead up to Waco •
Annika Marks as Kathy Schroeder, one of the surviving Branch Davidians • Nicholas Kolev as Paul Fatta, one of the Davidians on trial • Michael Vincent Berry as
George Roden, one of the early leaders of the Davidian sect • Alexis Berent as Rachel Jones, the first and only legal wife of Vernon Howell • Matthew Menalo as Rocket Rosen, a prosecutor in Texas, who worked with Cogdell • Mark Speno as Doug Tinker, a defense attorney in Texas, who worked with Cogdell • Seamus Dever as
Andy the German. ==Episodes==