The Looming Tower: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Based on the Pulitzer-Prize winning book, The Looming Tower traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda in the late 1990s and how the rivalry between the FBI and CIA during that time may have inadvertently set the path for the tragedy of 9/11. The series follows members of the I-49 Squad in New York and Alec Station in Washington, D.C., the counter-terrorism divisions of the FBI and CIA, respectively, as they travel the world fighting for ownership of information while seemingly working toward the same goal - trying to prevent an imminent attack on U.S. soil.

Series details

• Title: The Looming Tower
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Action, War
• Premiere date: 2018-02-28
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-04-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Hulu
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8/10
• TVMaze ID: 21157
• IMDb ID: tt6474236
• TVDB ID: 331821

Cast and credited roles

• Tahar Rahim — Ali Soufan
• Bill Camp — Robert Chesney
• Michael Stuhlbarg — Richard Clarke
• Peter Sarsgaard — Martin Schmidt
• Jeff Daniels — John O'Neil
• Sullivan Jones — Floyd Bennet
• Virginia Kull — Kathy Shaughnessy
• Wrenn Schmidt — Diane Marsh
• Ella Rae Peck — Heather
• Louis Cancelmi — Vince Stuart

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-02-28; final listed air date 2018-04-18; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Looming Tower on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.