American Gods: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

American Gods follows Shadow Moon, a man serving three years in prison who is given an early release. Shadow Moon is hired as Mr. Wednesday's bodyguard and finds himself in a hidden world where a battle is brewing between the Old Gods and the New Gods.

Series details

• Title: American Gods
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Action, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2017-04-30
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-03-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: STARZ
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 3182

Cast and credited roles

• Ricky Whittle — Shadow Moon
• Ian McShane — Mr. Wednesday
• Emily Browning — Laura Moon
• Yetide Badaki — Bilquis
• Bruce Langley — Technical Boy
• Omid Abtahi — Salim
• Pablo Schreiber — Mad Sweeney
• Demore Barnes — Mr. Ibis
• Crispin Glover — Mr. World
• Ashley Reyes — Cordelia
• Orlando Jones — Mr. Nancy
• Mousa Hussein Kraish — The Jinn

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-04-30; final listed air date 2017-06-18; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2019-03-10; final listed air date 2019-04-28; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: premiered 2021-01-10; final listed air date 2021-03-21; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from American Gods 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.