A Man in Full (miniseries)

A Man in Full
Genre	Drama
Created by	David E. Kelley
Based on	A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe
Starring	Jeff Daniels Diane Lane Tom Pelphrey Aml Ameen Chanté Adams Jon Michael Hill Sarah Jones William Jackson Harper Lucy Liu
Music by	Craig DeLeon
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	David E. Kelley Regina King Thomas Schlamme Reina King Matthew Tinker Thomas R. Wolfe Alexandra Wolfe
Producers	Ted Gidlow Shana C. Waterman
Production location	Atlanta, Georgia
Cinematography	Tobie Marier-Robitaille Craig Wrobleski
Editors	Naomi Sunrise Filoramo Julia Grove Ben Lester
Running time	38–48 minutes
Production companies	David E. Kelley Productions Royal Ties Productions
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	May 2, 2024 (2024-05-02)

A Man in Full is an American drama miniseries starring Jeff Daniels and Diane Lane, created and written by David E. Kelley, and directed by Regina King and Thomas Schlamme. The series consists of six episodes, and premiered on Netflix on May 2, 2024.^[1] It is based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Tom Wolfe.

Business and political interests collide when Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker defends his empire from those wanting to capitalize on his sudden bankruptcy and fall from grace.^[2][3]

• Jeff Daniels as Charlie Croker
• Diane Lane as Martha Croker
• Tom Pelphrey as Raymond Peepgrass
• Aml Ameen as Roger White
• Chanté Adams as Jill Hensley
• Jon Michael Hill as Conrad Hensley
• Sarah Jones as Serena Croker
• William Jackson Harper as Wes Jordan
• Lucy Liu as Joyce Newman

• Bill Camp as Harry Zale
• Jerrika Hinton as Henrietta White
• Eline Powell as Sirja
• Christian Clemenson as Wismer Stroock
• Evan Roe as Wally Croker
• Josh Pais as Herb Richman
• Anthony Heald as Judge Taylor
• L. Warren Young as Gerald
• Neal Reddy as D.A Jennings
• Atkins Estimond as Five-O

On November 4, 2021, it was announced that Netflix had given a series order to A Man in Full, which is based on the novel of the same name by Tom Wolfe. The series is created by David E. Kelley and directed by Regina King. The two also executive produce along with Matthew Tinker. The series is produced by Royal Ties Productions and David E. Kelley Productions.^[4][2]

In early May 2022, Jeff Daniels was cast.^[5] Diane Lane was cast as the female lead in July 2022.^[6] William Jackson Harper, Aml Ameen, Tom Pelphrey, Sarah Jones, Jon Michael Hill, Chanté Adams, Lucy Liu, and Bill Camp joined the series in August 2022.^[7][8][9]

Filming was previously set to begin in May 2022.^[10] Filming began on August 8, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia, and wrapped on December 10.^[10]

A Man in Full was released on May 2, 2024.^[1]

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 47% approval rating with an average rating of 5.5/10, based on 38 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "For a show with excellent pedigree and a Tom Wolfe novel to draw from, A Man in Full is disappointingly half-baked in its exploration of masculinity."^[11] Metacritic assigned a score of 50 out of 100 based on 20 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[12]

• A Man in Full on Netflix
• A Man in Full at IMDb