Miniseries Madoff

The Madoff investment scandal was a fraud scheme perpetrated by Bernie Madoff, a former stockbroker, investment advisor, and financier. He is the former non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock market and the admitted operator of a Ponzi scheme that is considered the largest financial fraud in U.S. history. The miniseries aired over two nights, February 3 and 4, 2016, on ABC.

Madoff
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Genre	Drama
Created by	Ben Robbins
Written by	Ben Robbins
Directed by	Raymond De Felitta
Starring	Richard Dreyfuss Blythe Danner Peter Scolari Frank Whaley Michael Rispoli Lewis Black Tom Lipinski Danny Deferrari Erin Cummings Annie Heise Michael Bryan French David Margulies Liz Larsen Jason Kravits Bruce Altman David Aaron Baker Charles Grodin Jack Koenig
Composer	Stephen Raynor Endelman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producers	Linda Berman Joe Pichirallo
Cinematography	Frank DeMarco
Production companies	Lincoln Square Productions ABC Studios
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	February 3 (2016-02-03) – February 4, 2016 (2016-02-04)

Main

• Richard Dreyfuss as Bernie Madoff
• Blythe Danner as Ruth Madoff
• Peter Scolari as Peter Madoff
• Frank Whaley as Harry Markopolos
• Michael Rispoli as Frank DiPascali
• Lewis Black as Gregory Perkins^{[better source needed]}
• Tom Lipinski as Mark Madoff
• Danny Deferrari as Andrew Madoff
• Erin Cummings as Eleanor Squillari
• Annie Heise as Stephanie Mikesell
• Michael Bryan French as Blake North
• David Margulies as Elie Wiesel
• Liz Larsen as Sheryl Weinstein
• Jason Kravits as Frank Avellino
• Bruce Altman as Gary Flumenbaum
• David Aaron Baker as Nathan Rubenstein
• Charles Grodin as Carl J. Shapiro
• Jamie Carroll as Shana Madoff
• Jack Koenig as Grant Ward

Other

• Lyne Renee as Catherine Hooper
• Ben Dreyfuss as Young Bernie Madoff^{[better source needed]}
• Stephen Gevedon as Bob Jaffe
• Suzanne H. Smart as Annette Bongiorno^{[better source needed]}
• Daniel Gerroll as Rene De La Villehuchet^{[better source needed]}
• Scott Barry as Bernie Madoff's Driver

The miniseries has received favorable reviews from critics. On Metacritic, it holds a 61/100 rating based on 25 reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 68% based on 31 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Madoff boasts a knockout performance from Richard Dreyfuss, whose obvious enjoyment of the role helps make up for the miniseries' surplus of polish and overall lack of perspective."

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