Dr. Death is based on Wondery’s hit podcast, DR. DEATH is inspired by the terrifying true story of Dr. Christopher Duntsch (Joshua Jackson), a rising star in the Dallas medical community.
Per the New Mexico Film Office, the series was shot in Albuquerque and Moriarty and is produced by Northern Entertainment Productions LLC / UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group.
The production employed about 100 New Mexico crew members, five New Mexico cast members, and 100 New Mexico background and extras.
Peacock’s crime drama Dr. Death premieres on July 15
Young, charismatic, and ostensibly brilliant, Dr. Duntsch was building a flourishing neurosurgery practice when everything suddenly changed. Patients entered his operating room for complex but routine spinal surgeries and left permanently maimed or dead.
As victims piled up, two fellow physicians, neurosurgeon Robert Henderson (Alec Baldwin) and vascular surgeon Randall Kirby (Christian Slater), as well as Dallas prosecutor Michelle Shughart (AnnaSophia Robb), set out to stop him. DR. DEATH explores the twisted mind of Dr. Duntsch and the failures of the system designed to protect the most defenseless among us.
Dr. Death is executive produced by showrunner Patrick Macmanus, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch, Taylor Latham, Hernan Lopez, and Marshall Lewy.
Dr. Death is directed by an all-female roster of talent including Maggie Kiley, Jennifer Morrison, and So Young Kim.
Cast / Characters
Dr. Christopher Duntsch (Joshua Jackson) Dr. Christopher Dunstch is seen as a rising star within his community. Described as young, charismatic, and brilliant, he builds a reputable neurosurgery practice that takes a dark turn when patients leave the operating room for routine spinal surgeries with permanent injuries or even worse, dead. Kim Morgan (Grace Gummer) Kim is a very capable and “hard-charging” physician’s assistant who becomes entangled in Duntsch’s personal and professional web. She’s drawn in by his talent and ambition that have a much more malignant side than initially detected. Michelle Shughart (AnnaSophia Robb) Michelle is an Assistant District Attorney located in Dallas who teams up with Doctors Robert Henderson (Alec Baldwin) and Randall Kirby (Christian Slater) to help take down “Dr. Death” himself. Randall Kirby (Christian Slater) Randall Kirby is a vascular surgeon who is impulsive at times but isn’t afraid to burn the system down in the name of justice. In his eyes, there’s a time and place for deliberation and then there’s a time and place to just get things done. Robert Henderson (Alec Baldwin) Robert Henderson is a fellow neurosurgeon who is quiet, deliberative, and methodical. Believing in the system itself, Dr. Henderson thinks that anything worth doing shouldn’t be rushed and done accurately.
Dr. Death is based on the hit Wondery podcast of the same name and follows a terrifying true story about Dr. Christopher Duntch, and those who went above and beyond the call of duty to bring him to justice.
