- Year of premiere
- 2009
- Format
- Series
- Genre
- Action
- Country
- USA
- Studio / TV / Streamer
- Universal Media Studios
- Production company
- Carnival Films, The Levinson / Fontana Company, Original Media, Universal Media Studios
- Producer
- Barry Levinson, Charlie Corwin, Tom Fontana, Nigel Marchant, Irene Burns, Peter Horton, Teri Weinberg, Gareth Neame
- Director
- Jonas Pate
- Cast
- James Purefoy, Neve Campbell, Michael K. Williams, Lindy Booth
- Storyline
- Filmed in South Africa, Mozambique and Prague, "The Philanthropist," starring James Purefoy ("Rome"), is an eight-part drama for NBC that follows the heroic adventures of Teddy Rist, billionaire playboy-turned-vigilante philanthropist, taking him across the globe from Haiti to Myanmar, Kashmir to Paris, Kosovo to San Diego. But the story starts off in Nigeria.
- Links
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Official website
IMDb
Production in the Czech Republic
- Production company
- Stillking Films
- Year of production
- 2008
- Filming dates
- November 2008 - February 2009
- Filming days
- Locations
- Prague (Hradcany, Municipal House)