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Mike

★ 6.9 6K votes 2022–2022 1 season · 8 episodes Ended Hulu
Antihero leadA protagonist doing bad things you can't stop watching.This show: 8/10GrittyRaw, unglamorous realism in both look and subject matter.This show: 8/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 8/10SportsAthletic competition and the world around it.This show: 7/10Morally grayNo clean heroes or villains anywhere in sight.This show: 7/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Trevante RhodesRussell HornsbyOlunike AdeliyiKale BrowneGrace ZabriskieJohnny Alexander
Written by
Steven Rogers
Starring
Trevante RhodesRussell HornsbyOlunike AdeliyiKale BrowneGrace ZabriskieJohnny Alexander
Written by
Steven Rogers
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A bruising, unauthorized portrait of a complicated icon"

This limited series traces Mike Tyson's life from a bullied Brooklyn kid to heavyweight champion and tabloid fixture, narrated in a stylized, fourth-wall-breaking format with Trevante Rhodes delivering a transformative lead performance. It moves fast, hopping between triumph, scandal, and personal chaos without much room to breathe. The tone swings between satirical and somber, using direct-to-camera asides to comment on fame and media narratives. It's carried almost entirely by its lead actor's committed, physical performance rather than by narrative depth or fresh insight.

Watch it for

Trevante Rhodes' transformative, physically committed performance as Tyson.

Maybe skip if

you want a nuanced take rather than a fast, tabloid-paced retelling.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Miniseries2022
7.32K856m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Thief7.3
33724 min
▶2Monster7.6
28432 min
▶3Lover7.3
235—
▶4Meal Ticket7.2
226—
▶5Desiree7.1
230—
▶6Jailbird7.1
201—
▶7Cannibal7.1
195—
▶8Phoenix7.3
201—

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Trevante Rhodes Mike Tyson
Russell Hornsby Don King
Olunike Adeliyi Lorna Mae
Kale Browne Billy Cayton
Grace Zabriskie Camille
Johnny Alexander Evander Holyfield, Trevor Berbick
B.J. Minor Teen Mike
Li Eubanks Desiree
Garland Whitt Inmam Siddiq
T.J. Atoms Barkim

Crew

Steven Rogers

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