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FAQs
Richard Sackler played by Matthew Broderick. Matthew Broderick plays former Purdue Pharma Chairman and President Richard Sackler. He's best known for being one of the key men in developing OxyContin, which has strong connections to the opioid epidemic in the United States.
Is Shannon Schaeffer based on a real person? Not exactly. Shannon's character is an amalgamation of many people who worked as sales representatives for Purdue Pharma. Essentially, she's a composite character, similar to Uzo Aduba's portrayal of federal prosecutor Edie Flowers.
Broderick plays Richard Sackler, a member of the controversial Sackler family that owns Purdue, and who himself was once president of the company. And while some events portrayed on the show may seem too bizarre to be true, many were, in fact, rooted in reality.
Glen Kryger is another character who has been written to represent a specific and hugely important element of the story. The details of his character and story are fictional, but they echo a soberingly high number of real-life experiences.
Austin, Texas. Since 2013, he has lived outside Austin, Texas.
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Videos
Painkiller- All Powers from Black Lightning (All Seasons)
Painkiller | Stranger Than Fiction: Inside the Making of Painkiller | Netflix
Painkiller Season 2 - Netflix | Premier Date, Coming Out,Matthew Broderick, Uzo Aduba, Taylor Kitsch
Black Lightning - Jordan Calloway | Painkiller
First Look at Netflixs Painkiller (Summer Preview 2023)
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Painkiller Cast Compared to Real Sackler Family, Purdue photographs
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