Brigham Young is a notable figure in the history of the United States, but there appears to be more to the man than is shown in American Primeval.

“We don’t apologize for it, but we do offer some context for how tensions got so high.” Brigham Young, the then leader of the Mormon Church, is played by Kim Coates in American Primeval.

Brigham Young is the primary antagonist/villain in Netflix's western American Primeval, and he's played by actor Kim Coates. Here's what else you need to know.

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Netflix’s Western miniseries American Primeval has brought the rugged and often brutal history of the American West to life, and one of its key historical figures is Brigham Young, the ...

Netflix's limited series American Primeval has sparked renewed debate about Brigham Young, a controversial figure in American history. Brigham Young was neither completely evil nor absolutely ...

‘American Primeval’ gets its hands dirty portraying LDS leader Brigham Young and the Utah War Netflix series is set amid the real-life clashes between the U.S. Army, Latter-day Saints and the ...

Young, the namesake of Utah’s current-day Brigham Young University, appears in American Primeval as the church leader who is determined to protect his persecuted followers and even taps the use ...

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "AMERICAN PRIMEVAL") KIM COATES: (As Brigham Young) Word was relayed to me that your earlier negotiations with Brother Hickman had unfortunately become strained.

A fictionalized account of life out west around the 1857 Utah War, which pitted the U.S. Army against Brigham Young’s Mormon militia, “American Primeval” is a dirty but delicate web of ...