American Primeval has propelled a controversial historical figure into the center of public discourse, Brigham Young, but it's far from the first film to depict Young and his impact on the ...

Brigham Young doesn’t die in American Primeval and with good reason. In real life, Young wouldn’t perish until 1877. That’s a good twenty years after the events of the Netflix show.

Brigham Young is played by actor Kim Coates in Netflix's American Primeval.. The 66-year-old character actor dove head first into the role, according to an interview with Netflix's Tudum, reading ...

The Tribune spoke with Johnson and historian John Turner, author of the acclaimed 2012 biography, “Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet,” about how the Young of “American Primeval” compares to ...

Kim Coates who plays Brigham Young in American Primeval (Image via Getty) Kim Coates, in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum on January 15, 2025, described the challenge of portraying Young, stating, ...

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) Kim Coates, at left, plays Brigham Young, and Alex Breaux plays Wild Bill Hickman in the Netflix limited series "American Primeval," set in the West in 1857.

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 ...

Kim Coates, from another excellent Netflix Western, "Godless," plays Brigham Young. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "AMERICAN PRIMEVAL") KIM COATES: (As Brigham Young) Word was relayed to me that your ...

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 ...

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.