Bobby "Axe" Axelrod

Bobby Axelrod is the self-made billionaire behind Axe Capital, a hedge fund titan who grew up poor in Yonkers and never lets anyone forget it. He's charming, ruthless, and generous in equal measure, surrounded by loyalists he pays and protects lavishly. Under federal scrutiny from the start, he insists he's only ever played the game better than everyone else.

Damian Lewis plays wealth as performance and armor at once, a man who genuinely believes his empire is meritocratic justice even as the show lets us see the wreckage underneath. The pleasure is watching him talk his way through rooms full of smarter, more powerful people and somehow leave owning them.