The Patient

Joel Fields is a writer and executive producer whose work on FX’s critically acclaimed series The Americans earned him an Emmy® Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series and two WGA Awards for Best Dramatic Series. The Americans has also been honored with a Golden Globe® Award, two Critics’ Choice Awards, two Peabody Awards and numerous AFI Awards, TCA Awards and Emmy nominations. Fields also wrote and executive produced FX’s limited series Fosse/Verdon, for which he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series. Fosse/Verdon earned an AFI Award for TV Program of the Year, as well as Emmy, Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice nominations for Best Limited Series, a PGA nomination for Outstanding Producer of a Limited Series and a WGA Award for Long Form Adapted Series. Currently, Fields is executive producing the FX series Kindred.Fields lives in New York with his wife, Jessica, and their two children.

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A writer and executive producer whose work on FX’s critically acclaimed series The Americans earned him an Emmy® Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.

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Joel Fields | The Patient on FX

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"Alan Strauss," portrayed by Steve Carell, is a therapist mourning the recent death of his wife while straining to reconnect with his estranged son. Effectively sleepwalking through life, everything changes when he meets an enigmatic new client.&nbsp;

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On the surface, "Sam Fortner," portrayed by Domhnall Gleeson, seems like a shy, likable young man — someone you wouldn’t look at twice. Underneath his quiet exterior lurks a dangerous unpredictability that he tries to manage through therapy with Dr. Alan Strauss.&nbsp;

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"Candace Fortner," portrayed by Linda Emond, is a thoughtful woman attempting to reconcile the abuse in her past by reading self-help and psychology books, including one written by&nbsp;Dr. Alan Strauss. While close&nbsp;to her son, Candace struggles to balance her unconditional love for him with a sense of right and wrong.

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"Beth Strauss," portrayed by Laura Niemi, is the recently deceased wife of Dr. Alan Strauss and a beloved cantor at her community’s reform synagogue. Beth struggled with her relationship with her&nbsp;son Ezra, especially as he started a family of his own.&nbsp;

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"Ezra Strauss," portrayed by Andrew Leeds, is the adult son of Alan and Beth Strauss.&nbsp; He grew up as a member of the reform Jewish synagogue, but as a young adult made the decision to become Orthodox. While Alan tries to maintain a relationship with him and his grandchildren, Ezra always seems to push his father further away.

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As Alan’s former therapist and mentor, "Charlie Addison," portrayed by David Alan Grier, often prods Alan by asking uncomfortable but critical questions. He serves as both a guiding light and a coping mechanism for Alan in his new reality.&nbsp;

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