President Evelyn Mitchell ( Angela Bassett) makes him head of the Zero Day Commission, a task force with the power to arrest without warrants in order to find those responsible for the deadly attack.

Legendary actor Robert De Niro stars in Netflix's "Zero Day," a political thriller with a packed cast that includes fellow Academy Award Winner, Angela Bassett.

Angela Bassett, Joan Allen, Connie Britton, Jesse Plemons and Lizzy Caplan co-star in a series about politicians trying to find answers after a deadly cyberattack.