The Night Agent has returned for a second season, but it almost seems like an entirely new show. While both Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) and Rose (Luciane Buchanan) return to reprise their roles, the rest of the cast is largely made up of actors playing new characters. The good news is that the story still centers around Peter and reflects the new trajectory of his life and career.
What fans will instantly notice is that among the new faces are many that look familiar. While these actors might not be ones most people know instantly by name, their faces are undoubtedly ones that have been seen before in other projects.
Release Date
March 23, 2023
Network
Netflix
Cast
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Hiro Kanagawa
FBI Director Willett
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Rebecca Staab
Cynthia Hawkins
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The Most Recognizable New Cast Members
Brittany Snow as Alice
Netflix
The first familiar face to see is that of Brittany Snow, who plays Alice, Peter’s Night Action mentor and training partner. She showed him the ropes and put him through grueling training, then has been working with him ever since. The series begins as the two are on their first mission together.
Snow is best known for her lead role in the Pitch Perfect movies, in which she plays Chloe Beale, leader of the Bellas a cappella group. She got her start in the soap opera Guiding Light before shifting to movies like John Tucker Music Die, Hairspray, and Prom Night. She continued to appear in TV shows like Harry’s Law and Almost Family. In 2023, she directed her first film called Parachute, which premiered at the SXSW festival. Snow is also outspoken about the issue of bullying, co-founding the movement Love is Louder for Jed Foundation.
Amanda Warren as Catherine Weaver
Netflix
Then, there’s Amanda Warren, who plays Peter and Alice’s handler Catherine Weaver. She’s the person that gives them assignments and that they call when they need help. She is by all intents and purposes the boss and calls the shots for all the Night Action agents. But she also isn’t afraid to get her own hands dirty if a situation calls for it.
Warren starred in the HBO drama The Leftovers as Lucy Warburton, the mayor of Mapleton trying to navigate all the drama in town. She also appeared as Betty in the Apple TV+ series Dickinson. Warren has had guest roles in various other shows as well, including the Gossip Girl reboot, The Good Wife, and Law & Order. Additionally, she appeared in the movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Louis Herthum as Jacob Monroe
HBO
Louis Herthum plays the mysterious, powerful and wealthy businessman Jacob Monroe, a broker who sits at the center of the case Peter is investigating. If he looks familiar, that is because fans have seen just about all of Herthum before: he was in the series Westworld, often completely unclothed, playing the android host Peter Abarnathy. His character, fans of that show will recall, was the father of android host Dolores Abernathy, played by Evan Rachel Wood. Herthum also had a recurring role on the series Murder, She Wrote.
Teddy Sears as Warren
The CW
The first subject that Peter is following is a man named Warren, who is played by Teddy Sears. He has been selling information to a mysterious person, but Peter and Alice can’t figure out what and to whom. Sears starred as Patrick on the first season of American Horror Story. He’s also known as Dr. Austin Langham on Masters of Sex and for playing the supervillain Hunter Zolomon/Zoom in the series The Flash.
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Other Familiar Faces From This Season
Arienne Mandi as Noor
Showtime
Arienne Mandi plays Noor, a junior aide for the Iranian mission to the United Nations working in New York. But she has secrets that bring her to the center of the plot this season. Mandi had a lead role in the series The L Word: Generation Q, sequel series to The L Word. She has also appeared in Hawaii Five-O, NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Agent X, and NCIS: Los Angeles.
Berton Colon as Solomon
Netflix
Berto Colon is Solomon, a former Marine who has been working as a fixer and effectively bodyguard for a powerful and wealthy businessman. The character actor has had numerous guest roles in a long list of shows. He’s best known as Lorenzo Tejada in Power Book II: Ghost and Cesar in Orange is the New Black. Most recently, Colon had a small role as Castillo in The Penguin.
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Michael Malarkey as Markus
The CW
If Michael Malarkey looks familiar, there’s good reason. He plays a terrifying man named Markus who proves to be very dangerous. But fans best know Malarkey as Enzo St. John from The Vampire Diaries. Other shows he has appeared in include Jean-Claude Van Johnson, The Oath, Westworld, and Big Sky.
Keon Alexander as Javad
Syfy/Amazon Prime Video
Finally, Keon Alexander tackles the nuanced role of Javad, head of security for an Iranian diplomat who appears to be a soft, kind soul, but with darkness behind his eyes when it comes to getting the job done. Fans probably recognize Alexander as Marco Inaros from The Expanse. He also appeared as Rami Said in Tyrantand Dominick Baptiste in Impulse.
The Returning Cast Members
Of course, alongside the new cast members are two crucial characters returning for season two: Gabriel Basso as Peter Sutherland and Luciane Buchanan as Rose Larkin.
Basso got his start as a child actor when he appeared in the Showtime series The Big C from 2010 through 2013. He’s also known for his starring role in the 2011 sci-fi movie Super 8. His most notable role of late beyond The Night Agent, however, is portraying JD Vance in the Ron Howard biographical drama Hillbilly Elegy, which is based on Vance’s own memoir. Basso is next tapped to star in an untitled Kathryn Bigelow movie, which is currently in the post-production stage.
Prior to starring in The Night Agent, Buchanan appeared in the New Zealand comedy drama Filthy Rich as well as the fantasy adventure series The New Legends of Monkey. The Night Agent is her first major role in North America. Hailing from Auckland, Buchanan also had small roles in Sweet Tooth, Mr. Corman, and The Panthers. She will next have a main role as Ka’ahumanu in the upcoming Apple TV+ series Chief of War, which stars Jason Momoa.
Other cast members from season one that appear sparingly in season two include Fola Evans-Akingbola as Secret Service agent Chelsea Arrington and Kari Matchatt as President Michelle Travers. Evans-Akingbola is known for small roles in Game of Thrones, Black Mirror’s “Striking Vipers” episode, Ten Percent, and the Freeform series Siren.
Matchett starred in the action drama series Covert Affairs and has appeared in many movies and TV shows since the late ‘90s. Some of the higher-profile ones include Five Days to Midnight, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and the TNT series Heartland. She also appeared in an episode of the series Fargo in 2023.
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