Who watches the watchmen? Well, pretty soon, it's going to be anyone with an HBO subscription. In case you haven't already heard, the premium cable network is about to treat DC fans with a modern-day revamp of Watchmen, Alan Moore's beloved classic graphic novel. The details surrounding the new series may be scant at the moment, but we do know that there will be a lineup of mostly new characters.
HBO won't be skimping on the acting talent to bring this vision to life either; gracing the small screen will be a group of A-listers such as Regina King and Tim Blake Nelson, both of whom are in recent pop culture memory for, respectively, their Oscar-nominated performances in If Beale Street Could Talk and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, respectively. If you're dying to know the rest of the cast, read on to see who's going to be joining the Watchmen!
Tom Mison
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English actor Tom Mison will play a main role in HBO's Watchmen, though the details about his character are still under wraps. TV viewers might know him as Ichabod Crane on Fox's adaption of Sleepy Hollow.
A seasoned and well-loved actress who's been making waves in Hollywood for decades, Regina King has been a major award season contender for her work in If Beale Street Could Talk and Netflix's Seven Seconds. She'll be playing an officer named Angela Abar on Watchmen.
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Adelaide Clemens
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Adelaide Clemens will play Pirate Jenny, who is said to be an androgynous and lustful bisexual cop. The Australian actress has secured main roles in a few prestigious TV series such as Rectify and Parade's End, the latter alongside Benedict Cumberbatch.
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Andrew Howard
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Andrew Howard will be taking on Red Scare, who's rumoured to be a tracksuit-wearing cop who speaks with a Russian accent. It won't be his first time on a superhero project — the actor is known for his role as Luther Banks on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He currently plays Marshal Withers on Outpost and has had recurring parts on other shows such as Bates Motel and Agent X.
Jacob Ming-Trent previously starred alongside SNL alumnus Jay Pharoah on White Famous and Liev Schreiber on Ray Donovan. We don't know much about his character yet, except that he'll be on the show for the first ten episodes.
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Jean Smart
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Jean Smart has had an impressive body of work over her long acting career, and you may know her from her acclaimed roles on Legion and Fargo. In Watchmen, she'll be taking on the part of Agent Blake, an FBI officer tasked with tracking down vigilantes.
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Jeremy Irons
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Stage, television, film — Jeremy Irons has done it all, and even almost has an EGOT. He has been in prestigious critical dramas such as Reversal of Fortune and The French Lieutenant's Woman, as well as blockbusters such as Justice League and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (he's Alfred). You'll see him as Adrian Veidt, or Ozymandias, who's actually an original character from the Alan Moore graphic novel.
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Frances Fisher
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Frances Fisher has had an extensive filmography over the years, and is perhaps most recognisable as playing Rose's mother in Titanic and Lucille Langston on Resurrection. We still don't know much about her character, but she'll also be starring in ten episodes in the upcoming series.
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Don Johnson
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Fans of '80s TV may know Don Johnson as Miami Vice's undercover police detective Sonny Crockett, a role which has earned him an Emmy nomination as well as a Golden Globe win. It appears that his character is a police captain of some sort.
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James Wolk
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James Wolk is no stranger to TV, known for his main roles on The Zoo and Tell Me a Story. His role on Watchmen is under wraps for now, but there have been rumours that his recurring role is that of a junior senator from Oklahoma.
You might know the Vietnamese actress from her roles in Downsizing, Inherent Vice, and Big Little Lies. On Watchmen, it's been speculated that Chau will play a recurring character named Lady T.
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Tim Blake Nelson
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Tim Blake Nelson has been in blockbusters such as Lincoln and The Incredible Hulk, and you may have even recently seen him play the title role in the Coen Brothers' award-contending Netflix filmThe Ballad of Buster Scruggs. His character in Watchmen is Looking Glass, who he apparently doesn't really understand and has compared to a "fresco painting." Sounds a little bit like Rorschach, no?
