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Chernobyl
2019
The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
Laura Elphinstone
Cast · Known for Chernobyl
Laura Elphinstone was born on 10 July 1983 in Sunderland, UK. She is an actress, known for Game of Thrones (2011), Line of Duty (2012) and Chernobyl (2019).
Craig Mazin
Writer · Director · Known for Chernobyl, The Hangover Part II, The Hangover Part III
Craig Mazin (born 1971) is an American writer, director, and producer. He is best known for creating, writing, and producing the HBO historical disaster drama miniseries Chernobyl (2019) and co-creating, co-writing, and executive producing the HBO post-apocalyptic drama series The Last of Us (2023–present), the latter alongside Neil Druckmann. He has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special and Outstanding Limited Series. Prior to gaining attention and acclaim for his dramatic work, Mazin was primarily known for his work on comedy films such as Scary Movie 3 (2003), Scary Movie 4 (2006), Superhero Movie (2008), The Hangover Part II (2011), The Hangover Part III, and Identity Thief (both 2013). Description above from the Wikipedia article Craig Mazin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Jay Simpson
Cast · Known for Black Mirror
Jay Simpson is a prolific English film, television and stage actor. Most recently, he has appeared in Chernobyl and Frontier. Simpson is perhaps best known in television for portraying cockney desk sergeant Ian 'Brookie' Brooke in Foyle's War, and he has also appeared on television in Recovery with David Tennant and Sarah Parish, Hot Money, Bad Crowd, A Touch of Frost, Casualty, Primeval, The Bill, Peep Show, Rome, Ashes to Ashes, Murder in Suburbia and Soundproof. Jay also uses his charm and voice skills as he is the voice of 'The Tree of Temptation' in Big Brother. His films include Hush Your Mouth, The Holiday, Pride and Prejudice and Erik the Viking and the 1988 TV film The Firm with Gary Oldman. He also voiced a major character, Flea, in the 2008 English language DVD re-release of the cult 2006 Norwegian animated film, Free Jimmy, alongside Woody Harrelson and with dialogue written by Simon Pegg. The character of Flea was something of comedy relief in the film, with a character partly inspired by Sean Ryder. In 2008 he appeared alongside Ross Boatman and Roger Lloyd-Pack in Patrick Marber's play Dealer's Choice for a run on the West End. In 2011 he appeared as George Redman in the television film The Suspicions of Mr Whicher for ITV. In 2011, he appeared in "The National Anthem", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror On 13 April 2012, he appeared as Stretch in the sitcom Not Going Out and appeared in the ITV series Mrs Biggs as one of the great train robbers, Bruce Reynolds.
Adam Nagaitis
Cast · Known for Chernobyl
Adam Matthew Nagaitis, born 7 June 1985) is a British actor best known for his roles as Caulker's Mate Cornelius Hickey in the AMC television series The Terror and firefighter Vasily Ignatenko in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl. Nagaitis is a graduate of the Stella Adler Conservatory and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Paul Ritter
Cast · Known for Chernobyl, The Eagle, Vera
Paul Ritter (20 December 1966 - 5 April 2021) was an English stage and screen actor. He is best known for his roles in films including Quantum of Solace, Son of Rambow, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and The Eagle, as well as television programmes including Friday Night Dinner, Vera, The Hollow Crown, The Last Kingdom and Chernobyl. Wikipedia
Olivia Taylor Dudley
Cast · Known for The Magicians
Olivia Taylor Dudley was born in California, USA and the daughter of Jim and Saundra Dudley. Olivia graduated from Morro Bay High School in Morro Bay, California in 2002. She focused her attention acting in various shows such as Chernobyl Diaries. Her notable movies include The Vatican Tapes and Dumbbells. Olivia is also very popular through her short online videos in 5 Second Films. Olivia is a talented American actress with confidence and promise.
Adrian Rawlins
Cast · Known for Chernobyl
Adrian John Rawlins (born 27 March 1958, Stoke-on-Trent) is an English actor who studied art and acting at Manchester Metropolitan University and has been active since 1980. He is best known for playing James Potter across all eight Harry Potter films (2001–2011), Arthur Kidd in the 1989 TV film The Woman in Black, and Nikolai Fomin in the 2019 HBO miniseries Chernobyl. He also appeared in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves (1996), Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002), and Darkest Hour (2017) as Air Chief Marshal Dowding. His broader filmography includes Revolution (1985), Mountains of the Moon (1990), Living (2022), One Life (2023), and the upcoming The Brink of War (2026). On television he has had recurring roles in Soldier Soldier (1993), Dickensian (2015–2016), Slow Horses (2022), Moonflower Murders (2024), and Patience (2025). Since 2017 he has served as artistic director of East Riding Theatre.
Michael Shaeffer
Cast · Known for Shelter
Michael Shaeffer is an English television and stage actor. He is especially known for his role as "Longcross" in the BBC political-thriller television series Bodyguard (2018). He has also appeared in the television series Black Mirror (2013), The ABC Murders (2018) and The Salisbury Poisonings (2020), as well as the 2000 film adaptation of Jesus Christ Superstar. He has also played smaller roles in television shows, including Game of Thrones and Chernobyl, and films such as Kingdom of Heaven and Rogue One.
Alex Ferns
Cast · Known for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, The Batman, Chernobyl
Alex Ferns is a Scottish actor who is perhaps best known for playing abusive husband Trevor in BBC soap EastEnders. His film credits include Joyeux Noël, The Legend of Tarzan and the lead role in 2004's Man Dancin'. In 2019, Ferns starred as mining crew leader Andrei Glukhov in HBO/Sky miniseries Chernobyl.
Oren Peli
Producer · Known for Insidious, Insidious: Chapter 2, Insidious: Out of the Further
Oren Peli is an Israeli-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer best known for creating and directing the groundbreaking horror film Paranormal Activity. Produced on a microbudget, the film became a worldwide phenomenon and helped redefine modern found footage horror. Peli has since produced and developed numerous genre projects, including Insidious, Area 51, Chernobyl Diaries, The Bay and entries in the Paranormal Activity franchise.
Hildur Guðnadóttir
Composer · Known for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Chernobyl, Joker
Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir (born 4 September 1982) is an Icelandic musician and composer. A classically trained cellist, she has played and recorded with the bands Pan Sonic, Throbbing Gristle, Múm, and Stórsveit Nix Noltes, and has toured with Animal Collective and Sun O))). She has also produced solo works. Guðnadóttir has gained international recognition for her film and television scores, including for the action thriller film Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018), and the HBO miniseries Chernobyl (2019), the latter of which won her a Primetime Emmy Award and a Grammy Award. For her score to psychological thriller film Joker (2019), Hildur won the Academy Award for Best Original Score. She also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, and the BAFTA Award for Best Original Music, making her the first solo female composer to win in both.
Robert Paul Taylor
A native of San Francisco, Robert Paul Taylor, ruggedly handsome, began his career as a dancer, appearing in multiple MTV commercials which led to work in a dozen music videos for stars such as Gwen Stefani, Pussycat Dolls, and Elton John. On television, Robert plays the hardened Troik Warrior in Star Wars Skeleton Crew opposite Jude Law on Disney. He gained earlier attention with a breakout 8-episode arc as Remy Ramirez on Hulu's East Los High and delivered notable guest roles in Better Call Saul, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Fresh Off The Boat, Berlin Station and The Good Place. Internationally, Taylor can be seen as Raul in Russia's mega-hit Chernobyl. On the silver screen, Robert stars in Five Piece, North Hollywood Love Story, and South 32. He has also appeared in acclaimed films, including In Her Place and Jack Henry Robbins' VHYes. As a screenwriter, Taylor co-wrote several features, including Mask of Janus, Recoil, South 32, and By The Rivers of Babylon. He created the mini-series The Bathroom Diaries and is the creator and star of the Zeus Network's Sober Coach. In addition to his work on screen, Taylor is an accomplished author, having published multiple volumes of poetry and prose through Street Fame Books. His works, which are available worldwide via Barnes & Noble and Amazon, include: Burn Ash Rise (2019), Impasse (2018), Solitary Man (2016), Of Everything I Once Loved (2015), All Out War (2013), Like This (2011), and Drifting (2010). Taylor is represented by Smith & Hervey/Grimes (US), Lucky Star (EU), and 4Walls (UK). He resides in Hollywood, California, with his two beloved dogs, Charlie and Skip.
Emily Watson
Cast · Known for Chernobyl, Corpse Bride, Hamnet
Emily Margaret Watson (born 14 January 1967) is an English actress. She began her career on stage and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992. In 2002, she starred in productions of Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse. She was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actress for the latter. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her debut film role as a newlywed in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves (1996) and for her portrayal of Jacqueline du Pré in Anand Tucker's Hilary and Jackie (1998). Watson's other films include The Boxer (1997), Angela's Ashes (1999), Gosford Park (2001), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), Red Dragon (2002), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), Corpse Bride (2005), Miss Potter (2006), Synecdoche, New York (2008), Oranges and Sunshine (2010), War Horse (2011), The Theory of Everything (2014), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), God's Creatures (2022), and Small Things like These (2024). and A Pariare Farm Girl ( 2026). She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her role in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl. She won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for playing Janet Leach in the 2011 ITV television biopic Appropriate Adult. She was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actress for the 2017 BBC miniseries Apple Tree Yard. In 2024, she portrayed the lead role of Valya Harkonnen in the HBO science fiction series Dune: Prophecy. Watson is a supporter of the children's charity the NSPCC. In 2004, she was inducted into the society's hall of fame for spearheading the successful campaign to appoint a Children's Commissioner for England. Receiving her award in the crowded House of Commons, she spoke out against the possibility that the Children's Commissioner become a figurehead with little real power.
Norman Wisdom
Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, OBE was an English actor, comedian and singer-songwriter best known for a series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966 featuring his hapless onscreen character Norman Pitkin. These films initially made more money than the James Bond film series, and secured Wisdom a celebrity status in lands as far apart as South America, Iran and many Eastern Bloc countries, particularly in Albania where his films were permitted by Enver Hoxha – Wisdom was the only Western actor to enjoy this privilege. Charlie Chaplin famously referred to Wisdom as his "favourite clown". Wisdom later forged a career on Broadway and as a television actor, winning critical acclaim for his dramatic role of a dying cancer patient in the television play Going Gently in 1981. It was broadcast on 5 June that year. He toured Australia and South Africa. After the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, a hospice was named in his honour. In 1995 he was given the Freedom of the City of London and of Tirana. The same year he received an OBE. Wisdom was knighted in 2000 and spent much of his later life on the Isle of Man. Some of his later appearances included roles in Last of the Summer Wine and Coronation Street, and he retired from acting at the age of 90 after his health declined.
Sam Strike
Sam Strike was born on January 18, 1994 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Mindhunter (2017), Chernobyl (2019) and The Boys in the Boat (2023).
David Dencik
Cast · Known for The Assassin, Chernobyl, No Time to Die
Karl David Sebastian Dencik (born 31 October 1974) is a Swedish-Danish actor. He has acted in both Swedish and Danish films, and has also had major roles in English-language films and series including Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Top of the Lake (2017), McMafia (2018), Chernobyl (2019), and the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021). Dencik is a two-time Robert Award winner, for Best Actor in a Leading Role for A Soap (2006) and Robert Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Television Role for The Chestnut Man (2021). He won a Guldbagge Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Perfect Patient (2019). He is also a seven-time Bodil Award nominee. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Dencik, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Rachel Atkins
Rachel trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She has performed on stage in Romeo and Juliet, Blithe Spirit and The School for Scandal, among others. Her recent television and film credits include Alfonso Cuarón's Disclaimer staring Cate Blanchette and Kevin Kline, Chernobyl , Apartment 7a , Augustus and Dodger. She played Vicky Turner in The Archers . Rachel has worked extensively in computer games, audiobooks, BBC Radio Drama and BBC Radio Comedy. Recently she voiced Nan in animation series Mojo Swaptops, various characters including Raven Leader in the new Netflix animation series 'Hilda' and has voiced characters for Sherlock Holmes the Awakened, Elden Ring, Warhammer 40,000 Darktide, The Empress in Amnesia: Rebirth and also key parts in the long awaited video games 'Star Wars: Outlaw', 'Total War 3: Thrones of Britannia', 'Divinity: Original Sin II', 'Fable 3', 'Dragon Age II' and 'Dragon Age lll'.
Rosie Sheehy
Welsh actress. TRAINING: RADA, London. THEATRE includes Guess How Much I Love You? (Olivier nomination) at the Royal Court; Machinal (Olivier nomination), The Brightening Air and The Hairy Ape at the Old Vic; An Ark at The Shed, New York; A Midsummer Night's Dream, King John and All’s Well That Ends Well (Ian Charleson nomination) at the RSC; Romeo and Julie at the National Theatre; An Interrogation at Hampstead; Uncle Vanya at Theatre Clwyd and Sheffield Theatres; The Wolves at Theatre Royal Stratford East; and Oleanna at Theatre Royal Bath. TELEVISION includes the upcoming series of Black Doves, The Red King, Steeltown Murders, Wild Bill, and Chernobyl. FILM includes Pillion and The Custom of the Country.
Joe Tucker
Joe Tucker was born in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK. Joe is an actor and director, known for Small Axe (2020), Greed (2019) and Chernobyl (2019).
Hans Blix
Hans Martin Blix (Swedish: [hɑːns ˈblɪks]; born 28 June 1928) is a Swedish diplomat and politician for the Liberal People's Party. He was Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (1978–1979) and later became the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Blix was the first Western representative to inspect the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster in the Soviet Union on-site and led the agency's response to them. Blix was also the head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission from March 2000 to June 2003, when he was succeeded by Dimitris Perrikos. In 2002, the commission began searching Iraq for weapons of mass destruction, ultimately finding none. On 17 March 2003, U.S. President George W. Bush delivered an address from the White House announcing that within 48 hours, the United States would invade Iraq unless Saddam Hussein would leave. Bush then ordered all of the weapons inspectors, including Blix's team, to leave Iraq so that America and its allies could invade Iraq on 20 March. In February 2010, Blix became head of the United Arab Emirates' advisory board for its nuclear power program. He is the former president of the World Federation of United Nations Associations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hans Blix, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Jessie Buckley
Cast · Known for Hamnet, The Bride!, Chernobyl
Jessie Buckley (born 28 December 1989) is an Irish actress and singer. Her accolades include the Academy Award for Best Actress (becoming the first Irish woman to win the award), a British Academy Film Award, an Actor Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Scottish BAFTA, in addition to an additional nomination for an Academy Award. Buckley began her career in 2008 as a contestant on the BBC talent show I'd Do Anything, in which she came second. A RADA graduate, her early onscreen appearances were in BBC television series such as War & Peace (2016) and Taboo (2017). Buckley made her film debut with the lead role in Beast (2017), followed by her breakout role as an aspiring country music singer in the musical film Wild Rose (2018); the latter earned her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Buckley's career progressed with starring roles in films such as I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020), Men (2022), Women Talking (2022) and Wicked Little Letters (2023). For her performance as a troubled mother in the psychological drama The Lost Daughter (2021), she received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She gained further recognition for her portrayal of Agnes Shakespeare in the period drama Hamnet (2025), receiving a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award, an Actor Award, and the Academy Award for Best Actress. On television, Buckley has starred in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl (2019) and season four of Fargo (2020). On stage, Buckley's portrayal of Sally Bowles in a 2021 West End theatre revival of Cabaret won her the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. In 2022, she released the collaborative album For All Our Days That Tear the Heart with Bernard Butler, which was shortlisted for the 2022 Mercury Prize. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessie Buckley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Jared Harris
Cast · Known for Chernobyl, Foundation, A House of Dynamite
Jared Francis Harris (born August 24, 1961) is a British actor who has appeared in film, television, and theater. He is the son of the late Irish actor Richard Harris and the Welsh actress Elizabeth Rees-Williams. Harris was born in Hammersmith, London, in 1961. He studied drama and literature at Duke University in North Carolina, and then went on to train at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Harris made his film debut in 1989 with a small role in the film The Rachel Papers. He went on to appear in a number of films, including The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Natural Born Killers (1994), Smoke (1995), Happiness (1998), and How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2000). In 2007, Harris began a recurring role as Lane Pryce in the 2007 AMC television series Mad Men and was received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor for his performance. In 2019, he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance as Valery Legasov in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl. Harris has also had notable roles in television series such as Fringe (2008), The Crown (2016), The Expanse (2015) and Foundation (2021). On stage, Harris has appeared in productions of The Crucible, The Cherry Orchard, and The Homecoming. He has also directed several stage productions, including The Glass Menagerie and The Birthday Party.
Adrian Edmondson
Adrian Edmondson was born in Bradford, Yorkshire. He went to Manchester University to study drama. Whilst he was there he met Rik Mayall, and the pair began performing as 20th Century Coyote. The act continued after university when Adrian & Rik moved to London, and they became two of the leading lights in the new 'alternative comedy' scene, performing at the newly established Comedy Store, and setting up their own club, The Comic Strip, with 'Peter Richardson', Nigel Planer, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, and Alexei Sayle. This spawned two 1980s TV series: The Young Ones (1982), and The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) In the 1990's Ade & Rik continued their partnership with a new series called Bottom (1991), which ran for three seasons and became a major success on the live circuit. It was basically a live sitcom, liberally sprinkled with slapstick humour, and the pair did 5 long tours between 1993 and 2003. Simultaneously, Adrian established himself as an actor, doing two improvised TV films under the Screen One and Screen Two umbrella, with director Les Blair: Screen Two: Honest, Decent and True (1986), and Screen One: News Hounds (1990) (winner of the BAFTA for best single drama). He was a regular in the hospital drama Holby City (1999) from 2005 - 2008. He took the lead in a drama documentary about the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster in the series Surviving Disaster (2006), and appeared as Henry Austen in the TV movie Miss Austen Regrets (2008), the film Blood (2012), and the drama series Prey (2014). But his most notable dramatic role to date is that of Count Rostov in the BBC series War & Peace (2016).