The Boys (2019 TV series)

Premise

Cast and characters

Main

• Karl Urban as Billy Butcher, the leader of the Boys and a former CIA operative who distrusts all individuals with superpowers. He has a particular hatred towards Homelander, who he believes is responsible for the disappearance of his wife.
• Jack Quaid as Hughie Campbell, a member of the Boys who joins the vigilantes after his girlfriend Robin is killed by A-Train.
• Antony Starr as John / Homelander, the extremely powerful leader of the Seven. Beneath his public image as a noble hero, he is arrogant, sadistic, and cares little about the well-being of those he professes to protect. His image is modeled after Captain America and his powers are modeled after Superman.
• Erin Moriarty as Annie January / Starlight, a light-emitting superhero and new member of the Seven. Unlike many other superpowered individuals, Annie is genuine in her efforts to help the public.
• Dominique McElligott as Queen Maeve, a veteran member of the Seven who once wanted to protect innocent lives, but has become disillusioned and suffers from burnout. As the former girlfriend of Homelander, she knows his true character. She is modeled after Wonder Woman.
• Jessie T. Usher as A-Train, a speedster member of the Seven. He is determined to maintain his status as the fastest speedster, resulting in him becoming addicted to Compound-V. He is modeled after The Flash.
• Laz Alonso as Marvin / Mother's Milk, a member of the Boys responsible for organizing and planning the vigilantes' operations. He continually promises to leave the group for the safety of his family, in part due to his frequent clashes with Frenchie, but finds himself lured back by Butcher.
• Chace Crawford as Kevin / the Deep, a member of the Seven who possesses the ability to communicate with aquatic life and breathe underwater. He is looked down upon by the other members of the Seven due to his status as the group's token aquatic hero. He is modeled after Aquaman.
• Tomer Capon as Frenchie, a member of the Boys and mercenary skilled in munitions, ordinance, infiltration, and communications. Frenchie has a tendency to not follow the team's plans, which puts him in repeated conflicts with Mother's Milk.
• Karen Fukuhara as Kimiko / the Female, a mute, feral member of the Boys with enhanced strength and regenerative healing. Involuntarily injected with Compound-V as part of a scheme to create superpowered terrorists, she joins the Boys after they rescue her.
• Nathan Mitchell as Black Noir, a silent member of the Seven who possesses superhuman strength and agility and conceals his physical appearance behind a dark costume.
• Elisabeth Shue as Madelyn Stillwell, a charismatic, scheming vice president of Vought International.

  Recurring

• Simon Pegg as Hugh Campbell Sr, Hughie's father. He cares deeply for his son, but does not believe Hughie has the confidence to stand up for himself. Pegg was the visual inspiration for Wee Hughie in the comic book series from which the series is drawn.
• Jennifer Esposito as Susan Raynor, a deputy director of the CIA.
• Colby Minifie as Ashley Barrett, a publicist for Vought International who acts as Starlight's agent.
• Ann Cusack as Donna January, Starlight's mother. She groomed Annie to be a superhero since childhood out of a vicarious Princess-by-Proxy mentality.
• Christian Keyes as Nathan, A-Train's older brother and trainer.

  Guest

• Alex Hassell as Translucent, a member of the Seven who can turn invisible by changing his skin into a diamond-hard carbon meta-material that warps light around him.
• Jordana Lajoie as Cherie, Frenchie's girlfriend and a weapons specialist.
• Malcolm Barrett as Seth Reed, a Vought Public Relations writer.
• David Reale as Evan Lambert, a Vought Public Relations writer alongside Seth Reed.
• Shaun Benson as Ezekiel, an elastic Christian superhuman who is secretly gay and leads a "Capes for Christ" campaign.
• Jess Salgueiro as Robin Ward, Hughie's girlfriend who was killed by A-Train in a high-velocity impact in the beginning of the series. She periodically makes appearances as a hallucination seen by Hughie due to a combination of PTSD and guilt.
• Laila Robins as Grace Mallory, an ex-CIA operative, informal founder of the Boys, and Butcher's mentor. Her grandchildren were killed by the superhero Lamplighter for her investigation into Vought, which made her relationship with Butcher antagonistic and caused Frenchie and Mother's Milk's feud.
• John Doman as Jonah Vogelbaum, the Vought scientist who created and raised Homelander in a sterile laboratory. Homelander tells Stillwell that he tortured Vogelbaum for answers, though his death is not confirmed.
• Nicola Correia-Damude as Elena, Queen Maeve's ex-girlfriend.
• Haley Joel Osment as Charles / Mesmer, an ex-superhero and former child-star who can read minds via skin-to-skin contact. After a temporary team up with the Boys, he betrays them to Homelander to become a “hero” again, though he is later killed by Billy Butcher.
• Brittany Allen as Charlotte / Popclaw, an actress and superhero in a secret relationship with A-Train. After the Boys used her as an informant, A-Train kills her on Homelander’s orders.
• Shantel VanSanten as Becca Butcher, Butcher's wife who went missing eight years earlier.
• Alvina August as Monique, MM's girlfriend and mother of their daughter, Janine.
• Nalini Ingrita as Janine, the daughter of MM and Monique.
• Brit Morgan as Rachel, Becca's sister and Billy's sister-in-law.
• Jackie Tohn as Courtenay, a Vought production assistant for their heroes.
• Débora Demestre as Isadora, Vought's suit designer for their heroes.
• Jim Beaver as Robert Singer, the US Secretary of Defense.
• Giancarlo Esposito as Stan Edgar, the CEO of Vought International and Stillwell's superior.

Episodes

Season 1 (2019)

Season 2

Production

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