Scripted series · FOX
Alcatraz
302 vanished. 3 must find them.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Sarah Jones
Rebecca Madsen
13 eps
Sam Neill
Emerson Hauser
13 eps
Jorge Garcia
Diego Soto
13 eps
Parminder Nagra
Lucy Banerjee
13 eps
Jason Butler Harner
E.B. Tiller
13 eps
Jonny Coyne
Edwin James
13 eps
Robert Forster
Ray Archer
13 eps
Eric Johnson
Cal Sweeney
1 eps
Theo Rossi
Sonny Burnett
2 eps
Rami Malek
Webb Porter
1 eps
Billy Mitchell
David Pierce
1 eps
Terence Lewis
Mess Hall Prisoner
1 eps
Jeananne Goossen
Nikki
5 eps
Greyston Holt
Young Emerson Hauser
4 eps
David Hoflin
Tommy Madsen
7 eps
Jeffrey Pierce
Jack Sylvane
6 eps
Leon Rippy
Milton Beauregard
12 eps
Bumper Robinson
Bobby
2 eps
Camille Sullivan
Sonya
2 eps
Lauren Attadia
Girlfriend of Shooter Man
2 eps
Daniel Bacon
Medical Examiner
2 eps
Michael Ching
Ranger Bob
2 eps
Samuel Patrick Chu
Chet
5 eps
Jeremy Dangerfield
Old E.B. Tiller
2 eps
Demord Dann
EMT
2 eps
Darren Dolynski
Gun Store Owner
2 eps
Keith Martin Gordey
Paul Reeger
2 eps
Calum Grant
Dad
2 eps
Richard Gross
Ranger Phil
2 eps
Paul Jarrett
Lead Officer
2 eps
Karina Andrews
Sheila
2 eps
Robert Lawrenson
Barclay Flynn
2 eps
Christopher Logan
Observation Room Tech
4 eps
Djuna Maxfield
Susie
2 eps
Paul McGillion
Alan Sylvane Jr.
2 eps
Scott E. Miller
Officer Hopper
2 eps
P.J. Prinsloo
Uniformed Cop #2
2 eps
Sandy Robson
Cell Guard #1
2 eps
Chad Rook
Luke
2 eps
Michael Soltis
Uniform Cop
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Alcatraz actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Alcatraz reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A unique team, consisting of a federal agent, a police officer and a conspiracy theory novelist, investigate the shocking reappearance of Alcatraz's most notorious prisoners, fifty years after they supposedly vanished.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Jack Sylvane
Years ago when the most dangerous prisoners of Alcatraz mysteriously disappeared, they resurface in the present day as part of a larger conspiracy, leaving a police detective, an expert on Alcatraz and an FBI agent to track them down.
- Directed by Danny Cannon
- Written by Elizabeth Sarnoff, Bryan Wynbrandt
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E02
Island Of Intrigue
S01E13
Tommy Madsen
- Directed by Aaron Lipstadt
- Written by Jennifer M. Johnson
S01E12
Garrett Stillman
S01E11
Webb Porter
- Directed by Jack Bender
- Written by Bryan Wynbrandt, Steven Lilien
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Elizabeth SarnoffExecutive Producer
- Bryan BurkExecutive Producer
- Bryan WynbrandtExecutive Producer
- Toni GraphiaProducer
- Steven LilienExecutive Producer
- J.J. AbramsExecutive Producer
Writing
- Jennifer M. JohnsonWriter
- Elizabeth SarnoffWriter
- Bryan WynbrandtWriter
- Toni GraphiaWriter
- Steven LilienWriter
- Alison BalianWriter
Direction
- Brad TurnerDirector
- Danny CannonDirector
- Brad AndersonDirector
- Nick CopusDirector
- Aaron LipstadtDirector
- Charles BeesonDirector
Music
- Andrea DatzmanOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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- Google Play MoviesBuy
- Fandango At HomeBuy
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