Scripted series · STARZ
Counterpart
What if there were another you?
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
J.K. Simmons
Howard Silk
20 eps
Nazanin Boniadi
Clare
20 eps
Harry Lloyd
Peter Quayle
20 eps
Olivia Williams
Emily Burton Silk
20 eps
Sara Serraiocco
Baldwin
20 eps
Nicholas Pinnock
Ian Shaw
20 eps
Betty Gabriel
Naya Temple
10 eps
Ulrich Thomsen
Aldrich
10 eps
James Cromwell
Yanek
10 eps
Jerry Ying
Interface Hallway Guard
1 eps
Donald Allen Wright
Diplomate Driver
1 eps
Ilka Urbach
Burly Nurse
1 eps
Jeffrey Scott Basham
German Polizei
1 eps
Karim Saleh
Marcel
1 eps
Robert Reinhardt
Border Guard
1 eps
Louis C. Oberlander
Police Chief
1 eps
Ross McCall
Tim Fletcher
1 eps
Tarnue Massaquoi
Lawyer #3
1 eps
Mathew Lorenceau
Aldrich's Man #1
1 eps
Mido Hamada
Cyrus
1 eps
Jared Goldstein
Young Man
1 eps
Whitney Coleman
Nurse
1 eps
Benny Briseño
S.E.K. Agent
1 eps
Thomas Bekkers
Co-Worker
1 eps
Andreas Beckett
Translater
1 eps
Kathrin Beck
Inquisitor
1 eps
Erik Audé
Aldrich's man #2
1 eps
Richard Schiff
Roland Fancher
3 eps
Christian Janner
Agent
1 eps
Rudy Dobrev
Petar Miroslav
1 eps
Tina Masafret
Talia
1 eps
Lisa Hagmeister
Alice / Alice Alpha
2 eps
Igor Tjumenzev
Strategy Agent
1 eps
Matthias Bundschuh
Operator
1 eps
Maximilian Pekrul
Security Guard
1 eps
Dionne Neish
Luisa
1 eps
Stephan Goldbach
Concerned Guard
1 eps
Ilean Almaguer
Milla
3 eps
Sarah Bolger
Anna Burton Silk
6 eps
Fanny Altenburger
Ethel
4 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Counterpart actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Counterpart reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Howard Silk is a lowly cog in a bureaucratic UN agency who is turning the last corner of a life filled with regret when he discovers the agency he works for is guarding a secret: a crossing to a parallel dimension.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 20 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201710 episodes
7.8IMDbHoward Silk (J.K. Simmons) is a lowly cog in the bureaucratic machinery of a Berlin-based United Nations spy agency. When Howard discovers that his organization safeguards the secret of a crossing into a parallel dimension, he is thrust into a shadow world of intrigue, danger, and double cross… where the only man he can trust is his near-identical counterpart from this parallel world.
Best episode · S01E10 No Man's Land (2)
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201810 episodes
8.4IMDbSeason two finds the Crossing closed and each Howard stranded in the other's world. As a cold war escalates between worlds and deepens the divide, both men find themselves growing increasingly like the other.
Best episode · S02E06 Twin Cities
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E06
Twin Cities
The origins of the Crossing are revealed.
- Directed by Justin Marks
- Written by Justin Marks
S02E10
Better Angels
Mira's looming threat forges some unlikely alliances.
- Directed by Charlotte Brändström
- Written by Justin Marks, Maegan Houang
S01E10
No Man's Land (2)
A crisis at the O.I. leaves both Howards stranded.
- Directed by Jennifer Getzinger
S01E09
No Man's Land (1)
Howard attempts to thwart the Guest's plans. Howard and Emily chase Kaspar.
- Directed by Stephen Williams
S02E09
You to You
Management makes a historic decision. Emily sends a warning. Quayle, Clare and Temple investigate the final Indigo cell. Howard Prime reaches out to an old contact.
- Directed by Charlotte Brändström
- Written by Gianna Sobol
S01E07
The Sincerest Form of Flattery
Clare's past is revealed. Quayle suffers through his own birthday party and drinks too much.
- Directed by Alik Sakharov
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E10
Better Angels
- Directed by Charlotte Brändström
- Written by Justin Marks, Maegan Houang
S02E09
You to You
- Directed by Charlotte Brändström
- Written by Gianna Sobol
S02E08
In from the Cold
- Directed by Hanelle M. Culpepper
- Written by Erin Levy
S02E07
No Strings Attached
- Directed by Hanelle M. Culpepper
- Written by Maegan Houang
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Justin Marks
Showrunner
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Gary Gilbert
Executive producer
Jordan Horowitz
Executive producer
Amy Berg
Executive producer
Justin Britt-Gibson
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Gianna Sobol
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Maria Melnik
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Erin Levy
Writer
Maegan Houang
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Tom Pabst
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Gary GilbertExecutive Producer
- Justin MarksExecutive Producer
- Jordan HorowitzExecutive Producer
- Amy BergExecutive Producer
Writing
- Justin Britt-GibsonWriter
- Justin MarksWriter
- Gianna SobolWriter
- Maria MelnikWriter
- Erin LevyWriter
- Amy BergWriter
Direction
- Charles MartinDirector
- Charlotte BrändströmDirector
- Lukas EttlinDirector
- Justin MarksDirector
- Morten TyldumDirector
- Hanelle M. CulpepperDirector
Cinematography
- Tobias DatumDirector of Photography
- Martin RuheDirector of Photography
Music
- Jeff RussoOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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