Scripted series · Sky Atlantic
Fortitude
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Richard Dormer
Dan Anderssen
25 eps
Sienna Guillory
Natalie Yelburton
25 eps
Stanley Tucci
DCI Morton
11 eps
Mia Jexen
Officer Ingrid Witry
25 eps
Michael Gambon
Henry Tyson
11 eps
Sofie Gråbøl
Governor Odegard
25 eps
Verónica Echegui
Elena Ledesma
21 eps
Luke Treadaway
Vincent Rattrey
25 eps
Darren Boyd
Markus Huseklepp
25 eps
Johnny Harris
Ronnie Morgan
11 eps
Björn Hlynur Haraldsson
Officer Eric Odegard
25 eps
Nicholas Pinnock
Frank Sutter
11 eps
Alexandra Moen
Officer Petra Bergen
25 eps
Jessica Raine
Jules Sutter
11 eps
Dennis Quaid
Michael Lennox
14 eps
Michelle Fairley
Freya Lennox
10 eps
Phoebe Nicholls
Doctor Allerdyce
11 eps
Parminder Nagra
Dr. Sarinda Khatri
10 eps
Robert Sheehan
Vladek Klimov
10 eps
Ken Stott
Erling Munk
10 eps
Aaron McCusker
Jason Donnelly
11 eps
Chipo Chung
Trish Stoddart
11 eps
Michael Obiora
Max Cordero
11 eps
Leanne Best
Celia Donnelly
11 eps
Lorcan Cranitch
DI Littlejohn
11 eps
Jessica Gunning
Shirley Allerdyce
11 eps
Jonjo O'Neill
Ciaran Donnelly
11 eps
Ramon Tikaram
Tavrani
11 eps
Emil Hostina
Yuri Lubimov
11 eps
Eloise Smyth
Yeva Podnikov
10 eps
Christopher Eccleston
Professor Charlie Stoddart
11 eps
Alfrun Rose
Liv Nygaard
1 eps
Lewin Lloyd
Petter Hansen
1 eps
Abubakar Salim
Boyd Mulvihill
3 eps
Rune Temte
Lars Ulvinaune
9 eps
Aliette Opheim
Elsa Schenthal
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Fortitude actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Fortitude reads strongest on Tension, Cliffhanger Intensity and Bingeability.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Fortitude is a place like nowhere else. Although surrounded by the savage beauty of the Arctic landscape, Fortitude is one of the safest towns on earth. There has never been a violent crime here. Until now. In such a close-knit community a murder touches everyone and the unsettling, mysterious horror of this crime threatens the future of the town itself.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 25 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201511 episodes
7.2IMDbA brutal murder is investigated in a small Arctic town.
Best episode · S01E04 Episode 4
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201710 episodes
6.4IMDbBest episode · S02E01 Episode 1
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
20184 episodes
4.8IMDbIn season 3, events of recent months have changed everyone in the small Arctic town of Fortitude. Cops, scientists and citizens are all struggling to deal with the fallout from the deaths of Hildur and Munk, the parasite’s malign influence and the vengeful shaman’s rampage. Dan Andersson has lost his way. He survived the parasite, the freezing waters of the Arctic sea, the drug overdose, kidnapping and crucifixion but now the sheriff of Fortitude is struggling to hold onto any sense of good and evil, right and wrong as his own world shifts and fractures. Michael Lennox is drinking himself to death, overwhelmed by grief and failure until a woman from the distant past appears in the town. Elsa Schenthal, responsible for so much calamity. And now she offers Michael a chance at some kind of redemption. And all the time the ghosts of the unquiet dead are flickering at the edges of this frozen, isolated, Arctic world.
Best episode · S03E02 Episode 2
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E04
Episode 4
Following Dan's loss of control, Morton takes over the murder investigation. Elsewhere, Elena's mysterious past is about to catch up with her.
- Directed by Hettie Macdonald
S01E05
Episode 5
Shock waves reverberate around Fortitude as the killer is revealed, while Morton tunes his attention to the death of a scientist on the island months earlier.
- Directed by Hettie Macdonald
S01E07
Episode 7
Panic sweeps through Fortitude as news of the second attack spreads. Dan and Morton must work together while Frank hopes the latest events will exonerate Liam.
S01E09
Episode 9
DCI Morton pursues Henry Tyson into the Arctic wilderness in search of the truth, while worrying test results force Governor Odegard to take drastic action.
S01E08
Episode 8
While Frank takes the law into his own hands, DCI Morton closes in on the truth about Pettigrew's death. Vincent and Natalie also make a discovery.
S01E10
Episode 10
In the penultimate episode, the truth about Billy Pettigrew is revealed. In the lab, Natalie and Vincent probe the cause of the disturbing events in Fortitude.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
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
- Matthew BirdProducer
- Chris LoveallExecutive Producer
- Mat ChaplinProducer
Writing
- Simon DonaldWriter
- Simon BurkeWriter
Direction
- Hettie MacdonaldDirector
- Kieron HawkesDirector
Cinematography
- Christopher RossDirector of Photography
Where to watch
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