Limited series · HBO
Generation Kill
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Alexander Skarsgård
Brad Colbert
7 eps
James Ransone
Josh Ray Person
7 eps
Lee Tergesen
Evan Wright
7 eps
Jon Huertas
Antonio Espera
7 eps
Stark Sands
Nathaniel Fick
7 eps
Owain Yeoman
Eric Kocher
7 eps
Billy Lush
Harold Trombley
7 eps
Chance Kelly
Stephen Ferrando
7 eps
Michael Kelly
Bryan Patterson
7 eps
Jonah Lotan
Robert Bryan
7 eps
Eric Nenninger
Dave McGraw
7 eps
Pawel Szajda
Walt Hasser
7 eps
Kellan Lutz
Jason Lilley
7 eps
Neal Jones
John Sixta
7 eps
Benjamin Busch
Todd Eckloff
7 eps
Brian Patrick Wade
Craig Schwetje
7 eps
Sean Brosnan
Daniel Redman
7 eps
Wilson Bethel
Evan Stafford
7 eps
Marc Menchaca
Mike Wynn
7 eps
Eric Ladin
Cpl. James Chaffin
7 eps
Josh Barrett
Sgt. Larry Shawn ' PAPPY ' Patrick
1 eps
Tyrone Keogh
Charlie Marine
1 eps
Antonio David Lyons
Chaplain
1 eps
Badria Timimi
Bedouin Mother
1 eps
Michael Mosley
Gunnery Sgt. Robert Swarr
1 eps
David Barrera
Gunnery Sgt. Ray 'Casey Kasem' Griego
1 eps
J. Salome Martinez
Cpl. Jeffrey 'Dirty Earl' Carisalez
1 eps
Nabil Elouahabi
Meesh
1 eps
Langley Kirkwood
Sgt. Steven Lovell
1 eps
Daniel Fox
Pfc. John Christeson
1 eps
Bjorn Steinbach
Cpl. Michael Stinetorf
1 eps
Theo Landey
Sgt. Damon Fawcett
1 eps
Darron Meyer
Cpl. Cody Scott
1 eps
Daniel Janks
Sgt. Christopher Wasik
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Generation Kill actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Generation Kill reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
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.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
The first 40 days of the war in Iraq as seen through the eyes of an elite group of U.S. Marines who spearheaded the invasion along with an embedded Rolling Stone reporter. A vivid account of the soldiers and of the forces that guided them in an often-improvised initiative.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E07
Bomb in the Garden
Having reached Baghdad, Bravo Team is shocked at the size of the city; while First Recon begin doing their daily patrols in Baghdad, they find out the obstacles that they and the Iraqis face is much greater than they could ever think of.
- Directed by Susanna White
- Written by David Simon
S01E02
The Cradle of Civilization
Bravo Company gets an order to treat any Iraqi, holding a weapon, as a hostile.
- Directed by Susanna White
- Written by Ed Burns, David Simon
S01E04
Combat Jack
After capturing an Iraqi airstrip, the First Recon is ahead of the other American and Coalition troops, which gives them time to regroup.
- Directed by Simon Cellan Jones
- Written by David Simon
S01E05
A Burning Dog
First Recon get their orders to cross a local Iraqi bridge, which gives them their first chance to use local Iraqi citizens. As First Recon gets closer to the bridge, they are ambushed.
- Directed by Simon Cellan Jones
- Written by Ed Burns, David Simon
S01E06
Stay Frosty
First Recon get their next mission, which is to help escort the Iraqi civilians leaving Baghdad from a nearby highway, while trying to help them flee, the men see the humanity in the Iraqi civilians; First Recon come to the realization that since Baghdad is the next stop for American and Coalition forces, their war is almost at a close.
- Directed by Simon Cellan Jones
- Written by Ed Burns, David Simon
S01E03
Screwby
Bravo Company waits for their next orders, while scoping out a roadside firefight, they watch in shock as a regimental combat team arrives with guns blazing.
- Directed by Susanna White
- Written by Ed Burns, David Simon
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E02
Generation Kill: A Conversation with the 1st Recon Marines
S01E07
Bomb in the Garden
- Directed by Susanna White
- Written by David Simon
S01E06
Stay Frosty
- Directed by Simon Cellan Jones
- Written by Ed Burns, David Simon
S01E05
A Burning Dog
- Directed by Simon Cellan Jones
- Written by Ed Burns, David Simon
S01E04
Combat Jack
- Directed by Simon Cellan Jones
- Written by David Simon
S01E03
Screwby
- Directed by Susanna White
- Written by Ed Burns, David Simon
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
- Anne ThomopoulosExecutive Producer
- George FaberExecutive Producer
- Charles PattinsonExecutive Producer
- Ed BurnsExecutive Producer
- Andrea CalderwoodProducer
- David SimonExecutive Producer
Writing
- Ed BurnsWriter
- David SimonWriter
Direction
- Simon Cellan JonesDirector
- Susanna WhiteDirector
Cinematography
- Ivan StrasburgDirector of Photography
Recognition
Awards
0 wins · 6 nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
No wins yet · 4 nominations
- NomineePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special2009
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- NomineePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie2009
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- NomineePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special2009
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- NomineePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Miniseries2009
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No wins yet · 1 nomination
- NomineeQ34032302009
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TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- NomineeTCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials2009
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Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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