Scripted series · TNT
Leverage
The art of the con
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Timothy Hutton
Nathan Ford
77 eps
Gina Bellman
Sophie Devereaux
77 eps
Christian Kane
Eliot Spencer
77 eps
Beth Riesgraf
Parker
77 eps
Aldis Hodge
Alec Hardison
77 eps
Kari Matchett
Maggie Collins
4 eps
Paul Blackthorne
Tony Kadjic
2 eps
Rick Overton
FBI Agent Taggert
3 eps
Cedric Young
Nigerian Businessman
1 eps
Rich Morris
1 eps
Peter Riegert
Peter Blanchard
1 eps
Griffin Dunne
Marcus Starke
1 eps
Wade Williams
Nickolas Kusen
1 eps
Alona Tal
Kaye Lynn Gold
1 eps
Armin Shimerman
Dr. Patemkin
1 eps
Beth Broderick
Monica Hunter
1 eps
Pasha D. Lychnikoff
Head Goon
1 eps
Marisa Guterman
Marcy
1 eps
Matt Lindland
Tank Conklin
1 eps
Charles Martin Smith
Glenn Leary
1 eps
Sara Rue
Marissa Devins
1 eps
Lauren Holly
Tobey Earnshaw
1 eps
Luke Perry
Dalton Rand
1 eps
Ayanna Berkshire
Sarah Pennington
1 eps
Richard Kind
Mayor Bradford Culpepper III
2 eps
Matt Keeslar
Alexander Lundy
1 eps
Apollo Robbins
Apollo
1 eps
Brent Spiner
William Quint
1 eps
Kitty Swink
Kerry Durham (uncredited)
1 eps
John Storey
Paul Richards
1 eps
Mia Riverton
Allie Stanbrook
1 eps
Elisabetta Canalis
The Italian
5 eps
Scott Michael Morgan
Don Paolo Brancato
1 eps
Jaime Langton
Justine Yang
1 eps
Sean O'Bryan
Kip Bryden
1 eps
Lea Zawada
Molly Connell
1 eps
Erik Jensen
John Connell
1 eps
Anna Lieberman
Daria
1 eps
Lisa Brenner
Dr. Anne Hannity
1 eps
Diego Velazquez
Young Nathan Ford
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Leverage actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Leverage reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
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 often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
A five-person team comprised of a thief, a grifter, a hacker, and a retrieval specialist, led by former insurance investigator Nathan Ford, use their skills to fight corporate and governmental injustices inflicted on ordinary citizens.
The run
Seasons
5 seasons · 77 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
200828 episodes
Behind the scenes and deleted scenes from Leverage.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200813 episodes
8.2IMDbBest episode · S01E13 The Second David Job (2)
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
200915 episodes
8.3IMDbBest episode · S02E13 The Future Job
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201016 episodes
8.3IMDbBest episode · S03E14 The Ho, Ho, Ho Job
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
201118 episodes
8.8IMDbBest episode · S04E06 The Carnival Job
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
201215 episodes
8.9IMDbBest episode · S05E14 The Toy Job
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E07
The Two Live Crew Job
Nate and his crew square off against a band of thieves in order to retrieve priceless stolen artwork.
- Directed by Dean Devlin
- Written by John Rogers, Amy Berg
S01E05
The Bank Shot Job
Sophie and Nate find themselves taken hostage during a bank robbery. They soon learn they are trapped inside with their latest target: a corrupt judge.
- Directed by Dean Devlin
S05E08
The Broken Wing Job
When a broken leg leaves Parker behind on the crew’s latest job, she spies on the Brew Pub’s customers for fun and discovers a group of thieves planning a heist.
- Written by Rebecca Kirsch, M. Scott Veach
S05E07
The Real Fake Car Job
The Leverage team fakes the discovery of a legendary antique car in order to convince a Wall Street fraud to break the immunity deal that protects him from prosecution.
- Directed by John Harrison
- Written by Josh Schaer
S01E11
The Juror #6 Job
When one of Parker's aliases receives jury duty, Nate forces her to go, resulting in a showdown between the team and a corporation tampering with the jury.
- Directed by Jonathan Frakes
S05E15
The Long Goodbye Job
Nate puts everything on the line for himself and his team when he takes on a case that is connected to his son's death.
- Directed by Dean Devlin
- Written by Chris Downey, John Rogers
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S05E15
The Long Goodbye Job
- Directed by Dean Devlin
- Written by Chris Downey, John Rogers
S05E12
The White Rabbit Job
- Directed by P.J. Pesce
- Written by Geoffrey Thorne
S05E11
The Low Low Price Job
- Directed by Tawnia McKiernan
- Written by Rebecca Kirsch
S05E10
The Frame-Up Job
- Directed by Dean Devlin
- Written by Jeremy Bernstein, Geoffrey Thorne
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Chris Downey
Creator
John Rogers
Showrunner
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Josh Schaer
Writer
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Rebecca Kirsch
Writer
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Jessica Grasl
Writer
Aaron Denius Garcia
Writer
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Joe Hortua
Writer
Dean Devlin
Writer
John Aboud
Writer
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Jeremy Bernstein
Writer
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Jenn Kao
Writer
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Kerry Glover
Writer
Geoffrey Thorne
Writer
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Christine Boylan
Writer
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Albert Kim
Writer
Michael Colton
Writer
Amy Berg
Writer
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Paul Guyot
Writer
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M. Scott Veach
Writer
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Melissa Glenn
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- John RogersProducer
- Dean DevlinProducer
Writing
- Josh SchaerWriter
- Rebecca KirschWriter
- Jessica GraslWriter
- Chris DowneyWriter
- Aaron Denius GarciaWriter
- Joe HortuaWriter
Direction
- Frank OzDirector
- Marc RoskinDirector
- Jeremiah S. ChechikDirector
- John RogersDirector
- Dean DevlinDirector
- Tony BillDirector
Cinematography
- Neil HolcombDirector of Photography
- David ConnellDirector of Photography
Music
- Joseph LoDucaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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