Scripted series · USA Network
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Clancy Brown
Rayden (voice)
13 eps
Olivia D'Abo
Sonya Blade (voice)
13 eps
Dorian Harewood
Jax (voice)
13 eps
Ron Perlman
Kurtis Striker (voice)
13 eps
Luke Perry
Sub-Zero (voice)
13 eps
Cree Summer
Princess Kitana (voice)
13 eps
Tod Thawley
Nightwolf (voice)
13 eps
Brian Tochi
Liu Kang (voice)
13 eps
Jack Angel
Oniro / Computer (voice)
1 eps
Jeremy Ratchford
Smoke (voice)
1 eps
Rino Romano
Rain (voice)
1 eps
John Garry
Zenkaro (voice)
1 eps
Neil Ross
Shang Tsung (voice)
2 eps
Nick Chinlund
Quan Chi (voice)
1 eps
Michael Des Barres
Kano (voice)
2 eps
Peter Renaday
Shadow Priest (voice)
1 eps
Nancy Linari
Zara (voice)
1 eps
Brock Peters
Ramath (voice)
1 eps
Frank Welker
Creature (voice)
2 eps
Kevin Michael Richardson
Kabal / Black Dragon Thug (voice)
1 eps
John Rhys-Davies
Asgarth (voice)
1 eps
Dawnn Lewis
Sheeva (voice)
3 eps
John Vernon
Shao Kahn (voice)
4 eps
Joshua Blyden
Komodai (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
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 much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
A group of warriors come together to defend Earthrealm from invaders who entered through portals from various other dimensions.
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
- Lawrence KasanoffExecutive Producer
- Joshua WexlerProducer
- Alison SavitchExecutive Producer
- Anne D'AmatoExecutive Producer
- Michael GoguenProducer
- Susan LevinProducer
Writing
- Sean Catherine DerekWriter
- Cydne ClarkWriter
- Mark HoffmeierWriter
- Steve GranatWriter
Direction
- Michael GoguenDirector
Music
- Jonathan SloateOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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