Scripted series · HBO Max
Peacemaker
Give peace a f#cking chance.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
John Cena
Christopher 'Chris' Smith / Peacemaker
16 eps
Danielle Brooks
Leota Adebayo
16 eps
Freddie Stroma
Adrian Chase / Vigilante
16 eps
Jennifer Holland
Emilia Harcourt
16 eps
Chukwudi Iwuji
Clemson Murn
8 eps
Steve Agee
John Economos
16 eps
Frank Grillo
Rick Flag Sr.
8 eps
Robert Patrick
August 'Auggie' Smith / Blue Dragon
16 eps
Annie Chang
Sophie Song
8 eps
Nhut Le
Rip Jagger / Judomaster
9 eps
Lochlyn Munro
Larry Fitzgibbon
9 eps
Crystal Mudry
Annie Sturphausen
2 eps
Elizabeth McCarthy
Head Nurse
1 eps
Faith Wright
Murn's Inside Nurse
1 eps
Tim Zhang
Cabbie
1 eps
Brent Chapman
Fact Attack Host
1 eps
Ursina Luther
Waitress
1 eps
Mel Tuck
Auggie's Neighbor
3 eps
Paul Lazenby
Dickhead
2 eps
Darryl Scheelar
Dickhead
2 eps
Alison Araya
Amber Calcaterra
2 eps
Lenny Jacobson
Evan Calcaterra
2 eps
Rizwan Manji
Jamil
2 eps
Ryan Jefferson Booth
Racist Thug
2 eps
Jen Znack
Skinhead Girl
2 eps
Klarc Jerome Wilson
Dave
2 eps
Paul Tryl
Whitehood Wanker
2 eps
Viola Davis
Amanda Waller (uncredited)
2 eps
Rochelle Greenwood
Peggy
6 eps
Kevin O'Grady
Johnson
5 eps
Neil Webb
Cool Steve
5 eps
Bzhaun Rhoden
Young Man
5 eps
Zak Santiago
Prison Guard
6 eps
Troy Anthony Young
Terrified Man
2 eps
Quinn Bennett
Young Chris
4 eps
Liam Hughes
Keith
4 eps
Elizabeth Faith Ludlow
Keeya
8 eps
Lissa Neptuno
Doctor
2 eps
Dee Bradley Baker
Eagly (voice)
16 eps
Christopher Heyerdahl
Captain Caspar Locke
4 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Peacemaker actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Peacemaker reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and World Building.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
The continuing story of Peacemaker, a vainglorious superhero/supervillain who believes in peace at any cost — no matter how many people he has to kill. After a miraculous recovery from his duel with Bloodsport, Peacemaker soon discovers that his freedom comes at a price.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 16 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20223 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20228 episodes
7.5IMDbAfter surviving being shot and then buried beneath a collapsing building, Peacemaker returns home only to realize that his freedom comes at a price. He is now part of Amanda Waller's new team fighting a mysterious new threat. Can he eliminate the threat without making things worse?
Best episode · S01E08 It's Cow or Never
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20258 episodes
6.9IMDbFollowing the exposure of Project Butterfly and the disbandment of Task Force X, the 11th Street Kids grapple with new identities, new friendships, and new rivalries. For Peacemaker, this means reconciling his past with his newfound sense of purpose — here and in an alternate dimension. Meanwhile, Rick Flag Sr. reappears as the director of A.R.G.U.S., focused on controlling metahumans and avenging the death of his son at the hands of Peacemaker.
Best episode · S02E07 Like a Keith in the Night
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E08
It's Cow or Never
With Peacemaker and Adebayo at odds, can the team kill the cow once and for all – or will their fracture give the aliens the opening they need to complete its teleportation?
- Directed by James Gunn
- Written by James Gunn
S01E06
Murn After Reading
Murn reveals his deepest secret. Auggie is set free. The botched arrest of Peacemaker sends alien Goff into an unexpected new host.
- Directed by James Gunn
- Written by James Gunn
S01E05
Monkey Dory
The team scouts the apparent hub for the aliens’ food supply, only to come face-to-face with a full-fledged invasion. Meanwhile, Auggie’s attempt to sell out his son to the police is complicated by Murn’s mysterious contact.
- Directed by Rosemary Rodriguez
- Written by James Gunn
S01E03
Better Goff Dead
On their first official mission to assassinate suspected “butterflies,” Economos and Murn bond, and Peacemaker and Harcourt reach an understanding. But the whole job goes sideways with the arrival of Judomaster.
- Directed by James Gunn
- Written by James Gunn
S01E07
Stop Dragon My Heart Around
Harcourt, Murn, and Adebayo find themselves surrounded by an alien force, while Peacemaker squares off against his father with help from Vigilante and Economos.
- Directed by Brad Anderson
- Written by James Gunn
S02E07
Like a Keith in the Night
As Flag and A.R.G.U.S. close in, the 11th Street Kids attempt to keep the ever-increasing dangers of the alternate world around them at bay.
- Directed by Alethea Jones
- Written by James Gunn
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E07
Like a Keith in the Night
- Directed by Alethea Jones
- Written by James Gunn
S02E06
Ignorance Is Chris
- Directed by James Gunn
- Written by James Gunn
S02E05
Back to the Suture
- Directed by Alethea Jones
- Written by James Gunn
S02E04
Need I Say Door
- Directed by Peter Sollett
- Written by James Gunn
S02E03
Another Rick Up My Sleeve
- Directed by Greg Mottola
- Written by James Gunn
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
- Galen VaismanProducer
- Lars P. WintherProducer
- John CenaExecutive Producer
- Matthew MillerExecutive Producer
- James GunnExecutive Producer
- John H. StarkeProducer
Writing
- James GunnWriter
Direction
- Rosemary RodriguezDirector
- Brad AndersonDirector
- Greg MottolaDirector
- Peter SollettDirector
- Alethea JonesDirector
- James GunnDirector
Cinematography
- Scott PeckDirector of Photography
- Jarrad BoweDirector of Photography
- Michael BonvillainDirector of Photography
- Michael WaleDirector of Photography
- Sam McCurdyDirector of Photography
Music
- Kevin KinerOriginal Music Composer
- Clint MansellOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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The wider universe
Connected Series
DC Television
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