Scripted series · NBC
The A-Team
Heroes for hire.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
George Peppard
John 'Hannibal' Smith
94 eps
Dirk Benedict
Templeton 'Faceman' Peck
94 eps
Mr. T
B.A. Baracus
94 eps
Dwight Schultz
'Howling Mad' Murdock
94 eps
Melinda Culea
Amy Amanda Allen
35 eps
Eddie Velez
Frankie Santana
13 eps
Robert Vaughn
General Hunt Stockwell
13 eps
Carl Franklin
Captain Crane
14 eps
Marla Heasley
Tawnia Baker
9 eps
John Durbin
Ramon Soulay
2 eps
William Lucking
Col. Lynch
3 eps
Andrew Robinson
2 eps
Danny Wells
Film Director
3 eps
Philip Sterling
Grant Eldridge
2 eps
Tim Rossovich
Milt
2 eps
Hulk Hogan
Himself
2 eps
Professor Toru Tanaka
Fröbe
3 eps
William Frankfather
Man at Water Pumping Station
2 eps
Tracy Scoggins
Elly Paine
2 eps
Arnold F. Turner
Prison Guard
2 eps
Charles Napier
Col. Briggs
2 eps
Xander Berkeley
Baker
2 eps
Michael Delano
Kyle Mason
3 eps
Kristen Meadows
Park Ranger Jenny Sherman
2 eps
James Hong
Wan Chu
2 eps
Ed Lauter
Sheriff Hank Thomson
2 eps
Bill McKinney
Clint
2 eps
Geoffrey Lewis
Colonel Mack Stoddard
2 eps
Markie Post
Rina
2 eps
Wings Hauser
Jack 'The Ripper' Lane
2 eps
Tony Epper
Baker
2 eps
Dana Elcar
George Olsen
2 eps
Tony Brubaker
Marty
2 eps
Jophery C. Brown
Bartender
2 eps
Norman Alden
Mickey Stern
2 eps
Morgan Woodward
Captain Winnetka
2 eps
Ted Markland
Giddins
2 eps
Dennis Franz
Brooks
2 eps
Brion James
David Plout
2 eps
Alan Fudge
Frank Gaines
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The A-Team actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The A-Team reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Spectacle.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
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 each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."
The run
Seasons
5 seasons · 94 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20064 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
198313 episodes
7.4IMDbSent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit, these four commandos escaped from a maximum-security stockade and now survive in the Los Angeles underground as soldiers of fortune. So, if you have a problem and there's no one else who can help, and if you think you can find them, maybe you can hire The A-Team.
Best episode · S01E12 The Beast from the Belly of a Boeing
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
198322 episodes
7.4IMDbPile into that famous black van for another season of adrenaline-pumping adventure with Hannibal, Face, Murdock and B.A. as they fight for justice against dangerous criminals, while staying one step ahead of their archenemy, Colonel Decker.
Best episode · S02E05 When You Comin' Back, Range Rider?
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
198424 episodes
7.7IMDbIn the most popular season ever, Hannibal, Face, Murdock and B.A. face off against new criminals with the most outrageous schemes yet - from toxic-waste dumping to wild-game poaching to restaurant sabotage.
Best episode · S03E22 Beverly Hills Assault
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
198522 episodes
7.7IMDbTeam up again with B.A., Hannibal, Murdock and Face as they take on hardhearted kidnappers, corrupt millionaires, ruthless drug dealers, and even a Mob kingpin.
Best episode · S04E04 The Road to Hope
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
198613 episodes
7.2IMDbB.A., Hannibal, Murdock and Face confront their greatest challenges yet when the mysterious General Stockwell joins them to battle bad guys that include hitmen, hijackers, and mercenary monks.
Best episode · S05E13 Without Reservations
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S04E04
The Road to Hope
Hannibal poses as a wino to avoid being caught by the Army and stumbles onto a racket that involves killing the derelicts.
S04E10
The Doctor Is Out
The A-Team travels to South America to find Murdock's psychiatrist, accompanied by a woman claiming to be his daughter.
S03E22
Beverly Hills Assault
The A-Team goes uptown and gets involved with an art dealer who has been replacing original paintings with fakes.
- Directed by Craig R. Baxley
- Written by Paul Bernbaum
S04E16
Waiting for Insane Wayne
When Murdock gets mistaken for an insane mercenary the A-Team is drawn into a fight over property rights and an oil well.
S02E20
Deadly Maneuvers
Criminals foiled in the past by the A-Team hire a crew of mercenaries to pick off each member one by one.
- Directed by Michael Vejar
- Written by Richard Christian Matheson
S03E08
Showdown!
Col. Lynch stakes out a Wild West show that has been terrorized by a group of A-Team impostors, sure that the real guys won't be able to ignore them.
- Directed by James Fargo
- Written by Milt Rosen
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E04
Episode 4
S00E03
Episode 3
S00E02
The Great 80's TV Flashback
S00E01
Rumours of Soldiers of Fortune, Interview with Stephen J. Cannell
S05E13
Without Reservations
- Directed by John Peter Kousakis
- Written by Bill Nuss
S05E12
The Grey Team
- Directed by Michael O'Herlihy
- Written by Tom Blomquist
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Frank Lupo
Showrunner
Stephen J. Cannell
Creator
Richard Christian Matheson
Writer
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Stephen Katz
Writer
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Bruce Cervi
Writer
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Terry D. Nelson
Writer
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Milt Rosen
Writer
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Tom Blomquist
Writer
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Steve Beers
Writer
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Bill Nuss
Writer
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Burt Pearl
Writer
Chris Bunch
Writer
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Jayne C. Ehrlich
Writer
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Patrick Hasburgh
Writer
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Paul Bernbaum
Writer
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Sidney Ellis
Writer
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Danny Lee Cole
Writer
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Jeff Ray
Writer
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Dennis O'Keefe
Writer
Steven L. Sears
Writer
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Babs Greyhosky
Writer
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Tom Szollosi
Writer
Mark Jones
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Frank LupoProducer
- Rob BowmanProducer
- John AshleyProducer
- Stephen J. CannellExecutive Producer
- Stephen J. CannellProducer
Writing
- Richard Christian MathesonWriter
- Stephen KatzWriter
- Bruce CerviWriter
- Terry D. NelsonWriter
- Milt RosenWriter
- Tom BlomquistWriter
Direction
- Nicholas SgarroDirector
- Ron SatlofDirector
- Chuck BowmanDirector
- Christian I. Nyby IIDirector
- Craig R. BaxleyDirector
- Michael VejarDirector
Cinematography
- Bradley B. SixDirector of Photography
- Frank E. JohnsonDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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