Limited series · Showtime
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Faraday
10 eps
Naomie Harris
Justin Falls
10 eps
Annelle Olaleye
Molly Falls
10 eps
Clarke Peters
Josiah Falls
10 eps
Bill Nighy
Thomas Jerome Newton
10 eps
Jimmi Simpson
Spencer Clay
10 eps
Sonya Cassidy
Edie Flood
10 eps
Joana Ribeiro
Lisa Dominguez
10 eps
Rob Delaney
Hatch Flood
10 eps
Kate Mulgrew
Drew Finch
10 eps
Martha Plimpton
Intake Officer K. Faraday
1 eps
Sebastián Viveros
Mike The Mechanic
1 eps
Gerard Monaco
Officer Haugenoe
1 eps
Olivia-Mai Barrett
Alicia
1 eps
Christian Contreras
Officer Pearson
1 eps
Quelin Sepulveda
Vicki
1 eps
Felix Garcia Guyer
José Longhorn
1 eps
Jayne Aguire
Daisy
1 eps
Jeff Mirza
Cabbie
1 eps
Anna Francolini
Ticket Agent
1 eps
David Sterne
Gent #1
1 eps
Morgan Deare
Gent #2
1 eps
Ricardo Castro
Hector
1 eps
Biz Lyon
Debra
1 eps
Jake Fairbrother
Paramedic
1 eps
Lynnruth Miller
Woman
1 eps
Yumiko Hanasaka
Evelyn
1 eps
Nadia Albina
Young Entrepreneur
1 eps
Raji James
Rajiv
1 eps
Paudge Behan
Young Papel
1 eps
Angela Ashton
Ashleigh Fiore
1 eps
Giles Cooper
Staffer
1 eps
Richard Stirling
Bird Minder
1 eps
Chris Lew Kum Hoi
Inventor
1 eps
Vera Chok
Panelist #1
1 eps
Liz Jadav
Trisha Kapoor
1 eps
Victor Alli
Danny Holland
1 eps
Yao Chin
TV Anchor
1 eps
Cornelius Booth
Professor Ellery Woads
1 eps
Hannah Bristow
Yatzin
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Man Who Fell to Earth actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Man Who Fell to Earth reads strongest on Bingeability, World Building and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
An extraterrestrial alien arrives on Earth at a turning point in human evolution and must confront his own past to determine our future.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E05
Moonage Daydream
Faraday is staggered to discover he's unable to decipher Newton's blueprint for the machine. The mission grinds to a halt until Faraday discovers long buried truths about the relationship between earth and his home planet of Anthea.
- Directed by Sarah Harding
S01E09
As The World Falls Down
Faraday and Justin must battle with rogue CIA operative Spencer Clay for their very lives.
- Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi
S01E02
Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed
After the shocking discovery that The Mission is far more complex and dangerous than he believed, and the only human who can guide him abandons him to protect her family and her sanity, Faraday must go it alone, unaware that he's suddenly on the radar of a CIA agent.
- Directed by Alex Kurtzman
- Written by Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet
S01E03
New Angels of Promise
After a series of shocking events, Justin finally accepts that Faraday's mission is indeed the next step towards her own long-abandoned dream. With the addition of a wild card risk assessor, they finally embark on the journey that takes them further than they ever imagined.
- Directed by Alex Kurtzman
S01E06
Changes
In what we would call a love letter to his wife on Anthea, Faraday shares with her the complexities of becoming human.
- Directed by Sarah Harding
- Written by Alex Kurtzman, Jane Maggs
S01E01
Hallo Spaceboy
An alien crashes deep into the oil fields of New Mexico with a mission: he has eight hours to find the one woman on earth who can save his species. Together they discover that in order to save his world, they must first save ours.
- Directed by Alex Kurtzman
- Written by Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E10
The Man Who Sold The World
- Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi
- Written by Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet
S01E06
Changes
- Directed by Sarah Harding
- Written by Alex Kurtzman, Jane Maggs
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Alex Kurtzman
Creator
Jenny Lumet
Showrunner
Aaron Baiers
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Rola Bauer
Executive producer
Heather Kadin
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
John Hlavin
Executive producer
Sarah Timberman
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Françoise Guyonnet
Executive producer
Carl Beverly
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Tim Halkin
Executive producer
Jane Maggs
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Aaron BaiersExecutive Producer
- Stuart SutherlandProducer
- Alex KurtzmanExecutive Producer
- Jon DudkowskiProducer
- Rola BauerExecutive Producer
- Helen ShangProducer
Writing
- Alex KurtzmanWriter
- Jane MaggsWriter
- Jenny LumetWriter
- John HlavinWriter
Direction
- Alex KurtzmanDirector
- Sarah HardingDirector
- Joss AgnewDirector
- Olatunde OsunsanmiDirector
Cinematography
- Balazs BolygoDirector of Photography
- Tommy Maddox-UpshawDirector of Photography
- Adam GillhamDirector of Photography
Music
- Jeff RussoOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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