Scripted series · CBS
The Unit
Covert warriors. Unsung heroes.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Dennis Haysbert
Jonas Blane
69 eps
Regina Taylor
Molly Blane
69 eps
Scott Foley
Bob Brown
69 eps
Audrey Marie Anderson
Kim Brown
69 eps
Max Martini
Mack Gerhardt
69 eps
Abby Brammell
Tiffy Gerhardt
69 eps
Michael Irby
Charles Grey
69 eps
Robert Patrick
Tom Ryan
69 eps
Nicole Steinwedell
Bridget Sullivan
22 eps
Demore Barnes
Hector Williams
48 eps
Lindsay Frost
Senator Webb
3 eps
Tia Texada
Mariana Ribera
3 eps
Tim Kang
Chaplain Alan Lantz
2 eps
Benito Martinez
Benjamin Castillo
3 eps
Stacy Edwards
Marian Reed
2 eps
Ann Cusack
Susan Gillum
4 eps
David Rees Snell
Leon Drake
6 eps
Michael McKean
Dr. Donald Metz
2 eps
Michele Greene
Cynthia Burdett
4 eps
Alyssa Shafer
Serena Brown
22 eps
Lionel Mark Smith
Combat Loading Supervisor
2 eps
Ned Bellamy
Lewis
3 eps
Chris Ellis
Congressman Bruce Gelber
3 eps
Dean Norris
Supervisor Marsh
2 eps
John de Lancie
Elliott Gillum
2 eps
Hank Stratton
Isaac Reed
7 eps
Carlos Lacámara
Luis Inez Reale
3 eps
Kirk B.R. Woller
Detective Penman
2 eps
Randy Couture
Sgt. Strickland
2 eps
Yara Martinez
Annie
7 eps
Sammi Hanratty
Jenny Gerhardt
9 eps
Summer Glau
Crystal Burns
8 eps
Lisa Darr
Beverly
2 eps
Gale Harold
Rory
2 eps
Phil Hendrie
George Tatelman
5 eps
Ewan Chung
Map Tech
2 eps
Linda Hunt
Dr. Eudora Hobbs
2 eps
Parisa Fitz-Henley
Laurenda George
2 eps
Conor O'Farrell
General Heath
4 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Unit actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Unit reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
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.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront, protecting their husbands' secrets.
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
- David MametProducer
- Paul RedfordProducer
- Dennis HaysbertProducer
Writing
- David MametWriter
- Sterling AndersonWriter
- Eric L. HaneyWriter
- Shawn RyanWriter
- Lynn MametWriter
- R. Scott GemmillWriter
Direction
- David MametDirector
- Davis GuggenheimDirector
- Jesús Salvador TreviñoDirector
- David PaymerDirector
- Michael ZinbergDirector
- Alex ZakrzewskiDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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