Limited series · Canal+
XIII
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Stephen McHattie
General Carrington
2 eps
Jessalyn Gilsig
Kim Rowland
2 eps
Val Kilmer
La Mangouste
2 eps
Stephen Dorff
Ross Tanner
2 eps
Caterina Murino
Sam
2 eps
Jacqueline Pillon
XX
2 eps
John Bourgeois
President Galbrain
2 eps
Hrant Alianak
2 eps
Mimi Kuzyk
Sally Sheridan
2 eps
Julian Richings
Mr. Cody
2 eps
Daniel DeSanto
Tech Agent
2 eps
Cedric Smith
Abe Miller
2 eps
Andrew Jackson
2 eps
Greg Bryk
Colonel Amos
2 eps
Nigel Shawn Williams
2 eps
Lucinda Davis
Jones
2 eps
Scott Wickware
2 eps
Jonathan Higgins
Calvin Wax
2 eps
Ted Atherton
Wally Sheridan
2 eps
Barbara Gordon
Martha Miller
2 eps
Luke Vitale
Agent Standwell
2 eps
Goûchy Boy
Malick
2 eps
Dan Duran
Warren Glass
2 eps
Matt Baram
NSA Coroner
2 eps
Todd Sandomirsky
Agent Kohn
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How XIII actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
XIII reads strongest on Bingeability, Serialized and Spectacle.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
The first female US President Sally Sheridan is shot dead by a sniper during her Veterans Day speech. Her assassin narrowly escapes the scene with his life, national security hot on his heels - or so it seems. Three months later, an elderly couple discover the body of a wounded man in a tree, wearing a parachute. The young man cannot remember the slightest thing about his own identity.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E02
All the Tears of Hell
- Directed by Duane Clark
- Written by David Wolkove, Philippe Lyon
S01E01
Day of The Black Sun
- Directed by Duane Clark
- Written by David Wolkove, Philippe Lyon
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.
Writing
- David WolkoveWriter
- Jean Van HammeWriter
- Philippe LyonWriter
- William VanceWriter
Direction
- Duane ClarkDirector
Cinematography
- David GreeneDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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