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The Diplomat

The Diplomat

Netflix 2023

In the midst of an international crisis, a career diplomat lands in a high-profile job she’s unsuited for, with tectonic implications for her marriage and her political future.
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The Top 10 Actors and Characters of The Diplomat (Ranked Cast in 2024)

Rufus Sewell

#1 - Rufus Sewell (Hal Wyler)

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rufus Frederik Sewell (born 29 October 1967) is an English actor. In film, he has appeared in The Woodlanders, Dangerous Beauty, Dark City, A Knight's Tale, The Illusionist, Tristan and Isolde, and Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence. On television, he starred in the 2010 mini-series The Pillars of the Earth. Earlier he played the hero, Will Ladislaw, in the BBC adaptation of George Eliot's Middlemarch. In 2003, he appeared in the lead role in Charles II: The Power and The Passion. He starred in the CBS drama Eleventh Hour which was cancelled in April 2009. On stage, he originated the role of Septimus Hodge in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the role of Jan in Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll, which earned him an Olivier Award and a Tony Award nomination for the latter performance. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rufus Sewell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Rufus Sewell plays as Hal Wyler in The Diplomat.
Rufus Sewell is the top #1 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

David Gyasi

#2 - David Gyasi (Austin Dennison)

A British actor. He is best known for his roles in Cloud Atlas (2012) and Interstellar (2014), as well as the lead role of Lex Carnahan in The CW miniseries Containment. Courtesy Wikipedia®

David Gyasi plays as Austin Dennison in The Diplomat.
David Gyasi is the top #2 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

Rory Kinnear

#3 - Rory Kinnear (Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge)

Rory Kinnear (born 17 February 1978) is an English actor and playwright who has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre. He is best known for playing Bill Tanner in the James Bond films Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, and Spectre, and in various video games of the franchise. He is the youngest actor to play the role of Bill Tanner. He also won a Laurence Olivier Award for portraying Fopling Flutter in a 2008 version of The Man of Mode, and a British Independent Film Award for his performance in the 2012 film Broken. In 2014, he won the Olivier Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Shakespeare's villain Iago in the National Theatre production of Othello.

Rory Kinnear plays as Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge in The Diplomat.
Rory Kinnear is the top #3 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

Keri Russell

#4 - Keri Russell (Kate Wyler)

Keri Lynn Russell (born March 23, 1976) is an American actress and dancer. After appearing in a number of made-for-television films and series during the mid-1990s, she came to fame for portraying the title role of Felicity Porter on the series Felicity, which ran from 1998 to 2002, and for which she won a Golden Globe Award. Russell has since appeared in several films, including We Were Soldiers, The Upside of Anger, Mad About Mambo, Wonder Woman, Mission: Impossible III, Waitress, August Rush, Bedtime Stories, and Extraordinary Measures.

Keri Russell plays as Kate Wyler in The Diplomat.
Keri Russell is the top #4 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

Ali Ahn

#5 - Ali Ahn (Eidra Park)

Ali Ahn is an actress.

Ali Ahn plays as Eidra Park in The Diplomat.
Ali Ahn is the top #5 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

Ato Essandoh

#6 - Ato Essandoh (Stuart Hayford)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ato Essandoh (born 29th of July 1972) is an Americantelevision and film actor. Essandoh, who was born in Schenectady, New York, graduated from New Rochelle High School in 1990. He received a B.S. in chemical engineering from Cornell University. He is also a playwright, and authored Black Thang which is published in the anthology Plays and Playwrights 2003. He also studied acting at the Acting Studio in New York City. Essandoh is also the co-founder of The Defiant Ones writing and performance group. His parents are from Ghana, West Africa. Essandoah joined the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at Cornell University, and through that organization, the Irving Literary Society.

Ato Essandoh plays as Stuart Hayford in The Diplomat.
Ato Essandoh is the top #6 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

Last updated: may 06, 2023

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