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The North Water

The North Water

AMC+ 2021

Henry Drax is a harpooner and brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world, who will set sail on a whaling expedition to the Arctic with Patrick Sumner, a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s doctor. Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey with a murderous psychopath. In search of redemption, his story becomes a harsh struggle for survival in the Arctic wasteland.
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The Top 10 Actors and Characters of The North Water (Ranked Cast in 2024)

Stephen Graham

#1 - Stephen Graham (DI Roy Carver)

Stephen Graham (born August 3, 1973) is a British film and television actor, best known for playing Andrew 'Combo' Gascoigne in This Is England and Scrum in the Pirates of the Caribbean feature films.

Stephen Graham plays as DI Roy Carver in The North Water.
Stephen Graham is the top #1 member of the cast and appears in 18 episodes.

Colin Farrell

#2 - Colin Farrell (John Sugar)

Colin James Farrell (born May 31, 1976) is an Irish actor. A leading man in blockbusters and independent films since the 2000s, he has received numerous accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards and a nomination for an Academy Award. The Irish Times' named him Ireland's fifth-greatest film actor in 2020. Farrell began acting in the BBC drama series Ballykissangel (1998) and had his film debut in the drama The War Zone (1999). His first lead film role was in the war drama Tigerland (2000), and he had his breakthrough with Steven Spielberg's science fiction film Minority Report (2002). He took on high-profile roles as Bullseye in Daredevil (2003) and Alexander the Great in Alexander (2004), and further starring roles in Michael Mann's Miami Vice (2006) and Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream (2007). Farrell earned acclaim for playing a rookie hitman in Martin McDonagh's comedy In Bruges (2008), winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. He went on to play a variety of leading and character roles in the comedy Horrible Bosses (2011), the science fiction film Total Recall (2012), the black comedy Seven Psychopaths (2012), the drama Saving Mr. Banks (2013), the dark comedies The Lobster (2015) and The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), the gothic thriller The Beguiled (2017), and the fantasy film Dumbo (2019). He also starred in the second season of HBO's thriller series True Detective (2015). Farrell has also played Percival Graves in the fantasy film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and Penguin in the superhero film The Batman (2022). Also in 2022, Farrell gained acclaim for his roles in the science fiction drama After Yang, the survival film Thirteen Lives, and McDonagh's drama The Banshees of Inisherin. For playing a naive Irishman in the lattermost, he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and another Golden Globe, in addition to a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Colin Farrell plays as John Sugar in The North Water.
Colin Farrell is the top #2 member of the cast and appears in 4 episodes.

Tom Courtenay

#3 - Tom Courtenay (Baxter)

An English actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of films including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963), and Dr. Zhivago (1965). Since the mid-1960s he has been known primarily for his work in the theatre. Courtenay received a knighthood in February 2001 for forty years' service to cinema and theatre. Courtenay is the President of Hull City A.F.C.'s Official Supporters Club. In 1999, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Hull University. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Courtenay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Tom Courtenay plays as Baxter in The North Water.
Tom Courtenay is the top #3 member of the cast and appears in 1 episodes.

Jack O'Connell

#4 - Jack O'Connell (Paddy Mayne)

Jack O'Connell is a British film and television actor, best known for playing Louis Zamperini in "Unbroken", Kyle Budwell in "Money Monster" and James Cook in the British television teen drama "Skins". He received the BAFTA EE Rising Star Award in 2015.

Jack O'Connell plays as Paddy Mayne in The North Water.
Jack O'Connell is the top #4 member of the cast and appears in 1 episodes.

Last updated: apr 24, 2022

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