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Succession (TV Series 2018–2023) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
- Brian Cox as Logan Roy
- Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy
- Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy
- Sarah Snook as Siobhan "Shiv" Roy
- Alan Ruck as Connor Roy
- Matthew Macfadyen as Tom Wambsgans
- Nicholas Braun as Greg Hirsch
- J. Smith-Cameron as Gerri Kellman
- Justine Lupe as Willa Ferreyra
Cox was well known for his theater and movie roles before playing the bullish family patriarch and CEO of Waystar RoyCo, Logan Roy. He rose to fame for his portrayal of King Lear with the Royal National Theatre in London and the Royal Shakespeare Company. The Scottish actor now has more than 200 acting credits to his name. The first to portray Hann...
Strong plays the second-oldest Roy son, Kendall, who was initially portrayed as the heir apparent to the company. Prior to his role on Succession, Strong studied English at Yale University, where he acted in a number of plays. He is known for his intensive acting process, which includes staying in his role as Kendall even after the cameras stop rol...
Culkin portrays Romulus "Roman" Roy, the second-youngest of the Roy kids, who is known for his inappropriate sense of humor and sarcasm. At the 2022 Critics' Choice Awards, Culkin beat out his costarsNicholas Braun and Matthew Macfadyen for best supporting actor in a drama series. He has also earned nominations for Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Act...
Australian actress Sarah Snookplays Siobhan "Shiv" Roy, the youngest of the Roy siblings. Shiv originally worked in politics but took a more active role in the family company as the show progressed, eventually vying for a top spot along with her siblings. Snook earned her degree in acting from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney in 200...
Alan Ruckplays eldest son Connor Roy, who is Kendall, Roman and Shiv's half-brother from Logan's first marriage. Connor is not interested in the family business and is instead focused on his ranch and running for president. Subsequently, no one in the Roy family, including Logan, takes him seriously. Ruck is best known for his role as Cameron Frye,...
Matthew Macfadyenplays Tom Wambsgans, oft-overlooked and subservient husband of Shiv who is also an executive at Waystar RoyCo. Succession viewers most likely recognize him from his role as Mr. Darcy in the 2005 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice. During a 2022 interview with NPR, the British actor compared his two iconic roles, noting: "Tom Wambsgans...
Nicholas Braun plays fan favorite Greg Hirsch, also known as "Cousin Greg," a role that scored him his first Emmy nominationin 2020 and a second in 2022. Braun made his TV debut at age 6, when he appeared on Good Morning America sporting a bowl-cut to introduce the 1994 Saks Fifth Avenue holiday window display. His older brother produced that segme...
J. Smith-Cameron plays Gerri Kellman, the company's General Counsel who also has a flirtatious relationshipwith the much younger Roman. Smith-Cameron spent much of her professional acting career on the stage after making her Broadway debut in Crimes of the Heart in 1982. She has since earned countless accolades for her work on Broadway in productio...
Justine Lupe turned her Successionguest spot as Willa Ferreyra, the much-younger playwright girlfriend of Connor Roy, into a mainstay part. During a December 2021 interview with Insider, Lupe shared that Willa was only supposed to have a three-episode arc culminating in a breakup with Connor in Santa Fe, New Mexico. "There was one — the Santa Fe sc...
- Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy. Succession may be an ensemble piece, but if you had to pick a leading Succession character, it would be Jeremy Strong’s Kendall Roy.
- Brian Cox as Logan Roy. WayStar Royco, and indeed Succession itself, wouldn’t be what it is today without the ruthless, relentless Logan Roy. The daddy, the king, the man sitting pretty at the top of the food chain, Logan is not a particularly nice man, but my word, he’s a joy to watch.
- Sarah Snook as Shiv Roy. In what is very much a male-dominated pool of sharks swinging their dicks around, Shiv Roy is one of the fiercest members of the Roy family.
- Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy. Despite the very serious, business jargon and matters of companies and stock shares in Succession, there is always a razor-sharp comedic twist to proceedings.
Succession is an American satirical comedy-drama television series created by Jesse Armstrong, which centres on a super-rich and dysfunctional family who own a global media conglomerate. The show premiered on June 3, 2018, on HBO .
Succession: Created by Jesse Armstrong. With Nicholas Braun, Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, Peter Friedman. The Roy family is known for controlling the biggest media and entertainment company in the world. However, their world changes when their father steps down from the company.
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- 2018-06-03
- Comedy, Drama
- 60
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Succession (2018–2023) Brian Cox is an Emmy Award-winning Scottish actor. He was born on June 1, 1946 in Dundee, Scotland, to Mary Ann Guillerline Cox, maiden surname McCann, a spinner, and Charles McArdle Campbell Cox, a shopkeeper and butcher.
