Creators:
Justin MarksComposer:
Jeff RussoCast:
J.K. Simmons, Harry Lloyd, Nazanin Boniadi, Olivia Williams, Sara Serraiocco, Kenneth Choi, Ulrich Thomsen, Nicholas Pinnock, Bernhard Forcher (more)Seasons(2) / Episodes(20)
Plots(1)
An espionage, sci-fi thriller with a metaphysical twist, Counterpart is about a mysterious world hidden beneath the surface of our everyday existence. Howard Silk (J.K. Simmons) is a lowly cog in the bureaucratic machinery of a Berlin-based United Nations spy agency. When Howard discovers that his organization safeguards the secret of a crossing into a parallel dimension, he is thrust into a shadow world of intrigue, danger, and double crossing... where the only man he can trust is his near-identical counterpart from this parallel world. The show explores themes of identity, fate and lost love, posing the eternal question: "what if our lives could have been different?" (HBO Europe)
(more)Cast
![Samuel Roukin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/741/160741866_23e243.jpg)
Samuel Roukin
UK
Best series:
Pantheon (2022) (series)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Counterpart (2017) (series)
![Julia Koschitz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312448_dfddc0.jpg)
Julia Koschitz
Belgium
Best series:
Counterpart (2017) (series)
Doctor's Diary - Männer sind die beste Medizin (2008) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Ivanno Jeremiah](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/526/162526013_02cfd3.jpg)
Ivanno Jeremiah
Best series:
Black Mirror (2011) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
Cold Feet (1997) (series)
![Martin Glade](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/019/160019575_f79d61.jpg)
Martin Glade
West Germany
Best series:
Counterpart (2017) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Emilie Neumeister](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/613/161613834_fb87ea.jpg)
Emilie Neumeister
Germany
Best series:
Counterpart (2017) (series)
Holiday Secrets (2019) (series)
![Andreas Warmbrunn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/557/165557236_b0d8f7.jpg)
Andreas Warmbrunn
Germany
Best series:
Counterpart (2017) (series)
Sløborn (2020) (series)
Tiere bis unters Dach (2010) (series)
![Laura Bellini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/395/161395319_3b4a3b.jpg)
Laura Bellini
Best series:
Trust (2018) (series)
Counterpart (2017) (series)
Da kommt Kalle (2006) (series)
Sarah Bellini
Best series:
Trust (2018) (series)
Counterpart (2017) (series)
SOKO Köln (2003) (series)
Trevor White
Canada
Best series:
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
The Durrells (2016) (series)
![Andy Gätjen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/902/159902521_634bb8.jpg)
Andy Gätjen
USA
Best series:
Counterpart (2017) (series)
Lexx (1997) (series)
David Copperfield (1974) (series)
![Michael Rast](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/058/168058905_24hupe.jpg)
Michael Rast
Austria
Best series:
Counterpart (2017) (series)
Der Kriminalist (2006) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Dieter Hallervorden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/932/164932722_6140b6.jpg)
Dieter Hallervorden
German Empire
Best series:
Counterpart (2017) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
SOKO Stuttgart (2009) (series)
![Michael Rotschopf](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/728/166728667_f57b80.jpg)
Michael Rotschopf
Austria
Best series:
Counterpart (2017) (series)
Crossing Lines (2013) (series)
Der Kriminalist (2006) (series)
![Anke Sevenich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/168/160168170_49b74a.jpg)
Anke Sevenich
West Germany
Best series:
Adventure of Criminalistics (1989) (series)
Counterpart (2017) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Martin Umbach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/500/166500908_2083a6.jpg)
Martin Umbach
West Germany
Best series:
Genius (2017) (series)
Counterpart (2017) (series)
Trenk, the Little Knight (2011) (series)
Nadine Dubois
Best series:
Counterpart (2017) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Katrina Nelson
Best series:
Castle (2009) (series)
Two and a Half Men (2003) (series)
New Amsterdam (2018) (series)
![Tim Maculan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281110_0db6d7.jpg)
Tim Maculan
USA
Best series:
Friends (1994) (series)
Dexter (2006) (series)
Six Feet Under (2001) (series)
![Frederik Schmid](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/763/166763147_12f172.jpg)
Frederik Schmid
West Germany
Best series:
The Queen's Gambit (2020) (series)
Babylon Berlin (2017) (series)
Counterpart (2017) (series)
![Paterson Joseph](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/113/163113398_c608eb.jpg)
Paterson Joseph
UK
Best series:
That Mitchell and Webb Look (2006) (series)
Peep Show (2003) (series)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)