page_title: Alien: Covenant
section_title: Cast
hierarchical_section_title: Alien: Covenant / Cast
caption_attribution_description: Katherine Waterston speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
context_page_description: Alien: Covenant is a 2017 science fiction horror film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by John Logan and Dante Harper, from a story by Michael Green and Jack Paglen. A joint American and British production, the film is a sequel to Prometheus and is the second installment in the Alien prequel series and the sixth installment in the Alien franchise, as well as the third directed by Scott. The film features returning star Michael Fassbender and Katherine Waterston, with Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, and Demián Bichir in supporting roles. It follows the crew of a colony ship that lands on an uncharted planet and makes a terrifying discovery.
  In 2012, prior to the release of Prometheus, Ridley Scott discussed the prospects of a sequel and new trilogy, and the film was confirmed that August. Principal photography began on April 4, 2016, at Milford Sound in Fiordland National Park, New Zealand, and wrapped on July 19, 2016. Effects houses Odd Studios and CreatureNFX provided the film's makeup and animatronic creature effects.
context_section_description: Michael Fassbender as David 8 and Walter One. Both are synthetic androids; David is an earlier-made android, who was formerly a crew member of the destroyed Prometheus, while Walter is a newer model android who monitors the Covenant.
  Katherine Waterston as Daniels, the chief of terraforming for the Covenant mission and the wife/widow of the ship's captain, Jacob Branson. She is the third in command after Branson and Oram. Waterston said she was well aware of the comparisons that were going to be made between her and Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley, but that she tried not to think about it too much while filming for fear of being intimidated.
  Billy Crudup as Chris Oram, the Covenant's first mate and Karine's husband. Oram is a self-serious man of faith who believes their role on the Covenant is an act of destiny, and shares a "contentious" relationship with Daniels.
  Danny McBride as Tennessee Faris, the chief pilot of the Covenant and Maggie's husband.
  Demián Bichir as Dan Lope, the head of the security unit aboard the Covenant and husband of Sergeant Hallett.
  Carmen Ejogo as Karine Oram, the Covenant's biologist and Chris' wife.
  Jussie Smollett as Ricks, the Covenant's navigator and Upworth's husband.
  Callie Hernandez as Upworth, the Covenant's communication officer and Ricks' wife; she also has paramedic training.
  Amy Seimetz as Maggie Faris, the lander's pilot and Tennessee's wife.
  Nathaniel Dean as Tom Hallett, a member of the security unit and Lope's husband.
  Alexander England as Ankor, a member of the security unit.
  Benjamin Rigby as Ledward, a member of the security unit.
  Uli Latukefu as Cole, a member of the security unit.
  Tess Haubrich as Sarah Rosenthal, a member of the security unit.
  A number of actors appear in uncredited roles. Guy Pearce reprises his role as Peter Weyland, the trillionaire founder and CEO of Weyland Corporation (the Weyland-Yutani Corporation in "later" storylines) who died before the destruction of the Prometheus. James Franco appears onscreen in photos and a video as Jacob Branson, the original captain of the Covenant and husband of Daniels; he also appears in deleted scenes. Noomi Rapace had played archaeologist Dr. Elizabeth Shaw as a member of the destroyed Prometheus in the prequel film, and appeared in a short promotional prologue to Covenant that was set in the period between the two movies, but does not act in the final cut of the movie itself, though her voice is heard from the planet early in the film and her image and voice appear later. Logan Marshall-Green's character Charlie Holloway, also from Prometheus, also appears in an archive image alongside Shaw.
  Other credited parts include Lorelei King as the voice of the Covenant's computer "Mother"; King was a colleague of Helen Horton, the voice of the Nostromo's "Mother" in 1979's Alien. Goran D. Kleut is credited in two roles, as both a neomorph and a xenomorph, while Andrew Crawford is credited as a neomorph.
caption: Waterston received positive reviews for her Ripley-like role as Daniels.
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