Watchmen

## Production

### Executive Producers

Damon Lindelof, Tom Spezialy, Nicole Kassell, Stephen Williams, Joseph E. Iberti

### Production Company

White Rabbit, Paramount Television, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television

## Series Chronology

### Next

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Watchmen is an American superhero drama limited television series that continues the 1986 DC Comics series *Watchmen,* created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. The TV series was created for HBO by Damon Lindelof, who also served as an executive producer and writer. Its ensemble cast includes Regina King, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Andrew Howard, Jacob Ming-Trent, Tom Mison, Sara Vickers, Dylan Schombing, Louis Gossett Jr. and Jeremy Irons, with Jean Smart and Hong Chau joining the cast in later episodes.

## Plot

Set in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws, Watchmen embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel of the same name, while attempting to break new ground of its own.

## Cast and Characters

### Main

* Regina King as Angela Abar / Sister Night, a Tulsa Police detective who wears a nun's habit and a balaclava. Faithe Herman portrays a young Angela Abar.
* Don Johnson as Judd Crawford, the chief of the Tulsa Police.[a]
* Tim Blake Nelson as Wade Tillman / Looking Glass, a Tulsa Police detective who wears a reflective mask. Phil Labes portrays a teenage Wade.
* Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Calvin "Cal" Abar (né Jelani), Angela's husband who turns out to be a form of Jonathan "Jon" Osterman / Doctor Manhattan. Darrell Snedeger portrays Manhattan's original form and Zak Rothera-Oxley portrays a young Jon Osterman.[4]
* Andrew Howard as Red Scare, a Tulsa Police detective who wears a predominantly red outfit and speaks with a Russian accent.
* Jacob Ming-Trent as Panda, a Tulsa Police detective who wears a full giant panda mask.
* Tom Mison as Mr. Phillips, a series of male clones of the original Mr. Phillips, who was originally created by Doctor Manhattan to serve as Veidt's servants.
	+ Mison also portrays the Game Warden, a mysterious and powerful clone of the original Mr. Phillips who keeps Veidt in line and serves as his archenemy.
* Sara Vickers as Ms. Crookshanks, a series of female clones of the original Mrs. Crookshanks originally created by Doctor Manhattan to serve as Veidt's servants.
* Dylan Schombing as Christopher "Topher" Abar (né Doyle),[5] Angela's and Cal's adopted son whose biological parents, the Doyles, were killed on the White Night.
* Louis Gossett Jr. as Will Reeves, Angela's grandfather, formerly known as Hooded Justice, the first masked hero who inspired the Minutemen. Jovan Adepo portrays a young Will Reeves.
* Jeremy Irons as Adrian Veidt, a former businessman and the vigilante Ozymandias, the "smartest man in the world". He is now living as an aristocratic lord of a country manor that turned out to be on Europa.[6][7]
* Jean Smart as Laurie Blake,[5] formerly the second Silk Spectre, who has since become an FBI agent and member of the Anti-Vigilante Task Force.[8]
* Hong Chau as Lady Trieu, the owner of Trieu Industries, a corporation that bought out Veidt Enterprises following news of his death, and later revealed to be Veidt's daughter by artificial insemination.[9]

### Recurring

* James Wolk as Joe Keene Jr., a Senator and leader of the Seventh Kavalry who aims to become President. His father is responsible for the Keene Act banning masked vigilantism.
* Frances Fisher as Jane Crawford, Judd's wife who is a member of the Seventh Kavalry.[10]
* Jessica Camacho as Pirate Jenny, a member of the Tulsa police who wears a pirate-inspired outfit
* Adelynn Spoon as Emma Abar, Angela and Cal's younger adopted daughter.
* Lily Rose Smith as Rosie Abar, Angela and Cal's older adopted daughter.
* Steven Norfleet as O. B. Williams, the late father of Will Reeves and great-grandfather of Angela Abar.
* Alexis Louder as Ruth Williams, the late mother of Will Reeves and great-grandmother of Angela Abar.
* Jolie Hoang-Rappaport as Bian, a young clone of Trieu's mother passed off as her daughter.
	+ Elyse Dinh portrays Trieu's mother, the original Bian as an adult.

### Guest starring

* Dustin Ingram as Agent Petey,[5] an FBI agent who joins Laurie in investigating a murder in Tulsa. He is secretly a vigilante known as Lube Man.[11]
* Cheyenne Jackson as an actor portraying Hooded Justice on *American Hero Story*.
* Henry Louis Gates Jr. as himself, in the position of Secretary of the Treasury.
* Jim Beaver as Andy, Topher's grandfather.
* Lee Tergesen as Mister Shadow, a vigilante who is drawn out by Laurie Blake.
* David Andrews as Deputy Director Max Farragut, Laurie Blake and Dale Petey's superior.
* Michael Imperioli as himself, appearing in an advertisement for New York City.[12]
* Chris Whitley as an actor who portrays Captain Metropolis in *American Hero Story*.
* Eileen Grubba as Cynthia Bennett, Wade's ex-wife.
* Paula Malcomson as Renee, a radiologist who is a member of the Seventh Kavalry.
* Jake McDorman as Nelson Gardner / Captain Metropolis, one of the founding members of the New Minutemen.
* Glenn Fleshler as Fred, a racist shopkeeper who runs afoul of Will.
* Danielle Deadwyler as June, Will's wife and Angela's grandmother who works as a reporter. Valeri Ross portrays an older June.
* Anthony Hill as Marcus Abar, the father of Angela Abar who is killed by a suicide bomber.
* Devyn A. Taylor as Elise Abar, the mother of Angela Abar who is killed by a suicide bomber.
* Ted Johnson as Joe Keene Sr., the Senator who passed the Keene Act, father of Joe Keene Jr., and member of Cyclops.