Cast Announced for DEPT. Q Season 2

Netflix has announced the exciting cast and start of production for DEPT. Q Season 2 in Scotland with many stars returning.

Those returning from Season 1 include Matthew Goode (The Offer, A Discovery of Witches) as DCI Carl Morck, Alexej Manvelov (Jack Ryan, Top Dog) as Akram Salim, Leah Byrne (But When We Dance) as DC Rose Dickson and Jamie Sives (Guilt, Chornobyl) as DS James Hardy.

Mark Bonnar (Line of Duty, Ludwig) as Stephen Burns, Kate Dickie (The Witch, Game of Thrones) as Moira Jacobson, Aaron McVeigh as Jasper and Sanjeev Kohli (Still Game) as Martin Flemming.

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With the following joining as new cast members: Aisling Franciosi (Speak No Evil, The Nightingale) as Kimmie, Greg Wise (The Crown, The Bucaneers) as Derek Powell, Nicholas Rowe (Red Eye S2, Spy Among Friends) as Thomas Fulton, Tony Curran (Outlander: Blood of my blood, Mary and George) as Winnie Calderwood, Hamish Clark (Monarch of the Glen) as Christopher Herron.

Alex Ferns (Waiting for the Out, The Batman) as Phil Allenbeck, Ross Anderson (Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The Rig) as Ricky Daddario, Rebecca Root (Heartstopper, The Wheel of Time) as June Lovesay, Isla Johnston (The Queen’s Gambit, The Carpenter’s Son) as Agnes and Amy Brenneman (The Old Man, Judging Amy) as Helen also join.

DEPT. Q is an adaptation of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s novels and will be filmed and set in Edinburgh, following the success of the location in the first series. The first season captivated audiences with its shocking twists and turns and spent 6 weeks in the Global Top Ten shows on Netflix.

It is written and directed by Scott Frank and produced by Left Bank Pictures for Netflix, with Rob Bullock, Scott Frank, Charlotte Moore, Manda Levin, and Jessica Burdett executive producing.

DEPT Q. Season 1 is now streaming on Netflix.

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