{"id":645724,"date":"2026-08-19T16:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/645724\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T16:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:30:09","slug":"steve-buscemi-tramell-tillman-among-cast-of-murderbot-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/645724\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Buscemi, Tramell Tillman Among Cast of &#8216;Murderbot&#8217; Season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/murderbot\/\" id=\"auto-tag_murderbot\" data-tag=\"murderbot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Murderbot<\/a>\u201d has added a murderer\u2019s row of talent for its upcoming second season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/apple-tv\/\" id=\"auto-tag_apple-tv\" data-tag=\"apple-tv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple TV<\/a> sci-fi series, which stars Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd as the titular Murderbot, has added the following cast members for Season 2: <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBlair Underwood<br \/>Brendan Hunt<br \/>Bridget Everett<br \/>Britne Oldford<br \/>Damian Young<br \/>Divian Ladwa<br \/>Ella Jay Basco<br \/>Etienne Beydon<br \/>Griffin Newman<br \/>Jaedynn Latter<br \/>Jason George<br \/>Kali Reis<br \/>Katy O\u2019Brian<br \/>Maddy Strauss<br \/>Marc Menchaca<br \/>Martha Plimpton<br \/>Meredith Salenger<br \/>Michael Sheen<br \/>Nia Otchere-Sarfo<br \/>Nicholas Braun<br \/>Patton Oswalt<br \/>Steve Buscemi<br \/>Topher Grace<br \/>Tramell Tillman<br \/>Wanda Sykes<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAll of the aforementioned actors will appear in either recurring or guest roles. Several of those names \u2014 including Brendan Hunt, Tramell Tillman, Topher Grace, and others \u2014 should be familiar to Apple audiences, as they have appeared in Apple TV shows already. Hunt, for example, plays Coach Beard in the hit comedy \u201cTed Lasso,\u201d while Tillman plays Mr. Milchick in the critically-acclaimed series \u201cSeverance.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAlong with Skarsg\u00e5rd, returning stars for \u201cMurderbot\u201d Season 2 include Noma Dumezweni, David Dastmalchian, Sabrina Wu, Akshay Khanna, Tattiawna Jones and Tamara Podemski, as well as recurring guest stars Clark Gregg, John Cho, DeWanda Wise and Jack McBrayer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe logline for the series states that it is about \u201ca self-hacking security construct who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients. Murderbot (Skarsg\u00e5rd) must hide its free will and find its way in a hostile universe when all it really wants is to be left alone to watch futuristic soap operas and figure out its place in the universe.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cMurderbot\u201d is based on the book series of the same name written by Martha Wells. The series was created by Chris and Paul Weitz, who also direct and executive produce via their Depth of Field production company. Andrew Miano, Dan Balgoyen and Britta Rowings also executive produce for Depth of Field. David S. Goyer executive produces alongside Keith Levine for Phantom Four. Wells serves as consulting producer. CBS Studios produces. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cMurderbot\u201d has added a murderer\u2019s row of talent for its upcoming second season. 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