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Deep State
Genre	Drama Thriller
Created by	Simon Maxwell[1] Matthew Parkhill[1]
Directed by	Robert Connolly[2] Matthew Parkhill[2]
Starring	Mark Strong Walton Goggins Joe Dempsie Karima Adebibe Anastasia Griffith Alistair Petrie Lyne Renée Victoria Hamilton Rachel Shelley
Music by	Harry Escott[3]
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	16 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Sara Johnson[3] Matthew Parkhill[4] Hilary Bevan Jones[3] Alan Greenspan[3] Helen Flint[3] Jeff Ford[3]
Producer	Khadija Alami[4]
Cinematography	David Higgs Nic Lawson
Running time	50 minutes
Production companies	Endor Productions Mookville K Films 6 Degree Media Little Island Productions
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	5 April 2018 – 27 June 2019

Deep State is a British espionage thriller television series, written and created by Matthew Parkhill and Simon Maxwell, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on Fox on 5 April 2018.^[5] The first eight-part series, which began filming in May 2017, stars Mark Strong as Max Easton, a former field agent for MI6 who is recruited back into the field.^[6] The series co-starred Walton Goggins, Joe Dempsie, Karima Adebibe, Lyne Renée, Anastasia Griffith and Alistair Petrie.

The series is produced by Endor Productions for the Fox Networks Group of Europe and Africa.^[1][7] As well as co-creating the series, Parkhill also serves as showrunner, executive producer and director of four of the eight episodes.^[2] The series premiered in the United States on 17 June 2018 on Epix.^[8]

A second series was commissioned on 5 April 2018.^[9] The second series premiered on 28 April 2019 in the United States, starring Walton Goggins as an ex-CIA operative drawn into a political crisis in Mali.^[10][11] To date, there has been no confirmation of a third series.

• Mark Strong as Max Easton; former Field Agent, MI6. (Series 1)^[12]
• Walton Goggins as Nathan Miller; an ex-CIA operative. (Series 2)
• Joe Dempsie as Harry Clarke; Field Agent, MI6. Max Easton's son.^[12]
• Karima Adebibe as Leyla Toumi; Field Agent, MI6.^[12]
• Anastasia Griffith as Amanda Jones; CIA.^[12]
• Alistair Petrie as George White; Head of Section, MI6.^[12]
• Lyne Renee as Anna Easton; Max's wife. (Series 1)^[12]
• Victoria Hamilton as Meaghan Sullivan; Senator working on the US Intelligence Committee. (Series 2)
• Rachel Shelley as Elliot Taylor; deputy Head of Section, MI6.^[12]

• Adrien Jolivet as Noah; Anna Easton's brother.
• Cara Bossom as Chloë Easton; Max and Anna's elder daughter.
• Indica Watson as Lola Easton; Max and Anna's younger daughter.
• Alexandre Willaume as Laurence
• Mark Holden as John Lynn; CIA handler and Amanda Jones' boss.
• William Hope as Senator Hawes
• Bijan Daneshmand as Ali Ardavan
• Corey Johnson as Burrell
• Eric Kofi-Abrefa as Jackson
• Donald Sage Mackay as Martin Collins
• Kingsley Ben-Adir as Khalid Walker; Intelligence, MI6.
• Zubin Varla as Alexander Said; Senior Field Agent, MI6.
• Amelia Bullmore as Olivia Clarke; journalist. Harry's mother and Max's ex-wife.
• Khalid Laith as Anthony Kahani
• Mel Raido as Ryan Cooper; Field Agent, MI6.

• Lily Banda as Aïcha Konaté; interpreter.
• Zainab Jah as Aminata Sissoko; Malian Minister for Anti-Corruption.
• Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Joseph Damba; Malian Minister for Transport.
• David Jonsson as Isaac Turner; Field Agent, MI6.
• Alexander Siddig as Issouf Al Moctar
• Adam James as Adam McKay
• Sean Cameron Michael as Colonel John Russell.
• Kae Alexander as Jessica Tamura; assistant to Meaghan Sullivan.
• Mark Holden as John Lynn, former CIA handler.
• Pip Torrens as William Kingsley
• Owen Teale as Hal Weaver
• Mitchell Mullen as Senator Todd Wilson
• Ruth Gemmell as Gina Graham; partner of Meaghan Sullivan.
• Shelley Conn as Nicole Miller

• Deep State at IMDb
• Deep State on Epix