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Declassifying the Top-Secret Cast of 'The Recruit'

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The Recruit Cast Is Officially Declassified

Noah Centineo's spy thriller premieres Dec. 16.

You already have a crush on Netflix star Noah Centineo — who doesn't? — just get ready for those feelings to intensify in his new spy thriller serialThe Recruit. TheBlack Adam star leads the action as a immature CIA lawyer who gets caught upward in a mysterious mission involving a Russian asset with potentially dangerous intelligence. Complicating things are a pair of new co-workers who are skeptical of the new kid (and very possibly… or definitely… jealous of their dominate's confidence in him), a slightly messy personal life (he lives with his fun-loving best friends, just did we mention one of them is his ex?) and maybe a dash of naivete (he is 24, after all).

Ahead of the series' Dec. 16 debut, run across the cast who'll bring the espionage thriller to life.

Noah Centineo

Owen Hendricks

A 24-yr-sometime lawyer fresh out of law school, Owen joins the CIA and immediately — like, on his very showtime day at work — becomes entangled in a complicated case involving a erstwhile intelligence asset and an international conspiracy. And that's not even taking his messy personal life into account (his roommate is his ex, who is as well his all-time friend, whose influential DC family is tangentially involved with his task).

No. ane Netflix heartthrob Centineo first bankrupt hearts with his office as sugariness loftier school boyfriend Peter inTo All the Boys I've Loved Before and its ii sequels (not to mention Netflix movies Sierra Burgess Is a LoserandThe Perfect Date). In his pre-TATB life, he played Jesus Adams Foster in the concluding seasons of family dramaThe Fosters. You tin can take hold of his more recent work as Atom Smasher in DC Comics' blockbusterBlack Adam.

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Laura Haddock

Max Meladze

Max, a former Russian asset currently on trial for murder, writes to the CIA in the hope that she can leverage sensitive, potentially dangerous information she gathered during her time spent working for US intelligence to free herself from prison house.

English language actor Haddock starred in the Netflix seriesWhite Lines as a woman investigating her blood brother's mysterious decease, and is inDa Vinci's Demons as romantic pb Lucrezia Donati. On the big screen, Haddock played a 1930s silent-film actor inDownton Abbey: A New Era and Peter Quill's female parent inGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. ii.

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Aarti Mann

Violet Ebner

Owen's ambitious CIA colleague is convinced he's trying to demolition her. His low-key amuse never seems to crack her defenses, and she is determined to milk shake their boss' faith in him.

Isle of man is all-time known to Boob tube audiences equally Raj's younger sister, Priya Koothrappali, in long-running sitcomThe Large Blindside Theory, but you can also catch her in episodes of Netflix'southwardNever Accept I Always,Grey'southward Anatomy,Suits and more than.

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Colton Dunn every bit Lester Kitchens (right) inThe Recruit.

Colton Dunn

Lester Kitchens

Violet'south colleague, on the other hand, initially gives Owen a hard time but slowly warms upward to the newcomer's charisma and ambition.

Dunn starred as sarcastic big-box store employee Garrett in sitcomSuperstore, but he has a long one-act résumé that includes writing and acting on shows includingMadTV,Fundamental & Peele and many more.

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Fivel Stewart as Hannah Copeland (center) inThe Recruit.

Fivel Stewart

Hannah Copeland

Information technology's complicated when yous live with your ex, particularly if, like in Owen's case, yous're even so besties. A swain aggressive new police grad, Hannah and her connections (thanks to her wealthy parents) could help Owen in his complicated example.

Fun fact: Stewart is a karate champion and the younger sister ofThe Twilight Saga'due south Booboo Stewart. In the industry since she was a kid, Stewart has dabbled in both music and acting. Most recently, she played Izzie Taylor in Netflix'sAtypical.

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Vondie Curtis-Hall

Walter Nyland

Owen'due south boss, the general counsel of the CIA, is an intimidating figure who places a high caste of faith in his new hire — but still doesn't want to get caught upwardly in Owen'south tangled web of espionage.

Just a couple of credits from Curtis-Hall's legendary career: original cast of the musicalDreamgirls, five seasons of groundbreaking medical dramaChicago Hope, police Captain Prince in Baz Luhrmann'southwardRomeo + Juliet and struggling journalist Ben Urich inMarvel'due south Daredevil. Don't forgetCrooklyn,Die Hard ii,Eve's Bayou,ER,The Sopranos,Blue Bayou,Broken Pointer,Harriet… well, you go it. He's one of the GOATs.