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When a man loses his memory, he must retrace his steps to discover his identity. When a man loses his memory, he must retrace his steps to discover his identity. When a man loses his memory, he must retrace his steps to discover his identity.

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• Jamie Dornan
• Danielle Macdonald
• Shalom Brune-Franklin
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• Trivia Shot over a period of four months.
• Goofs Just before he is T-boned by the truck, The Man is going around a wide bend in the road. But immediately afterward, the vehicles are shown on a straight stretch of road.

Helen Chambers : [about his amnesia] So just to clarify, then, like, nothing?

The Man : You know, I keep telling myself to just try and remember, you know, but it's like trying to make yourself fly. No matter how much you think you're gonna be able to do it, you still just end up a bloody bag of bones and shit and fuckn' intestines.

• Soundtracks Bette Davis Eyes Written by Jackie DeShannon , Donna Weiss Performed by Kim Carnes

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HBO Max continues stealth drops of some of the best drama mini-series on television. Last year highlights included “The Head” and “ Station Eleven ,” and they start 2022 strongly with the fantastic “The Tourist,” a twisty tale that plays like an Aussie version of “ Fargo .” With sharp dialogue, clever plotting, and career-best work from Jamie Dornan and Danielle Macdonald , this is a great little thriller, a show that constantly keeps you guessing and entertained in equal measure.

The “ Belfast ” and “ Fifty Shades of Grey ” star plays an unnamed man (at least for a while) who is driving through the very remote Australian outback. He stops at a station to use the bathroom, banters with the guy behind the counter, and hits the road again. Looking in the rearview mirror, he sees a truck gaining on him with remarkable speed. The Man twists off the road to avoid it and the trucker follows, revealing through a POV from his cab that this is very intentional—he’s trying to kill this tourist. They race through the desert until The Man’s car crashes. He wakes up in a hospital with no memory of who he is or how he got there.

Enter a small-town officer named Helen Chambers (Macdonald), engaged to an awful man named Ethan ( Greg Larsen ) and thrust into a mystery about who this handsome Irishman is in a hospital bed. When The Man finds a note with a time and a location in his pocket, he heads to a small town called Burnt Ridge, where he meets a woman named Luci ( Shalom Brune-Franklin ) who might know about his past, ends up crossing paths with a sociopath ( Ólafur Darri Ólafsson ) who clearly wants him dead, and gets a phone call from a man who’s been buried underground. And then things get even weirder.

Created by the people behind the excellent “ The Missing ” (which aired stateside on Starz), the writing on “The Tourist” is a metronomic back and forth between reveals and how those reveals propel the narrative in a new direction. Pushing their way through all the chaos are Dornan and Macdonald, both phenomenal. Dornan finds a quirky, unsettled way to play a man who doesn’t know who he is without resorting to the cliché of the lost soul. If anything, he leans into more of a blank slate interpretation of amnesia, playing a guy who’s more open to what comes next because he can’t remember what came before. And Macdonald is charming and so incredibly likable that she becomes the heart of a show that can be cold at times.

Echoes of “ Memento ” and “Fargo” aside, “The Tourist” also has its own quirky personality. Some of those quirks get a bit extreme in late-season episodes in ways I can’t spoil, but the show is never boring. It’s a reminder that the Dornan who was so great in “ The Fall ” is still out there, and I hope it leads him to more bizarre, challenging roles like this one. There’s an argument to be made that there’s an even-better 100-minute movie in this six-episode mini-series, but that’s not the world we’re in right now. A story like this has a better chance to be told in the TV system than the mid-budget film one, and the writers don’t drag their feet or spin their wheels like so many streaming thrillers. They’re constantly moving our hero forward, keeping us uncertain about his past and even his moral center.

Some will argue that “The Tourist” gets too convoluted and I’ll admit that I enjoyed the playful uncertainty of the first half of the season more than the intensity of the second half. Although the show does get deeper in how it unpacks lies we tell ourselves and those we listen to from other people. It turns out that everyone on "The Tourist" has a secret or two, and almost all of them could use a car accident to reset the hole they've dug for themselves. 

I'm not sure how intentional it is but the show never stopped reminding me of some of my favorite early Coen films—the noir danger of “ Blood Simple ,” the open roads of “ Raising Arizona ” (and a bearded hunter who seems unkillable), Macdonald’s very Marge Gunderson character—and yet these nods to greats are embedded in a breakneck plot that never slows down enough to distract from its own inspired storytelling. Take the trip.

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'The Tourist' doesn't know who he is — just that someone wants him dead

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In The Tourist, "The Man" (Jamie Dornan) wakes up in a small town hospital in the Australian outback with no idea who he is or how he got there. HBO hide caption

In The Tourist, "The Man" (Jamie Dornan) wakes up in a small town hospital in the Australian outback with no idea who he is or how he got there.

Ever since the birth of mass communications, our culture has been haunted by the idea of amnesia. In high-class books by the likes of George Orwell or Milan Kundera , forgetting becomes a political metaphor for the erasure of truth. Things are less ambitious in pop entertainments like Memento or the Jason Bourne series . There, memory-loss is less a metaphor than a motor — a gimmick to drive the story forward.

This motor purrs like a Ferrari in The Tourist , a hit BBC series playing on HBO Max. Written by the Williams brothers, Harry and Jack — best known here for The Missing and Baptiste — this funny, suspenseful six-part thriller doesn't merely keep us guessing. It keeps its amnesiac hero guessing, too. He knows even less about his own story than we do.

A bearded, muscled-up Jamie Dornan stars as a T-shirt clad Irishman who gets in a car accident and winds up in a small town hospital in the Australian outback. Known simply as "The Man," he doesn't know who he is or how he got there. But soon after he leaves the hospital, he knows one thing for sure: Somebody wants to kill him.

As he seeks to find out who's after him and why, he's helped by two very different women. Luci (Shalom Brune-Franklin) is a waitress who we aren't quite sure what to make of. In contrast, it's easy to trust probationary constable Helen Chambers, played by Danielle Macdonald. Helen's a newbie cop who struggles with her weight and with a fiancé who speaks of her appearance with such passive-aggressive meanness that I kept hoping he'd become one of the show's murder victims.

While The Man's search for his identity is grippingly plotted, the show lets the action breathe. It takes time to enjoy his encounters with a wide range of oddball types, be it a goofy chess-playing pilot, a Greek mobster, the affably nutty woman who offers him lodging, or the enormous, cowboy-hatted hitman who has the self-satisfied theatricality of an escapee from a Tarantino movie. That said, The Man knows he must keep moving to stay alive.

For all The Tourist 's inventiveness — Episode 5 is a trip — it reminds us that even good pop culture is often derivative. The show's opening car crash sequence mimics the Steven Spielberg movie Duel . More importantly, the Williams brothers are pretty clearly doing a Down Under riff on Fargo . Their series offers the same blend of violence and barbed humor, the same mythologizing of bleak, underpopulated places, and the same cavalcade of viciousness and folly that brings out the heroism in an ordinary person.

The show's moral center is Helen, who, in Macdonald's sensational performance, has our sympathy from the get-go. Her work is so scene-stealingly good that I would call this a career-making performance if I hadn't already said this about Macdonald's electric work as an aspiring New Jersey rapper in the indie film Patti Cake$ .

Helen's transparent goodness makes her the perfect counterpoint to The Man, a handsome hunk who's a mystery, even to himself. It's a great role for Dornan, who, earlier in his career, had a slightly synthetic prettiness that made him ideal for creepy characters like the S&M billionaire in Fifty Shades of Grey . Here, he's a bit older, thicker, and rougher. And just as Brad Pitt often seems liberated when his good looks are masked a bit, Dornan gives his best performance as a man who isn't sure whether or not he's the hero of his own life.

Over the course of the six episodes, The Man struggles to learn whether, back before his accident, he was a good guy or a bad guy. And if he had been a villain, does he have to stay one, even after he starts remembering his past? I won't reveal what he discovers, though I feel obligated to say that you won't get a definitive answer this season. You'll have to watch Season 2 of The Tourist , not yet made, which I bet you will be more than happy to do.

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'The Tourist': US release date, cast, plot, trailer, and all you need to know about the twisty thriller

Jamie Dornan heads the cast of epic drama 'The Tourist'.

The Tourist has brought mystery and intrigue to BBC1 and now the drama is heading to HBO Max for US viewers. 

Created and penned by award-winning brothers Harry and Jack Williams, whose previous credits include Liar , The Missing and Baptiste , the series sees Jamie Dornan as a mysterious character known as "The Man," who faces huge danger as he searches for his identity in the Australian outback.

Here’s everything we know about The Tourist ...

'The Tourist' release date

The Tourist arrives on HBO Max in the US on Thursday, March 3. 

The thriller first aired on BBC1 in the UK on Saturday, Jan. 1 2022 (New Year's Day) and now all episodes are available on streaming service BBCiPlayer. 

What is the plot of 'The Tourist'?

The twist-laden, action-packed, darkly comic drama follows The Man, a Brit, who has ended up Down Under and finds himself being chased by a massive truck, which is attempting to drive him off the road. 

After a breathtaking pursuit, The Man wakes up some time later in hospital but has no idea of his name or identity. But as people from his past return to haunt him, he faces a race against time to get to the truth about who he once was and who he is now before he is discovered by those who want to silence him forever...

“ The Tourist has some of the most exciting scripts I’ve ever read,” says Jamie Dornan , best known for The Fall and Fifty Shades of Grey film. 'I wanted The Man to come across as likeable because then the things you hear about him are more shocking as the shadiness of his past catches up with him…”

“We're hugely excited about this show. It's tonally breaking new ground for us, and having Jamie Dornan on board is the icing on the Australian cake,” add the Williams brothers.

Who does Danielle Macdonald play in 'The Tourist'?

The drama also stars Danielle Macdonald ( Unbelievable, Dumplin’, Patti Cake$ ) as rookie probationary constable Helen Chambers.

“Helen is a fascinating and intriguing character, I fell in love with her on page one,” says Macdonald. “I ended up reading all the episodes in one sitting because I couldn’t put them down! I’m so excited to get to be a part of this incredible project and I can’t wait to start filming alongside the amazing cast and production team.”

Who does Shalom Brune-Franklin play in 'The Tourist'?

Shalom Brune-Franklin ( Line of Duty, Roadkill ) is enigmatic waitress Luci, who crosses paths with The Man.

"This story is unique and I'm excited to be a part of bringing it to life with this brilliant team,” reveals Brune-Franklin. “I'm looking forward to adding to the thrilling mystery of these scripts with the wonderfully intriguing character of Luci. It's very exciting to be working on such a great project in Australia — it's going to be a lot of fun."

Who else is in the cast of 'The Tourist'?

Damon Herriman ( Mindhunter , Justified ) plays quirky cop DI Lachlan Rogers, and replaces Hugo Weaving who had to leave the production due to scheduling issues. Meanwhile Ólafur Darri Ólafsson ( Trapped, The Missing ) also appears as Billy Nixon, an American who gets embroiled in the case, and Alex Dimitriades ( The End, The Cry ) is Kosta Panigiris, a wealthy but shady businessman. 

How many episodes of 'The Tourist' are there?

There are six 60-minute instalments.

Is there a trailer for 'The Tourist'?

Yes! The action-packed teaser features explosions, helicopters and guns. It begins with The Man driving along in the Outback singing to the radio before a truck shockingly crashes into him. As he later sits sipping a beer he muses, "Why would somebody want me dead?" We then get glimpses of several other characters including an anxious-looking Helen and Luci before we see The Man lying in his hospital bed suffering from amnesia and the ominous words What He Doesn't Know Could Kill Him are emblazoned on the screen.

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A thought-provoking mystery akin to the likes of Christopher Nolan's Memento , The Tourist hit the BBC back in January 2022, with its critical and public acclaim across the pond soon translating into praise in the US following its debut on HBO Max. A whirlwind adventure that also showcases its gorgeous Australian backdrop, it came as no surprise to many when the series was picked up for a second outing . However, Max shockingly dropped the show from their catalog, with Netflix swooping in and saving the day, providing the upcoming second season with a rightful home. With that in mind, here is a look at some of the incredible cast of characters The Tourist has to offer.

The Tourist

When a man wakes up in the Australian outback with no memory, he must use the few clues he has to discover his identity before his past catches up with him.

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The Man/Elliot Stanley

Known initially only as The Man, The Tourist begins with this mysterious stranger ominously waking up in an Australian hospital with a severe case of amnesia. Although it soon becomes clear his real name is Elliot Stanley, the gripping puzzle surrounding his identity creates the backbone of the show as Stanley's troubled Irish past swiftly begins to catch up with him. As the series continues, Dornan becomes a pensive, steadfast action hero, although, unlike a series such as Reacher , this masculine lead is allowed the time to be vulnerable, thrusting the classic male hero into a progressive 2024 role model. In Season 2, The Man has traveled back to his home country with filming in Dublin beginning in 2023 .

With a screen career that dates back to Sofia Coppola 's Marie Antoinette in 2006, Jamie Dornan 's rise to the top has been swift, with his portrayal of Christian Grey in the Fifty Shades franchise solidifying him as a household name. Among his high-profile career to date, Dornan has starred alongside Cillian Murphy in the World War Two spy thriller Anthropoid , portrayed the spiritual precursor to Ryan Gosling's Ken in Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar , and acted opposite Gillian Anderson in the tense crime thriller The Fall . A captivating performer with an eye-catching range, Dornan is merely at the beginning of what looks to be an incredible career with many an iconic role still to come. Dornan discussed his time on the series and more in an interview with Collider's Christina Radish back in 2022.

Danielle McDonald

Helen chambers.

Helen's face is the first The Man sees following his sudden awakening, with that moment cementing her as a crucial component to the enigma's journey. At the bottom of the professional ladder, Helen Chambers will stop at nothing to prove she is an expert law enforcement officer, although sometimes her dedication to her job, and specifically the case involving The Man, puts her livelihood and her marriage in jeopardy, which eventually leads to a surprising and show-stealing romance with The Man.

With a career that has only spanned just over a decade to date, Danielle McDonald has already made a name for herself, with both the public and critics alike regularly praising her impressive range of performances. From her beginning on Glee in 2011 through to American Horror Story , McDonald has delighted on the small screen, but perhaps her film work in the likes of Bird Box and Patti Cake$ showcases the best of her talents. To find out more about the actress and her thoughts on playing Helen Chambers in The Tourist , check out her interview with Collider's Christina Radish .

Victoria Haralabidou

Lena pascal.

Lena's journey in The Tourist 's first season is as unique as they come, first appearing as a vision in the dreams (or nightmares) of The Man. As time goes by, these visions become stronger and more detailed, with the puzzle of Lena's identity slowly being pieced together. By season's end, it becomes clear that Lena marks the darkest secret from The Man's past, with Season 2 likely to involve The Man's attempts at redemption.

A star of both stage and screen, the Russian-born Victoria Haralabidou has impressed immensely across a 25-year-long acting career, with highlights including the likes of Brides , The Secrets She Keeps , and The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart . In the near future, Haralabidou will be playing Jacinta Brightface in two episodes of Zombie Therapy .

Shalom Brune-Franklin

Luci miller.

Luci Miller's part in the plot of The Tourist 's first season is critical, with the waitress helping The Man piece together his past in the hope of protecting his future. However, Luci is hiding secrets of her own, with her growing bond with The Man soon seeming to have an ulterior motive. Sadly, Luci's involvement in the story is limited to just the first season, but her influence on the second season's plot shouldn't be underestimated.

A young actress with the world at her feet, Shalom Brune-Franklin , although she has a cameo role in Thor: Ragnarok , is best known for her work on television. Whether it's The Tourist , Doctor Doctor , Bad Mothers , or Line of Duty , Shalom never looks out of place alongside actors twice her age, with her future certainly looking bright.

Greg Larsen

Ethan Krum is the fiancée of Helen Chambers and symbolizes the familial cost of the young policewoman's dedication to her profession. A patient and kind man at heart, and never far from a moment of absurdist comic relief, watching Ethan slowly lose faith in the woman he loves is heartbreaking, with The Tourist 's dedication to showcasing both the mystery at its center and the ripple effects of such a tough task one of its best features. Interestingly, despite Helen and The Man now being a romantic item, Ethan is confirmed to appear in Season 2.

Perhaps the most experienced actor in The Tourist 's talented cast, Greg Larsen is a legendary Australian performer with a back catalog that includes the likes of Hug the Sun , How Not to Behave , and Young Rock .

The second season of The Tourist will officially premiere on February 29 on Netflix , with the trailer available to watch above. All episodes of The Tourist Season 1 are available to stream right now on Netflix.

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‘The Tourist’ Season 2 Cast and Character Guide

Danielle Macdonald and Jamie Dornan return as Helen and Elliot, who clash with new characters and some familiar faces

The second season of “The Tourist,” which is now streaming on Netflix, takes Helen (Danielle Macdonald) and Elliot (Jamie Dornan) to Ireland to find out more about his family.

Not only does the pair cross paths with them, but also a feuding rival clan and all their labyrinthine connections. Another wrinkle appears in the form of Ethan, Helen’s ex, who decides to fly to Ireland to seek Helen’s forgiveness for the way he treated her.

Here’s who plays who in “The Tourist” Season 2.

Danielle Macdonald as Helen Chambers

The former Aussie police officer has been traveling the globe with Elliot when they decide to go to Ireland to contact the family he doesn’t remember. Although she’s no longer in uniform, Helen’s detective skills come in handy as they realize they’re in over their heads with two warring clans. The actress’ other credits include “Unbelievable,” “Bird Box” and “Poker Face.”

Jamie Dornan as Elliot Stanley

Elliot, who still can’t recall his life before he got to Australia, walks right into a long-running clan vendetta in Ireland, which has him running for his life. Dornan is also known for the mystery series “The Fall,” Kenneth Branagh’s 2021 film “Belfast” and the “Fifty Shades” movies.

Greg Larsen as Ethan Krum

Ethan, Helen’s ex-boyfriend, decides he has some unresolved business with her and flies all the way to Ireland to work it out, welcome or not. The Australian comedian is also known for the sketch comedy series “At Home Alone Together.”

Conor MacNeill as Detective Ruairi Slater

Slater is a quirky local officer who comes to Helen’s aid when Elliot disappears. Naturally, he has some dark secrets of his own. MacNeill is also known for playing Kenny Kilblane on “Industry.”

Olwen Fouéré as Niamh Cassidy

Niamh Cassidy is Elliot’s fierce mother, whom Helen isn’t sure she can trust. You may have seen her in the films “Mandy,” “The Northman” or “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.”

Francis Magee as Frank McDonnell

Frank is the ruthless head of the McDonnells, who have been locked in a bitter feud with the Cassidys for generations. Magee previously played Yoren on “Game of Thrones” and appeared in the films “Layer Cake” and “Rogue One.”

Diarmaid Murtagh as Donal McDonnell

Donal is one of the McDonnells who have a personal beef with Elliot, although Elliot himself doesn’t remember the reason for the bad blood. Diarmaid Murtagh also played Leif on “Vikings” and William “Buck” MacKenzie on “Outlander.”

Mark McKenna is Fergal McDonnell

The actor, whose credits include “One of Us Is Lying” and “Wayne,” plays the youngest of the McDonnell clan, who isn’t quite as prone to violence as his elders.

Victoria Haralabidou as Lena Pascal

The actress, who previously appeared on the Showtime series “Wakefield,” returns as Lena Pascal, a woman from Elliot’s past who still has a score to settle.

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Jamie Dornan and Danielle Macdonald star in the new season of the unique thriller series.

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With The Tourist season 2 about to arrive on Netflix in the US, having debuted in the UK on BBC One and BBC iPlayer earlier this year, fans on both sides of the Atlantic will soon be able to catch up with the latest misadventures of Jamie Dornan's Elliot Stanley .

Season 2 follows Elliot as he returns home to Ireland alongside his girlfriend Helen Chambers (Danielle MacDonald), with the duo hoping to find out more about his past following the dramatic season 1 finale .

Dornan and MacDonald are joined in the new season by another returning cast member, Greg Larsen, while the rest of the cast is filled out with new characters played by Conor MacNeill, Olwen Fouéré and Mark McKenna.

But who else stars in The Tourist season 2 and who do they all play? Read on for everything you need to know about the full list of cast and characters.

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Here are the main cast members and characters in The Tourist season 2 . Read on below for more info about who they are and where you've seen the actors before.

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Nessa Matthews plays Orla McDonnell

• Diarmaid Murtagh as Donal McDonnell
• Francis Magee as Frank McDonnell

Greg Larsen plays Ethan Krum

Jamie dornan plays elliot stanley.

Who is Elliot Stanley? In the first season, Elliot woke up in Australia with no memory of who he was or how he got there. Over the season he learned that he had previously worked as accountant for international criminal and drug lord Kostas, and that he had committed heinous acts such as forcing people to smuggle drugs across borders in their stomachs. In season 2 he is now in a relationship with Helen and trying to put the past behind him.

What else has Jamie Dornan been in? Dornan first became well-known for his role as Christian Grey in the Fifty Shades of Grey film series, while he has since starred in Belfast, Robin Hood, Wild Mountain Thyme, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar and Heart of Stone. On TV he has starred in The Fall and Once Upon a Time.

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Danielle Macdonald plays Helen Chambers

Who is Helen Chambers? In season 1, Helen was a Probationary Constable assigned to Elliot Stanley's case and was engaged to her longtime boyfriend Ethan. By the end of the season she had ended her engagement to Ethan, and in season 2 she is travelling the world with Elliot, who is now her boyfriend.

What else has Danielle Macdonald been in? Macdoanld is an Australian actress, known for her lead roles as Patricia "Patti" Dombrowski in the film Patti Cake$ and Willowdean Dickson in Dumplin'. She also appeared in Netflix movie Bird Box as Olympia and in the Netflix series Unbelievable as Amber, as well as in an episode of Poker Face .

Olwen Fouéré plays Niamh Cassidy

Who is Niamh Cassidy? Niamh is the fierce and ruthless head of the Cassidys, a family that has rivalled and fought with the McDonnell family for generations, but her power in the area is dwindling.

What else has Olwen Fouéré been in? Fouéré has appeared in series including Striking Out, Brassic , Holding and The Crown , as well as films such as Mandy, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald , Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Northman.

Mark McKenna plays Fergal McDonnell

Who is Fergal McDonnell? Fergal is the youngest McDonnell, who cares little for the generational feud that came before him. He is soft and uninterested in violence, and therefore has grown up alienated from the other men in his family.

What else has Mark McKenna been in? McKenna has previously appeared in films and series including Sing Street, Overlord, One of Us is Lying and The Miracle Club.

Conor MacNeill plays Detective Ruairi Slater

Who is Ruairi Slater? Ruairi is a police officer who is brought in by Helen to look into Elliot's disappearance at the start of season 2. However, he is battling with loneliness and struggling to stay afloat, and when his close relationship to Helen causes his own secrets to come to light, he realises he must protect them at any cost.

What else has Conor MacNeill been in? MacNeill has appeared in series including An Crisis, Peep Show , The Fall, No Offence, Derry Girls , Industry and The Sixth Commandment , as well as the films including Love & Friendship, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre and Belfast.

Who is Orla McDonnell? Orla is the one of the McDonnells, who can be just as brutal as her brother Donal is pursuing the family feud.

What else has Nessa Matthews been in? The Tourist season 2 is one of Matthews's first on screen roles.

Diarmaid Murtagh plays Donal McDonnell

Who is Donal McDonnell? Donal is the eldest McDonnell brother, who is fully wrapped up in the feud and wants to impress Frank.

What else has Diarmaid Murtagh been in? Murtagh has previously appeared in Camelot, Vikings, Grantchester , Chernobyl, Grace , Young Wallander, Bloodlands, Outlander and the film Uncharted.

Who is Ethan Krum? Ethan is Helen's ex-fiancée. Helen broke off her engagement at the end of season 1 in response to Ethan's controlling and manipulative behaviour.

What else has Greg Larsen been in? Larsen rose to fame for co-creating and directing stage show award-winning Fancy Boy Variety Show, which was later spun off into a TV series. He has also written and performed on the Australian series Get Krack!n, and Tonightly with Tom Ballard.

Francis Magee plays Frank McDonnell

Who is Frank McDonnell? Frank is the cold, calm and authoritative patriarch of the McDonnells, who takes a more considerate approach to the Cassidy feud than some, and is keen to avoid further bloodshed where possible.

What else has Francis Magee been in? Magee has previously been seen in series including EastEnders , Hustle, No Angels, Peep Show, Game of Thrones , House of Anubis, Death in Paradise , Outlander, Black Mirror , White Lines, Brassic, The Witcher , Vera , Kin and Then You Run , as well as films such as Zack Snyder's Justice League and Rogue One .

Season 1 characters

Shalom brune-franklin plays luci.

Who is Luci? Luci is a waitress who The Man meets whilst trying to find out more about his identity. Luci agrees to help The Man figure himself out – but does she know more than she's letting on?

What else has Shalom Brune-Franklin been in? Brune-Franklin is best known for playing Private Maisie Richards in BBC drama Our Girl and DC Chloe Bishop in the sixth series of Line of Duty , while she was recently seen in Great Expectations .

Olafur Darri Olafsson plays Billy

Who is Billy? Billy is a mysterious American living in the Outback, who tries to visit The Man in hospital.

What else has Olafur Darri Olafsson been in? The Icelandic-American actor starred in mystery drama Trapped from 2015 to 2021 and previously collaborated with the Williams brothers on The Missing, playing Stefan Anderson. He also played The Wall in 2018 film The Meg, Skender in 2018's Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and Neils Brongus in 2020's Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.

Genevieve Lemon plays Sue

Who is Sue? Sue is a local woman who agrees to house The Man while he figures out who he is.

What else has Genevieve Lemon been in? Lemon played Zelda Baker in The Young Doctors, Marlene "Rabbit" Warren in Prisoner: Cell Block H, Brenda Riley in Neighbours, and Hazel Easton on Home and Away. She has also appeared in a number of films directed by Jane Campion – Sweetie, The Piano, Holy Smoke!, and most recently The Power of the Dog .

Danny Adcock plays Ralph

Who is Ralph? Ralph is Sue's husband, who The Man stays with whilst learning about his identity.

What else has Danny Adcock been in? Adcock's past roles including playing Geoff Carlson in Prisoner: Cell Block H, Co-Kura Strappa in Farscape, and Bishop Pitt in Home and Away.

Damon Herriman plays Lachlan

Who is Lachlan? Lachlan is a detective inspector and the head of Major Crime for the state police who becomes involved in The Man's case. Hugo Weaving was originally cast in the role, however he had to pull out of the project due to scheduling conflicts.

What else has Damon Herriman been in? Herriman has twice played cult leader and criminal Charles Manson, in Netflix series Mindhunter and Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. He also played Dewey Crowe on Justified and recently appeared in The Serpent and The Underground Railroad.

Kamil Ellis plays Sergeant Rodney Lammon

Who is Sergeant Rodney Lammon? Rodney Lammon is a police officer working on The Man's case under the instruction of Lachlan.

What else has Kamil Ellis been in? Ellis has appeared on TV in Cleverman, Nowhere Boys, Bushwhacked!, and SeaChange.

Alex Dimitriades plays Kostas

Who is Kostas? Kostas is a mysterious figure who seems to be connected to The Man and his accident in some unknown way.

What else has Alex Dimitriades been in? Dimitriades is best known for his roles as Nick Polides in the 1993 romantic comedy film The Heartbreak Kid, and as Nick Poulos in the series Heartbreak High. In 2018, he played Detective Peter Alexiades in BBC One drama The Cry.

The Tourist seasons 1 and 2 are available in full on BBC iPlayer. Check out more of our Drama coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on.

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