'' Being Human'' is a supernatural drama television series developed for North American television by

Jeremy Carver Jeremy Carver is an American television writer and producer. He developed the series '' Being Human'' (2011–2014), ''Frequency'' (2016–2017), and '' Doom Patrol'' (2019–present). Carver was also a writer and producer on the series '' Supe ...

and

Anna Fricke Anna Fricke is an American television writer and producer best known for her work on shows like ''Dawson's Creek'', ''Everwood'', ''Men in Trees'' and '' Privileged'' and as the co-creator of the North American version of '' Being Human.'' Ca ...

, based upon the British series of the same name created by

Toby Whithouse Toby Lawrence Whithouse (; born 5 July 1970) is an English actor, screenwriter and playwright. His highest-profile work has been the creation of the BBC Three supernatural television series '' Being Human''. He also created the Channel 4 telev ...

. The series premiered on Syfy and Space Channel on January 17, 2011, with a thirteen episode first season and tells the story of Aidan (

Sam Witwer Sam Witwer (born October 20, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Crashdown in ''Battlestar Galactica'', Davis Bloome in ''Smallville'', Aidan Waite in '' Being Human'', Mr. Hyde in '' Once Upon a Time'', Ben Lockwood in '' ...

) and Josh (

Sam Huntington Sam Huntington (born April 1, 1982) is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Josh Levison, a werewolf in the Syfy series '' Being Human'', and for his role as Jimmy Olsen in the superhero film ''Superman Returns''. For it ...

), a vampire and a werewolf respectively, who move into a new apartment only to discover that it is haunted by the ghost of a previous tenant, Sally (

Meaghan Rath Meaghan Rath (born June 18, 1986) is a Canadian film and television actress. She is known for her television roles on '' Being Human'', ''15/Love'', '' The Assistants'', and '' Hawaii Five-0''. Personal life Rath was born in Montreal, Quebec, ...

). Together, the three of them discover that being human is not as easy as it seems. Season 2 began on January 16, 2012, and adds

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to the main cast as Josh's on-and-off girlfriend and fellow werewolf Nora, as well as

Dichen Lachman Dichen Lachman (; born 22 February 1982) is an Australian actress. She earned recognition starring as Katya Kinski in the soap opera '' Neighbours'' (2005–2007) and as Sierra in Joss Whedon's science fiction drama series ''Dollhouse'' (2009� ...

as Suren, the would-be vampire queen of Boston and an old flame of Aidan's.

Cast

Main cast

as Aidan Waite *

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as Nora Sargeant *

as Suren

Recurring cast

Kyle Schmid Kyle Schmid (born August 3, 1984) is a Canadian actor, best known for his roles as Alex Caulder in History's '' Six'', Henry Durham in Syfy's '' Being Human'', Robert Morehouse in BBC America's ''Copper'' and Aaron Abbot in '' The Covenant'' (2006 ...

as Henry Durham * Natalie Brown as Julia * Dusan Dukic as Reaper/Scott * Susanna Fournier as Zoe Gonzalez * Deena Aziz as "Mother" * Pat Kiely as Nick Fenn * Robert Naylor as Stevie Adkins * Kyle Gatehouse as Atlee *

Tracy Spiridakos Tracy Spiridakos ( gr, Τρέισι Σπυριδάκος) is a Canadian actress. She starred as Becky Richards on the Teletoon children's comedy series '' Majority Rules!'' from 2009–2010. She then starred as Charlotte "Charlie" Matheson on t ...

as Brynn McLean *

Jon Cor Jon Cor (born November 17, 1984) is a Canadian actor and author, best known for playing Hodge Starkweather in '' Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments,'' and Brick in '' Total Drama: Revenge of the Island''. Early life Cor studied theatre arts ...

as Connor McLean *

Gianpaolo Venuta Gianpaolo Venuta (also known as Gian Paolo Venuta or Gian-Paolo Venuta; born 30 August 1978) is a Canadian actor. Filmography Film *''Take-out'' (2001) as Rory *'' Vampire High'' (2001) as Damon Grismer *'' Abandon'' (2002) as Research Assista ...

as Danny Angeli *

Oluniké Adeliyi Oluniké Adeliyi (born January 5, 1977) is a Canadian actress. She appeared in the 2010 horror film ''Saw 3D'' and starred as Leah Kerns in the television series '' Flashpoint''. Early life Adeliyi was born in Brampton, Ontario, of Jamaican-Nig ...

as Cecilia *

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as Tim Forest *

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as Janet Hynes *

Alison Louder Alison Louder is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles as Sister Amy on ''Helix'' and Emily Levison on ''Being Human'', both for SyFy. She was voted #3 Best Local Actress in ''Cult Montreal''s 2014 Best of Montreal poll. Career On-s ...

as Emily Levison * Andreas Apergis as Ray * Rahnuma Panthaky as Rena Malik *

Terry Kinney Terry Kinney (born January 29, 1954) is an American actor and theater director, and is a founding member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, with John Malkovich, Laurie Metcalf, Gary Sinise, and Jeff Perry. Kinney is best known for his role as ...

as Heggemann *

Mark Pellegrino Mark Ross Pellegrino (born April 9, 1965) is an American actor of film and television. He is best known for his work as Lucifer in ''Supernatural'', Paul Bennett in ''Dexter'', Jacob in ''Lost'', James Bishop in '' Being Human'', Clayton Haas i ...

as James Bishop

Episodes

References

External links

* * {{Being Human 2012 American television seasons * 2012 Canadian television seasons