The Unit
''The Unit'' is an American action-drama television series created by David Mamet that aired on CBS from March 7, 2006, to May 10, 2009 with the total of four seasons and 69 episodes. The series focuses on a top-secret military unit modeled aft ...
'' started on September 25, 2007, with a hiatus, which ended in the season being cut short, occurring after the 11th episode due to
2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike
From November 5, 2007, to February 12, 2008, all 12,000 film and television screenwriters of the American labor unions Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) went on strike.
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Cast and characters
Main cast
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Dennis Haysbert
Dennis Dexter Haysbert (born June 2, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as baseball player Pedro Cerrano in the '' Major League'' film trilogy, Secret Service agent Tim Collin in the political thriller film '' Absolute Power'' ...
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Sergeant Major
Sergeant major is a senior non-commissioned rank or appointment in many militaries around the world.
History
In 16th century Spain, the ("sergeant major") was a general officer. He commanded an army's infantry, and ranked about third in the ...
Jonas Blane
This is a list of characters from American television series ''The Unit''.
Main characters Jonas Blane
Sergeant Major Jonas Blane (United States Army, call sign: ''Snake Doctor'') is the main protagonist in the series. He is portrayed by D ...
, a.k.a. Snake Doctor
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Scott Foley
Scott Kellerman Foley (born July 15, 1972) is an American actor and director. Foley is known for roles in television shows such as ''The Unit'', '' Scrubs'', '' Felicity'', and ''Scandal'', and in films such as '' Scream 3''. He has als ...
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Staff Sergeant
Staff sergeant is a rank of non-commissioned officer used in the armed forces of many countries. It is also a police rank in some police services.
History of title
In origin, certain senior sergeants were assigned to administrative, supervi ...
In the season finale,
Side Angle Side
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More formally, two sets of point (geometry), points are called congruent if, and onl ...
Bob Brown
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, a.k.a. Cool Breeze
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Max Martini
Maximilian Carlo Martini (born December 11, 1969) is an American actor, writer, and director known for his roles as Corporal Fred Henderson in ''Saving Private Ryan'', Wiley in '' Level 9'', First Sergeant Sid Wojo in ''The Great Raid'', and as ...
Michael Irby
Michael Clinton Irby (born November 16, 1972) is an American actor known for portraying Sergeant First Class Charles Grey in the CBS series ''The Unit'' (2006–2009), and more recently, for his work as Obispo 'Bishop' Losa in ''Mayans M.C.'' ( ...
Robert Patrick
Robert Hammond Patrick (born November 5, 1958) is an American actor. Known for portraying villains and honorable authority figures, he is a Saturn Award winner with four other nominations.
Patrick dropped out of college when drama class sparked ...
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Colonel
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In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...
Thomas Ryan, a.k.a. Dog Patch
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Demore Barnes
Demore Barnes (born February 26, 1976) is a Canadian actor. Barnes is best known for his roles as Sergeant First Class Hector Williams in the CBS television series ''The Unit'', the archangel Raphael in '' Supernatural'' and Deputy Chief Christia ...
Regina Taylor
Regina Annette Taylor ''Film Reference''. (born August 22, 1960) is an American
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Molly Blane
This is a list of characters from American television series ''The Unit''.
Main characters Jonas Blane
Sergeant Major Jonas Blane (United States Army, call sign: ''Snake Doctor'') is the main protagonist in the series. He is portrayed by D ...
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Audrey Marie Anderson
Audrey Marie Anderson (born March 7, 1975) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as Kim Brown in the CBS action-drama series ''The Unit'' (2006–2009) and her recurring roles as DC character Lyla Michaels (Arrowverse) ...
as Kim Brown
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Abby Brammell
Abby Brammell (born March 19, 1979) is an American television and stage actress.
Early life and education
Brammell was born in Kentucky and raised in San Antonio, Texas, where she graduated from Churchill High School in 1997. She graduated fro ...
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Tiffy Gerhardt
This is a list of characters from American television series ''The Unit''.
Main characters Jonas Blane
Sergeant Major Jonas Blane (United States Army, call sign: ''Snake Doctor'') is the main protagonist in the series. He is portrayed by D ...
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Rebecca Pidgeon
Rebecca Pidgeon (born October 10, 1965) is an American actress who has appeared on stage and in feature films, and a singer, songwriter and recording artist. She is married to American playwright David Mamet.
Early life
Pidgeon was born to Engl ...
Kavita Patil
Theresa Kavita Patil (born in Brooklyn, New York, United States) is an American actress who is known for playing Sergeant Medawar in the television show ''The Unit''. She has also made guest appearances on other television shows including '' Hawth ...
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Sergeant
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Kayla Medawar
Recurring cast
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Susan Matus
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Sergeant
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Sarah Irvine
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Angel Wainwright
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Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles inclu ...
as Betsy Blane
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Alyssa Shafer
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As used in Western countries, the name is usually derived from the name of the flower alyssum. The name of the flower derives from the Greek ἀ- ''a-'' ( ...