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''. Most characters in the main cast are called sensates and all are exactly the same age in the show, sharing the same birthday, August 8. During the Christmas special which shows the sensates celebrating their shared birthday, the candles on a birthday cake reveal their age to be 28. The actors selected are somewhere between mid-30s and early-40s.


Cast


Main cast


Recurring cast


August 8 cluster

The "August 8 cluster" are the main heroes of the series. Angelica Turing "gave birth" to this cluster shortly before her suicide. Jonas Maliki acts as their mentor. Throughout the first season, the sensates' new powers confuse them, as they frequently visit each other with no control via their newfound psychic link. Over the course of the season, they each get to know each other, eventually gaining more control over their abilities. By the end of season one, they may all visit each other and share their abilities at will, with everyone aiding Will when Riley is captured by the series' main villain, Whispers. During "A Christmas Special", they are all shown to be close friends now, frequently visiting the others, even when it's just to talk.


Capheus "Van Damme" Onyango

Portrayed by
Aml Ameen Aml Eysan Ameen (; born 30 July 1985) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Trevor (Trife) in ''Kidulthood'' (2006), Lewis Hardy in the ITV television series ''The Bill'', Capheus in the first season of the Netflix original se ...
in the first season and
Toby Onwumere Toby Onwumere (born February 1, 1990) is a Nigerian and American actor known for the role of Capheus in the second season of the Netflix original series ''Sense8''. Early life Onwumere was born in Nigeria, and raised in Mansfield, Texas. Befo ...
in the second. Gabriel Ouma portrayed a young Capheus. Main skills and traits: endlessly optimistic outlook, inspiring positivity, unwavering moral advice, ability to hotwire vehicles, and expert driving skills. A
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(bus for hire) owner and driver in
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, and a passionate fan of
Jean-Claude Van Damme Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg (, ; born 18 October 1960), known professionally as Jean-Claude Van Damme (, ), is a Belgian actor, martial artist, filmmaker, and fight choreographer. Born and raised in Brussels, Belgium, at the a ...
who is trying to earn money to buy
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medicine for his mother. Capheus owns his bus matatu business with his best friend Jela. Their business is failing, however, in competition with another matatu. One day, they drive through a shady part of a nearby city, where they are ambushed by a local warlord's men named Superpower, who take their money and the medicine Capheus has bought for his mother. Capheus goes after them, and is about to be killed when he channels Sun, a sensate in his cluster with intensive kickboxing training, and who Capheus at first believes is the spirit of Van Damme. With her skills, they defeat the men, and his fighting skills gain his matatu business popularity, and draws the attention of Silas Kabaka, one of Nairobi's most powerful crime lords. He hires Capheus to drive his daughter Amondi every day to a CDC center for cancer treatment, as he cannot send his men to do it without drawing attention to her. When Silas is captured by his enemies, Capheus decides to save him, once again channeling Sun to defeat the men, saving Silas and reuniting him with his daughter. Capheus' driving skills often come in handy for the other sensates, and he is able to use this to help Nomi escape Whispers' men by taking over the drive through the streets of San Francisco. He again uses his skills to hotwire an ambulance to enable Riley and Will to escape the Icelandic BPO facility. His matatu is irreparable after his heist to save Silas, but Silas repays him by buying him a new one. Because of his reputation for taking down the Superpower, his business is booming, and people begin seeing him as something of an idol. He is later approached to run for office, and runs against the current politically corrupt candidate. His messages of hope and power ring true to the people in Nairobi however he is still targeted at one major rally and by people that think he is reckless. Silas even endorses him but it later turns out he is in love with Capheus' mother who reveals that Silas also has the AIDS virus. After one rally goes terribly with riots breaking out as well as his staff turning against him, he is ironically saved by the a member of Superpower gang. He is also determined to quit, but his message and speeches go viral. Through his new-found fame, Capheus meets a reporter called Zakia and begins a relationship with her.


Sun Bak

Portrayed by
Doona Bae Bae Doona (; born October 11, 1979; also credited as Doona Bae), is a South Korean actress and photographer. She became known outside Korea for her roles as a political activist in Park Chan-wook's ''Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance'' (2002), archer ...
. Jaein Lee (credited as Jane Lee in season 1) portrayed a young Sun. Main skills and traits: expert hand-to-hand combatant, kickboxing. The daughter of a powerful
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businessman and a burgeoning star in the underground
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world, with a master's degree in economics. When Sun's brother Joong-Ki is caught embezzling, Sun's father asks her to take the blame before the police and court find out, as Sun is already looked down upon by their partners for being a woman. Remembering her deceased mother's words to always look out for her brother, Sun agrees, and goes to jail for a crime she didn't commit. She becomes unpopular when she looks out for a woman who is often bullied by the other inmates. Sun helps her get revenge on the women picking on her, leading them to ambush Sun in the courtyard. Sun easily fends them off, but is locked in solitary confinement for fighting. Her father comes to visit her, telling her that she has been a better child than her brother ever was, and that he will come forward about who really committed the crimes, as he wishes to free Sun. The next day however, Sun's brother visits and tells her that their father killed himself the night before. Sun is quickly able to realize that Joong-Ki killed their father after realizing he would come forward and that he would end up in jail. During the next few months, Sun frequently visits the other sensates to escape from solitary confinement, while the women she defended bribe the guards to bring her presents. Eventually, Sun is let out of solitary and rejoins her friends in the main prison. Joong-Ki makes several attempts to kill Sun in jail. She is almost hung by some guards bought off by her brother but she is saved by a fellow prisoner Min-Jung, and they both break out with the help of her cluster. She finds a safe house but is frequently chased by law enforcement, most notably by Detective Mun. It turns out that he is looking to indict her brother and exonerate Sun but does not have enough evidence. Sun chooses to go undercover at a gala, serving cocktails with the help of Lito to confront her brother. At the night of the gala, Mun attempts to arrest Joong-Ki but is shot in the stomach. Sun pursues Joong-Ki in a high speed chase and pins him on the floor, she does not kill him and is arrested while Joong-Ki is escorted away by a politician friend. With the help of Nomi, who rigs the traffic light system and gets the police van to capsize, Sun escapes and is rescued by Puck, who is somehow in Korea. Sun is arguably the most useful of the sensates and is considered 'the muscle'. She often comes to rescue others in the cluster with her kickboxing skills whenever they are cornered, and especially when Will goes to free Riley from Whispers. She has the strongest bond with Capheus, and interacts with him the most.


Nomi Marks

Portrayed by
Jamie Clayton Jamie Clayton (born on January 15, 1978) is an American actress and model. Clayton is best known for starring as Nomi Marks in the Netflix original series ''Sense8'', Sasha Booker in the third season of '' Designated Survivor'' and Tess Van De B ...
. John Babbo portrayed a young Nomi. Main skills and traits: hacking computer systems. A
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and
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ger living in
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with her girlfriend, Amanita (nicknamed Neets). At a
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parade, Nomi falls unconscious. She ends up in the hospital, where her
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mother tells her that she won't let Neets see her. Nomi's doctor, Dr. Metzger, tells them that her brain has an illness that compromises her sense of reality, and she will need an operation that is essentially lobotomy. Believing Nomi is mentally unstable, they keep her in the hospital against her will. With Will and Neet's help, Nomi eventually escapes the hospital. Nomi and Neets find out that her “doctor” works for BPO, an organization which hunts down sensates, which also employ the series' villain, Whispers. They investigate the company, Dr. Metzger, his previous patients, and Whispers. The two find out that all of Dr. Metzger's previous patients who he had “diagnosed” with the same fake illness were sensates from other clusters, and they have all been lobotomized by BPO to the point that they are brain dead. Nomi also discovers that Whispers can make their lobotomized zombie-like bodies do his bidding when he needs to eliminate threats so she and Neets attempt to stay off the company's radar for a while. Fellow sensate Will gets in direct contact with Nomi, and she uses her hacking skills to help Will save their clustermate Riley. Now hiding from an FBI agent, Nomi and Neets eventually choose to move-in with her old hacking friend, Bug. She routinely helps out other sensates by being the eyes they cannot have by accessing security cameras in other rooms. She eventually gets tired of hiding from the FBI, therefore Bug performs an 'E-death' for Nomi, meaning all her records and past crimes will be erased from the government records and she will be free. Nomi is finally able to be the maid of honour at her sister's wedding. During the ceremony however an FBI agent apprehends her, but without proof of warrant she is able to go free. At the end of season 2, Neets proposes to Nomi and in turn, Nomi proposes to Neets.


Kala Dandekar

Portrayed by
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. Yashvi Nagar portrayed a young Kala. Main skills and traits: expert chemistry knowledge, intelligence. A university-educated pharmacist and devout
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in
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engaged to marry a man she does not love. Her sensate cluster is born while she is stressed about her impending wedding. Through her new powers, Kala meets her fellow sensate Wolfgang. The two talk constantly, and Kala realizes she is beginning to fall in love with him. However, she is told on multiple occasions by Wolfgang to marry Rajan instead and forget about him, deeming himself as a monster just like his father and uncle. Kala often goes to the Temple of
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to bring offerings and pray for advice. One day while visiting, she discovers her fiancé's father is trying to get the Indian government to enact a law that will restrict Hindu religious practice, which angered many fellow worshippers. She faints at her own wedding when Wolfgang appears, only seen by her, nude as he was just enjoying a swim at a clothing-optional pool in Germany. She is later confronted by Rajan's father at the Temple of Ganesha to refuse the marriage, but he is left in a coma after being stabbed by hooded figures. After witnessing Wolfgang murder his uncle, she is convinced to marry Rajan. Kala's on-the-fly thinking and chemistry skills help free Riley, in the season one finale, from Whispers. While on their honeymoon in Italy, Rajan confronts Kala about being a virgin, which makes her paranoid. While she does eventually decide to have sex with him, she is interrupted by Wolfgang and her own insecurities, and causes Rajan to doubt their marriage. They sort out their differences and settle into happily married life. Despite this, she maintains a passionate connection with Wolfgang. She meets Ajay, one of Rajan's friends at an Art Gallery where they share a fondness for deity artwork. The battle for religious freedom is still an issue and Kala is still associated with the religious extremists, the crowd she does not want to be associated with. Rajan appears to be harboring secrets of his own and takes a trip to Paris, when it is revealed that he is investigating a political corruption case of Ajay and asks Kala to be escorted to a safe-house in Paris. Hoping to meet up with Wolfgang, she agrees until Wolfgang is taken by Whispers. Through his torture of Wolfgang, Whispers is able to identify Kala but he is captured before he can get to her.


Riley "Blue" Gunnarsdóttir

Portrayed by
Tuppence Middleton Tuppence Middleton (born 21 February 1987) is an English actress known for her performances in film, television and theatre. In 2010, she was nominated for the ''London Evening Standard'' Film Awards for Most Promising Newcomer. Middleton appea ...
. Katrín Sara Olafsdóttir portrayed a young Riley. Main skills and traits: DJ-ing, multilingual, well-connected socially. An
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ic DJ living in
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who is trying to escape a troubled past. Riley begins the series by accidentally diving deep into the world of London's drug trade, when her boyfriend Jacks tries to rob Nix, a drug dealer. Jacks is killed and Riley accidentally flees with drugs and money. She has many psychic encounters with Will, who helps her escape Nix. The two fall in love with each other. She finds that she cannot escape her tragic past and goes home to Iceland to confront it and reunite with her father, who is a famous Icelandic pianist. It is there that Riley's backstory is revealed. She was married once to a man named Magnus and was pregnant with his child. On the way to the hospital to give birth, a snowstorm hits and Magnus accidentally drives off the road. Magnus dies in the car crash and she is stuck in the overturned car. Her water breaks and she has to give birth in the wilderness. She takes her baby and tries to get to safety, but ultimately, her daughter freezes to death. In the present, Riley is haunted by survivor's guilt. While at her father's classical music concert, she falls unconscious and is taken to the hospital. Her unique brain scans garner the attention of BPO and Whispers, who abducts her. Will goes to Iceland and uses his skills and those of other sensates to break her out. Before they escape however, Will looks into Whispers' eyes, which gives Whispers the ability to see and hear through Will's perspective. Riley helps Will use drugs to knock him unconscious to avoid Whispers learning their location. With this strategy, the two successfully escape, using a boat belonging to Riley's friend Sven to get out to sea. Riley takes care of Will while in hiding in Amsterdam. She makes further sensate connections and goes to Chicago to meet one, while also visiting Will's dying father. She puts on a DJ show in Paris to encourage other sensates to band together to fight against BPO. It is there she connects with Puck and Old Man Hoy.


Wolfgang Bogdanow

Portrayed by
Max Riemelt Max Riemelt (born 7 January 1984) is a German actor, known internationally for playing Wolfgang Bogdanow in the Netflix series ''Sense8''. In Germany, he is known for many years of television and cinema both acting and directing. Career Rieme ...
. Lenius Jung portrayed a young Wolfgang in season 1, Mathis Wernecke a younger Wolfgang in season 2 et Lasse Bergmann a younger Wolfgang in the series finale. Main skills and traits: expert hand-to-hand combatant (street fighting), skill with firearms, safecracking and lockpicking, hotwiring vehicles, detached personality. A
Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
locksmith and
safe-cracker Safe-cracking is the process of opening a safe without either the combination or the key. Physical methods Different procedures may be used to crack a safe, depending on its construction. Different procedures are required to open different safe ...
who has unresolved problems with his late father and participates in organized crime. One night, he and his best friend Felix upstage Steiner, Wolfgang's cousin and enemy, by stealing a set of outstandingly expensive jewels Steiner had his eyes on. The two successfully steal the diamonds first, and begin looking for buyers. While using some of their newfound fortune to go on a shopping spree, Felix is shot by the Steiner's men and is put into a coma. Throughout the series, the sensate who Wolfgang bonds the most with is Kala and he even shows up naked to her wedding, causing her to faint. Over time, the two fall in love but he pushes her away, feeling she deserves better. He also connects with Lito, helping Lito stand up for himself against Joaquin. Wolfgang confronts and kills Steiner and his men with Lito's help. Wolfgang then goes to his uncle Sergei's home to kill him and, with the help of Will and Kala, defeats all his men. Although, Sergei is left defenseless, wounded, and alone, Wolfgang shows no mercy. He admits he murdered his abusive father as a boy, before shooting Sergei multiple times. This act of brutality convinces Kala to marry Rajan. Wolfgang's skillful ruthlessness aids Will when Riley is kidnapped by Whispers. In season 2, Wolfgang is told that his actions may cause a dynastic war between Berlin's most powerful crime families. Felix has recovered and several crime lords vie for their support or make attempts on their lives. He continues to maintain a passionate connection with Kala, despite her marriage to Rajan. Wolfgang is approached by crime lord Fuchs and meets his associate, Lila who is also a sensate. Lila tries to seduce Wolfgang with a plan of her own but he turns her down due to his loyalty to Kala and the rest of his cluster. Lila then betrays Wolfgang to Whispers and he is captured by BPO.


Lito Rodríguez

Portrayed by
Miguel Ángel Silvestre (born 6 April 1982) is a Spanish actor. He rose to prominence with his performance as El Duque in '' Sin tetas no hay paraíso''. He has since played roles in series such as ''Velvet'', ''Sense8'', '' Narcos'', ''30 Coins'' and ''Sky Rojo''. ...
. Ramiro Cid portrayed a young Lito. Main skills and traits: expert liar, ability to tell when someone is lying, flair bartending. A
closeted ''Closeted'' and ''in the closet'' are metaphors for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and other (LGBTQ+) people who have not disclosed their sexual orientation or gender identity and aspects thereof, including sexual identity and human ...
actor living in
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with his boyfriend Hernando. Lito is pursued by his costar Daniela, whom he is using to make the public believe he is straight. One night, a tipsy Daniela visits his apartment, wishing to sleep with him. Lito is forced to let her inside, where she discovers Hernando and their secret. She then agrees to help them keep this secret and quickly becomes one of their closest friends, sometimes participating with them sexually. While filming a movie, he meets the film's producer, whom he recognizes as Daniela's abusive ex-boyfriend and stalker, Joaquín. Later, Joaquín shows up at Lito's apartment, drunk and crying, and manages to steal Daniela's phone, which contains pictures of Lito and Hernando having sex. He threatens to reveal them to the public. Daniela wishes to protect Lito and Hernando and agrees to go back with Joaquín to prevent him from leaking the photos. Lito agrees to let Daniela do this. Hernando disagrees with the decision, becomes resentful of Lito for allowing Daniela to go back to her abuser, and breaks up with him. While grieving, Lito realizes he should not have let Daniela go back and decides to rescue her. He goes to Joaquín's house and channels Wolfgang's aggression, beating Joaquín to a pulp and taking Daniela home. After this, the three are reunited and he and Hernando get back together. Will is able to use Lito's acting skills to lie while in Whispers' facility. After rescuing Daniela, Joaquín leaks the photos of Lito and Hernando to the world, ruining his career. Hernando and Lito are evicted from their apartment, but Daniela allows them to stay with her. Lito affirms his sexuality and love for Hernando at the Sao Paolo Pride parade, causing his agency to drop him. Daniela helps secure him an audition with a Hollywood director, and he wins the part with Sun's help. The series ends with Lito about to make his Hollywood debut.


Will Gorski

Portrayed by
Brian J. Smith Brian Jacob Smith (born October 12, 1981) is an American actor, known for his role as Will Gorski in the Netflix-produced series ''Sense8,'' Lieutenant Matthew Scott in the military science fiction television series ''Stargate Universe'', and h ...
.
Maxwell Jenkins Maxwell Jenkins (born May 3, 2005) is an American film and television actor, who is known for his roles in ''Lost in Space'', '' A Family Man'', and ''Sense8''. In 2020, he played the role of Joseph Bell in the true story of ''Joe Bell'', starrin ...
portrayed a young Will. Main skills and traits: skill with firearms, lock-picking, detective skills and intuition, hand-to-hand combat. A Chicago police officer haunted by an unsolved murder from his childhood. As a child, he connected with young sensate Sara Patrell and witnessed Whispers murder her. He continues to see Sara but no one believes him, but she tells him not to look Whispers in the eye. When the series begins, he begins investigating the unreported murder of Angelica, with his partner Diego. Soon Jonas Maliki, a sensate from Angelica's cluster, confronts Will in person about his role as a sensate. Will responds by turning Jonas in to the police but quickly realises how much he can learn from Jonas. Jonas alerts Will to Nomi's situation, and Will is able to use his skills to help Nomi escape the hospital. Most of his initial sensate interactions are with fellow cluster-member Riley Blue and the two begin to fall in love. He works closely with Nomi to investigate BPO, utilising his police skills with her hacking skills. Eventually, he discovers that Riley has been captured by the series villain Whispers. Will goes to Iceland and uses his skills, as well as the other sensates’ abilities, to save Riley. During their escape, however, Will accidentally looks into Whispers' eyes. Far from the facility, Will injects himself with drugs to lose consciousness to ensure that Whispers does not find them. Riley helps them successfully escape and gets Will to safety. Because Whispers can now see through him, Will constantly inject himself with drugs in order to reduce Whispers' psychic influence. When awake, Will and Riley grow much closer. On Christmas Day, however, Whispers reveals to Will that his father, with Whispers' urging, has resumed drinking and is severely depressed without him. Riley is able to go to Chicago to allow Will to visit and see him as he dies. Will feels guilty and relapses into drug use, nearly missing an opportunity to save Capheus. He kicks his drug habit and he and Riley begin to take the fight to BPO by making more connections with the sensate world. When Wolfgang is captured by BPO, he and the rest of the cluster kidnap both Whispers and Jonas as leverage. Due to his police training, Will acts as the natural leader of the cluster.


Other series regulars


Amanita "Neets" Caplan

Portrayed by
Freema Agyeman Freema Agyeman (; born Frema Agyeman; 20 March 1979) is a British actress. She rose to fame with her role as the Doctor's companion Martha Jones in the BBC science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' (2007–2010), and received further recognition f ...
. Nomi's girlfriend, who later becomes an ally for the new sensates.


Whispers

Portrayed by
Terrence Mann Terrence Vaughan Mann (born July 1, 1951) is an American theatre, film and television actor. He is best known for his appearances on the Broadway stage, which include Chester Lyman in ''Barnum'', Rum Tum Tugger in '' Cats'', Javert in '' Les ...
. A sensate who turned against his own kind for unknown reasons and leads an organization determined to neutralize or kill sensates. Despite his being a sensate and having a family of his own, he lacks empathy.


Sanyam Dandekar

Portrayed by Anupam Kher. Himanshu Powdwal portrayed a young Sanyam. Kala's father, a chef and restaurant owner. He and his daughter are very close. Kala's fiancée Rajan constantly seeks his approval.


Jonas Maliki

Portrayed by
Naveen Andrews Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born 17 January 1969) is a British-American actor. He is best known for his role as Sayid Jarrah in the television series ''Lost'' (2004–2010), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime ...
. A sensate from Angelica's cluster, who wants to help the newly-born cluster of sensates. By the end of season one, he is captured by the series' villain, Whispers.


Angelica "Angel" Turing

Portrayed by
Daryl Hannah Daryl Christine Hannah (born December 3, 1960) is an American actress and environmental activist. She made her screen debut in Brian De Palma's supernatural horror film '' The Fury'' (1978). She has starred in various movies across the years, i ...
. A sensate from an older cluster (which includes Jonas) who becomes the "mother" of the cluster of eight new sensates as she activates their psychic connection. She kills herself before being captured by Whispers in order to protect the cluster she has birthed. Because she birthed the new sensates, her memories echo through them, and she can still somehow communicate with them. Jonas said "A genetic birth transfers genes. A sensate birth transfers sense experience and memory."


Recurring characters

The recurring actors are listed by the region in which they first appear.


In

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* Paul Ogola as Jela, Capheus' best friend and partner in the "Van Damn" bus service. * Peter Nzioki as Silas Kabaka, a crime lord who approaches Capheus to work for him. * Lwanda Jawar as Githu, the leader of the Nairobi "Superpower" gang. * Chichi Seii as Shiro, Capheus' mother who is seriously ill with
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. * Rosa Katanu as Amondi Kabaka, Silas' daughter. * Biko Nyongesa, plays a member of the "Superpower" gang. *
Mumbi Maina Mumbi Maina (born 14 January 1985) is a Kenyan actress known for her role in the soap opera ''Mali''. She is an actor and dancer who has starred in both local and international films since 2009. Mumbi is well known for her role as Zakia in the n ...
as Zakia Asalanche, a local news journalist who becomes romantically involved with Capheus * Abdu Simba as Koman Nyagah, head of the Kenyan Democratic Reform Party


In

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...
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Lee Ki-chan Lee Ki-chan (Hangul: 이기찬; born January 10, 1979) is a South Korean singer and actor. He debuted as a singer in 1996, and began acting in 2006. He has appeared in several Korean dramas, as well as the American TV series ''Sense8''. Biogr ...
as Joong-Ki Bak, Sun's younger brother. *
Lee Geung-young Lee Geung-young (born December 12, 1960) is a South Korean actor. He graduated from the Department of Drama in Seoul. He debuted in 1977 and after completing his mandatory military service, he debuted in 1982 as the 10th public relations actor fo ...
as Kang-Dae Bak, a businessman and Sun and Joong-Ki's father. *
Youn Yuh-jung Youn Yuh-jung (, ; born June 19, 1947) is a South Korean actress, whose career in film and television spans over five decades. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a British Academy Film Award, an Independent Spir ...
as Min-jung, fellow prisoner * Son Suk-ku as Detective Kwon-Ho Mun, policeman, who wants to clear Sun's name * Hye-Hwa Kim as Mi-Cha, Sun's mother. * Sara Sohn as Soo-Jin, a Korean prisoner. * Myung Gye-Nam as Sun's kickboxing trainer.


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San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
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California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
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* Adam Shapiro as Dr. Metzger, Nomi's "doctor" who really works for Whispers. * Michael X. Sommers as Bug, Nomi's old friend who ran with her in their younger hacktivist days. * Sandra Fish as Janet Marks, Nomi's disapproving mother. * Maximilienne Ewalt as Grace, Amanita's mother who is more accepting of Nomi than her own. She embraces both Nomi's relationship with Neets and her identity as a trans woman.


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Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
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India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

* Anupam Kher as Sanyam Dandekar, Kala's Father. *
Purab Kohli Purab Kohli is an Indian television and film actor, model and former video jockey. Career Television Kohli started his career as an actor with the 1998 television show '' Hip Hip Hurray'' on Zee TV and earned recognition through video jockey ...
as Rajan Rasal, Kala's fiancé. *
Natasha Rastogi Natasha Rastogi (born Natasha Khanna; 14 May 1962) is an Indian actress and director. She started her acting career by debuting in ''Monsoon Wedding'' as Sona Verma, directed by Mira Nair, that won the Golden Lion award and received a Golden ...
as Priya Dandekar, Kala and Daya's mother, Sanyam's wife. ** Mansi Dovhal portrayed a young Priya. *
Darshan Jariwala Darshan Jariwala (born 29 September 1958) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films, television and stage. He won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for '' Gandhi, My Father''. He is popular for his show in which he was seen as ...
as Manendra Rasal, Rajan's father and Sahana's husband. *
Mita Vashisht Mita Vashisht (born 2 November 1967) is an Indian actress. Known for her work on screen, stage and television, she has played a wide range of roles. Her most prominent appearances includes; sci-fi television series '' Space City Sigma'' (1989-1 ...
as Sahana Rasal, mother of Rajan and wife of Manendra. * Huzane Mewawala as Daya Dandekar, Kala's sister and a fellow pharmacist. * Avantika Akerkar as Aunty Ina, Kala and Daya's aunt. *
Shruti Bapna Shruti Bapna is an Indian actress who has worked in commercial films, web series, and TV shows. Career Bapna started her career with theatre and made her film debut in ''Wake up Sid'' (2009). In 2013, she then appeared in ''The Lunchbox''. She ...
as Devi, Kala's friend. *
Rajesh Khera Rajesh Khera (''Rājēśa Khērā'') is an Indian television actor and voice actor who has acted in many Hindi films and is remembered for the role of fashion designer Maddy in '' Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin''. He was recently seen as a contender ...
as a wedding planner.


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Reykjavík Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a po ...
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Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

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Kristján Kristjánsson Kristján Kristjánsson also known as KK () is an Icelandic blues and folk musician. Early life and career KK was born on March 26, 1956 in Minnesota, United States, to Icelandic parents but moved to Iceland with his family around the age of 10 ...
as Gunnar, Riley's pianist father. * Lilja Þórisdóttir as Yrsa, an Icelandic sensate from an older cluster. * Eyþór Gunnarsson as Sven, Riley's friend in Iceland. * Thor Birgisson as Magnus Þórsson, Riley's husband who died in a car accident.


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London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
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England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
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United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

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Frank Dillane Frank Stephenson Dillane (born 21 April 1991) is an English actor and musician. He is known for his roles as Nick Clark on '' Fear the Walking Dead'' (2015–2018) and 16-year-old Tom Riddle in the film ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ...
as Shugs, Riley's close friend and Bambie's boyfriend. * Nicôle Lecky as Bambie, Shugs' girlfriend. *
Joseph Mawle Joseph Daniel Turner Mawle (born 21 March 1974) is an English actor. Mawle is best known for his roles as Benjen Stark in ''Game of Thrones'', Detective Inspector Jedediah Shine in '' Ripper Street'', Firebrace in '' Birdsong'', Jesus Christ in ...
as Nyx, a drug dealer.


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Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
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Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

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Maximilian Mauff Maximilian "Max" Mauff (born 3 July 1987) is a German actor. Life and career Mauff started acting in the child theatre. Later he had first roles in short movies by Aelrun Goette. In 2002 he had his first leading role as ''Tristan'' in Kai Wes ...
as Felix Berner, a locksmith who is Wolfgang's best friend and partner-in-crime. ** Chiron Elias Krase portrayed a young Felix. * Sylvester Groth as Sergei Bogdanow, Wolfgang's rich uncle and Steiner's father. *
Christian Oliver Christian Oliver (born 3 March 1975) is a German actor. Oliver was born in Celle and grew up in Frankfurt am Main. He relocated to the United States to work as a model and subsequently took acting lessons in New York and Los Angeles. From 200 ...
as Steiner Bogdanow, a villainous Russian mobster in Berlin who is at war with his cousin Wolfgang and Felix. * Bernhard Schütz as Anton Bogdanow, Wolfgang's father. * Georg Tryphon as Abraham, a Jewish business man. * Wolfgang Lindner as one of Sergei's bodyguards. *
Lars Eidinger Lars Eidinger (; born 21 January 1976) is a German actor. Eidinger started his career at Deutsches Theater in 1997. Before his breakthrough, he played minor roles in German television shows like ''Schloss Einstein'' (2002) and '' Berlin, Berlin ...
as Sebastian Fuchs, also known as "King of the North" for his status as leading one faction of the mob gangs in Berlin. *
Valeria Bilello Valeria Bilello (born 2 May 1982) is an Italian actress and model. Biography Valeria Bilello was born in Sciacca, in Sicily, Italy, on 2 May 1982, and grew up in Milan. During her high-school studies in foreign languages, she made her debut i ...
as Lila Facchini, a sensate from another cluster that works alongside Fuchs and is in collusion with Whispers.


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Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
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Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

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Alfonso Herrera Alfonso Herrera Rodríguez (, born 28 August 1983) is a Mexican actor and former singer. Born in Mexico City, Herrera made his television debut in ''Clase 406'' in 2002. In the same year, his made film debut in '' Amar te duele'' and won a MT ...
as Hernando Fuentes, Lito's boyfriend who, at the request of his partner, helps keep the relationship a secret from society. *
Eréndira Ibarra Eréndira Ibarra is a Mexican actress and casting director, known for ''Sense8'' (2015–18), '' Las Aparicio'' (2015), ''The Matrix Resurrections'' (2021) and ''Ingobernable ''Ingobernable'' is a Mexican political drama streaming television s ...
as Daniela Velázquez, an actress who helps Lito to hide his sexual orientation. Joaquin's ex-girlfriend. *
Raúl Méndez Raúl Méndez Martínez (born April 11, 1975 in Laguna, Torreón, Mexico) is a Mexican actor of film, theater and television. Biography He studied acting at the Center for Arts Education Monterrey and La Casa del Teatro with Luis de Tavira ...
as Joaquín Flores, Daniela's jealous and violent abusive ex-boyfriend. * Ari Brickman as the director of Lito's current film. * Jeronimo Best as the assistant director in Lito's movies. *
Erik Hayser Erik Hayser (born December 13, 1980, in Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico), is a Mexican actor, writer and producer. He studied acting at the "Centro de Formación actoral" (CEFAC). He is internationally recognized due to role of Diego ...
as Raoul Pasquale, a sensate from Angelica's first cluster and acquaintance of Lito. *
Cecilia Suárez María Cecilia Suárez de Garay, known professionally as Cecilia Suárez (Mexican ; born November 22, 1971), is a Mexican actress and a prominent activist working with the United Nations and European Union campaigning against femicide and viole ...
as Lito's manager


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Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...
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Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
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United States of America The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territo ...

* Ness Bautista as Diego Morales, Will's police partner. * William Burke as Deshawn, a young gang member in Chicago. * Larry Clarke as Will's Police Captain. * Margot Thorne as Sara Patrell, a young sensate who disappeared after being found by Whispers. *
Joe Pantoliano Joseph Peter Pantoliano (born September 12, 1951) is an American character actor who has appeared in over 150 films, television and stage productions. After his early roles in the television series ''M*A*S*H'' and the 1983 comedy ''Risky Busin ...
as Michael Gorski, Will's father, a retired cop.


Minor characters

These are a few significant minor characters, such as celebrities making a
cameo appearance A cameo role, also called a cameo appearance and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief appearance of a well-known person in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly eit ...
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Ma Dong-seok Ma Dong-seok (born Lee Dong-seok on March 1, 1971), also known as Don Lee, is a South Korean–American actor. With his breakout performance in '' Train to Busan'' and subsequent leading roles, he has become one of South Korea's most successful ...
as the
bouncer A bouncer (also known as a doorman or door supervisor) is a type of security guard, employed at venues such as bars, nightclubs, cabaret clubs, stripclubs, casinos, hotels, billiard halls, restaurants, sporting events, schools, concerts, or ...
outside the sex club in Seoul. * Tony Hong as the referee of the underground martial arts ring. * Sean Dorsey as Sean, the real life choreographer of the Fresh Meat Festival dance Nomi and Amanita attend. *
Tino Rodríguez Tino Rodríguez is a Mexican-American painter. Born and raised in Guadalajara, Mexico, Rodriguez was influenced by the symbolism and themes evident in the Catholic churches of his youth. His work was also influenced by his absorption of fairy tal ...
as "Green Fairy" in the San Francisco Pride. Rodríguez's painting ''The Song that Traverses a Tenebrous World'' is featured in the show hanging on the walls of Lito's apartment. * Virgo Paraiso as "Purple Fairy" in the San Francisco Pride. Dorsey, Rodríguez and Paraiso had previously collaborated with the Wachowskis on the music video of
Antony and the Johnsons Antony and the Johnsons is an American music group presenting the work of Anohni and her collaborators. Career British experimental musician David Tibet of Current 93 heard a demo and offered to release Anohni's music through his Durtro label ...
' ''Epilepsy Is Dancing''. *
Lana Wachowski Lana Wachowski (born June 21, 1965, formerly known as Larry Wachowski) and Lilly Wachowski (born December 29, 1967, formerly known as Andy Wachowski) are American film and television directors, writers and producers. The sisters are both trans ...
and
Tom Tykwer Tom Tykwer (; born 23 May 1965) is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer. He is best known internationally for directing the thriller films ''Run Lola Run'' (1998), ''Heaven (2002 film), Heaven'' (2002), ''Perfume: The St ...
passing by the camera with their backs turned to it during the New Year's Eve celebration in the Christmas special. * David Mitchell and
Aleksandar Hemon Aleksandar Hemon ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Xeмoн; born September 9, 1964) is a Bosnian-American author, essayist, critic, television writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for the novels '' Nowhere Man'' (2002) and '' The Lazarus Pr ...
cameo as themselves in Amanita's bookstore. They were involved in some capacity with the writing of the second season, for which they were credited as "consultants". * Eduardo Semerjian as "Parade Host" in the São Paulo Pride. * Bruno Fagundes as a customer in a restaurant in São Paulo. *
Marc Jacobs Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963) is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for his own fashion label, Marc Jacobs, and formerly Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, which was produced for approximately 15 years, before it was d ...
as himself. His partner Char Defrancesco, appears in the same scene, as Charlie. * Kobi Kihara as herself, interviewing Capheus. * Cleopatra Koheirwe as Mother


References


External links


Full cast and crew of ''Sense8'' on IMDb
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