The third season of the American

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television series '' Alias'' premiered September 28, 2003 on ABC and concluded May 23, 2004 and was released on DVD in region 1 on September 7, 2004. Guest stars in season three include

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. A seven-minute animated short titled '' The Animated Alias: Tribunal'' was produced for the

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release of the third season. The short takes place between the second and third seasons.

Cast

Main

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Sydney Bristow Sydney Anne Bristow (played by Jennifer Garner) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the television series '' Alias''. She is an American woman with a Russian-Canadian family background who thought she was working as a spy for the ...

(22 episodes) *

Ron Rifkin Ron Rifkin (born Saul M. Rifkin; October 31, 1939) is an American actor best known for his roles as Arvin Sloane on the spy drama '' Alias'', Saul Holden on the drama '' Brothers & Sisters'', and District Attorney Ellis Loew in '' L.A. Confide ...

as Arvin Sloane (21 episodes) * Michael Vartan as Michael Vaughn (22 episodes) * Carl Lumbly as Marcus Dixon (22 episodes) * Kevin Weisman as Marshall Flinkman (22 episodes) *

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as Julian Sark (20 episodes) * Melissa George as

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(19 episodes) * Greg Grunberg as Eric Weiss (22 episodes) *

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(22 episodes)

Recurring

Episodes

Home release

The 6-DVD box set of Season 3 was released in region 1 format (US) on September 7, 2004, in region 2 format (UK) on May 30, 2005 and in region 4 format (AU) on January 5, 2005. The DVDs contain all episodes of Season 3, plus the following features: * '' Animated Alias: Tribunal'' – a brief animated feature detailing a mission that Sydney undertook during her "missing" two years. * Deleted scenes * Blooper reel * Featurette: ''Burbank to Barcelona'' – a look at the production design * Gadget Lab – Marshall Finkman's gadgets from script to screen * The Alias Diaries – meet the unsung craftsmen and technicians * Team Alias – two sport-related features: a special introduction filmed for ''

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'', and Michael Vartan meets the

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. * Ultimate fan audio commentary * Script scanner * Cast & Crew Commentaries * Widescreen anamorphic video format.

References

External links

* {{Alias 2003 American television seasons 2004 American television seasons Alias (TV series) seasons