The Agency: Dominic West is also in the cast of the Paramount+ series with Michael Fassbender

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The cast of The Agency, the new Paramount+ series, is becoming more and more stellar: among the protagonists, there will also be the star of The Crown Dominic West. A few weeks before the debut on Paramount+ of The Agency, scheduled for November 30, Variety has announced another presence in the stellar cast of the series produced by George Clooney and based on the successful French show La Bureau – Undercover. As reported by the site, the actor Dominic West will be among the protagonists of the series, alongside Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Right, Richard Gere, and Jodie Turner-Smith.

The plot of The Agency and the first details on the role of Dominic West

The Agency is a political espionage thriller centered on Martian (Michael Fassbender), a secret CIA agent who has been ordered to abandon his life undercover and return to the agency's London station. When the love he left behind resurfaces, the romance reignites, putting his career, his true identity, and his mission at odds with his feelings and thrusting them both into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage. According to Variety, Dominic West — known for his roles in The Affair and The Wire, as well as playing Prince Charles in the Netflix series The Crown — will play the director of the CIA.

In The Agency, Richard Gere will play Bosko, the head of the London station with a storied past after serving as an undercover agent for eight years. Jeffrey Wright will play Henry, the director of operations and Martian’s mentor, while Jodie Turner-Smith will play Sami Zahir, a professor of social anthropology who has a relationship with the protagonist. The cast also includes Katherine Waterston (Fantastic Beasts), John Magaro (The Many Saints of New Jersey), Alex Reznik (The Social Network), Andrew Brooke (Children of Men), Harriet Sansom Harris (Desperate Housewives), India Fowler (White Lines), Saura Lightfoot-Leon (Masters of the Air) and Reza Brojerdi (Homeland). Adam Nagaitis (The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon), Ambreen Razia (The Curse), Bilal Hasna (The Three-Body Problem), David Harewood (Supergirl), Kurt Egyiawan (House of the Dragon), Ray BLK, Sabrina Wu (Doctor Doogie) and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Avengers: Endgame). Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) guest stars.