HBO premieres a new drama series, True Detective, this season focusing on Martin Hart (Woody Harrelson) and "Rust" Cohle (Matthew McConaughey), two detectives and former partners who worked in Louisiana's Criminal Investigation Division in the mid-1990s.
In 2012, for reasons not immediately revealed, the two are interviewed separately by investigators about their most notorious case: the macabre 1995 murder of a prostitute by a possible serial killer with disturbing occult leanings. As they look back on the case, Hart and Cohle's personal backstories and often-strained relationship become a major focal point.
Hart, an outgoing native Louisianan and family man whose marriage is being frayed by work stress and infidelity, is (at least on the surface) the polar opposite of Cohle, a lone-wolf pessimist and former narcotics detective from Texas. While the plot is moved forward by their shared obsession to hunt down the ritual killer, the true drama centers around the mercurial nature of Hart and Cohle's relationship and personalities, and how they affect each other as detectives, friends, and men.
Matthew McConaughey | Detective Rust Cohle (8 episodes, 2014) |
Woody Harrelson | Detective Marty Hart (8 episodes, 2014) |
Colin Farrell | Detective Ray Velcoro (8 episodes, 2015) |
Michelle Monaghan | Maggie Hart (8 episodes, 2014) |
Michael Potts | Detective Maynard Gilbough (8 episodes, 2014) |
Rachel McAdams | Detective Ani Bezzerides (8 episodes, 2015) |
Tory Kittles | Detective Thomas Papania (8 episodes, 2014) |
J.D. Evermore | Detective Lutz (6 episodes, 2014) |
Taylor Kitsch | Officer Paul Woodrugh (8 episodes, 2015) |
Dana Gourrier | Cathleen (6 episodes, 2014) |
Madison Wolfe | Audrey Hart (6 episodes, 2014) |
Kelly Reilly | Jordan Semyon (8 episodes, 2015) |
David Stephen Mitchell | Promise Keeper (6 episodes, 2014) |
Randal Gonzalez | Detective (6 episodes, 2014) |
Vince Vaughn | Frank Semyon (8 episodes, 2015) |
Kevin Dunn | Major Ken Quesada (5 episodes, 2014) |
Chris Kerson | Nails (8 episodes, 2015) |
Eric Price | Detective Shinn (6 episodes, 2014) |
Ritchie Coster | Mayor Austin Chessani (7 episodes, 2015) |
Joe Chrest | Detective Demma (5 episodes, 2014) |
Christopher James Baker | Blake Churchman (7 episodes, 2015) |
Dane Rhodes | Detective Favre (5 episodes, 2014) |
Afemo Omilami | Police Chief Holloway (7 episodes, 2015) |
Bruce Elliott | Trustee-Levi (5 episodes, 2014) |
James Frain | Lieutenant Kevin Burris (7 episodes, 2015) |
Alexandra Daddario | Lisa Tragnetti (4 episodes, 2014) |
Tony Molina Jr. | Detective (4 episodes, 2014) |
Andy Mackenzie | Ivar (6 episodes, 2015) |
Meghan Wolfe | Maisie Hart (4 episodes, 2014) |
Jackson Beals | Detective Mark Daughtry (3 episodes, 2014) |
Michael Irby | Detective Elvis Ilinca (6 episodes, 2015) |
Glenn Fleshler | Errol (3 episodes, 2014) |
Abigail Spencer | Gena Brune (6 episodes, 2015) |
Michael Harney | Steve Geraci (3 episodes, 2014) |
Timothy V. Murphy | Osip Agronov (6 episodes, 2015) |
Erin Moriarty | Audrey Hart (3 episodes, 2014) |
Yara Martinez | Felicia (6 episodes, 2015) |
Jim Klock | Detective Ted Bertrand (3 episodes, 2014) |
Adria Arjona | Emily (6 episodes, 2015) |
Garrett Kruithof | Detective Jimmy Dufrene (3 episodes, 2014) |
Don Yesso | Commander Speece (3 episodes, 2014) |
Alain Uy | Ernst Bodine (6 episodes, 2015) |
John L. Armijo | Undercover NARC (3 episodes, 2014) |
Jon Lindstrom | Jacob McCandless (6 episodes, 2015) |
Joseph Fischer | (3 episodes, 2014) |
Jay O. Sanders | Billy Lee Tuttle (2 episodes, 2014) |
W. Earl Brown | Detective Teague Dixon (5 episodes, 2015) |
Lyle R. Guidroz | VooDoo Character, Mechanic, john (3 episodes, 2014) |
Lili Simmons | Beth (2 episodes, 2014) |
Michael Hyatt | Katherine Davis (5 episodes, 2015) |
Shea Whigham | Joel Theriot (2 episodes, 2014) |
Leven Rambin | Athena Bezzerides (5 episodes, 2015) |
Jaci LeJeune | Featured Dancer (3 episodes, 2014) |
Lera Lynn | Singer (5 episodes, 2015) |
Christopher Berry | Danny Fontenot / ... (2 episodes, 2014) |
Brad Carter | Charlie Lange (2 episodes, 2014) |
Jamie Elliott | Tina (2 episodes, 2014) |
C.S. Lee | Richard Geldof (4 episodes, 2015) |
Johnny McPhail | Robert Doumain (2 episodes, 2014) |
Lolita Davidovich | Cynthia Woodrugh (4 episodes, 2015) |
Charles Halford | Reggie Ledoux (2 episodes, 2014) |
Alyshia Ochse | Lucy (2 episodes, 2014) |
Vinicius Machado | Tony Chessani (4 episodes, 2015) |
Brighton Sharbino | Maisie Hart (2 episodes, 2014) |
Trevor Larcom | Chad Velcoro (4 episodes, 2015) |
Lola Phillips | Kidnaped Victim / ... (2 episodes, 2014) |
Matt Battaglia | Commander Floyd Heschmeyer (4 episodes, 2015) |
Sadarias Harrell | Detective Drew Stephan (2 episodes, 2014) |
Solomon Shiv | Michael Bulgari (4 episodes, 2015) |
Joseph Sikora | Ginger (2 episodes, 2014) |
Lassiter Holmes | Attorney / ... (2 episodes, 2014) |
David Morse | Eliot Bezzerides (3 episodes, 2015) |
Tim Bell | CID Clerk (1 episode, 2014) |
Rick Springfield | Dr. Irving Pitlor (3 episodes, 2015) |
Paul Ben-Victor | Major Leroy Salter (1 episode, 2014) |
Timothy Wyant | Detective wyant / ... (2 episodes, 2014) |
Ann Dowd | (1 episode, 2014) |
Dave Randolph-Mayhem Davis | Toby (1 episode, 2014) |
Alex Fernandez | James O'Neal (3 episodes, 2015) |
Elizabeth Reaser | Laurie Spencer (1 episode, 2014) |
Tess Harper | Mrs. Kelly (1 episode, 2014) |
Clarke Peters | Minister (1 episode, 2014) |
Gabriel Luna | Miguel Gilb (3 episodes, 2015) |
Robert Beitzel | Chris Louviere (1 episode, 2014) |
Jack Topalian | Armin (3 episodes, 2015) |
Aurielle Brimmer | (1 episode, 2014) |
Arthur Darbinyan | Leonid (3 episodes, 2015) |
Veronica Hunsinger-Loe | Teacher (1 episode, 2014) |
Kate Adair | Call Girl (1 episode, 2014) |
Agnes Olech | Veronica Chessani (3 episodes, 2015) |
Gabe Begneaud | Drew Ledger (1 episode, 2014) |
Emily Rios | Betty Chessani (3 episodes, 2015) |
Gracie Bott | (1 episode, 2014) |
Christian Campbell | Richard Brune (3 episodes, 2015) |
Jennifer Dawson | Erath Woman (1 episode, 2014) |
Courtney Halverson | Erica Jonson (3 episodes, 2015) |
Amber Carollo | Kelsey Burgess (1 episode, 2014) |
Kurt Krause | Chad (1 episode, 2014) |
Carla Vila | Danielle Delvayo (3 episodes, 2015) |
Kerry Cahill | Nurse (1 episode, 2014) |