Looking for action, conspiracies, and just a dash of romance? Reacher might be the show for you! The show is based on Lee Child’s popular Jack Reacher book series. The first season is based on the first book in the series, Killing Floor. Now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, the series has already been renewed for a second season. This is not the first time the series has been adapted. In 2012, Jack Reacher, starring Tom Cruise, debuted in theaters. A sequel, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back premiered in 2016.
Here’s a list of who’s who in Season 1 of Reacher!
Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson)
Jack Reacher is a retired US Military police officer. He commanded the 110th Special Investigations Unit and killed a few men throughout the course of his career. In Margrave, Georgia, he is wrongly arrested for a murder. He has an older brother called Joe and both of his parents have died. While detained at the police station, they discover that he has no social media footprint or any other type of traceable online document attached to his name. Solemn and reserved, Jack is a great fighter and is skilled at reading people.
Alan Ritchson is known for his role as Aquaman in Smallville as well as Hank Hall in Titans. He also played Raphael in the 2014 film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In 2021 he directed and co-wrote his first feature film Dark Web: Cicada 3301. You may also recognize him from his role as Gloss, in the 2013 film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Roscoe Conklin (Willa Fitzgerald)
Roscoe is a police officer with the Margrave Police Department. She is an orphan, and became a police officer to follow and honor her father’s footsteps. She teams up with Jack after she discovers his military history. Roscoe is curious by nature, and wants to help get to the bottom of a murder that hits close to home for Jack. She is his first friend in Margave and they eventually form a romantic relationship. Roscoe is an optimist and helps lift the spirit of the group to continue searching for answers even at their lowest points.
Willa Fitzgerald played the main role of Emma Duval in MTV’s TV series Scream. She starred as Meg March in 2017’s BBC miniseries, Little Women. Willa also held a recurring role as Lola Laffer in Alpha House. Most recently, she played Connie in the 2021 film, 18 ½.
Oscar Finlay (Malcolm Goodwin)
Oscar Finlay is the new Chief Detective at the Margrave Police Department. He recently lost his wife and moved to the small town from Boston. He’s a Harvard graduate with a soft spot for tweed suits. The latter makes him stand out against Margrave’s small town vibe, but he also hopes it makes him look like a more respected figure. The murder that Jack Reacher is accused of is a major way to start his career in Margrave – it is the first murder that the town has had in twenty years. Finlay is cautious and smart, always trying to use logic and evidence to the best of his ability when making decisions.
Malcolm Goodwin played the role of Detective Clive Babineaux in the CW show, iZombie. Goodwin has a minor role in Ridley Scott’s 2007 film, American Gangster, as Jimmy Zee. He is currently filming The Fall of the House of Usher, created by Mike Flanagan.
KJ Kliner (Chris Webster)
KJ Kliner is the son of Kliner Sr. (Currie Graham) who is the president of Kliner Industries, one of the most influential companies in Margrave. Astute and callous, KJ is full of the kind of privilege that comes with wealth. One of the villains on the show, he has no real moral compass and is impulsive. He gets upset and angry when Roscoe denies his advances. He spray paints the word “whore” on her car, which leads to a fight with Jack Reacher.
Chris Webster is an English actor who is best known as Nixon from the TV series, Most Dangerous Game. He also had a recurring role in TURN: Washington's Spies as John Champe.
Mayor Grover Teale (Bruce McGill)
The corrupt mayor of Margrave, Grover Teale is part of a dynastic legacy of powerful men in the town. Teale is Kliner’s partner in crime during most of the first season.
Bruce McGill has had a long career in entertainment spanning several decades. He appeared in John Landis’s film, National Lampoon's Animal House as D-Day. He also played Jack Dalton on MacGyver. His other credits include productions like: Rizzoli & Isles, The Crew, My Cousin Vinny and Ride Along. Bruce has also performed voice work for shows like Family Guy.
Paul Hubble (Mark Bendavid)
Paul Hubble is a married bank accountant who is blackmailed into laundering counterfeit money for the Kliner Foundation. At the start of the season he turns himself in and immediately confesses to the murder that Jack Reacher is accused of committing. He was neither a suspect, nor was he questioned for the murder so his motives for confessing seem suspicious. Later, the audience finds out that he is being pressured by people much more powerful than him.
Mark Bendavid is a Canadian actor who has appeared in shows like Dark Matter, Good WItch, How to Buy a Baby, and more. He also guest starred in Season 13 of Degrassi as Grant Yates. In addition to the screen, Bendavid has theatrical experience, participating in productions of A View From the Bridge and The Madonna Painter, among others.
Charlene Hubble (Kristin Kreuk)
Charlene Hubble is the wife of Paul Hubble, whose cell phone was found at a crime scene. She has two young daughters who she is very protective of. She loves her family and is extremely loyal to them, even if it means lying to everyone else.
Kristin Kreuk first emerged onto the silver screen on the Canadian teen drama, Edgemont. Later, she was cast as series regular Lana Lang in Smallville. She also starred as Catherine Chandler in the TV show Beauty & the Beast. She has also done voice and performance work in video games like Watch Dogs: Legion.
Jasper (Harvey Guillén)
Jasper is Margrave’s medical examiner and coroner. He loves his mother and enjoys the quiet, small town life. When the murder that Jack Reacher is accused of happens, it shakes him to the core. He is determined to help Jack clear his name and solve the mystery.
Harvey Guillén is most recognizable as the lovable vampire familiar/part-time vampire slayer, Guillermo, in What We Do In The Shadows. Guillén also shows off his great singing chops in Zoe’s Extraordinary Playlist. He has also appeared in shows like The Magicians, Don’t Look Deeper, Archer, and Mickey Mouse Funhouse.