While many will recognise Riz Ahmed for his roles in Rogue One, Four Lions or The Night Of, the actor is set to take on quite the meta role in Bait.
While he's not playing James Bond himself, Ahmed does say that the series is actually all about exploring the "crazy distance between our public and our private selves," as he said in an interview with Deadline.
The full cast list for Bait is as follows. Scroll on to find out more about the characters, plus where you may have seen the actors previously.
Riz Ahmed as Shah LatifGuz Khan as Zulfi Sheeba Chaddha as Tahira Sajid Hasan as Parvez Aasiya Shah as QWeruche Opia as FeliciaRitu Arya as YasminHimesh Patel as Raj Thakar Rafe Spall as NigelSian Clifford as Vivien Patrick Stewart as talking pig's headRiz Ahmed as Shah Latif
Where have I seen Riz Ahmed before? Ahmed is known for numerous roles in film and TV, as well as having a career as a rapper. In terms of the small screen, he is best known for roles in The Night Of, The OA and Girls. In regards to films, you may recognise him from Nightcrawler, Rogue One, Sound of Metal, Hamlet and Mogul Mowgli.
Guz Khan as Zulfi
Where have I seen Guz Khan before? Khan is known for his roles in Man Like Mobeen, Our Flag Means Death and Stuffed, having also appeared in various shows as himself like Taskmaster, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Celebrity Gogglebox and Have I Got News For You.
Sheeba Chaddha as Tahira
"I would think she's quite the quintessential brown mother, the Asian mother. She's quite high-pitched I think, a little hyper, always vigilant, always concerned about her tribe, her brood, her home," Chaddha explains in a press pack for the series.
Who is Parvez? Shah's father, Parvez is very proud of Shah's work even if he does sit at home, watching TV and doesn't see his son anywhere. "He has a lot of common sense and logic and is extremely humorous. I found him full of humour in a very dark place and that's what we really all are," Hasan says.
Where have I seen Sajid Hasan before? Hasan has starred in multiple Pakistani productions throughout his career, most notably starring in Dhoop Kinare.
Weruche Opia as Felicia
Where have I seen Weruche Opia before? Opia is best known for her BAFTA-nominated role in I May Destroy You, having also starred in Top Boy, High Desert, Bad Education and The Jetty.
Ritu Arya as Yasmin
Where have I seen Ritu Arya before? Arya is known for her roles in Doctors, Humans, The Umbrella Academy and Paris Has Fallen. She is also set to lead the cast of upcoming BBC drama, The Split Up.
Himesh Patel as Raj Thakar
Where have I seen Himesh Patel before? With a breakout role in EastEnders, Patel is known for his starring performances in Yesterday, Tenet, Station Eleven and Don't Look Up. He has also starred in The Franchise, Motherland, Black Mirror and The Assessment.
Rafe Spall as Nigel
Where have I seen Rafe Spall before? Spall is known for his roles in The Big Short, Life of Pi, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, The Salisbury Poisonings, Trying, Black Mirror and The Ritual.
Sian Clifford as Vivien
Where have I seen Sian Clifford before? Clifford is best known for starring in Fleabag, Vanity Fair, Unstable, Everyone Else Burns and The Ballad of Wallis Island.
Patrick Stewart as talking pig's head
Where have I seen Patrick Stewart before? A revered actor that has held various roles on stage and screen, Stewart is perhaps best known for his roles in Star Trek as Jean-Luc Picard, X-Men as Professor Charles Xavier and American Dad! as Avery Bullock.
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