Jamey Sheridan as William Walden, Vice President of the United States and a former director of the CIA (recurring season 1, starring season 2).Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson, Carrie's mentor and the CIA's Middle East Division Chief and Acting Director of the CIA during season 3.
Ĭlaire Danes portrays series lead character Carrie Mathison Murray Abraham also received Emmy acting nominations. Supporting cast members Mandy Patinkin, Morena Baccarin, Rupert Friend, and F. Danes has won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series twice (from five nominations) and Lewis has won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series once (from two nominations). It has won several awards, including the 20 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama for its first two seasons, and the 2012 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for its first season.
The series received largely positive reviews, with its first two seasons gaining near universal praise. The series' eighth and final season premiered on February 9, 2020. The first episode was made available online more than two weeks before the television broadcast, with viewers having to complete game tasks to gain access. on cable channel Showtime, and was produced by Fox 21 Television Studios (formerly Fox 21). The series storyline grows from this premise, together with Mathison's ongoing covert work. Brody was held captive by al-Qaeda as a prisoner of war, and Mathison becomes convinced that he was "turned" by the enemy and poses a threat to the United States. The series stars Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, a CIA officer with bipolar disorder, and Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody, a Marine Corps Scout Sniper. Homeland (stylized as HOMƎLAND) is an American espionage thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa based on the Israeli series Prisoners of War ( Hebrew: חטופים, romanized: Hatufim, literally "Abductees") which was created by Gideon Raff, who serves as an executive producer on Homeland.