The Terminal List: Dark Wolf

Cast and characters

Main

Taylor Kitsch as Chief Special Warfare Operator Benjamin "Ben" Edwards a.k.a. Charlie Zero-Two/0-2, a US Navy SEAL and Troop Chief in Charlie Platoon, SEAL Team 5.

Tom Hopper as Lieutenant Raife Hastings a.k.a. Charlie Zero-One/0-1, a US Navy SEAL and Troop Commander of Charlie Platoon, SEAL Team 5 with familial connections to the Selous Scouts, originating from Rhodesia.

Chris Pratt as Lieutenant James Reece a.k.a. Alpha Zero-One/0-1, a US Navy SEAL and Troop Commander of Alpha Platoon, SEAL Team 7.

Recurring

Dar Salim as Major Mohammed "Mo" Farooq, an Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) officer and later CIA contractor.

Luke Hemsworth as Jules Landry, a CIA officer and later contractor.

Robert Wisdom as Jed Haverford, a CIA Iranian Operations Division spymaster, former 1st Cavalry Division soldier, and Beirut Embassy bombing survivor.

Rona-Lee Shimon as Eliza Perash, a veteran Mossad operative romantically involved with Edwards.

Shiraz Tzarfati as Tal Varon, a Mossad Cyber and Forgery division operative.

Alain Ali Washnevsky as Cyrus Rahimi, a senior Iranian nuclear deal negotiator.

Hadi Khanjanpour as Vahid Rahimi, a junior Iranian nuclear deal negotiator based in Austria.

Ray Haratian as Yousef Saedi, the Iranian Foreign Minister.

Guest

Jared Shaw as Special Warfare Operator First Class Ernest "Boozer" Vickers a.k.a. Charlie Zero-Six/0-6, the Charlie Platoon, Sniper element.

LaMonica Garrett as Commander William "Bill" Cox, commander of the SEAL mission in Operation Inherent Resolve.

Chris Diamantopoulos as Aaron Fuller, a senior CIA officer based at Forward Operating Base Poe, Iraq.

Fady Demian as Sergeant Daran Amiri, an Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) officer.

Michael Ealy as Ish Reinhart, a former Green Beret and a seasoned CIA operative.

Betty Gilpin as Amy Edwards, Edwards' wife.

Pablo Schreiber as Hank "Dash" Dashnaw, a former Delta Force soldier turned CIA/SAC Ground Branch operator, Edwards' friend.

Eric Colvin as Balázs Molnar, Geology Professor and nuclear researcher at Budapest University of Technology, with a novel uranium enrichment technique secretly for sale to Iran.

Production

Development

In early February 2023, it was announced that a prequel series focusing on Ben Edwards was in development at Amazon Prime Video with Kitsch confirmed to be reprising his role as Edwards.

In January 2024, it was announced that the series would be officially titled The Terminal List: Dark Wolf. Both Jack Carr and David DiGilio co-created and executive-produced the series, with DiGilio serving as showrunner. The series is also executive-produced by Kitsch, Chris Pratt, Antoine Fuqua, Kat Samick, Max Adams, Jared Shaw, and Frederick E. O. Toye.

Casting

In February 2023, it was announced that both Pratt and Shaw would reprise their roles as James Reece and Ernest "Boozer" Vickers respectively. In January 2024, Tom Hopper was cast as a series regular for the series. In February 2024, Luke Hemsworth had joined the cast in a recurring role. In March 2024, Dar Salim, Robert Wisdom, Shiraz Tzarfati, and Rona-Lee Shimon were cast in recurring roles.

Filming

Principal photography for The Terminal List: Dark Wolf began on March 13, 2024. Scenes were filmed in Budapest, Esztergom and Szentendre, Hungary.

Release

The series premiered on August 27, 2025, and consisted of seven episodes. The first three episodes premiered the same day, with the remaining episodes released weekly through September 24, 2025.

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 75% of 16 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The website's consensus reads: "Tracing the footsteps of The Terminal List, Dark Wolf manages to standout amongst the pack, leading a gritty and thrilling origin story that surpasses the original."