Resident Evil is 2022 action horror streaming television series developed by Andrew Dabb for Netflix. Based on the video game series of the same name by Capcom, it is the second television adaptation of the franchise after the animated miniseries Infinite Darkness, and the eighth live-action adaptation after the film series of the same name. The series take place in its own original universe but feature the games series storyline as its backstory and basis.
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‘Resident Evil’ Cast and Characters
The series features an ensemble cast led by Lance Reddick as Albert Wesker, Ella Balinska and Adeline Rudolph as Wesker’s adopted children while Tamara Smart and Siena Agudong portrays their younger self, and Paola Núñez as Evelyn Marcus, James Marcus’s daughters. It alternate between two timelines, following Jade and Billie Wesker during their days in New Raccoon City where they discovers their father and Umbrella Corporation dark secrets, and a decade in the future, where Jade try her efforts to survive the end of world.
- Lance Reddick as Albert Wesker, Jade and Billie’s father. Reddick is the first actor of color to portray the character.
- Ella Balinska as Jade Wesker
- Tamara Smart as young Jade Wesker
- Adeline Rudolph as Billie Wesker
- Siena Agudong as young Billie Wesker
- Paola Núñez as Evelyn Marcus
- Mpho Osei Tutu as Yen
- Anthony Oseyemi as Roth
- Marisa Drummond as Guard
- Lea Vivier as Susana Franco
- Ahad Raza Mir as Arjun Batra
- Turlough Convery
- Connor Gosatti as Simon
Albert Wesker (Lance Reddick)
Virologist Albert Wesker is one of the primary villains in the Resident Evil video game series. In the show, he’s a brilliant scientist and one of the highest-ranking employees at Umbrella. This job brings him and his twin daughters to the company town of New Raccoon City in South Africa. While he seems like a mild-mannered, devoted father, he’s got some dangerous secrets and is willing to use his influence at Umbrella to get what he wants.
Lance Reddick has had major roles in numerous film and TV franchises, playing the ambitious Baltimore Police Department lieutenant Cedric Daniels in The Wire, the mysterious hotel concierge Charon in the John Wick films and Fringe Division leader Phillip Broyles on Fringe.
Young Jade Wesker (Tamara Smart)
Albert’s headstrong 14-year-old daughter hates being moved to the suburbs, where she feels out of place, but she quickly finds a purpose by investigating the mysteries afoot at Umbrella. She is fiercely protective of her fraternal twin sister, Billie.
No stranger to horror, English actor Tamara Smart appeared in the 2019 revival of Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark? and battled the boogeyman as the star of A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting.
Adult Jade Wesker (Ella Balinska)
In 2036, Jade is a dedicated researcher studying the infected in hopes of finding a way to help other human survivors. While she wants to protect her husband and daughter, she often puts her work first and is too willing to take risks to get results.
English actor Ella Balinska starred in the 2019 version of Charlie’s Angels along with Kristen Stewart and Naomi Scott. She’ll be further strengthening her video game bona next year as the star of Square Enix’s action RPG Forspoken.
Billie Wesker (Siena Agudong)
Billie is hoping to get a fresh start in New Raccoon City but has a hard time making friends and quickly falls prey to a vicious bully. A vegan and advocate for animal rights, Billie seems sweet and loves her family, but she has a history of violent outbursts.
Hawaiian actor Siena Agudong starred in No Good Nick alongside Melissa Joan Hart and Sean Astin, where she played a teenage con artist. She also made an appearance in the Fast & Furious film F9.
Evelyn Marcus (Paola Nuñez)
Evelyn Marcus inherited control of Umbrella from her father, who founded the company but was ousted from leadership after the destruction of the original Raccoon City in 1998. She’ll do anything to prove herself, rushing to get Umbrella’s new psychotropic drug, Joy, to market while suppressing evidence of its very dangerous side effects.
You can also see Mexican actor Paola Nuñez on Netflix in the second season of the telenovela La reina del sur. She’ll be appearing in Netflix’s upcoming horror mini-series, The Fall of the House of Usher, an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story.
Simon Marcus (Connor Gosatti)
When Jade’s attempts to research Umbrella are stymied by New Racoon City’s firewall, she seeks help from classmate Simon Marcus. Simon resents how his mom, Evelyn, prioritizes her job as Umbrella CEO over her family. His helpful hacking leads to a budding romance with Jade, though the investigation puts both of them in serious danger.
Resident Evil is Australian actor Connor Gosatti’s first major role.
Richard Baxter (Turlough Convery)
Umbrella middle manager Richard Baxter leads a group of heavily armed Umbrella agents to pursue Jade across the UK in 2036. An untrustworthy sadist, he leaves a trail of carnage in his wake.
Irish actor Turlough Convery played an investigator in Season 3 of the BBC spy thriller Killing Eve and was one of the main characters in the British historical drama Sanditon.
Angel Rubio (Pedro de Tavira Egurrola)
Mexican investigative journalist Angel Rubio lost his job as part of Umbrella’s cover-up of deaths at their lab in Tijuana. He’s still trying to prove the company’s culpability and prevent them from causing more harm, helping young Jade in her own search for answers.
This is the first major English-language role for Mexican actor and composer Pedro de Tavira Egurrola. You can see him in the Netflix telenovela The Five Juanas.
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