The Finestkind cast features Ben Foster, Toby Wallace and Jenna Ortega. This info article contains minor spoilers and character details for Brian Helgeland’s 2023 Paramount+ movie. Check out more streaming guides in Vague Visages’ Know the Cast section, and then browse complete soundtrack song listings in the Soundtracks of Cinema section.

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Finestkind explores the relationship between two half-brothers in Massachusetts. When Tom receives an opportunity to captain his father’s vessel, he gets mixed up in a heroin smuggling operation. The narrative follows the main protagonist as he tries to protect his family from danger. Here’s every actor and character in Finestkind.

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Finestkind Cast: Ben Foster as Tom

Character Profile: A fisherman from New Bedford, Massachusetts. He captains his father’s boat, the Finestkind. Tom leads a heroin smuggling operation in order to pay legal fines.

Foster’s Resume: Charlie Prince in 3:10 to Yuma (2007), Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery in The Messenger (2009), Tanner Howard in Hell or High Water (2016), Will in Leave No Trace (2018), Jim Fassel in Emancipation (2022)

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Finestkind Cast: Toby Wallace as Charlie

Character Profile: Tom’s half-brother. He is a recent college graduate who thinks about pursuing a law degree at Boston University. Charlie decides that he’d rather be a professional fisherman.

Wallace’s Resume: Tom in Dark Frontier (2009), Corey O’Donohue in Neighbours (2012), Corey in Boys in the Trees (2016), Moses in Babyteeth (2019), Steve Jones in Pistol (2022)

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Finestkind Cast: Jenna Ortega as Mabel

Character Profile: Charlie’s love interest. She is a small-time drug peddler and a skilled driver. Mabel thinks about attending a local community college.

Ortega’s Resume: Harley Diaz in Stuck in the Middle (2016-18), Princess Isabel in Elena of Avalor (2016-20), Tara Carpenter in Scream (2022), Lorraine in X (2022), Wednesday Addams in Wednesday (2022-)

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Finestkind Cast: Tommy Lee Jones as Eldridge

Character Profile: Tom’s father. He think about the past upon being diagnosed with stomach cancer. Eldridge carries out a desperate act of violence.

Jones’ Resume: Samuel Gerard in The Fugitive (1993), Ed Tom Bell in No Country for Old Men (2007), Thaddeus Stevens in Lincoln (2012), George Briggs in The Homesman (2014), Jeremiah O’Keefe in The Burial (2023)

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Finestkind Cast: Ismael Cruz Córdova as Costa

Character Profile: Tom’s colleague. He looks after his pregnant wife. Costa helps organize a heroin smuggling operation.

Córdova’s Resume: Manny in In the Blood (2014), Rafael Torres  in Berlin Station (2018-19), David Rizzio in Mary Queen of Scots (2018), Lino in Miss Bala (2019), Arondir in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)

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Finestkind Cast: Aaron Stanford as Skeemo

Character Profile: Tom’s colleague. He is a jokester who teaches Charlie how to be a professional fisherman. Skeemo snitches on his friends in order to fuel a drug habit.

Stanford’s Resume: John Allerdyce/Pyro in X2 (2003), Doug in The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Seymour Birkhoff in Nikita (2010-13), James Cole in 12 Monkeys (2015-18), Peter Myers in Westworld (2022)

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The Finestkind cast also includes:

• Scotty Tovar as Nunes
• Tim Daly as Gary Sykes
• Lolita Davidovich as Donna Sykes
• Clayne Crawford as Pete Weeks
• Lonnie Farmer as Rocky
• Fernanda Andrade as Anne-Marie
• Charlie Thurston as Mr. White
• Meghan Leathers as Kathy
• Brian J. McDonald as Paul
• Chris Matacunas as Mark

Q.V. Hough (@QVHough) is Vague Visages’ founding editor.