The Bodkin cast features Will Forte, Siobhán Cullen and Robyn Cara. This info article contains minor spoilers and cast/character summaries for Jez Scharf’s Netflix series. Check out more streaming guides in Vague Visages’ Know the Cast category, and then browse complete soundtrack song listings in the Soundtracks of Cinema section.

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Bodkin explores a murder mystery in Ireland. When a male American podcaster teams up with a female Irish journalist, the duo investigates the disappearance of several people in a small village 20 years prior. The narrative follows the main protagonists and their researcher as they learn the truth about various locals. Here’s every actor and character in Bodkin.

Read More at VV — Know the Cast: ‘Supacell’

Bodkin Cast: Will Forte as Gilbert Power

Character Profile: An American podcaster from Chicago. He is known for documenting his wife’s cancer experience. Gilbert uses his timid nature to acquire information from Bodkin locals.

Forte’s Resume: Saturday Night Live Cast Member (2002-10), MacGruber in MacGruber (2010), David Grant in Nebraska (2013), Abraham Lincoln in The Lego Movie (2014), Phil Tandy Miller in The Last Man on Earth (2015-18)

Read More at VV — Know the Cast: ‘Gangs of Galicia’

Bodkin Cast: Siobhán Cullen as Dove Maloney

Character Profile: A journalist from Dublin. She faces legal issues while working for The Guardian in London. Dove thinks about her difficult childhood while investigating nuns and notorious criminals in Bodkin.

Cullen’s Resume: Jenny in Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013), Morgan in Paula (2017), Katie Devlin in Origin (2018), Caroline Sheridan in The Dry (2022-), Elvira Clancy in Obituary (2023)

Read More at VV — Know the Cast: ‘Eric’

Bodkin Cast: Robyn Cara as Emmy Sizergh

Character Profile: Gilbert’s researcher. She is a timid woman who hooks up with a tech entrepreneur in Bodkin. Emmy struggles with her morals while trying to impress Dove.

Cara’s Resume: Gabriela in We Die Young (2019), Jen in Trying (2020-22), Kat in Life (2020), Kayla Afzal in Ackley Bridge (2021-22), Alyssa Penrose in Red Rose (2022)

Read More at VV — Know the Cast: ‘Tires’

Bodkin Cast: Chris Walley as Seán O’Shea

Character Profile: Gilbert and Dove’s “Romanian” driver. He is the “son” of the protagonists’ host. Seán learns the truth about his birth parents while developing romantic feelings for Emmy.

Walley’s Resume: Jock Murphy in The Young Offenders (2016), Jock O’Keeffe in The Young Offenders (2018-), Private Bullen in 1917 (2019), Birdy in Bloodlands (2021-22), Abrams in The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)

Read More at VV — Know the Cast: ‘A Man in Full’

Bodkin Cast: David Wilmot as Seamus Gallagher

Character Profile: A Bodkin bartender and fisherman. He is a former smuggler known as “The Badger.” Seamus denies accusations that he murdered his brother and girlfriend.

Wilmot’s Resume: Liam O’Leary in The Guard (2011), Nikolai in Anna Karenina (2012), Father Leary in Calvary (2014), Slupor in The Letter for the King (2020), Clark Thompson in Station Eleven (2021-22)

Read More at VV — Know the Cast: ‘Baby Reindeer’

The Bodkin cast also includes:

• Seán Óg Cairns as Garda Eoin
• Pom Boyd as Mrs. O’Shea
• Ger Kelly as Teddy
• Charlie Kemp as Damien
• Kerri McLean as Maeve
• David Pearse as Frank
• Amy Conroy as Fagan
• Denis Conway as Sergeant Power
• Charlie Kelly as Fintan
• Peter Bankolé as Charles
• Sabine Timoteo as Annika
• Mae Higgins as Jo
• John Olohan as Barry
• Brendan Conroy as Cathal
• Clodagh Mooney Duggan as Mary
• Pat Shortt as Darragh
• Fionnula Flanagan as Mother Bernadette

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