‘Banshee’ Turns 10: Where’s the Cast of the Cinemax Thriller Now?
You’d think that a jewel thief released from prison after 15 years wouldn’t get himself back into trouble as quickly as Lucas Hood did… but a life on the straight and narrow wouldn’t make for a television show as compelling as Banshee, would it?
In the Cinemax action drama — which premiered 10 years ago, on January 11, 2013 — Lucas Hood is actually the man murdered on his way into town to become the new sheriff of Banshee, Pennsylvania.
So the aforementioned jewel thief, who witnesses the killing, steals Hood’s identity and becomes sheriff — while reuniting with his former girlfriend and accomplice, running from her mob-boss father, and going toe-to-toe with the town’s Amish crime lord. (And that’s just the first episode!)
As we mark Banshee’s 10th anniversary, scroll through the photos below to catch up with the show’s longest-serving cast members.
Antony Starr (Lucas Hood)
Starr appeared in the short-lived NBC drama American Gothic after Banshee, then found steadier employment with his starring role as Homelander in the Prime Video superhero satire The Boys.
Ivana Miličević (Carrie Hopewell)
Miličević recurred as ex-terrorist Charmaine Diyoza in the CW drama The 100, voiced vampire Striga in the Netflix animated series Castlevania, and played deep-cover agent Arianna Demachi in the Cinemax action series Strike Back.
Ulrich Thomsen (Kai Proctor)
Alongside film roles in his native Denmark, Thomsen recurred as Alexander Kirk on the NBC thriller The Blacklist, Aldrich on the Starz sci-fi series Counterpart, Doctor Helmer Lindegard on the HBO drama The New Pope, and Britt’s husband on the Apple TV+ drama Shining Girls.
Frankie Faison (Sugar Bates)
Since his Banshee days, Faison starred in the NBC drama The Village, recurred on the ABC medical drama Grey’s Anatomy, and played John Carthan in the 2022 biopic film Till. Now he’s starring as Christopher “Cute” Clark in the ABC police drama The Rookie: Feds.
Hoon Lee (Job)
Lee returned to Cinemax in the horror series Outcast and the action drama Warrior, and he also starred in the Apple TV+ sci-fi drama See and the HBO Max miniseries DMZ. In other media, Lee played a village magistrate in the live-action Mulan movie and starred in a Broadway production of The King and I.
Matt Servitto (Brock Lotus)
Servitto recurred as Captain Estes in the CBS procedural NCIS: New Orleans and Governor Bob Sweeney in the Showtime drama Billions, but his longest-running post-Banshee part was his role as Satan in the Adult Swim comedy Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell.
Demetrius Grosse (Emmett Yawners)
Following Banshee, Grosse starred as Terry Suggs in the NBC crime drama Game of Silence, Ezekiel “Preach” Carter in the same network’s military action series The Brave, and Charleston in the Netflix historical drama Frontier. Now he’s recurring as Josiah LaRoux in the AMC zombie series Fear the Walking Dead.
Trieste Kelly Dunn (Siobhan Kelly)
On the big screen, Dunn reunited with Miličević in the 2017 comedy film The Misogynists. And on the small, she recurred as U.S. Marshal Allison Knight in the NBC thriller Blindspot and Ambassador Trovere in See.
Rus Blackwell (Gordon Hopewell)
After leaving Banshee, Blackwell guest-starred in the Showtime drama Homeland, the AMC zombie series The Walking Dead, and the OWN drama David Makes Man, and he played Commander Atkins in the History military drama Six. Blackwell is also the voice of Jack Ford in the Madden NFL video game series.
Ryann Shane (Deva Hopewell)
Shane guest-starred in a 2018 installment of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — playing Mia Moreno, niece of Carisi (Peter Scanavino) — and reprised the part in a 2022 episode of the NBC procedural. She also has a part in the upcoming comedy film Unexpected.
Matthew Rauch (Clay Burton)
Rauch is another Law & Order: SVU habitué, having played Counselor Jay Cochran in four episodes of the series by this point. He also starred as lawyer Marty Adler in the Netflix legal drama Partner Track.
Lili Simmons (Rebecca Bowman)
Post-Banshee, Simmons recurred on the Showtime drama Ray Donovan and the HBO sci-fi series Westworld and starred as Lila Stanton in the USA thriller The Purge. Now she’s starring as Claudia “Claud” Finn in the Starz crime drama Power Book IV: Force.
Ben Cross (Mr. Rabbit)
After his Banshee exit, Cross had recurring roles in two sci-fi series: Nicodemus in Syfy’s 12 Monkeys and Harlan Fried in The CW’s Pandora. He passed away in 2020 at the age of 72 but had a posthumous appearance in the 2021 film The Last Letter from Your Lover.
