As ‘Billions’ Returns, Check Out the Cast’s Other TV Roles
Billions is back for one last haul, as is one of its biggest money-makers. For the Showtime drama’s seventh and final season — premiering on air on Sunday, August 13 and now already on Paramount+ with Showtime — Axe (Damian Lewis) is re-entering the narrative.
“In season seven, alliances are turned on their heads,” Showtime says in a press release. “Old wounds are weaponized. Loyalties are tested. Betrayal takes on epic proportions. Enemies become wary friends. And Bobby Axelrod returns, as the stakes grow from Wall Street to the world.”
If you just can’t get enough of the Season 7 cast members, though — or if you need a binge-watch after Billions’ upcoming series finale — scroll down to see the stars’ other TV projects of late.
Billions, Final Season Linear Premiere, Sunday, August 13, 8/7c, Showtime
Paul Giamatti (Chuck Rhoades)
Giamatti won an Emmy Award for his portrayal of the titular president on the HBO miniseries John Adams. He also earned three more Emmy nominations for his supporting part in the HBO movie Too Big to Fail (based on a book by Billions co-creator Andrew Ross Sorkin) and guest starring on Downton Abbey and Inside Amy Schumer.
Damian Lewis (Bobby “Axe” Axelrod)
Lewis starred as solicitor Soames Forsyte on the 2002 ITV drama The Forsyte Saga, Marine POW Nicholas Brody on the 2011 Showtime drama Homeland, and Henry VIII of England on the 2015 BBC Two serial Wolf Hall. Most recently, he played British intelligence officer Nicholas Elliott on last year’s MGM+ thriller A Spy Among Friends.
Maggie Siff (Wendy Rhoades)
Siff starred as department store chief Rachel Menken in the first season of the AMC drama Mad Men in 2007, the same year she recurred on the FX drama Nip/Tuck as another Rachel, burn victim Rachel Ben Natan. Between 2008 and 2013, she starred as Dr. Tara Knowles, flame of Jax Teller (Charlie Hunnam), on the FX series Sons of Anarchy.
David Costabile (Mike “Wags” Wagner)
In the late 2000s, Costabile played Detective Rick Messer on the FX thriller Damages, harpist Doug on the HBO comedy Flight of the Conchords, and newspaper editor Thomas Klebanow on the HBO drama The Wire. Starting in 2010, he recurred on the AMC drama Breaking Bad as chemist Gale Boetticher, a role he reprised on spinoff Better Call Saul in 2018. And between 2012 and 2019, he recurred as attorney Daniel Hardman on the USA Network drama Suits.
Dola Rashad (Kate Sacker)
Since 2009, Rashad has guest-starred on The Good Wife, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Elementary, and Master of None. She recurred as Cynthia Moran, ex-girlfriend of composer Ellis Boyd (Jaime Cepero), on the NBC musical drama Smash, and she voiced Meghan Markle on the animated Max comedy The Prince.
Jeffrey DeMunn (Chuck Rhoades Sr.)
DeMunn previously starred in the first two seasons of AMC zombie series The Walking Dead, playing retiree Dale Horvath between 2010 and 2012. Afterward, The Walking Dead executive producer Frank Darabont cast DeMunn as LAPD detective Hal Morrison on the 2013 TNT neo-noir drama Mob City. The actor also recurred as attorney Max Brodkin on the HBO dramedy Divorce in 2016.
Asia Kate Dillon (Taylor Mason)
Before Billions, Dillion took bit parts on Younger and Master of None before landing the recurring role of white supremacist inmate Brandy on the Netflix comedy-drama Orange Is the New Black in 2016. From 2019 to 2021, they voiced covert agent Val/entina “Val” Romanyszyn on the Rooster Teeth/Max animated sci-fi series Gen:Lock.
Corey Stoll (Mike Prince)
Stoll hit the big time in 2013 with his Golden Globe-nominated turn as Rep. Peter Russo on the Netflix political thriller House of Cards. He followed that with the FX horror series The Strain, on which he starred as played CDC head Dr. Ephraim Goodweather between 2014 and 2017. And earlier this year, he appeared as consul Graham Patterson on the Netflix miniseries Transatlantic.
Daniel Breaker (Roger “Scooter” Dunbar)
Breaker is best known for his Broadway work, but on television, he played Virgil, partner of Christophe (Ken Barnett), on the Prime Video dramedy Mozart in the Jungle between 2014 and 2016, and he started playing Scott, husband of Dawn (Sara Bareilles), on the Peacock/Netflix musical comedy Girls5Eva in 2021. Plus, he recurred as resistance leader Randy Elkin last year on the Paramount+ legal drama The Good Fight.
Sakina Jaffrey (Daevisha “Dave” Mahar)
Jaffrey is another House of Cards alum: She played White House Chief of Staff Linda Vasquez between 2013 and 2018. She also played Homeland Security suit Denise Christopher on the NBC time-travel series Timeless between 2016 and 2018 and District Attorney Lynn Canavan on the 2020 Apple TV+ miniseries Defending Jacob. More recently, she recurred on TNT’s Snowpiercer from 2021 to 2022, playing scientist Mrs. Headwood in the action series.
