Murderbot (TV series)
American television series
Murderbot is an American science fiction action comedy television series created by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz for Apple TV. It is based on All Systems Red, the first book of the series The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells, who serves as a consulting producer. The series stars Alexander Skarsgård as the titular character. The first season premiered on May 16, 2025, and received positive reviews. In July 2025, the series was renewed for a second season.
Premise
A media-obsessed private security construct (manufactured from cloned human tissue and mechanical parts) calling itself Murderbot must hide its newly acquired autonomy while completing dangerous assignments and being simultaneously drawn to humans, and appalled by their weaknesses.
Cast and characters
Main
Alexander Skarsgård as Murderbot
Noma Dumezweni as Ayda Mensah, a terraforming specialist, the President of Preservation Alliance and the leader of the science team protected by Murderbot
David Dastmalchian as Gurathin, a tech expert and augmented human
Sabrina Wu as Pin-Lee, a scientist and legal counsel to the team
Akshay Khanna as Ratthi, a wormhole expert
Tamara Podemski as Bharadwaj, a geochemist
Tattiawna Jones as Arada, a biologist
Recurring
Cast of show-within-a-show The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon
John Cho as Eknie Jef Chem (playing Captain Hossein)
Jack McBrayer as Breiller MocJac (playing Navigation Officer Hordööp-Sklanch)
Clark Gregg as Arletty (playing Lieutenant Kullervv)
DeWanda Wise as Pordron Bretney III Roche (playing NawBot 337 Alt 66)
Guest
Anna Konkle as Leebeebee, a member of another survey team on the planet. The character does not appear in the novella.
Amanda Brugel as GrayCris Blue Leader
David Reale as GrayCris Yellow
Episodes
Production
The book series was optioned in the late 2010s, and its film adaptation was considered. In 2021, book series author Martha Wells said that a potential TV series adaptation was in development and that she had read the script and was "really excited about it". A ten-episode series was green lit by Apple TV+ in 2022, with Wells serving as a consulting producer.
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