For All Mankind Season 5 Adds The Americans Star As Series Regular, New Soviet Character Details Revealed

For All Mankind season 5 casts a star from The Americans as a series regular, with details about his new Soviet character being revealed. Premiered in 2019, the Apple TV+ sci-fi series depicts an alternative history in which the Soviet Union landed on the Moon first instead of the United States, and the Space Race never ended. For All Mankind‘s cast includes Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Sarah Jones, Shantel VanSanten, Jodi Balfour, Wrenn Schmidt, Sonya Walger, Krys Marshall, Cynthy Wu, Coral Peña, and Edi Gathegi.

Now, the sci-fi series has added another actor for its forthcoming fifth season. According to Deadline, For All Mankind season 5 has cast Costa Ronin as a new series regular. The Russian actor, best known for The Americans and Homeland, will play the role of Lenya, a character described as “a Soviet politician and former cosmonaut.”

What To Expect From Costa Ronin’s Lenya In For All Mankind Season 5

He Could Play A Crucial Role In Mediating The Escalating Tensions

For All Mankind season 4 takes place eight years after the events of the third season as Happy Valley, an international base on Mars, has significantly expanded its presence on the planet by converting its enemies into allies. The year is now 2003, and the space program’s focus has shifted to obtaining and mining highly valuable, mineral-rich asteroids, potentially transforming the future of both Earth and Mars. However, rising tensions among the residents of the increasingly expansive international base could jeopardize its collective progress and goals.

Ronin will play the role of Lenya, a Soviet politician and former cosmonaut, in For All Mankind season 5. Though plot details are still under wraps, it’s likely that Lenya, a new series regular, will play a crucial role in mediating the escalating tensions at the Mars base. His unique perspective as both a politician and a space veteran might position him as a key diplomat, striving to maintain the fragile alliances essential for the asteroid mining operation and broader international cooperation.

In season 5, Ronin joins another new series regular, Mireille Enos, who will play the character Celia Boyd, described as “a member of the Peacekeeper Security Force on Mars.” Enos and Kinnaman previously starred together in Killing Eve and reunited for Prime Video’s Hanna TV series. For All Mankind season 5’s returning cast also includes Kinnaman, Wrenn Schmidt, Krys Marshall, Edi Gathegi, Cynthy Wu, Coral Peña, Toby Kebbell, Tyner Rushing, Daniel Stern, and Svetlana Efremova.

Source: Deadline

For All Mankind

Imagine a world where the global space race never ended – For All Mankind is a thrilling “what if” take on history that explores what would have happened in the race to the moon between the Soviet Union and the United States, as well as the space programs and the race’s effects on the astronauts and their families in the aftermath. The Apple TV+ series hails from Ronald D. Moore and stars Joel Kinnaman as a NASA astronaut. For All Mankind also features historical astronauts like Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong.

Cast

Michaela Conlin , jodi balfour , Coral Peña , Colm Feore , Sarah Jones , Wrenn Schmidt , Casey W. Johnson , Cynthy Wu , Shantel VanSanten , Michael Harney , Krys Marshall , Joel Kinnaman , Sonya Walger , Michael Dorman

Release Date

November 1, 2019

Seasons

4

Streaming Service(s)

Apple TV+

Writers

Ronald D. Moore , Matt Wolpert , Ben Nedivi

Showrunner

Ronald D. Moore

Creator(s)

Ronald D. Moore , Matt Wolpert , Ben Nedivi

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