Max’s new seriesThe Pittthrives on the strength of its strong cast of characters, who deliver great performances throughout the fast-paced series.Medical dramaThe Pittfollows the doctors and medical professionalsof the emergency department of the fictional Pittsburgh trauma hospital PTMC. In a unique twist, each episode of the series,which was originally conceived as anERrevival, but failed, unfolds during one hour of a single ER shift, the semi-real-time pace of the series making it feel even more immersive.
The Pitt, which got a solid Rotten Tomatoes scoreahead of its debut, is also different from other medical dramas in that if focuses less on the intertwined lives and romances of the doctors, but on the hectic and stressful nature of being a modern-day healthcare worker. The intensity of the trauma center emergency room is put front and center in the medical drama, rather than the personal drama. As such, the actors need to bring their A-game and do a lot of character work in shorts bursts of screentime, andThe Pitt’s cast does exactly that.
Noah Wyle As Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch
Born: July 12, 2025
Actor:Noah Wyle was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, but surprisingly not to a showbiz family. His first role was an uncredited one as a “young man” in 1984’sLust in the Dust, and it wasn’t until the early ’90s that he started landing significant parts. He appeared in small roles in the moviesA Few Good MenandSwing Kidsbefore hitting it big with his breakout role in 1994 playing Dr. John Carter in the medical dramaER. Since then, Wyle has gone on to headline multiple TV shows, includingThe Librariansfranchise,Falling Skies, and, most recently,Leverage: Redemption.The Pittnow finds Noah Wylereturning to a medical drama.
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Noah Wyle
Character:Inthe spiritualERrebootThe Pitt, Noah Wyle plays Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch, the head of the fictional PTMC emergency room at a trauma center hospital in Pittsburgh. Dr. Robby is still haunted by the loss of his mentor five years earlier during the Covid pandemic, and the stress of overseeing a trauma center in a post-Covid world has worn on him. Despite his jadedness, Dr. Robby is still incredibly compassionate towards his patients and shows a tremendous amount of patience for the new medical students and residents under his wing.
Tracy Ifeachor As Dr. Collins
Born: July 31, 2025
Actor:British TV and theater actressTracy Ifeachor was born in Plymouth, United Kingdom. Her first role was a one-episode guest spot in the TV showCasualtyin 2009, but she left a mark that same year in her two-episode arc as Abigail Naismith inDoctor Who. However,her breakout role came in 2014 when she played Nenna Ajanlekoko in the seriesCrossbones. Since then, she’s had several standout roles in TV shows, includingThe Originals,DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, andQuantico, among others, and a recent movie role as Dorothy Smith inWonka.
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Freya (voice)
Character:Tracy Ifeachor plays Dr. Collins inThe Pitt, one of two senior residents working closely alongside Dr. Robby. Collins had a previous career in finance before switching to medicine, and her penchant for order and organization shows in the way she often butts heads with Dr. Robby’s more by-the-gut decision-making process. It’s revealed early in episode 1 that the no-nonsense Dr. Collins is pregnant, though she has been keeping it from her colleagues in the final year of her residency.
Patrick Ball As Dr. Frank Langdon
Born: Unknown
Actor:Actor Patrick Ball is a relative newcomer to Hollywood, so not much information is known about him. Prior to the new medical drama, his only previous credited role was an episode ofLaw & Orderin the season 22 episode “Almost Famous,” where he played Jason Wheeler. His turn as Dr. Langdon inThe Pittis his first major role.
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Dr. Frank Langdon
Character:Patrick Ball plays Dr. Frank Langdon, the second senior resident alongside Collins inThe Pitt. Langdon is a charismatic doctor and also shows much of the same patience as Dr. Robby when it comes to the medical students. However, Langdon’s cynical and unsentimental demeanor can rub some the wrong way, as they read his ultra-pragmatic and unsentimental views about dying patients or those who have passed as callousness. If he learns to grow, he has the makings of a great doctor.
Katherine LaNasa As Charge Nurse Dana Evans
Born: July 22, 2025
Actor:Veteran TV and movie actor Katherine LaNasa was born in 1966 in New Orleans, Louisiana. As a gifted dancer in her early years, LaNasa switched to acting in 1990 with her first role, a small part in the movieCrossfire.Her breakout came in 2001 when she landed the co-lead role of Bess Bernstein-Flynn Keats in the sitcomThree Sisters.Since then, LaNasa has had several recurring roles on television, including inJudging Amy,Big Love,Deception,Longmire, and others. Movie roles includeThe Campaign,The Frozen Ground, andValentine’s Day.
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Noa Havilland
Character:Katherine LaNasa plays Dana Evans, the charge nurse at the titular Pitt. The veteran head nurse is the one who keeps the ER running - as Dr. Robby tells the med students on day 1, whatever Nurse Dana says, goes. As an old pro, Dana has forgotten more than most of the doctors in the ER have ever known. Her steady hand is what guides the ER from a logistical standpoint, but it’s her compassion and the close eye she keeps on the doctors and med students that lets her know when one of them is close to burnout or struggling.
Fiona Dourif As Dr. McKay
Born: July 08, 2025
Actor:Fiona Dourif was born in Woodstock, New York. The daughter of longtime Chucky doll andChild’s Playactor Brad Dourif, acting came naturally to Fiona. In 2005, she made her acting debut in three episodes of Deadwood as a prostitute at the Chez Amis. Arguably,Dourif’s breakout role was playing Casey inTrue Blood’s fourth season. Since then, Dourif has been a mainstay across movies and TV, following in her father’s footsteps and appearing as Nica in both theChild’s Playmovies andChuckyTV show, and landing several strong roles on various TV series.
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Samantha
Character:Fiona Dourif plays Dr. McKay, a caring, patient-forward second-year resident. At age 42, McKay is an unusual candidate to be going through her residency so late in life, but she has a reason for it: McKay used to have a substance abuse program. After temporarily losing custody of her son, McKay got herself sober in rehab and decided to pursue medicine to make her son proud. Thanks to her troubled past, McKay is easygoing and nonjudgmental of others, determined to help her patients to the best of her abilities.
Supriya Ganesh As Dr. Samira Mohan
Actor:Supriya Ganesh was born in America before moving to India at a young age. She moved back to the United States to pursue a dual degree in neuroscience and women and gender studies, and this is when the acting bug bit her. Ganesh has only been acting for a few years, appearing in small, one-off roles in various network TV shows.The Pittis Supriya Ganesh’s breakout role; prior to that, her most notable role was a two-episode stint as Nova inGrown-ish.
Dr. Mohan
Character:Supriya Ganesh plays Dr. Mohan, nicknamed “Slow Mo” by her colleagues thanks to her slower pace. As a third-year resident driven by compassion and a desire to understand her patients' stories, Dr. Mohan sometimes gets bogged down with a single charge who has captured her attention. As such, while she’s a gifted doctor, Dr. Mohan’s struggle is trying to find a balance between spending time with and truly understanding her patients while not letting it keep her from the others who need her help.
Taylor Dearden As Dr. King
Born: June 10, 2025
Actor:Taylor Dearden was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of actors Bryan Cranston and Robin Gale Dearden. Fittingly, her very first role came inBreaking Badin 2010, where she appeared in an episode as “Sad Faced Girl.” Dearden’s breakout role came a few years later in101 Ways to Get Rejected, where she played McKenzie. Dearden’s other notable TV roles have includedSweet/Vicious,American Vandal, andFor All Mankind.
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Sunny Hall
Character:Taylor Dearden plays Dr. King inThe Pitt. Dr. King is a second-year resident whose previous rotation was with the VA. Dr. King is enthusiastic but exceedingly awkward and not always able to pick up on body language and social cues. However, she is very good at what she does and steady in a crisis; her awkwardness belies the fact that she has the potential to be a very good, caring doctor under the right guidance. As the twin of a sister with high-functioning ASD, Dr. King is driven to bring more awareness and understanding of autism to the medical field.
Isa Briones As Dr. Santos
Born: July 01, 2025
Actor:American actor Isa Briones was born in London, England, but her family moved to New York City when she was just 10 months old. Born into a family of theater actors, Briones began modeling when she was just three, before her family moved to Los Angels when she was seven years old. Briones acted in various small parts from the time she was a child, buther breakout role came in 2014 withStar Trek: Picard, where she played multiple versions of synthetic twins Dahj and Soji, and Jana and Sutra. Prior toThe Pitt,Goosebumpswas her only notable role afterPicard.
Dr. Santos
Character:Isa Briones plays Dr. Santos, a post-med school intern who joins the ER with the med students. As a former athlete, Dr. Santos' competitive nature is on display at all times, with her ambition often outstripping her experience. Santos is abrasive and cocky, giving the med students demeaning nicknames and regularly pestering the senior residents to let her do complicated procedures to prove her skill. Santos' arrogance hides her vulnerability and insecurity, but the young intern clearly has a lot of growing to do - and a lot of humbling needed - to make it as a doctor.
Gerran Howell As Whitaker
Born: July 22, 2025
Actor:Welsh actor Gerran Howell was born in Barry, Wales, where he started acting at a young age.His breakout role came at age 13, where he played 13-year-old vampire Vlad in the BBC seriesYoung Dracula. Howell’s breakout role with American audiences was inEmerald City, where he played the human-turned-clockwork man, Jack. Since then, Howell has had a few noteworthy roles in British TV productions, and a memorable turn playing Private Parry in Sam Mendes'1917.
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Whitaker
Character:Gerran Howell plays Whitaker, a fourth-year medical student joining the medical staff of the Pitt. Whitaker left his family farm in small-town Nebraska to pursue his goal of becoming a doctor, but he’s finding it much more challenging than he imagined. Whitaker has talent and brains, but his confidence takes a hit early on, and it’s not clear whether Whitaker has the ability to overcome the setbacks and losses that come with working in an ER. As that ability to shake off mistakes and death to focus on the next patient is necessary as a doctor, Whitaker finds himself questioning if medicine is still his calling.
Shabana Azeez As Javadi
Actor:Australian actor Shabana Azeez was born in Adelaide, Australia. Despite not getting into acting until a handful of years ago, Azeez has been building a steady career acting in Australian TV shows.Her breakout role came in the Australian sitcomMetro Sexual, where she played Yasmin Dagher. Playing Javadi inThe Pittis her biggest role to date, and her first American TV role.
Javadi
Character:Shabana Azeez plays Javadi, a 20-year-old prodigy and third-year medical student. Javadi is smart, precocious, and determined to succeed, but she struggles to get people to take her seriously thanks to her young age. She’s also trying to carve her own way out from under the shadow of her mother, a renowned surgeon at the hospital. Intellectually, Javadi has what it takes to be a brilliant doctor, but the path she’s chosen is not an easy one and it remains to be seen if she can live up to the expectations placed on her.
The Pitt Supporting Characters
The Cast Is Rounded Out By Several Recurring Characters
Shawn Hatosy as Dr. Jack Abbott- Dr. Abbott is another senior doctor working in the emergency department of PTMC. Dr. Abbott exhibits signs of extreme burnout, such as disassociating after a particularly brutal shift. Shawn Hatosy is best known for his roles in the moviesThe Faculty,Public Enemies, andBad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, and the TV showsSouthland,Animal Kingdom,Dexter, andReckless.
Jalen Thomas Brooks as Nurse Mateo- Mateo is a kind and jovial nurse working in the ER of PTMC. Jalen Thomas Brooks made his acting debut inSupergirlin 2019 in the season 5 episode “In Plain Sight.” Since then, Brooks' notable roles have come in the TV showsAnimal Kingdom,Rebel, and his biggest role to date playing Colton Davidson inWalker. Prior toThe Pitt, his most recent role was also his theatrical debut in 2023’s holiday-themed slasher horror,Thanksgiving.
Ned Brower as Nurse Jesse van Horn- Nurse van Horn is a dedicated nurse who works in the ER. Brower’s career has been a winding one. After small roles in Not Another Teen Movie, Dawson’s Creek, and Big Fat Liar, Brower then mostly stepped away from acting, focusing instead on being the summer and backup singer for the band Rooney. He then went into emergency medicine, becoming an EMT with the LA County Fire Department.The Pittis his first return to acting in eight years.
The Pitt - Season 1
The Pitt is a medical drama developed by veterans of the television series ER. The series will follow healthcare workers set in Pittsburgh, showing he challenges faced in the modern-day United States by nurses, doctors, and other medical professionals.
