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Hijack: Created by Jim Field Smith, George Kay. With Idris Elba, Neil Maskell, Max Beesley, Ben Miles. A plane from Dubai to London is hijacked over a 7-hour flight, while authorities on the ground scramble for answers.
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- 2023-06-28
- Drama, Thriller
- 47
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- Idris Elba as Sam Nelson
- Archie Panjabi as Zahra Gahfoor
- Max Beesley as Daniel O'farrel
- Christine Adams as Marsha Nelson-Smith
- Ben Miles as Captain Robin Allen
- Eve Myles as Alice Sinclair
- Neil Maskell as Stuart Atterton
- Aimée Kelly as Jamie Constantinou
- Jack Mcmullen as Lewis
- James Burrows as Jonty
Idris Elba plays protagonist Sam Nelson, the courageous but risky orchestrator of an impromptu counterterrorism plan to neutralize the plane's hijackers. Nelson starts out just as any other passenger on the flight before deciding to take matters into his own hands. Elba is a very accomplished actor who has starred or appeared in over 100 profession...
Archie Panjabi plays Zahra Gahfoor, a British counterterrorism operative in Hijack. Archie is an Emmy Award-winning British actress that is widely known for her role as Kalinda Sharma in The Good Wife. She has also appeared in the classic sports film Bend It Like Beckham, the international blockbuster San Andreas starring Dwayne Johnson, and the Pe...
Max Beesley plays Daniel O'Farrel in Hijack, a Detective Inspector who works on the ground to figure out what's happening inside the hijacked plane. Beesley has appeared in several highly-successful television shows including the Emmy Award-winning Homeland, HBO's chilling miniseries The Outsider, Suits, Empire, and Jamestown. Beesley joined the ca...
Christine Adams plays Sam's ex-wife Marsha Nelson-Smith in Hijack. Adams recently appeared in The Mandalorian season 3, episode 6 "Chapter 22: Guns for Hire" as Quarren Captain. She also appeared in TRON: Legacy as Claire Atkinson, Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins as Jessica, and the CW series Black Lightning as Lynn Pierce. Other works Adams has ...
Ben Miles plays Captain Robin Allen, the pilot of the commercial plane in Hijack. Ben is known for his role as Tay Kolma in the Disney+ series Andor, as well as his performance as Peter Townsend in The Crown. He has also notably appeared as Howard Lincoln in the Apple TV+ movie Tetris, Tom Pickering in Black Mirror season 3, episode 6 "Hated in the...
Eve Myles plays Alice Sinclair in Hijack, a concerned British air traffic control operator. Myles is primarily known for her roles as Gwen Cooper in Torchwood and Faith Howells in Keeping Faith. She also played Claire Ripley in Broadchurch and Frankie Maddox in Frankie. Myles even appeared in three episodes of Doctor Whoas Gwyneth, including season...
Neil Maskell plays Stuart, the lead hijacker on the plane in Hijack. Maskell previously played Winston Churchill in three episodes of Peaky Blinders. He is also known for his roles in Small Axe, Utopia, Kill List, and Bull. Maskell also appears as a police officer in the Netflix seriesSex Education.
Aimée Kelly plays Jamie, one of the hijackers on Kingdom Flight 29. She is known for her lead role as Maddy Smith in Wolfblood, Norma in Call the Midwife, and Emily in 2019's The Personal History of David Copperfield.
Jack McMullen plays Lewis, another hijacker on the plane in Hijack. His most prominent work has been as Charlie Agapiou in the Oscar-nominated Ford v Ferrari. He has also appeared in Time and The Souvenir.
James Burrows plays Jonty, the only passenger on Kingdom Flight 29 with a serious criminal history. Burrows appeared in 2019's Fighting With My Family as well as one episode of Fresh Meat and 3 episodes of 2022's Without Sin.
- Greg Macarthur
- Senior Features Writer
Jun 28, 2023 · The Hijack cast also includes: Christine Adams as Marsha Smith-Nelson. Ben Miles as Robin Allen. Kaisa Hammarlund as First Officer Anna Kovacs. Zora Bishop as Deevia. Jeremy Ang Jones as Arthur. Kate Phillips as Colette. Jasper Britton as Terry. Aimée Kelly as Jamie Constantinou.
Hijack (stylised as H/JACK) is a thriller television series created by George Kay and Jim Field Smith, with Idris Elba starring in the lead role. It premiered on 28 June 2023 on Apple TV+ . In January 2024, the series was renewed for a second season.
Jun 28, 2023 · Hijack cast: Idris Elba as Sam Nelson. Idris Elba as Sam Nelson. (Image credit: Apple TV Plus) Idris Elba leads the Hijack cast as Sam Nelson, a successful business negotiator who finds himself on a seven-hour flight to London that's taken hostage. When we spoke to him, Elba said described Sam Nelson as 'quite vulnerable and sensitive', but ...
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