NBCThe popular crime thriller series ‘The Blacklist’ is returning this year with its Season 10. The plot revolves around Raymond Reddington, known as Red, who has turned into a high-profile criminal from being a former US Naval Intelligence officer.
Being probably the most wanted fugitives on the FBI’s list, Red surrenders to the FBI voluntarily and has not been able to catch him for many years. Red offered a deal with them.
He will help them with his “Blacklist” in which he has accumulated information about the most dangerous criminals in the world but on the condition that he obtains immunity from prosecution in addition to working solely with Elizabeth Keen, a rookie special agent of the FBI, and criminal profiler. .
‘The Blacklist’ Season 9 Plot Line:
Since then the story has progressed greatly with the characters experiencing huge ups and downs and turns of events.
Elizabeth Keen or Liz was killed at the end of Season 8 after which Red fled the country while the task force of Assistant Director of the FBI’s Counter Terrorism Division Harold Cooper was disbanded.
But ultimately, Red and the FBI are forced to team up again as Red must honor the late Liz’s commitment by hunting down global criminals. The ninth season also finds old criminals that Red used to work with, returning to take revenge.
When Will ‘The Blacklist’ Season 10 Release?
Showrunner Jon Bokenkamp first came up with the idea of a series based on international crime and Christopher McQuarrie created the character Keyser Söze on 13 August 2012.
The first season premiered on September 23, 2013. The premiere episode garnered 12.3 million viewers and thus NBC added nine more seasons to the thirteen-episode first season as initially planned. .
Season 2 was renewed on December 3, 2013. The previous season was released on October 21, 2021, with The Blacklist Season 10 renewed on February 22, 2022. The 10th season is scheduled to arrive on NBC on February 26, 2023.
Who Are The Primary Cast Members Of ‘The Blacklist’ Season 10?
A number of old cast members will be returning in the tenth season of ‘The Blacklist’, even though some of the primary members have left the show including Megan Boone who issued Elizabeth Keen or Liz.
The characters played by James Spader, Diego Klattenhoff, Harry Lennix, and Hisham Tawfiq have already been cast for Season 10.
James Spader-
The main character of the series Raymond Reddington or Red is portrayed by an American actor James Spader in the series. He is known for playing eccentric characters in films.
His notable film credits include ‘Sex, Lies, and Videotape‘,’Jack’s back‘, ‘Wolf’, ‘Lincoln’, ‘Stargate’ etc. Besides ‘The Blacklist’, Spader has worked in other television series as well.
From 2003 to 2004 he took part in the legal drama series ‘The Practice‘in the role of Alan Shore. From 2004 to 2008 he took this role again in the spin-off series ‘Boston Legal’.
In the famous NBC American mockumentary sitcom, ‘The office‘ Spader portrayed the character of Robert California from 2011 to 2012. He won four Primetime Emmy nominations winning three of them.
Diego Klattenhoff-
FBI Special Agent on Cooper’s task force-Donald Ressler is portrayed by a Canadian actor Diego Klattenhoff in the series.
In the first season of the Canadian drama musical comedy miniseries ‘At the Hotel’ Klattenhoff starred in the recurring role of Young Jacob in 2006.
The following year he was cast as the recurring character Derek in the second season of the teenager drama series.Whistler‘. As a recurring character, Ivan Palacinke starred in Season 2 of the romantic comedy-drama series ‘Men in Treesin 2008.
In the lead role of Mike Callahan, Klattenhoff starred in the medical drama series ‘Mercy‘ from 2009 to 2010. But his most significant role besides ‘The Blacklist’ is as Mike Faber in Showtime’s espionage thriller series ‘Homeland’ from 2011 to 2013.
Harry Lennix-
American actor Harry Lennix portrays Assistant Director Harold Cooper. His other television series credits include ‘The Client’ in which he played recurring character Daniel Holbrook and the third season of ‘ER’ in which he played Dr. Greg Fischer.
‘Diagnosis: Murder‘ in which he was cast as agent Ron Wagner in the fifth season, ‘Commander in Chief’ in which he starred as the main character Jim Gardner, ’24’ which cast him as recurring character Walid Al-Rezani in season 6, ‘ Little Britain. USA’ in which he worked as President of the United States.
‘Dollhouse’ which cast him as the main character Boyd Langton, and ‘Emily Owens, MD’ in which he played recurring character Tim Dupre.
Hisham Tawfiq-
Dembe Zuma who was Red’s bodyguard and confidant and turned FBI special agent in season 9, is portrayed by an American actor Hisham Tawfiq in the series. He also appeared in the series ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’, ‘Kings’, ’30 Rock’ etc.
