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Australian actor Christopher Chung plays Roddy Ho, a former hacktivist turned MI5 tech agent. Chung is best known for his role on Slow Horses<\/em>, but will also star in the upcoming Netflix drama series My Brilliant Career<\/em>.<\/p>\nSaskia Reeves as Catherine Standish<\/h3>\n\n\nPhoto credit: Apple<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Catherine Standish, Slough House\u2019s office administrator, is officially back in season five. She\u2019s portrayed by Saskia Reeves, known for her roles in Luther<\/em>, Shetland<\/em>, and Our Kind of Traitor<\/em>, among others.<\/p>\nJames Callis as Claude Whelan<\/h3>\n\n\nPhoto credit: Apple TV+<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Claude Whelan is still the new Director General of MI5 (\u201cFirst Desk\u201d) despite being woefully under-qualified. Wheelen is portrayed by James Callis, a British actor, whom you may recognize as Tom from the Bridget Jones <\/em>series or Dr. Gaius Baltar from Battlestar Galactica<\/em>.<\/p>\nAimee-Ffion Edwards as Shirley Dander<\/h3>\n\n\nPhoto credit: Apple TV+<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Welsh actress Aimee-Ffion Edwards returns as Shirley, a MI5 agent in Slough House struggling with addiction issues. She\u2019s starred in Skins<\/em>, Peaky Blinders<\/em>, and Loaded<\/em>, among other shows.<\/p>\nRuth Bradley as Emma Flyte<\/h3>\n\n\nPhoto credit: Apple TV+<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Another newer addition to the cast is Irish actress Ruth Bradley, who joined in season four as Emma Flyte, the newest head of the Dogs. Bradley previously appeared in Primeval<\/em>, Humans<\/em>, and Love\/Hate<\/em>, among others.<\/p>\nTom Brooke as J.K. Coe<\/h3>\n\n\nPhoto credit: Apple TV+<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The newest Slough House member is J.K. Coe, a quiet operative from psych eval suffering from PTSD. Coe is portrayed by Tom Brooke, known for his roles in Preacher, Sherlock, Bodyguard<\/em>, and others.<\/p>\nRosalind Eleazar as Louisa<\/h3>\n\n\nPhoto credit: Jack English<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Louisa, an MI5 agent, leaves Slough House in season five, but she is still in the first episode. She\u2019s played by actress Rosalind Eleazar, who made her debut in the 2019 film The Personal History of David Copperfield.<\/em><\/p>\nNick Mohammed as Zafar Jaffrey<\/h3>\n\n\nPhoto credit: Apple TV+<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Joining the cast in season five is Nick Mohammed (of Ted Lasso <\/em>fame) as London mayor Zafar Jaffrey. Jaffrey\u2019s reelection run is a part of the plot.<\/p>\nHiba Bennani as Tara<\/h3>\n\n\nPhoto credit: Apple TV+<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Another new Slow Horses <\/em>season five cast member is Hiba Bennani as Roddy\u2019s girlfriend Tara. Bennani, a French-Moroccan actress, previously starred in Ghost of Beirut.<\/em><\/p>\nJonathan Pryce as David Cartwright<\/h3>\n\n\nPhoto credit: Jack English<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Actor Jonathan Pryce plays River\u2019s grandfather, retired MI5 officer David Cartwright. David is now living in a senior care home after being diagnosed with dementia. You may recognize Pryce from roles in The Crown<\/em>, The Two Popes<\/em>, Evita, Tomorrow Never Dies<\/em>, and many other films and television shows.<\/p>\nYou Might Also Like<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple TV+\u2019s hit thriller, Slow Horses, is back again in its fifth season since it premiered in April 2022. Like prior seasons, the fifth chapter of the series is based on the novels by Mick Herron, and follows a new crisis as it envelops Slough House, led by Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman). \u201cNina Gold and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2054283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[357894,348823,369963,357896,342132,381979,357052,361625,361368,342628],"class_list":["post-2054282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-christopher-chung","tag-gary-oldman","tag-jack-lowden","tag-jackson-lamb","tag-kristin-scott-thomas","tag-lowden","tag-mick-herron","tag-saskia-reeves","tag-slough-house","tag-slow-horses"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Whos-Who-in-Slow-Horses-Season-5.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2054282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2054283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2054282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2054282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2054282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}