MINDHUNTER: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

MINDHUNTER is based on the 1996 book Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit, by former special agent John Douglas and Mark Olshaker. For years, Douglas pursued some of the most notorious serial killers and rapists, developing profiling techniques to catch them. The book goes behind the scenes of some of his highest-profile cases, including the man who hunted prostitutes in Alaska, the Atlanta child murderer, and Seattle's Green River killer. To hone in his profiling methods Douglas interviewed and studied a skew of serial killers. Several book and TV characters have been based in part on him, including Jack Crawford in Thomas Harris' The Silence of the Lambs, Will Graham on Hannibal and Jason Gideon on Criminal Minds.

Series details

• Title: MINDHUNTER
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2017-10-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-08-16
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Netflix
• Typical episode runtime: 54 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8.4/10
• TVMaze ID: 10822
• IMDb ID: tt5290382
• TVDB ID: 328708

Cast and credited roles

• Holt McCallany — Bill Tench
• Jonathan Groff — Holden Ford
• Anna Torv — Dr. Wendy Carr
• Stacey Roca — Nancy Tench
• Hannah Gross — Debbie Mitford
• Zachary Scott Ross — Brian Tench
• Joe Tuttle — Gregg Smith
• Cotter Smith — Unit Chief Shepard
• Albert Jones — Agent Jim Barney
• Lauren Glazier — Kay Manz
• Michael Cerveris — Ted Gunn
• June Carryl — Camille Bell

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-10-13; final listed air date 2017-10-13; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2019-08-16; final listed air date 2019-08-16; episode order: 9.

Source and licence

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