Generation Kill: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Generation Kill follows the highly trained Marines of First Recon Battalion through the first 40 days of the Iraq war. The seven-part miniseries portrays the true story of the young Marines' experience at the tip of the spear of the American invasion, as they contend with equipment shortages, incompetent commanding officers, ever evolving Rules of Engagement and an unclear strategy. 'Generation Kill' is based on the award-winning book by Evan Wright, who was embedded with First Recon and originally reported the story in a series of articles for Rolling Stone. The series also benefited greatly from the presence of two of the real-life Marines it depicts - Sgt. Eric Kocher and Cpl. Jeffrey Carisalez - who served as consultants. A third First Recon Marine, Sgt. Rudy Reyes, appears in the miniseries, portraying himself.

Series details

• Title: Generation Kill
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, War
• Premiere date: 2008-07-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-08-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: HBO
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 1240

Cast and credited roles

• Alexander Skarsgård — Sgt. Brad "Iceman" Colbert
• James Ransone — Cpl. Josh Ray Person
• Lee Tergesen — Evan "Scribe" Wright
• Stark Sands — Lt. Nathaniel Fick
• Pawel Szajda — Cpl. Walt Hasser
• Kellan Lutz — Cpl. Jason Lilley
• Eric Ladin — Cpl. James Chaffin
• Neal Jones — Sgt. Maj. John Sixta
• Michael Kelly — Captain Bryan Patterson
• Owain Yeoman — Sgt. Eric Kocher
• Jonah Lotan — Navy Hm2 Robert Timothy "Doc" Bryan
• Chance Kelly — Lt. Col. Stephen "Godfather" Ferrando

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-07-13; final listed air date 2008-08-24; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

Adapted from Generation Kill on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.