Murderbot: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Based on Martha Wells' book series The Murderbot Diaries, an action-packed story about self-hacking security android who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients. Murderbot must hide its free will and complete a dangerous assignment when all it really wants is to be left alone to watch futuristic soap operas and figure out its place in the universe.

Series details

• Title: Murderbot
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Action, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 2025-05-16
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Apple TV
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.4/10
• TVMaze ID: 73453
• IMDb ID: tt30444310
• TVDB ID: 443396

Cast and credited roles

• Alexander Skarsgård — Murderbot
• Noma Dumezweni — Dr. Ayda Mensah
• Sabrina Wu — Pin-Lee
• Akshay Khanna — Ratthi
• Tattiawna Jones — Dr. Arada
• David Dastmalchian — Dr. Gurathin
• Tamara Podemski — Bharadwaj

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2025-05-16; final listed air date 2025-07-11; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Murderbot 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.