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title: "The Courier: cast and crew"
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cast: 33
crew: 45
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# The Courier (2020): cast and crew

33 cast and 45 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://film.one/person/benedict-cumberbatch.md) as Greville Wynne
- [Merab Ninidze](https://film.one/person/merab-ninidze.md) as Oleg Penkovsky
- [Rachel Brosnahan](https://film.one/person/rachel-brosnahan.md) as Emily Donovan
- [Jessie Buckley](https://film.one/person/jessie-buckley.md) as Sheila Wynne
- [Angus Wright](https://film.one/person/angus-wright.md) as Dickie Franks
- [Kirill Pirogov](https://film.one/person/kirill-pirogov.md) as Gribanov
- [Iva Šindelková](https://film.one/person/iva-sindelkova.md) as Embassy Assistant
- [Vladimir Chuprikov](https://film.one/person/vladimir-chuprikov.md) as Nikita Khrushchev
- [Fred Haig](https://film.one/person/fred-haig.md) as Lee
- [Emma Penzina](https://film.one/person/emma-penzina.md) as Nina
- [Mariya Mironova](https://film.one/person/mariya-mironova.md) as Vera
- [Anton Lesser](https://film.one/person/anton-lesser.md) as Bertrand
- Miles Richardson as Golf Exec
- Keir Hills as Andrew Wynne
- Petr Klimeš as Popov
- [Željko Ivanek](https://film.one/person/zeljko-ivanek.md) as CIA Boss
- David Bark-Jones as Golf Exec
- Benny Maslov as Russian Interpreter
- Marián Chalány as Penkovsky's Driver
- [Alice Orr-Ewing](https://film.one/person/alice-orr-ewing.md) as Tamara
- Oliver Johnstone as Lovett
- Andruscha Hilscher as KGB Handler
- Olga Koch as Irina
- [Jonathan Harden](https://film.one/person/jonathan-harden.md) as Leonard
- [Elina Alminas](https://film.one/person/elina-alminas.md) as Doctor
- [Eysteinn Sigurðarson](https://film.one/person/eysteinn-sigurdarson.md) as Curt
- Richard Glaves as Howard
- Aleš Bílík as Customs Officer
- Laurel Lefkow as Embassy Guest
- Ondřej Malý as Mitrokhin
- Andrey Kurganov as Russian Plane Passenger
- James Schofield as Cox
- Kemal Shah as MI6 Worker

## Directing

- [Dominic Cooke](https://film.one/person/dominic-cooke.md): Director

## Writing

- [Tom O'Connor](https://film.one/person/tom-oconnor.md): Screenplay

## Production

- Arwa Salmanova: Casting
- Josh Varney: Executive Producer
- [Leah Clarke](https://film.one/person/leah-clarke.md): Executive Producer
- Alison Cohen: Executive Producer
- Milan Popelka: Executive Producer
- [Ben Browning](https://film.one/person/ben-browning.md): Producer
- Glen Basner: Executive Producer
- [Dominic Cooke](https://film.one/person/dominic-cooke.md): Executive Producer
- Ashley Fox: Executive Producer
- [Ben Pugh](https://film.one/person/ben-pugh.md): Producer
- Donald Sabourin: Co-Producer
- [Tom O'Connor](https://film.one/person/tom-oconnor.md): Executive Producer
- [Rory Aitken](https://film.one/person/rory-aitken.md): Producer
- [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://film.one/person/benedict-cumberbatch.md): Executive Producer
- [Adam Ackland](https://film.one/person/adam-ackland.md): Producer
- Alena Garetovskaya: Casting
- Nina Gold: Casting

## Camera

- [Sean Bobbitt](https://film.one/person/sean-bobbitt.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Gareth C. Scales](https://film.one/person/gareth-c-scales.md): Editor
- [Tariq Anwar](https://film.one/person/tariq-anwar.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Abel Korzeniowski](https://film.one/person/abel-korzeniowski.md): Original Music Composer
- Joseph Stracey: Sound Effects Editor
- Marek Forreiter: Dialogue Editor
- Robert Ireland: Sound Designer
- James Gregory: ADR Mixer
- Paul Hanks: Foley Artist
- Simon Trundle: Foley Editor
- John Mooney: Sound Recordist
- Robert Farr: Sound Re-Recording Mixer

## Art

- [Suzie Davies](https://film.one/person/suzie-davies.md): Production Design
- Kevin Day: Standby Property Master
- Daniel Kearns: Art Direction
- Jan Kalous: Art Direction
- Charlotte Dirickx: Set Decoration

## Costume and make-up

- [Keith Madden](https://film.one/person/keith-madden.md): Costume Design
- Klára Capková: Makeup Artist
- Donald McInnes: Makeup Artist
- Kim Kasim: Wigmaker
- Karen Hartley-Thomas: Makeup Designer
- Andrea Koutkova: Makeup Artist
- Chris Lyons: Special Effects Makeup Artist

## Crew

- Matthew Bell: Stunts
- Bogdan Kumšackij: Stunts

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