Howard Silk is a low-level employee at a Berlin-based United Nations spy agency. He has worked there for thirty years, passing cryptic messages without understanding their purpose. His life changes when he discovers his agency guards a secret: a crossing to a parallel dimension. In this alternate world, he meets his counterpart, “Prime,” a skilled espionage agent. Howard is thrust into a shadow world of intrigue, danger, and double-cross. The only man he can trust is his near-identical counterpart from the other side.
Title: Counterpart
Year: 2017–2019
Type: TV Series
Country: United States
Language: English
Creator: Justin Marks
Genre: Science Fiction, Spy Thriller, Drama
Stars: J.K. Simmons (Howard Silk / Prime), Olivia Williams (Emily Burton Silk), Harry Lloyd (Peter Quayle), Nazanin Boniadi (Clare Quayle), Ulrich Thomsen (Aldrich), Nicholas Pinnock (Ian Shaw), Sara Serraiocco (Baldwin), Mido Hamada (Cyrus), Betty Gabriel (Naya Temple), Stephen Rea (Pope), James Cromwell (Howard Silk Sr.), Richard Schiff (Derek), Sarah Bolger (Mira), Liv Lisa Fries (Stranger), Ken Duken (Rolland), Christiane Paul (Rachel), John Funk (Howard Double), Guy Burnet (Lazarus)