Mr. Robot (USA Network 2015, Rami Malek, Christian Slater)

Mr. Robot is a contemporary and culturally resonant drama about a young programmer, Elliot (Rami Malek), who suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about.

Elliot will find himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America. Christian Slater stars in the title role of Mr. Robot, a mysterious anarchist who recruits Elliot into an underground hacker group.

production details
USA | USA Network | x43 minutes | Broadcast from 27 May 2015

Executive Producers: Chad Hamilton, Steve Golin
Creator and Executive Producer: Sam Esmail

cast
Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson
Andrew Pang as Kingsley
Christian Slater as Mr. Robot
Rick Gonzalez as Isaac Vera
Jeremy Bobb as Joseph Green
Randy Harrison as Harry
Portia Doubleday as Angela Moss
Carly Chaikin as Darlene
Craig Robinson as Ray
Grace Gummer as Special Agent Dominique “Dom” DiPierro
BD Wong as Whiterose
Bobby Cannavale as Irving
Gloria Reuben as Krysta Gordon
Zachary Levi as Himself
Stephanie Corneliussen as Herself – Joanna Wellick
Bruce Altman as Terry Colby
Sakina Jaffrey as Antara Nayar
John Wojda as Steve
Luke Robertson as RT
Brian Stokes Mitchell as Scott Knowles

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