The Day of the Jackal is ready to draw you into its tangled world, where nothing is as it seems and you can trust no one.

The nail-biting Sky Original thriller, launching on November 7, is a modern retelling of the 1971 novel by Frederick Forsyth, and subsequent 1973 iconic film, and promises to keep you second-guessing to the end.

Bringing this international classic to life is an all-star cast, who will lead us on an international cat-and-mouse chase where there can only be one winner, leaving devastation in their wake.

Here’s everything you need to know about the key cast and characters in this relentless thriller.

Played by: Eddie Redmayne

The Jackal is a notorious assassin who lives a normal double life away from his murderous career path.

A natural chameleon, The Jackal has an innate ability to blend in with a crowd and change his appearance at will, meaning his targets never see him coming.

He is a man who prefers to work alone, considering each of his missions an artform.

A star of stage and screen, Eddie Redmayne is best known for roles in Les Misérables, The Danish Girl, and The Trial of the Chicago 7.

He won an Oscar for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything in 2014.

By the time of the show’s release, he will have just completed a stint on Broadway as Emcee in a revival of Cabaret.

Played by: Lashana Lynch

Bianca is a tenacious MI6 agent with a special knowledge of firearms.

While she is a loving wife to Paul and mother to teenage daughter, Jasmine, she’s an even more fierce investigator.

She’s someone who’s not afraid to ruffle feathers, even to those in charge, in order to get her point across, and will always make sure she’s in the room when decisions are made to fight her case.

Her determination to find and capture The Jackal overshadows everything, turning into an addiction that has the potential to take over her life.

Lynch is a British actress, best known for her roles in Captain Marvel and the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Woman King, Matilda: The Musical, and James Bond movie, No Time to Die.

Played by: Úrsula Corberó

Nuria is The Jackal’s wife, who lives a happy life in Spain with her family, unaware of who he truly is.

To her, The Jackal is Charles, and together they have a son.

While he’s away at work, her brother and mother are on hand to keep her company, though that isn’t always a good thing, with both unable to resist nosing into her life.

Corberó is a Spanish actress who has been working for over 20 years.

However, she earned international acclaim for her role as ‘Tokyo’ in Netflix 2018 smash-hit Money Heist (La Casa de Papel).

She has since starred in shows including Snatch, Burning Body, and Mr and Mrs Smith.

Played by: Khalid Abdalla

There is currently no information about the character of Ulle Dag Charles.

Khalid Abdalla is a Scottish-born actor, whose best-known role is playing Dodi Fayed in The Crown.

His other credits include The Kite Runner, Moon Knight, Hanna, and United 93.

Played by: Charles Dance

Timothy Winthrop is a powerful businessman who feels under threat by the release of Ulle Dag Charles’ revolutionary financial transparency software, River.

Charles Dance OBE is a British actor, best known for his roles of Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones and Lord Mountbatten in The Crown.

He started his career as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1970s.

Other screen credits include: The Imitation Game, The Widow, Strike Back, Trinity, Last Action Hero, The King’s Man, and James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only.

Played by: Richard Dormer

Norman Stoke is a highly private and secretive weapons dealer, with a knack for creating one-of-a-kind pieces that are highly useful for an assassin such as The Jackal.

However, his reputation precedes him, and one creation alerts Bianca to the fact he may be involved. If only they can track him down.

Richard Dormer is a Northern Irish actor whose credits include Fortitude, Game of Thrones, COBRA, The Watch, Rellik, and Blue Lights.

Played by: Chukwudi Iwuji

Osita Halcrow, known as Osi to his colleagues, is Bianca’s senior at MI6. While he is constantly annoyed by her know-it-all attitude, he also admires her tenacity.

While he tries to rein Bianca in when her ideas get more reckless, he is also torn between doing right by her and the wants of those above him.

Chukwudi Iwuji is a Nigerian actor, whose credits include Designated Survivor, When They See Us, The Split, Peacemaker, John Wick: Chapter Two, and Evil.

Played by: Lia Williams

Isabel Kirby is the head of the operation tasked with finding The Jackal at MI6, especially when it is suspected that he could be British.

Lia Williams is a British actress whose credits include The Capture, The Crown, His Dark Materials, Mr Bates Vs the Post Office, Scoop, and The Lazarus Project.

Played by: Eleanor Matsuura

Zina Jansone is the middle woman between The Jackal and the man who hired him for the hit on Ulle Dag Charles.

Just as resourceful as The Jackal himself, she is smart and self-aware, which is incredibly useful when dealing with shady people around her.

Eleanor Matsuura is an English actress best known for her role as Yumiko in The Walking Dead.

Other credits include Wonder Woman, Into the Badlands, Feel Good, Sherlock, and Da Vinci’s Demons.

Played by: Jonjo O’Neill

Edward Carver is a key member of the MI6 team who is brought into the fold to bury issues. A professional fixer to keep MI6’s slate looking clean.

Jonjo O’Neill is a Northern Irish actor, whose credits include The Fall, The Queen’s Gambit, Patrick Melrose, Bad Sisters, and Bloodlands.

Played by: Sule Rimi

Paul is the long-suffering husband of Bianca. A professor and successful in his own merit, he is someone who has the work/life balance far more figured out than Bianca.

While he supports his wife’s love of her work, he becomes frustrated when she continues to put the family in second place to it.

Sule Rimi is an actor whose credits include Star Wars series Andor, Classified, Manhunt, Black Earth Rising, and The English.