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    Meet the Colorful Cast of ‘Murderville’

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    By John DiLillo
    Feb. 3, 2022

The new Netflix comedy series Murderville is like a star-studded improv comedy version of Clue. In every episode, a new performer joins Detective Terry Seattle (a grizzled and mustachioed Will Arnett) and is tasked with solving a mystery without a single line of scripted dialogue to work with. Based on the BBC television series Murder in Successville, the show’s cast is made up of a murderer’s row (pun intended) of comedy stars. Here are just a few you might have recognized.

Will Arnett in 'Murderville'
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Will Arnett as Detective Terry Seattle

Arnett is the anchor of Murderville, guiding the audience from guest star to guest star and through a twisted web of murder and deception. That doesn’t mean he’s a particularly good detective; his personal life is falling apart and he’s struggling to solve the mystery of his own dead ex-partner. In that sense, he fits right in with Arnett’s history of lovable buffoons, from Gob Bluth on Arrested Development to an arrogant toy Batman in The LEGO Movie. He also played the Quagmire triplets’ father in Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events adaptation. For more of Arnett in this comic zone, check out his scene-stealing performance in The Lonely Island’s criminally underrated Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.

You can follow Arnett on Twitter or Instagram.

Lilan Bowden in 'Murderville'

Lilan Bowden as Amber Kang

Bowden plays forensic expert Amber Kang, who provides Seattle and the episode’s guest star with crime scene evidence. You might recognize her from her three-season run on Disney Channel’s Andi Mack as the title character’s mother, but in recent years Bowden has made a turn toward comedy with improv roles like this one and a part in Comedy Central’s popular Drunk History. She also popped up in Season 2 of Netflix’s I Think You Should Leave.

You can follow Bowden on Twitter or Instagram

Haneefah Wood in 'Murderville'
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Haneefah Wood as Chief Rhonda Jenkins-Seattle

Chief Rhonda is Detective Seattle’s boss (and his soon-to-be ex-wife). She’s played by Haneefah Wood, who gets some of the best lines outside of the improv. Wood is perhaps best known for her role on ABC’s Schooled, but she also played Jill on Netflix’s One Day at a Time reboot and Pearl on BET’s Zoe Ever After. All that, plus a role in Grease Live!

You can follow Wood on Twitter or Instagram.

Kumail Nanjiani in 'Murderville'
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Kumail Nanjiani as Kumail Nanjiani

Lately, Kumail Nanjiani may be best-known for getting ripped, but he’s more than just his muscles. He was a comic pinch-hitter on HBO’s Silicon Valley for six seasons, and nabbed an Oscar nomination for co-writing 2017’s The Big Sick with his wife, Emily V. Gordon. Since then, he’s appeared in action comedies like Stuber and Netflix’s The Lovebirds, and played voice roles in Men in Black: International and on Big Mouth. And of course, he played buff Marvel superhero/Bollywood star Kingo in Chloé Zhao’s Eternals. You can also spot him in the Death to 2020 special, if you’d really like to re-experience 2020 (which, let’s face it, you probably don’t).

You can follow Nanjiani on Twitter or Instagram.

Annie Murphy in 'Murderville'
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Annie Murphy as Annie Murphy

Annie Murphy burst onto the scene as Alexis Rose on the hit Canadian comedy Schitt’s Creek (streaming on Netflix), and she hasn’t let up since. She’s playing a disgruntled sitcom wife on AMC’s Kevin Can F**k Himself, and she’s signed on to the upcoming second season of Russian Doll on Netflix. While we wait for that, we’ll just have to settle for watching her Emmy speech on repeat.

You can follow Annie Murphy on Twitter or Instagram.

Sharon Stone in 'Murderville'
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Sharon Stone as Sharon Stone

That’s right, even the Basic Instinct star takes a turn solving a mystery with Seattle. She’ll next be seen in Season 2 of The Flight Attendant with Kaley Cuoco, but in the meantime, why not go back and revisit her unbeatable 90s run? Bury yourself in the tsunami of sequins she donned in Martin Scorsese’s Casino or maybe get your ass to Mars and see Stone wrestle Arnold Schwarzenegger in Total Recall. Her additional sci-fi effort with Paul Verhoeven — she worked with him on Basic Instinct too — features a jazzercise-unitarded Stone kicking Schwarzenegger in the face. Good stuff.

You can follow Stone on Twitter or Instagram.

Ken Jeong in 'Murderville'
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Ken Jeong as Ken Jeong

Jeong’s first major role was his hopped-up gangster in The Hangover, and he’s brought his frenetic comic energy just about everywhere since then: Crazy Rich Asians, Ride Along 2, Tom and Jerry and his own sitcom, Dr. Ken. He’s currently the worst guesser on The Masked Singer judges’ panel and has provided voiceover roles for Netflix animated movies like My Little Pony: A New Generation and last year’s Oscar-nominated Over the Moon. 

You can follow Jeong on Twitter or Instagram.

Marshawn Lynch in 'Murderville'

Marshawn Lynch as Marshawn Lynch

You probably know Marshawn Lynch from his football career, but he’s also popped up on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The League, and in Season 3 of Westworld.

You can follow Lynch on Twitter or Instagram.

Conan O'Brien in 'Murderville'

Conan O’Brien as Conan O’Brien

The little-known actor has made a successful film and television career for himself by repeatedly playing a talk-show host named “Conan O’Brien” in everything from Now You See Me to Sandy Wexler to The Simpsons. 

You can follow O’Brien on Twitter or Instagram.

David Wain in 'Murderville'

David Wain as Magic Melvin

There are a lot of fun cameos on Murderville, but David Wain’s appearance as a magician/murder suspect in Episode 1 is one of the highlights. Wain is an icon of absurdist comedy, the mind behind Wet Hot American Summer and its two Netflix follow-ups, First Day of Camp and Ten Years Later. He directed A Futile and Stupid Gesture, a love letter to the National Lampoon, for Netflix. He’s also appeared on Drunk History and written for shows like Childrens Hospital and its Netflix spin-off, Medical Police. If you like what Murderville is serving up, Wain’s brand of comedy is right up your alley. 

You can follow Wain on Twitter or Instagram

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