SAS: Rogue Heroes also stars Tom Glynn-Carney ( Dunkirk) as Mike Sadler, Emmerdale’s Corin Silva as Jim Almonds, and Amir El-Masry ( Industry) as Dr. Theo Barklem-Biggs is best known for playing Ronnie Jr in White Gold, and also appeared in Sliced, The First Team and The Inbetweeners movie. Reg Seekings is another of the SAS’ original members, and is involved in their first parachute drop operation. Playing the mysterious spy Eve, you’ll most likely know Sofia Boutella from her role as Jaylah in Star Trek Beyond, Ahmanet in The Mummy and Gazelle in Kingsman: The Secret Service.

Although he has a famous sister, Lily Allen, he’s most recognisable for playing Theon Greyjoy in Game of Thrones, and also appeared in Harlots, Jojo Rabbit and The Murders at White House Farm. Jock is another founding member of the SAS, and its principal training officer, as well as a creative inventor of new weaponry for the unit to use, including the eponymous Lewes bomb. Stirling is an injured officer who comes up with a radical plan to create a small undercover unit made up of the bravest, most tenacious soldiers who can operate behind enemy lines. In SAS: Rogue Heroes he’ll be played by Jack O’Connell, who is best known for his role as James Cook in Skins, more recently appearing in Godless and The North Water. Paddy Mayne was one of the founding members of the SAS, and a courageous, scrappy sort, nicknamed the Irish Lion. He’s also about to appear as Prince Charles in series five of The Crown. You’ll know West from the likes of playing Jimmy McNulty in The Wire, his Golden Globe nominated role in The Affair, or his BAFTA-winning portrayal of serial killer Fred West in Appropriate Adult. Let’s meet the cast of SAS: Rogue Heroes: Dominic West as Lieutenant Colonel Wrangel ClarkeĪrguably one of the most recognisable names in the cast, Dominic West plays one of the senior officers involved in setting up the SAS. It’s got a suitably star-studded line-up. More rebels than soldiers, Stirling’s team are every bit as complicated, flawed and reckless as they are astonishingly brave and heroic.

He fights for permission to recruit the toughest, boldest and brightest soldiers for a small undercover unit that will create mayhem behind enemy lines. Convinced that traditional commando units don’t work, he creates a radical plan that flies in the face of all accepted rules of modern warfare. David Stirling (Connor Swindells) – an eccentric young officer, hospitalised after a training exercise went wrong – is bored.

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