Creators:
Andrew HaighDirected by:
Andrew HaighScreenplay:
Andrew HaighCinematography:
Nicolas BolducComposer:
Tim HeckerCast:
Colin Farrell, Jack O'Connell, Eliza Butterworth, Stephen McMillan, Tom Courtenay, Stephen Graham, Kris Hitchen, Pål Espen Kilstad, Peter Mullan (more)Episodes(5)
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Behold the Man (E01)
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We Men Are Wretched Things (E02)
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Homo Homini Lupus (E03)
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The Devils of the Earth (E04)
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To Live Is to Suffer (E05)
Plots(1)
Set in the U.K. and in the Arctic wasteland in the late 1850s, The North Water tells the story of Patrick Sumner (Jack O'Connell), a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as ship's doctor on a whaling expedition to the Arctic. On board he meets the harpooner Henry Drax (Colin Farrell), a brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world. Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, Sumner finds himself in a male-dominated world, on an ill-fated journey with a murderous psychopath. In search of redemption, his story becomes a harsh struggle for survival in the Arctic wasteland. (Home Box Office)
(more)Cast
![Colin Farrell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/128/166128398_8707d5.jpg)
Colin Farrell
Ireland
Best series:
True Detective (2014) (series)
Scrubs (2001) (series)
The North Water (2021) (series)
![Jack O'Connell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/871/166871522_661176.jpg)
Jack O'Connell
UK
Best series:
This Is England '88 (2011) (series) - a.f.
What We Do in the Shadows (2019) (series)
Skins (2007) (series)
![Eliza Butterworth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/045/166045875_52cc99.png)
Eliza Butterworth
UK
Best series:
The Last Kingdom (2015) (series)
The North Water (2021) (series)
DCI Banks (2010) (series)
Stephen McMillan
Best series:
The North Water (2021) (series)
Boiling Point (2023) (series)
![Tom Courtenay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/054/164054991_c88d7a.jpg)
Tom Courtenay
UK
Best series:
Unforgotten (2015) (series)
Little Dorrit (2008) (series)
The North Water (2021) (series)
![Stephen Graham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/297/164297968_c92d8a.jpg)
Stephen Graham
UK
Best series:
Band of Brothers (2001) (series)
Peaky Blinders (2013) (series)
Boardwalk Empire (2010) (series)
![Kris Hitchen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/258/164258741_1cbe74.jpg)
Kris Hitchen
Best series:
The North Water (2021) (series)
The Long Shadow (2023) (series)
Trigger Point (2022) (series)
Pål Espen Kilstad
Norway
Best series:
Lilyhammer (2012) (series)
The North Water (2021) (series)
Wisting (2019) (series)
![Peter Mullan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/186/162186189_ea66f0.jpg)
Peter Mullan
UK
Best series:
Olive Kitteridge (2014) (series)
Ozark (2017) (series)
Mum (2016) (series)
![Roland Møller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/482/160482999_97ad83.jpg)
Roland Møller
Denmark
Best series:
The North Water (2021) (series)
Sløborn (2020) (series)
Dicte - Crime Reporter (2013) (series)
![Sam Spruell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/373/165373893_fd410e.jpg)
Sam Spruell
UK
Best series:
Fargo (2014) (series)
Luther (2010) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
![Mark Rowley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/826/166826877_5a6736.jpg)
Mark Rowley
UK
Best series:
Luther (2010) (series)
The Last Kingdom (2015) (series)
Home Fires (2015) (series)
![Tony Pitts](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/267/168267572_qhkcea.jpg)
Tony Pitts
UK
Best series:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Peaky Blinders (2013) (series)
All Creatures Great and Small (2020) (series)
![Daniel Weyman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/570/158570684_f8b67c.jpg)
Daniel Weyman
UK
Best series:
Gentleman Jack (2019) (series)
A Very English Scandal (2018) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Jonathan Aris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/957/163957811_059169.jpg)
Paul Brennen
Best series:
Happy Valley (2014) (series)
Shameless (2004) (series)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Natar Ungalaaq
Canada
Best series:
The North Water (2021) (series)
Frontier (2016) (series)
Nive Nielsen
Greenland
Best series:
The North Water (2021) (series)
The Terror (2018) (series)
Gary Lamont
UK
Best series:
Still Game (2002) (series)
Outlander (2014) (series)
The North Water (2021) (series)
Gerry Lynch
Best series:
Still Game (2002) (series)
The North Water (2021) (series)
Vigil (2021) (series)