McMafia

McMafia is a British crime drama television series created by Hossein Amini and James Watkins, and directed by Watkins. It is inspired by the book McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld by journalist Misha Glenny (2008). The series stars James Norton as Alex Godman, the British-raised son of a Russian mafia boss living in London whose father is trying to escape from the world of organised crime. It is co-produced by BBC, AMC Networks, and Cuba Pictures. It premiered in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 1 January 2018, and in the United States on AMC on 26 February 2018. Cast Main cast James Norton as Alex Godman David Strathairn as Semiyon Kleiman, Russian-Israeli businessman Juliet Rylance as Rebecca Harper, Alex's fiancée Merab Ninidze as Vadim Kalyagin, powerful member of the Russian mafia Aleksey Serebryakov as Dimitri Godman, Alex's father Maria Shukshina as Oksana Godman, Alex's mother Faye Marsay as Katya Godman, Alex's sister David Dencik as Boris Godman, Alex's uncle Oshri Cohen as Joseph, Israeli bodyguard Sofia Lebedeva as Lyudmilla Nikolayeva, beauty therapist Caio Blat as Antonio Mendez Kirill Pirogov as Ilya Fedorov Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Dilly Mahmood, Indian business partner Karel Roden as Karel Benes