Summary

  • Spider-Noir, a TV show by Prime Video, features Nicolas Cage as the aged detective in 1930s New York who used to be Spider-Man.
  • Lamorne Morris s as Robbie Robertson in the noir-style series, a journalist who will take on risky stories to further his standing.
  • Alongside Cage and Morris, Brendan Gleeson, Li Jun Li, and Abraham Popoola round out the promising cast of the show.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’s ending teased more to come from the detective-inspired variant of the Web-Slinger.

Aside from his promised role in Spider-Man movies are unlikely to feature Spider-Man Noir beyond the aforementioned animated trilogy capper, his story will continue on the small screen. Prime Video confirmed a series was in development surrounding this iteration of the character and, since then, Spider-Noir has received updates concerning who will star in the show, including actors both familiar and unfamiliar with the character and superhero genre.

Spider-Noir Cast

Character

Nicolas Cage

Spider-Man Noir

Lamorne Morris

Robbie Robertson

Brendan Gleeson

TBA

Li Jun Li

TBA

Abraham Popoola

TBA

Nicolas Cage as Spider-Man Noir

Date of Birth: January 7, 1964

  • Active Since: 1981

Actor: Nicolas Cage is an American actor born in Long Beach, California. Cage began acting around 20 years later, starring in Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Valley Girl. Cage's breakout role came in the romantic comedy Moonstruck before he received further acclaim for roles in films like Raising Arizona and Leaving Las Vegas, the latter of which earned him an Academy Award. Cage's more mainstream roles include The Rock, Con Air, Face/Off, and the National Treasure series. Cage’s more recent roles include Mandy, Pig, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, and Longlegs.

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Movie/TV Show

Role

Moonstruck

Ronny Cammareri

Raising Arizona

H.I. McDunnough

Leaving Las Vegas

Ben Sanderson

Adaptation.

Charlie Kaufman & Donald Kaufman

The Rock

Stanley Goodspeed

Con Air

Cameron Poe

Kick-Ass

Damon Macready / Big Daddy

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man Noir

Longlegs

Longlegs

Character: Thus far, only two characters have been confirmed in Spider-Noir. The first is the titular character played by Cage. Spider-Noir will be portrayed as an aging, down-on-his-luck private investigator. The show is set in 1930s New York and sees Cage's character confronted with his past as the city's one and only superhero.

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Lamorne Morris as Robbie Robertson

Date of Birth: August 14. 1983

  • Active Since: 2002

Actor: Lamorne Morris is an American actor born in Chicago, Illinois. Morris began acting in the early 2000s, mostly in smaller movie roles. Morris' breakout role then came in the form of Winston Bishop in Fox's New Girl, leading to bigger TV roles in shows like Woke and Fargo season 5. Concerning movie roles, Morris is known for comedic roles in Game Night, The Christmas Chronicles, and Jumanji: The Next Level.

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Movie/TV Show

Role

New Girl

Winston Bishop

Sex Ed

Bobby the Bouncer

Barbershop: The Next Cut

Jerrod

Game Night

Kevin Sterling

Woke

Keel Knight

Jumanji: The Next Level

Heater Repair Man

Fargo

Trooper Witt Farr

Unstable

Peter

Spider-Noir

Robbie Robertson

Character: The only other confirmed character for Spider-Noir is Morris' Robbie Robertson. Robertson is described as a hard-working, driven journalist who is trying to make a name for himself. Robertson will not take no for an answer as he grapples with the odds stacked against him as a black man in 1930s New York, leading him to take on riskier stories that others would not in order to further his standing. The character of Robbie Robertson is common in Spider-Man comics, often shown as a journalist for the Daily Bugle.

Brendan Gleeson

Date of Birth: March 29, 1955

  • Active Since: 1985

Actor: Brendan Gleeson is an Irish actor born in Dublin. His career began with ing roles in movies like Braveheart and Michael Collins, before Gleeson's breakout role in the Irish film The General. Gleeson then went on to have ing roles in 28 Days Later, Gangs of New York, Troy, and the Harry Potter series. Gleeson's leading roles include In Bruges, The Guard, Cavalry, and The Banshees of Isherin, the latter of which earned him an Academy Award nomination.

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Movie/TV Show

Role

Braveheart

Hamish Campbell

Michael Collins

Liam Tobin

The General

Martin Cahill

28 Days Later

Frank

Troy

Menelaus

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody

In Bruges

Ken

Paddington 2

Knuckles McGinty

The Banshees of Isherin

Colm Doherty

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Li Jun Li

  • Active Since: 2008

Actor: Li Jun Li is an American actress born in Shanghai, China. Li's breakout role arguably came in the ABC series Quantico, as well as other TV roles in The Exorcist and Netflix's Wu Assassins. Concerning movie roles, Li appeared in 2022's Babylon and has recently finished work for an Ryan Coogler film alongside a lead role in Paramount's Alma and the Wolf. Other TV roles for Li include recurring parts in Based On a True Story and Netflix’s Florida Man and Sex/Life.

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Movie/TV Show

Role

Chinese Puzzle

Nancy

Babylon

Lady Fay Zhu

Damages

Maggie Huang

Minority Report

Akeela

Quantico

Iris Chang

The Exorcist

Rose Cooper

Wu Assassins

Jenny Wah

Evil

Grace Ling

Spider-Noir

TBA

Abraham Popoola

Date of Birth: June 9, 1991

Abraham Popoola as Dag in The Marvels (2023)
  • Active Since: 2014

Actor: The final actor confirmed for Spider-Noir is Abraham Popoola, a British actor born in London. Popoola's earlier roles came in the form of British TV shows like Electric Dreams, Les Misérables, A Christmas Carol, and The Great. He was then cast in The Curse, Morbius, Andor, The Rig, The Marvels, and Netflix's Atlas. Arguably, Popoola's breakout role came in the series Extraordinary, though Spider-Noir could propel him even further.

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Movie/TV Show

Role

Electric Dreams

Recycle Driver

Les Misérables

Cochepaille

A Christmas Carol

Blacksmith

The Great

Rostov

Morbius

Ryan

Andor

North-1

The Marvels

Dag

Atlas

Casca Decius

Extraordinary

Ade

Spider-Noir (2025)
Franchise(s)
Spider-Man, Spider-Verse

Cast

Seasons
1
Streaming Service(s)
Disney+