Bad Monkey on Apple TV+: Full list of cast

Apple TV's latest comedy series Bad Monkey, which is based on author Carl Hiaasen's bestseller book by the same name, is scheduled to premiere soon on the streaming platform.

The Florida-based dramedy follows Vince Vaughn's character, Andrew Yancy, a former Miami Police Department investigator. After being fired from the agency, he works as a health inspector in the Florida Keys until he comes across a murder he's sure he can prove.

The first two episodes of Bad Monkey drop on Apple TV on August 14, 2024, and subsequent episodes will be released every week, with the finale dropping on October 9, 2024.

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The cast list of Bad Monkey explored

Vince Vaughn as Andrew Yancy

Vincent Anthony Vaughn is an American actor and producer best known for starring as a leading man in numerous comedy movies from the late 1990s and 2000s. He made his debut in acting with the sports drama film Rudy (1993) but made his breakthrough with the comedy Swingers (1996).

He has also starred in Old School (2003), Dodgeball (2004), Wedding Crashers (2005), The Break-Up (2006), Fred Claus (2007) and The Internship (2013). Vaughn is best known for his role as Nick Van Owen in Jurassic Park: The Lost World (1997) and Norman Bates in Psycho (1998).

On television, he has starred as a criminal, Frank Semyon, in the HBO anthology crime drama series True Detective (2015) and in recurring roles in the animated Netflix sitcom F Is for Family (2018) and HBO's comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm (2020–2024).

Vincent Anthony Vaughn will lead the cast of the Apple TV drama Bad Monkey as a detective-turned restaurant inspector.

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Michelle Monaghan as Bonnie Witt

Michelle Lynn Monaghan, an award-winning American actor, has received accolades like the Golden Globe Award, Saturn Award and Critics' Choice Movie Award.

Monaghan is best known for her roles in movies like Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), Gone Baby Gone (2007), Made of Honor (2008), Eagle Eye (2008), Pixels (2015), Patriots Day (2016), Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible III (2006), Ghost Protocol (2011) and Fallout (2018).

She has also starred in television series like the HBO anthology crime drama series True Detective (2014), The Path (2016–18), the Netflix thriller series Messiah (2020) and the miniseries Echoes (2022).

Michelle Monaghan plays a woman in an abusive marriage with a secret past in the upcoming Apple TV dramedy Bad Monkey.

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Jodie Turner-Smith as Gracie

Jodie Turner-Smith, a British actor, made her debut in the feature film The Neon Demon (2016) and has acted in Queen & Slim (2019), After Yang (2022) and White Noise (2022).

She's also known for her television roles in the TNT series The Last Ship (2017), the Syfy series Nightflyers (2018) and Channel 5's Anne Boleyn (2021). Turner-Smith will star as Gracie or the Dragon Queen, an Obeah–practicing woman from the Bahamas in Bad Monkey.

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Other cast members of Bad Monkey

Here's the list of supporting actors and the roles they play in the upcoming Apple TV comedy series.

• Meredith Hagner as Eve Stripling, the wife of victim Nick Stripling
• Rob Delaney as Christopher, Eve's boyfriend
• Natalie Martinez as Rosa Campesino, a medical examiner who assists Andrew Yancy
• L. Scott Caldwell as Ya-Ya, the Dragon Queen's grandmother
• Ronald Peet as Neville Stafford, a fisherman from the Bahamas
• John Ortiz as Rogelio Burton, a police detective who's also Yancy's best friend
• Charlotte Lawrence as Caitlin, Eve's stepdaughter
• Roberto Escobar as Mateo Campesino, Rosa's father
• Alex Moffat as Evan Shook, a real estate developer
• Victor Turpin as Montenegro, Yancy's lawyer
• Reese Antoinette as Dawnie, Lulu's mother
• David St. Louis as Carter
• Amina Massai as Lulu

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Bad Monkey has been developed and executive produced by Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses and co-produced between Warner Bros. Television, Two Soups Productions and Doozer Productions. Catch the upcoming comedy series on Apple TV on August 14, 2024.