What role does Simon Kunz play in Missing You? Explored

Simon Kunz is a part of the cast of Missing You - the new thriller from Netflix, released on January 1, 2025. Missing You is adapted from Harlan Coben's New York Times bestseller of the same name and is the 10th of Coben's 14 contractual book adaptations by Netflix.

The series follows the life of Detective Inspector Kat Donovan as the different aspects of her past and present get entangled in a twisted mystery. Her missing person's case, her missing fiancee for over 10 years, Josh, and her father's murder all appear to be related in this nail-biting and fast-paced thriller.

The cast is led by Rosalind Eleazar as Kat Donovan and includes stars such as Lenny Henry, Richard Armitage, Jessica Plummer, Marc Warren, Lisa Faulkner, James Nesbitt, and Felix Garcia Guyer. Simon Kunz portrays the role of Detective Kohl in this thriller.

The five-episode series has been directed by Nimer Rashed and Isher Sahota, with screenplay by Victoria Asare-Archer. It is produced by Guy Hescott, Harlan Coben, Nicola Shindler, Danny Brocklehurst, Victoria Asare-Archer, and Richard Fee under the banner of Quay Street Productions and Final Twist Productions.

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Simon Kunz plays Detective Kohl in Missing You

Simon Kunz plays the role of Detective Terry Kohl (image via AppleTV+)

As mentioned earlier, Simon Kunz plays Detective Terrence "Terry" Kohl. Simon Kunz is a British actor known for his roles in films like The Parent Trap, Four Weddings and a Funeral, and Captain America: The First Avenger.

Terry Kohl is a senior detective at the police station where Kat works. Kohl and Kat's father, Clint Donovan (Sir Lenny Henry), were fast friends from their school days. He has thus adopted the role of a mentor and father figure in Kat's life since her father was brutally murdered.

In the second episode of the series, we see Simon Kunz's Kohl try to ease Kat's mind by shedding some light on Dominic Calligan (James Nesbitt). He shares a terrifying story about Calligan as a child and tries to ease Kat's mind as she seeks justice for her father's killer. He reassures her that the case against the convicted person, Monte Leburne (Marc Warren), was airtight.

This episode also sees the end of Detective Kohl's long-standing career as an investigator as the precinct says goodbye to him at his retirement party. It is here Detective Stagger (Richard Armitage) describes Kohl as a constant of their police station, who has endured against time and provided support to all the detectives and "kept them upright."

Stagger also mentions how Simon Kunz's character has tirelessly worked to pull people together and solve the murder of his best friend and the station's very own Detective Clint Donovan.

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Missing You - Plot overview

This thriller from Netflix begins with Detective Kat Donovan joining a dating app and coming across a profile of her fiancee, Josh, who has been missing for the past 11 years. Intrigued, Kat tries to investigate further but discovers that the profile has since been deleted.

Thus, she embarks on a quest to solve this mystery. Her work as a detective in cases of missing persons also gets tangled up with the mystery of her missing fiancee. The more questions she asks, the more convoluted things get as she realizes that Josh's absence might actually be related to her father's murder.

With some help from her best friend and her fellow detectives, Kat embarks on a journey to unravel all the mysteries of her past and present to get some answers.

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Missing You is currently available for streaming only on Netflix.