Main •
Billy Bob Thornton as
Lorne Malvo, a hitman with a violent and deceptive nature, who crashes his car in
Bemidji, Minnesota, while passing through. •
Allison Tolman as Deputy
Molly Solverson, a police officer from Bemidji who is hot on the case of Malvo and Nygaard. •
Colin Hanks as Officer
Gus Grimly, a kindly officer from
Duluth, Minnesota, who meets Malvo after stopping him for speeding. •
Martin Freeman as
Lester Nygaard, a henpecked life insurance salesman from Bemidji who meets Malvo in the hospital after an encounter with a childhood bully.
Recurring •
Bob Odenkirk as Bill Oswalt, the naïve police chief in Bemidji. •
Keith Carradine as
Lou Solverson, Molly's father, a former state cop who now runs a coffee shop. •
Kate Walsh as Gina Hess, Sam Hess' alcoholic widow. •
Josh Close as Chazz Nygaard, Lester's more successful younger brother. •
Joey King as Greta Grimly, Gus' daughter. •
Brian Markinson as Max Gold, Sam Hess' attorney. • Kelly Holden Bashar as Pearl Nygaard, Lester's verbally abusive wife. • Tom Musgrave as Bo Munk, the head of the insurance company where Lester works. •
Julie Ann Emery as Ida Thurman, Chief Thurman's pregnant wife. •
Rachel Blanchard as Kitty Nygaard, Chazz's wife. •
Atticus Mitchell and Liam Green as Mickey and Moe Hess, Sam's dimwitted sons. •
Spencer Drever as Gordo Nygaard, Chazz's young son who has
autism. •
Russell Harvard and
Adam Goldberg as
Mr. Wrench and Mr. Numbers, two hitmen - the former of whom is deaf - sent by the Fargo mob to find Hess' killer. •
Oliver Platt as Stavros Milos, a staunchly religious supermarket tycoon whom Malvo begins to extort. •
Glenn Howerton as Don Chumph, the personal trainer of Stavros' ex-wife, whom Malvo ropes into his extortion scheme. • Peter Breitmayer as Ben Schmidt, Gus' senior lieutenant in the Duluth police department. •
Barry Flatman as Wally Semenchko, Stavros' enforcer. •
Susan Park as Linda Park, Lester's co-worker at Munk Insurance, who harbors feelings for him. •
Keegan-Michael Key and
Jordan Peele as Bill Budge and Webb Pepper, two incompetent
FBI special agents who unknowingly cross paths with Malvo. •
Stephen Root as Burt Canton, a dentist whom Malvo befriends under a cover identity. •
Helena Mattsson as Jemma Stalone, Malvo's fiancee.
Guest stars • Kevin O'Grady as Sam Hess, Lester's childhood bully and a truck salesman with affiliations to the Fargo mob. •
Shawn Doyle as Chief Vern Thurman, the trusted leader of the Bemidji police force. • Carlos Diaz as young Stavros Milos •
Allegra Fulton as Helena Milos, Stavros' ex-wife. •
Eve Harlow as young Helena Milos ==Episodes==