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Taken

Taken

20176.52 Seasons26 EpisodesCanceled

Overview

The origin story of younger, hungrier, former Green Beret Bryan Mills as he deals with a personal tragedy that shakes his world. As he fights to overcome the incident and exact revenge, Mills is pulled into a career as a deadly CIA operative, a job that awakens his very particular, and very dangerous, set of skills.

Created by Matthew Gross
Produced by Lena Cordina
NetworksNBC

Top Cast

Clive Standen

Clive Standen

Bryan Mills

Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals

Christina Hart

Adam Goldberg

Adam Goldberg

Kilroy

Jessica Camacho

Jessica Camacho

Santana

Themes & Keywords

central intelligence agency (cia)prequelbased on movie

About Taken

Taken is a action & adventure, crime, drama, comedy series that first aired in 2017 exploring themes of central intelligence agency (cia), prequel, based on movie. Created by Matthew Gross, it stars Clive Standen, Jennifer Beals, Adam Goldberg. The origin story of younger, hungrier, former Green Beret Bryan Mills as he deals with a personal tragedy that shakes his world. As he fights to overcome the incident and exact revenge, Mills is pulled into a career as a deadly CIA operative, a job that awakens his very particular, and very dangerous, set of skills.

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