Cast and Characters
- Mark Feuerstein as Henry "Hank" Lawson: Formerly a successful New York E.R. doctor, he was dismissed from his job after a wealthy hospital benefactor died in his care. When he saves someone's life during a trip to The Hamptons, he accepts an offer from Boris, a German nobleman, to remain as a "concierge doctor" in the resort community. He usually attends to wealthy clientele, but also others in need of care and often without the means to pay. According to the episode "Keeping the Faith", he and his brother are Jewish.
- Paulo Costanzo as Evan Roth Lawson: Hank's younger brother. He is an accountant and self-appointed CFO of HankMed. Evan's job is to promote the HankMed business, at times using strategies that Hank finds inappropriate or too commercial. At the end of Season 4, he gets married to Paige, the adopted daughter of a wealthy, conservative military man who is running for Congress.
- Jill Flint as Jill Casey (Seasons 1–4): Hank's on again/off again girlfriend and an administrator at Hamptons Heritage, the local hospital. Jill works with Hank to open a small clinic while running the local community hospital. In the fourth season she leaves the Hamptons to do relief work in Africa.
- Reshma Shetty as Divya Katdare: Hank's physician assistant. She joins the team early and is invaluable to Hank. She initially has to keep her medical career a secret from her parents. Forced by her parents into an arranged betrothal to a childhood friend, she has finally broken free of their control and is living on her own.
- Brooke D'Orsay as Paige Collins (Season 4–present, recurring previously): Evan's wife. Paige is the daughter of a wealthy, conservative former military officer with political aspirations who does not think Evan is good enough for his daughter. Paige and Evan meet when she hires him to play her pretend boyfriend, but their pretend relationship soon blossoms into a real one. In the Season 4 episode "Who's Your Daddy?", it is revealed that she is adopted, and in the season 4 finale/special "Off-Season Greetings", she and Evan marry.
- Campbell Scott as Boris Kuester von Jurgens-Ratenicz (Season 4–present, recurring previously): A wealthy and titled German businessman who offers Hank and Evan his guest house, and is Hank's first client. Boris has a genetic disease he is determined will die with him, and which he fights with equal determination, often by seeking rare or risky treatments. Used to getting what he wants, Boris has a rigid code of conduct, which can at times put him at odds with Hank.
- Ben Shenkman as Dr. Jeremiah Sacani (Season 5-present, season 4 recurring): Hired by Evan to be Hank's replacement during Evan and Hank's temporary halt to their business partnership, Sacani stayed on when Hank and Evan made peace. He is an accomplished researcher and excellent at his work although he has an awkward bedside manner because his limited social skills. Sacani is an heir to a vast fortune.
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