Tin Man (TV Miniseries) - Cast and Characters

Cast and Characters

• Alan Cumming as Glitch, the former advisor to the Queen of the O.Z. Under his real name of Ambrose he designed many technological achievements, but when Azkadellia seized power she stole his designs for a Sun Seeder machine and removed half of his brain. The character is based on and analogous to the Scarecrow of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
• Zooey Deschanel as DG, the primary protagonist of the miniseries. DG finds herself in the O.Z. and learns that she and Azkadellia are sisters and that their mother is the Queen. Rachel Pattee played the young DG in scenes where the character is shown as a child. DG is analogous to and a descendant of Dorothy Gale, the protagonist of the original story, and to some extent, Princess Ozma, from later stories.
• Richard Dreyfuss as The Mystic Man, the former ruler of Central City who has been subjugated by Azkadellia through the influence of her magical vapors and reduced to a stage act. He assists DG by directing her to locations which will stir her memories. The character is analogous to the Wizard of Oz.
• Anna Galvin as "Lavender Eyes", the Queen of the O.Z. and mother to DG and Azkadellia. At the start of the miniseries she has been usurped by Azkadellia and is being kept in a magical prison. Her role is analogous to that of Glinda the Good Witch of the South.
• Blu Mankuma as Tutor, DG's former magic teacher and a shapeshifter who can take the form of a small dog. In this canine form he is referred to as Toto, in reference to the dog of the original Oz stories.
• Neal McDonough as Wyatt Cain, the titular "Tin Man" of the miniseries. A former law enforcer, called a "Tin Man" (probably due to police badges being made of tin), he was locked in an iron suit as punishment for opposing Azkadellia. His role is analogous to that of the Tin Woodman.
• Callum Keith Rennie as Zero, the captain of Azkadellia's Longcoat soldiers and the man who imprisoned Cain.
• Kathleen Robertson as Azkadellia, the primary antagonist of the miniseries. Possessed by an evil witch, she killed her sister DG and overthrew her mother the Queen. Alexia Fast played young Azkadellia in scenes where the character is a child. Azkadellia's role is analogous to that of the Wicked Witch of the West.
• Raoul Trujillo as Raw, one of a race of part-man part-lion telepathic "viewers" who are enslaved by Azkadellia. He joins DG, Glitch, and Cain in their quest to find the Emerald of the Eclipse. Raw is based on and analogous to the Cowardly Lion. In order to perform this role, Raoul Trujillo endured lengthy sessions to apply make-up and prosthetics.
• Ted Whittall as Ahamo, husband to the Queen and father to DG and Azkadellia. He assists DG in locating the Emerald of the Eclipse. His role is also analogous to the Wizard of Oz. "Ahamo" is "Omaha" spelled backwards, referencing the hometown of the Wizard in the original Oz books.
• Gwynyth Walsh and Kevin McNulty as Emily and Hank, DG's parents from Kansas, who are revealed to be Androids from a section of the O.Z. called Milltown.