Inspired by the real-life story, Eli Cohen successfully went undercover in Syria in the early 1960s. In the series, Cohen becomes close enough to ambitious military leaders and their rich friends to earn a game-changing level of trust about Syria’s biggest anti-Israel secret initiatives.

The series stars Emmy-nominated Sacha Baron Cohen (Who is America?) as Eli Cohen, a man who wants nothing more than to be of service to his country, but he does his job so well that he finds it hard to strip off his double identity. Noah Emmerich (The Americans) plays Dan Peleg, Eli’s Mossad handler who tires to ease his own guilt over the sacrifices Eli makes, Hadar Ratzon Rotem (Homeland) portrays Eli’s wife, Nadia, who is left to raise their family on her own and knows something isn’t right about her husband’s government job, and Waleed Zuaiter (Colony) plays Amin Al-Hafz, a military officer who thinks he’s found the perfect ally in the undercover Cohen.

The Spy is written and directed by Emmy-winner Gideon Raff (Prisoners of War, Homeland and Tyrant) and Légende Films. The series is produced by Alain Goldman (La Vie en Rose).

The Spy premieres September 6th on Netflix as a limited series with six 60 minute episodes.

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Netflix has a few miniseries set to release with The Spy starring Sacha Baron Cohen, The I-Land starring Kate Bosworth, Unbelievable starring Toni Collette, and Criminal starring David Tennant. The streaming giant also brings The Politician to the service with many familiar names including Ben Platt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Lange, and Zoey Deutch.

This month also sees many new series start up! September sees Simon Missick star in All Rise, Jimmy Smits in Bluff City Law, Michael Sheen in Prodigal Son, Cobie Smulders in Stumptown, Mike Colter in Evil, and Forest Whitaker in Godfather of Harlem.

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