Archer

Adam Reed was born and raised in the beautiful mountain town of Asheville, North Carolina, where he spent his formative years being shooed away from the television.He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he majored in English and (almost, were it not for one lousy F) minored in Drama. After graduating from UNC in 1992, Reed began to pursue his lifelong dream of pestering his awesome older sister, Anna, to get him a job in her division at Turner Broadcasting.&nbsp;Reed moved to Turner’s Cartoon Network in 1994 where he began working with Matt Thompson on the seminal High-Noon Toons. After leaving Cartoon Network in 1996 – rather abruptly, during production of A.M. Mayhem with Carrot Top – Reed and Thompson moved to New York, where they spent a year in the sordid underbelly of daytime talk shows before founding 70-30 Productions.From 2001 to 2008, Reed and Thompson helmed the somewhat-popular Sealab 2021 and Frisky Dingo on Adult Swim. Reed left 70-30 Productions in 2008 to stagger across the sun-blasted interior of Spain for some reason and while doing so had the idea for Archer, which FX was cool enough to buy.Reed founded Atlanta-based Floyd County Productions in 2008 and is the voice of “Ray Gillette.” He also enjoys motorcycling and a cat.

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Reed founded Atlanta-based Floyd County Productions in 2008 and is the voice of gay-and-fabulous "Ray Gillette". 

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Archer, voiced by H. Jon Benjamin, feels like his old self again. He’s the unquestioned best spy in the world, still able to tease and undermine Lana who, best of all, is stuck at the office and won’t be shooting down all his brilliant ideas in the field. He’ll be better than ever! But after a couple early setbacks, Archer finds himself under more scrutiny and stuck partnering with agents he thinks are untrustworthy, and he’s not talking about Gillette. But he’s also not NOT talking about Gillette.

Sterling Archer in black shirt and gloves with hands clasped with black and white headshot of H. Jon Benjamin in upper left

Lana, voiced by Aisha Tyler, is enthusiastic to take over as head of The Agency and implement her new plan: taking on missions that make money and make the world a better place. With her as the steady hand in the office and Archer as the top agent in the field, they will be a formidable force. Unless Archer does what Archer normally does and ruin everything. Hmm… Maybe Lana needs to go back in the field. Maybe she’s overthinking it. Maybe this is going to be a disaster.

Lana Kane in white turtleneck with elbow stretched out with black and white headshot of Aisha Tyler in upper left

Cyril, voiced by Chris Parnell, couldn’t be happier that Lana has become head of The Agency. With her new focus on making money, he can use his superior accounting skills to make The Agency profitable. That also means he will be needed in the office more and can finally say goodbye to dangerous field work. But with Lana being in the office more, someone is going to need to pick up her slack in the field. And Cyril being an experienced agent, it would be cheaper to send him rather than hiring a new agent. Damn you, math!

Cyril Figgis holding gun in right hand with explosion behind him with black and white headshot of Chris Parnell in upper left

Lana has become head of The Agency and Cheryl/Carol, voiced by Judy Greer, has become her assistant. It turns out all those years working for Malory were invaluable as Cheryl/Carol knows all the intricacies of running a spy agency and where the bodies are buried. Well, maybe not all of them, but that’s okay because she loves a good surprise!

Cheryl/Carol Tunt licking frog with eyes looking up with black and white headshot of Judy Greer in upper left

Pam, voiced by Amber Nash, enjoys being a field agent, but Lana needs her to reprise her old role as head of The Agency’s Human Resources department. Pam is confident that she can do both jobs, but will the others question her when the quality of her work starts to decline? Better question, will they even notice?

Pam from Archer holding stick with fish skewed on it with black and white headshot of Amber Nash in upper left

Krieger, voiced by Lucky Yates, was very successful at hiding his experiments from IIA and felt he was on the verge of several breakthroughs, but now that Lana has taken over The Agency, she’s taken a bigger interest in his work. She wants Krieger to only do experiments that are cost-effective, practical, and... ugh, ethical.

Krieger in brown vest and brown t shirt with arm raised with black and white headshot of Lucky Yates in upper left

Ray, voiced by Adam Reed, is finding the others are still a bit skeptical on where his allegiances lie, which makes him a bit bitter. Was keeping them all out of jail and setting The Agency up for success not enough? Sure, he had to pretend to double-cross them, but pretending and double-crossing is like... ninety-five percent of what spies do!

Ray from Archer leaning on hand with black glove with other hand on lap with black and white drawing of Adam Reed on up left

With Lana spending more time in the office and less time in the field, The Agency needed a new agent. Luckily, they found Zara, voiced by Natalie Dew, a talented spy capable of going toe-to-toe with the most evil international villains while simultaneously keeping Archer in line. Zara only has to be better than Archer in every aspect of their job, and Archer’s competitive jealousy keeps him focused on the mission. She’s even able to get the best of him in their many arguments, which begs the question: who really is the greatest spy in the world?

Animated character Zara Kahn wearing a white shirt and gray tie with Natalie Dew headshot in top left corner wearing a white 

Voiced by guest star Kayvan Novak, Fabian Kingsworth (head of IIA) has taken control of The Agency and is making Archer’s life hell by one-upping him at every turn and sending the gang on wildly impractical missions.&nbsp; Are the missions just torture for Archer, or is Fabian hiding a more sinister motive?

Fabian from Archer in blue suit with skyscrapers in background with black and white headshot of Kayvan Novak on upper left

Adam Reed | Creator | Archer on FXX

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