Anson Mount is an American actor born February 25, 1973, in Mount Prospect, Illinois and raised in White Bluff, Tennessee. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of the South and an MFA in acting from Columbia University. After stage work and television guest roles, Mount gained film attention with Tully and Crossroads. His defining breakthrough came as former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon in AMC's western drama Hell on Wheels, which he led for five seasons and also produced. He later entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the silent Black Bolt in Inhumans, reprising the role in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Mount found a signature role as Captain Christopher Pike, debuting in Star Trek: Discovery and Short Treks before leading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. His credits also include Conviction, Line of Fire, Safe, Non-Stop and animated series Dota: Dragon's Blood.
Known For
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Cast Credits
Scarpetta (2026)
Guest starring as Matt Petersen
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Bridge of Time, Part Two (Mar 11, 2026)
- Episode 1x04: Pete (Mar 11, 2026)
- Episode 1x03: Dot (Mar 11, 2026)
- Episode 1x01: Bridge of Time, Part One (Mar 11, 2026)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022)
Starring as Captain Christopher Pike
(41 episodes)
- Episode 4x10: Tomorrow's Enterprise (Sep 24, 2026)
- Episode 4x09: Once La'An a Time (Sep 17, 2026)
- Episode 4x08: Orders of Magnitude (Sep 10, 2026)
- Episode 4x07: Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass (Sep 3, 2026)
- Episode 4x06: Off-Hour (Aug 27, 2026)
- Episode 4x05: Level-Five Transporter Accident (Aug 20, 2026)
- Episode 4x04: A Case of Chiaroscuro (Aug 13, 2026)
- Episode 4x03: Human Best Friend (Aug 6, 2026)
- Episode 4x02: The Griffin Incident (Jul 30, 2026)
- Episode 4x01: Valles Marineris (Jul 23, 2026)
- Episode 3x10: New Life and New Civilizations (Sep 11, 2025)
- Episode 3x09: Terrarium (Sep 4, 2025)
- Episode 3x08: Four-and-a-Half Vulcans (Aug 28, 2025)
- Episode 3x07: What Is Starfleet? (Aug 21, 2025)
- Episode 3x06: The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail (Aug 14, 2025)
- Episode 3x05: Through the Lens of Time (Aug 7, 2025)
- Episode 3x04: A Space Adventure Hour (Jul 31, 2025)
- Episode 3x03: Shuttle to Kenfori (Jul 24, 2025)
- Episode 3x02: Wedding Bell Blues (Jul 17, 2025)
- Episode 3x01: Hegemony, Part II (Jul 17, 2025)
- Episode 2x10: Hegemony (Aug 10, 2023)
- Episode 2x09: Subspace Rhapsody (Aug 3, 2023)
- Episode 2x08: Under the Cloak of War (Jul 27, 2023)
- Episode 2x07: Those Old Scientists (Jul 22, 2023)
- Episode 2x06: Lost in Translation (Jul 20, 2023)
- Episode 2x05: Charades (Jul 13, 2023)
- Episode 2x04: Among the Lotus Eaters (Jul 6, 2023)
- Episode 2x03: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (Jun 29, 2023)
- Episode 2x02: Ad Astra Per Aspera (Jun 22, 2023)
- Episode 2x01: The Broken Circle (Jun 15, 2023)
- Episode 1x10: A Quality of Mercy (Jul 7, 2022)
- Episode 1x09: All Those Who Wander (Jun 30, 2022)
- Episode 1x08: The Elysian Kingdom (Jun 23, 2022)
- Episode 1x07: The Serene Squall (Jun 16, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach (Jun 9, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Spock Amok (Jun 2, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Memento Mori (May 26, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Ghost of Illyria (May 19, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Children of the Comet (May 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Strange New Worlds (May 5, 2022)
- Episode S02 Special: Exploring Season 2 (Jun 9, 2023)
Guest starring as Hologram Pike
- Episode 3x04: A Space Adventure Hour (Jul 31, 2025)
Guest starring as Sir Amand Rauth
- Episode 4x09: Once La'An a Time (Sep 17, 2026) [Uncredited]
CBS Mornings (2021)
Guest starring as Anson Mount
- Episode 2026-07-22: Luke Bracey, Anson Mount (Jul 22, 2026)
DOTA: Dragon's Blood (2021)
Guest starring as Kaden
(12 episodes)
- Episode 3x08: Chapter Eight: Consider Phlebas (Aug 11, 2022)
- Episode 3x05: Chapter Five: Summons of the Ideal (Aug 11, 2022)
- Episode 3x04: Chapter Four: The Hanged Man (Aug 11, 2022)
- Episode 3x02: Chapter Two: Hell of Hells (Aug 11, 2022)
- Episode 3x01: Chapter One: The Wind Under the Door (Aug 11, 2022)
- Episode 2x08: Chapter Eight: Unreal City (Jan 18, 2022)
- Episode 2x04: Chapter Four: Desolate and Empty the Sea (Jan 18, 2022)
- Episode 2x03: Chapter Three: The Lady of Situations (Jan 18, 2022)
- Episode 2x02: Chapter Two: My Sword, My Life (Jan 18, 2022)
- Episode 2x01: Chapter One: Nothing with Nothing (Jan 18, 2022)
- Episode 1x08: Chapter Eight: A Game of Chess (Mar 25, 2021)
- Episode 1x04: Chapter Four: The Monster at the End of This Book (Mar 25, 2021)
Star Trek: Short Treks (2018)
Starring as Captain Christopher Pike
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x03: Ask Not (Nov 14, 2019)
- Episode 2x02: The Trouble with Edward (Oct 10, 2019)
- Episode 2x01: Q&A (Oct 5, 2019)
Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum (2018)
Guest starring as Anson Mount
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x375: ANSON MOUNT: Star Trek Concerns, Unexpected Blowback & Staying in the Moment (Jul 15, 2025)
- Episode 1x59: Anson Mount (Jun 4, 2019)
Marvel's Inhumans (2017)
Starring as Black Bolt
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: ... And Finally: Black Bolt (Nov 10, 2017)
- Episode 1x07: Havoc in the Hidden Land (Nov 3, 2017)
- Episode 1x06: The Gentleman's Name Is Gorgon (Oct 27, 2017)
- Episode 1x05: Something Inhuman This Way Comes (Oct 20, 2017)
- Episode 1x04: Make Way for... Medusa (Oct 13, 2017)
- Episode 1x03: Divide and Conquer (Oct 6, 2017)
- Episode 1x02: Those Who Would Destroy Us (Sep 29, 2017)
- Episode 1x01: Behold... The Inhumans (Sep 29, 2017)
Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
Starring as Captain Christopher Pike
(14 episodes)
- Episode 2x14: Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2 (Apr 18, 2019)
- Episode 2x13: Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 1 (Apr 11, 2019)
- Episode 2x12: Through the Valley of Shadows (Apr 4, 2019)
- Episode 2x11: Perpetual Infinity (Mar 28, 2019)
- Episode 2x10: The Red Angel (Mar 21, 2019)
- Episode 2x09: Project Daedalus (Mar 14, 2019)
- Episode 2x08: If Memory Serves (Mar 7, 2019)
- Episode 2x07: Light and Shadows (Feb 28, 2019)
- Episode 2x06: The Sounds of Thunder (Feb 21, 2019)
- Episode 2x05: Saints of Imperfection (Feb 14, 2019)
- Episode 2x04: An Obol for Charon (Feb 7, 2019)
- Episode 2x03: Point of Light (Jan 31, 2019)
- Episode 2x02: New Eden (Jan 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x01: Brother (Jan 17, 2019)
The Arsenio Hall Show (2013)
Guest starring as Anson Mount
- Episode 1x15: Gloria Estefan, Paula Patton, Anson Mount (Sep 27, 2013)
Hell on Wheels (2011)
Starring as Cullen Bohannon
(36 episodes)
- Episode 5x14: Done (Jul 23, 2016)
- Episode 5x13: Railroad Men (Jul 16, 2016)
- Episode 5x12: Any Sum Within Reason (Jul 9, 2016)
- Episode 5x10: 61 Degrees (Jun 25, 2016)
- Episode 5x09: Return to the Garden (Jun 18, 2016)
- Episode 5x08: Two Soldiers (Jun 11, 2016)
- Episode 3x10: Get Behind the Mule (Oct 5, 2013)
- Episode 3x09: Fathers and Sins (Sep 28, 2013)
- Episode 3x08: It Happened in Boston (Sep 21, 2013)
- Episode 3x07: Cholera (Sep 14, 2013)
- Episode 3x06: One Less Mule (Sep 7, 2013)
- Episode 3x05: Searchers (Aug 31, 2013)
- Episode 3x04: The Game (Aug 24, 2013)
- Episode 3x03: Range War (Aug 17, 2013)
- Episode 3x02: Eminent Domain (Aug 10, 2013)
- Episode 3x01: Big Bad Wolf (Aug 10, 2013)
- Episode 2x10: Blood Moon Rising (Oct 7, 2012)
- Episode 2x09: Blood Moon (Oct 7, 2012)
- Episode 2x08: The Lord's Day (Sep 30, 2012)
- Episode 2x07: The White Spirit (Sep 23, 2012)
- Episode 2x06: Purged Away with Blood (Sep 16, 2012)
- Episode 2x05: The Railroad Job (Sep 9, 2012)
- Episode 2x04: Scabs (Sep 2, 2012)
- Episode 2x03: Slaughterhouse (Aug 26, 2012)
- Episode 2x02: Durant, Nebraska (Aug 19, 2012)
- Episode 2x01: Viva La Mexico (Aug 12, 2012)
- Episode 1x10: God of Chaos (Jan 15, 2012)
- Episode 1x09: Timshel (Jan 8, 2012)
- Episode 1x08: Derailed (Jan 1, 2012)
- Episode 1x07: Revelations (Dec 18, 2011)
- Episode 1x06: Pride, Pomp and Circumstance (Dec 11, 2011)
- Episode 1x05: Bread and Circuses (Dec 4, 2011)
- Episode 1x04: Jamais je ne t'oublierai (Nov 27, 2011)
- Episode 1x03: A New Birth of Freedom (Nov 20, 2011)
- Episode 1x02: Immoral Mathematics (Nov 13, 2011)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Nov 6, 2011)
Conviction (2006)
Starring as Deputy D.A. Jim Steele
(13 episodes)
- Episode 1x13: Hostage (Part 2) (May 19, 2006)
- Episode 1x12: 180.80 (Part 1) (May 19, 2006)
- Episode 1x11: Indiscretion (May 12, 2006)
- Episode 1x10: Deliverance (May 5, 2006)
- Episode 1x09: The Wall (Apr 28, 2006)
- Episode 1x08: Downhill (Apr 14, 2006)
- Episode 1x07: True Love (Apr 11, 2006)
- Episode 1x06: Madness (Apr 7, 2006)
- Episode 1x05: Savasana (Mar 31, 2006)
- Episode 1x04: Indebted (Mar 24, 2006)
- Episode 1x03: Breakup (Mar 17, 2006)
- Episode 1x02: Denial (Mar 10, 2006)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Mar 3, 2006)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
Guest starring as Anson Mount
- Episode 18x39: Elemental; The Blackening; Manifest -- Season 4, Part 2 (Jun 17, 2023)
Sex and the City (1998)
Guest starring as Greg
- Episode 2x17: Twenty-Something Girls vs. Thirty-Something Women (Sep 26, 1999)