The reboot of Hawaii Five-0 features an Ocean's Eleven actor, two main cast members from Lost, and the son of a star of the original series.
Hawaii Five-0 is an action-drama series following a compelling central cast of characters fighting crime that hits the shores of the titular state. The show follows a former Navy SEAL who moves back to Hawaii to avenge his father’s death and finds himself leading an elite special response team tasked with fighting criminals and gangs in the island paradise. The show proves an action-packed affair, filled with shootouts and high drama but grounded by the bonds between the characters, particularly the friendship between Hawaii Five-0 leads Steve and Danny.
The series is a reboot of the classic series Hawaii Five-O, which aired on CBS from 1968 to 1980, and it features many of the same characters, as well as the same beloved TV theme song. The series is one of three classic police shows recently rebooted by Peter M. Lenkov. The new Hawaii Five-0, MacGyver, and Magnum P.I. make up “The Lenkov-verse," a shared universe of crime shows that often cross over with one another. Hawaii Five-0 is the first and most successful entry in this universe, running for 10 seasons while seeing a shifting cast of talented actors filling out the roles among the task force.
Alex O’Loughlin As Steve McGarrett
Alex O’Loughlin leads the cast of Hawaii Five-0 as the determined former Navy SEAL Steve McGarrett. Steve moves to Hawaii to solve his father’s murder and is offered the chance to lead his own task force, the Five-0. Before joining the Hawaii Five-0 cast, O’Loughlin played the recurring role of Kevin Hiatt in another crime series, The Shield, and starred as Mick St. John, a vampire private investigator, on the short-lived CBS show Moonlight. In movies, he starred opposite Jennifer Lopez as Stan in the romantic comedy The Back-up Plan, Marshall in the music prodigy drama August Rush, and biologist Russell Haden in the 2009 action movie Whiteout.
Scott Caan As Danny Williams
Also heading up the Hawaii Five-0 cast, Scott Caan plays Danny Williams, Steve’s partner and second-in-command of the task force. Danny meets Steve as the detective in charge of his father’s murder. Scott Caan is the son of legendary Hollywood actor James Caan and is otherwise best known for his role in the Ocean’s trilogy as Turk Malloy, one of two bickering siblings on Danny Ocean’s team. He also played Tumbler in the Nicolas Cage-led version of Gone in 60 Seconds and Tweeter in Varsity Blues. On TV, Caan played Scott Lavin on the HBO show Entourage and another cop, Jason Grant, on Alert: Missing Persons Unit.
