Jeremy Strong is starring in a new Paramount+ show about 9/11 first responders.
Strong is best known for playing Kendall Roy in HBO’s Succession. That role won him an Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Emmy Award in 2020, while he was also nominated for the same accolade two other times. He was also recently nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his portrayal of Roy Cohn in 2024’s The Apprentice.
What is Jeremy Strong’s 9/11 TV show about?
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Jeremy Strong has now been tapped to star in 9/12, a six-episode limited series that is written, directed, and executive produced by Tobias Lindholm.
The show is about “a landmark David vs. Goliath legal struggle that first responders to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attack faced before eventually winning compensation.”
In addition to playing class-action lawyer Jason Smith, Strong will also executive produce the series, which will begin production in 2026. Frank Pugliese also serves as a writer and executive producer.
“Though rooted in the unprecedented attacks of September 11, 2001, 9/12 speaks to struggles that reach far beyond that day. It asks what happens when those who risked everything are abandoned by the very institutions meant to protect them. The series is a testament to human strength and perseverance in the face of unthinkable adversity — the very tension that compelled me to tell this story,” Lindholm said.
Strong said, “The great American historian David Halberstam once wrote about Sept. 11, 2001, ‘On a day when the worst of mankind showed itself, the best of mankind answered.’ 9/12 is about the best of us — our first responders whose official response time on 9/11 was five seconds. It is about a moment of unity and togetherness in this divided country, when, amidst the wreckage, we rebuilt and rose again from the rubble.”
9/12 will be released on Paramount+ in 2027.
