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Netflix confirms The Gilded Age favourite to play Dan Brown's Robert Langdon in new TV series

The star is playing the latest version of the iconic symbologist in a new adaptation.

Morgan Spector poses on a red carpet in front of a mottled green background. He is wearing a black shirt with a white splash design, is wearing tinted black glasses, and has black hair and a beard

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Published: Tuesday, 28 July 2026 at 11:57 am

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The Gilded Age’s Morgan Spector has been confirmed as the new star to take on the role of Robert Langdon, leading a new Dan Brown adaptation for Netflix.

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The American star was announced on Monday, joining his real-life wife Rebecca Hall in a series production of The Secret of Secrets.

In the new mystery thriller, based on the 2025 novel by Dan Brown, Harvard professor Langdon finds himself in a race against ancient forces in a bid to rescue his girlfriend, whose scientific work has drawn attention as it has the potential to change humanity’s understanding of how the mind works.

He now needs to track down her and her manuscript before it's too late.

Carlton Cuse, co-creator and executive producer of the project alongside Brown, told Netflix of the casting: “Morgan is a truly wonderful actor whose work is always filled with intelligence, thoughtfulness and humanity.

Morgan Spector poses on a red carpet in front of a sign for the Entertainment Community Fund. He is wearing a charcoal grey suit and white shirt, with shaggy dark curly hair and a beard

Morgan Spector. Manoli Figetakis/Getty Images

“He’s the perfect fit for Robert Langdon — a brilliant academic whose curiosity, intelligence and intellect are the tools of his trade.”

Robert Langdon is a symbologist with unique skills, including an eidetic (photographic) memory and genius mind, which helps him solve mysteries and puzzles.

The Secret of Secrets is the sixth book in Brown’s Langdon book series, which launched in 2000 with Angels and Demons, followed by The Da Vinci Code in 2003.

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Taissa Farmiga as Gladys Russell and Morgan Spector as George Russell in The Gilded Age. 2021 Heyday Productions, LLC and Universal Television LLC

Both books, as well as 2016's Inferno, have since been adapted into movies, with Tom Hanks playing leading man Robert Langdon.

According to Deadline, Spector's casting in the show will not affect his position in The Gilded Age as George Russell, husband to Bertha (Carrie Coon).

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Season 4 of the period drama has already been filmed and set to be released later this year, with season 5 yet to be confirmed.

Prior to being cast as Langdon, Spector also starred in Netflix's Black Rabbit, HBO series Homeland, and mini-series The Plot Against America.

The Secret of Secrets will come to Netflix.

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Tilly PearceFreelance Writer

Tilly Pearce is a freelance TV journalist whose coverage ranges from reality shows like Love Is Blind to sci-fi shows like Fallout. She is an NCTJ Gold Standard accredited journalist, who has previously worked as Deputy TV Editor (maternity cover) at Digital Spy, and Deputy TV & Showbiz Editor at Daily Express US.

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