HBO's The Sympathizer Starring Hoa Xuande and Multiple Robert Downey Jr.s To Premiere Fall 2024

The Sympathizer is a new HBO Max series based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen and executive produced and co-starring Robert Downey Jr. in multiple roles.
The series follows a North Vietnamese spy embedded in Los Angeles's refugee community whose story depicts the final days of the Vietnam War and his life in exile in America.
Park Chan-wook co-showruns The Sympathizer with Don McKellar, marking Chan-wook's return to television.
The Sympathizer is a groundbreaking adaptation of an acclaimed Vietnamese work that premieres on HBO and HBO Max in fall 2024.
Hoa Xuande stars as the series' protagonist, a half-French half-Vietnamese communist spy.