''Agent Elvis'' is an American
adult animated sitcom created by
Priscilla Presley,
John Eddie
John Eddie (born 1959, Richmond, Virginia) is an American rock singer. Eddie moved to New Jersey in the 1970s and became a popular club circuit musician there, occasionally performing with Bruce Springsteen.
Music career
John's first studio pr ...
and Mike Arnold for
Netflix which premiered on March 17, 2023. The show follows the exploits of a fictionalized version of American
rock n' roll
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock 'n' roll, or rock 'n roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It originated from African-American music such as jazz, rhythm an ...
legend
Elvis Presley (voiced by
Matthew McConaughey), who moonlights as a
secret agent for the United States government.
On November 15, 2023, the series was canceled after one season.
Voice cast
Main
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Matthew McConaughey as
Elvis Presley
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Kaitlin Olson
Kaitlin Willow Olson (born August 18, 1975) is an American actress. She began her career in The Sunday Company at the Groundlings, an improvisational theatre and school in Los Angeles, California. She had minor roles in several television series ...
as CeCe Ryder
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Johnny Knoxville as Bobby Ray, Elvis' best friend and stuntman.
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Niecy Nash as Bertie, Elvis' legal guardian
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Tom Kenny as Scatter, Elvis' drug-addicted chimpanzee.
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Don Cheadle as The Commander
Recurring
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Fred Armisen as
Charles Manson
Charles Milles Manson (; November 12, 1934November 19, 2017) was an American criminal and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California, in the late 1960s. Some of the members committed a series of nine murders at four loca ...
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Ron Tutt as himself
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Asif Ali as Doyle
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Chris Elliott
Christopher Nash Elliott (born May 31, 1960) is an American actor, comedian and writer. He appeared in comedic sketches on '' Late Night with David Letterman'' (1982–1988), created and starred in the comedy series '' Get a Life'' (1990–1992) ...
as
Timothy Leary
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Jason Mantzoukas as
Howard Hughes
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Priscilla Presley as herself
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Baz Luhrmann
Mark Anthony Luhrmann (born 17 September 1962), known professionally as Baz Luhrmann, is an Australian film director, producer, writer and actor. With projects spanning film, television, opera, theatre, music and recording industries, he is re ...
as The Director
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Tony Cavalero
Anthony Cavalero (born October 14, 1983) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his role as Dewey Finn on the Nickelodeon's '' School of Rock'', Keefe Chambers on the HBO television series ''The Righteous Gemstones'' (2019–presen ...
as Flyboy
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Gary Cole as
President Nixon
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Ed Helms as
Robert Goulet
Robert Gérard Goulet (November 26, 1933 October 30, 2007) was an American and Canadian singer and actor of French-Canadian ancestry. Goulet was born and raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts until age 13, and then spent his formative years in Cana ...
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Christina Hendricks as Roxanne Ryder, CeCe's estranged mother.
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Ego Nwodim as Zara
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George Clinton as himself
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Simon Pegg as
Paul McCartney
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Dee Bradley Baker as
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his films, almost all of which are adaptations of nove ...
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Craig Robinson as Jackie
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Kieran Culkin as Gabriel Wolf
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Jamie Costa as young
Kurt Russell
Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He began acting on television at the age of 12 in the Westerns on television, western series ''The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series), The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters'' (19 ...
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Tara Strong as Various
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Cree Summer
Cree Summer Francks (born July 7, 1969) is a American-Canadian actress and singer. She has worked extensively in animation, voicing long-running characters such as Susie Carmichael in ''Rugrats'' and Elmyra Duff in ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' and r ...
as Various
Episodes
Reception
The
review aggregator website
Rotten Tomatoes reported a 62% approval rating with an average rating of 5.7/10, based on 21 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "''Agent Elvis'' one-joke premise won't fill viewers with burning love, but its all-star voice cast and sheer novelty make for an alright, alright, alright animated comedy."
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 65 out of 100 based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
References
External links
Official website*
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