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Marvel's Daredevil, or simply Daredevil, is an upcoming American web television series developed for Netflix by Drew Goddard, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise.

The series stars Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil, a lawyer-by-day who fights crime at night. It is the first in a series of shows that will lead up to a Defenders crossover miniseries, and is produced by Marvel Television and ABC Studios, with Steven S. DeKnight serving as showrunner, and Goddard acting as consultant.

All episodes are set to premiere in May 2015.

Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil:

A blind lawyer who becomes the hero Daredevil.[8] DeKnight stated that "He’s not super strong. He’s not invulnerable. In every aspect, he’s a man that’s just pushed himself to the limits, he just has senses that are better than a normal human's. He is human." On the character's "grey" morals, he said, "He’s a lawyer by day, and he’s taken this oath. But every night he breaks that oath, and goes out and does very violent things... I really liked the flawed heroes, the human heroes."[1] The idea of casting Cox as Daredevil came from Marvel’s Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada in 2012, before Marvel Studios gained the rights to the character from 20th Century Fox.[9]
On playing the character, Cox said, "There are so many aspects. There’s the blindness and physicality. Making a show is about human emotion, conflict and turmoil. When meeting a man who’s a lawyer by day and believes in law and justice and then a man by night is someone who takes the law into his own hands. He deals with battles dealing with that concept."[10] Elaborating on the difficulties of playing the character, Cox said, "I put on a shirt but I can't look where the buttons are, because Daredevil wouldn't know where the buttons are, but I also can't fumble."[11] Cox later explained that, unlike the comic book character, his version of Daredevil would not be a "man without fear", saying "Someone who does not have fear — literally does not experience fear — is not that interesting. The way I like to think about it is that he is a man with fear, but he on a daily basis decides to confront that fear and to overcome it. So the title of ‘the man without fear’ is almost a title that the public in his world gives him just because of what he does. But inside himself, he’s very afraid at times. And he finds a way to confront those fears and punch through it."[12]

Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page:
An enigmatic young woman whose quest for justice sends her crashing into Murdock's life.[13] On creating the character of Karen Page, after portraying Jessica Hamby in True Blood from 2008–14, Woll said, "I'm already starting to notice huge differences between the two characters... I can feel myself go, "Oh, if this was Jessica she would do this," but wanting to kind of steer differently than that. It's always going to be me in some way. I think, as an actor, that's part of it."[14]

Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson: Murdock's close friend and law partner.[15]

Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Marianna: An art gallery employee and Wilson Fisk's love interest.[16][17]

Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple: A nurse that works at night who helps Murdock.[17][18]

Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin:
A powerful businessman whose interests in the future of Hell’s Kitchen will bring him into conflict with Murdock and Daredevil.[19][20] D'Onofrio stated he hoped his portrayal of Fisk was a new way to look at the character, and that it would be the definitive portrayal of the character.[21] "Our Fisk, he's a child and he's a monster," D'Onofrio said. "Every move that he makes and everything that he does in our story comes from his foundation of morality inside himself."[22] In December 2014, DeKnight detailed that "Fisk has very many different aspects so it’s not all, ‘I want to conquer the city and make a lot of money.’ In our story, we tell the story of how he met his wife Vanessa and how they fell in love — our antagonist actually has a love story. That’s the love story you’re following, the one you’re invested in, and seeing how that affects him and changes him." He also said that "if you’re looking for a juicy, multi-faceted crime drama, Wilson Fisk was the obvious choice to play the antagonist ... [he] really felt like the right yin to the yang for Matt, and for what we wanted to do this season."[12]

Recurring
Vondie Curtis-Hall as Ben Urich: An investigative journalist for the New York Bulletin.[17][16]
Scott Glenn as Stick: A mysterious martial artist and Murdock's mentor.[23]
Bob Gunton as Leland Owlsley.[17][18]
Toby Leonard Moore as Wesley: Fisk's right hand man.[17][16]
Peter Shinkoda as Hachiro