House of Guinness First Look Revealed by Netflix
Netflix has revealed the premiere date, key art, and first photos for House of Guinness, the upcoming drama series from Steven Knight. Knight is writing the next James Bond movie for Amazon MGM Studios.
From production companies Kudos and Nebulastar, House of Guinness will premiere on Netflix on September 25, 2025.
House of Guinness explores an epic story inspired by one of Europe’s most famous and enduring dynasties – the Guinness Family.
Set in 19th-century Dublin and New York, the story begins immediately after the death of Sir Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the extraordinary success of the Guinness brewery, and the far-reaching impact of his will on the fate of his four adult children, Arthur, Edward, Anne, and Ben, as well as on a group of Dublin characters who work and interact with the phenomenon that is Guinness.
Created and written by Steven Knight, the series is executive produced by Karen Wilson, Elinor Day, Steven Knight, Martin Haines, Tom Shankland, and Ivana Lowell.
Cahal Bannon is the series producer, and Howard Burch is the producer. Tom Shankland directed block 1 of the series, and Mounia Akl directed block 2.
Kudos, part of Banijay UK, is one of the world’s leading television production companies, specializing in scripted content. They are producers of popular, innovative, award-winning drama and comedy series.
Kudos’s recent productions include This Town (BBC One), the internationally acclaimed SAS Rogue Heroes (BBC One), Deadwater Fell (Channel 4 & now streaming on Netflix), Grantchester (ITV), Then You Run (Sky), and Responsible Child (BBC Two). Joint managing directors Karen Wilson and Martin Haines run Kudos.
THE HOUSE OF GUINNESS CAST
Anthony Boyle (Masters of the Air, Manhunt) will play Arthur Guinness
Louis Partridge (Disclaimer, Enola Holmes) will play Edward Guinness
Emily Fairn (The Responder, Saturday Night) will play Anne Plunket (née Guinness)
Fionn O’Shea (Normal People, Dance First) will play Benjamin Guinness
James Norton (Happy Valley, Bob Marley: One Love) will play Sean Rafferty
Dervla Kirwan (True Detective: Night Country, Smother) will play Aunt Agnes Guinness
Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones, In the Land of Saints and Sinners) will play Byron Hedges
Niamh McCormack (Everything Now, The Magic Flute) will play Ellen Cochrane
Danielle Galligan (Shadow and Bone, Obituary) will play Lady Olivia Hedges
Ann Skelly (The Nevers, The Sandman) will play Adelaide Guinness
Seamus O’Hara (Blue Lights, An Irish Goodbye) will play Patrick Cochrane
Michael McElhatton (Game of Thrones, The Long Shadow) will play John Potter
David Wilmot (Station Eleven, Bodkin) will play Bonnie Champion
Michael Colgan (Say Nothing, The Regime) will play Rev Henry Gratton
Jessica Reynolds (Kneecap, The Wolf, The Fox and the Leopard) will play Lady Christine O’Madden
Hilda Fay (The Woman in the Wall, Spilt Milk) will play Sultan
Elizabeth Daulau (Andor, Wicked) will play Lady Henrietta St Lawrence
