Meet the Characters

Find out more about the residents of Arcadia and their own stories.

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Jacob Langston (played by Landon Gimenez)

Jacob is an 8-year-old boy who's discovered on a road in rural China. Wary and baffled by a world he's clearly out of place in, Jacob is brought to local officials and then sent to the United States, where it's assumed he belongs.

After meeting Agent J. Martin Bellamy, Jacob is returned to Arcadia, Missouri to his much older parents, Henry and Lucille. They are both stunned to see their long lost boy, leaving many questions to be answered?
Pastor Tom Hale (played by Mark Hildreth)

The local minister in Arcadia, Tom Hale is a town leader with a loyal flock. He has an empathetic soul that is irresistible to women. Married to Janine, he's initially unwilling to believe in the miracle that is Jacob. But he was best buddies with the 8-year-old boy, 32 years ago, and he instantly recognizes his long-lost pal, making him question his very beliefs?
Henry Langston (played by Kurtwood Smith)

Henry is a seemingly content man with a happy marriage to his wife, Lucille ? but the death of their son, Jacob, in 1982 cast a long shadow that has never really gone away. When a boy who appears to be Jacob (unchanged after all of the years) returns to Arcadia, Henry is baffled by the apparent phenomenon.
Lucille Langston (played by Frances Fisher)

Lucille lives with her husband Henry in Arcadia. Though she has a loving relationship with Henry, she's never stopped missing Jacob, her son who apparently drowned years ago when he was just a boy.

When Jacob is brought back home by Agent J. Martin Bellamy, Lucille doesn't waste time asking the unanswerable questions.
J. Martin Bellamy (played by Omar Epps)

Agent Bellamy is a former cop who is currently an agent with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A mysterious incident along the way forced him out of the field and into a desk job, until he meets Jacob, a mystifying American boy.

After returning Jacob to his hometown of Arcadia, Bellamy joins forces with local doctor Maggie Langston to figure out why the unexplainable is happening.
Maggie Langston (played by Devin Kelley)

A tough, attractive doctor with a private practice in Arcadia, Maggie is smart with an inquisitive nature. She's the daughter of the local Sheriff and the niece of Henry and Lucille Langston.

Her mother, Barbara, died more than 30 years ago in the same accident that killed Jacob. Maggie is amazed when Jacob returns to Arcadia and disinclined to ignore the phenomenon, especially when Jacob's account of her mother's death wildly differs from her father's. Against her father's wishes, she teams up with Agent Bellamy to get to the bottom of the mystery.
Caleb Richards (played by Sam Hazeldine)

A mysterious and disheveled man, Caleb Richards is on the path to Arcadia - and further complicates the town's growing mystery.
Elaine Richards (played by Samaire Armstrong)

Elaine is Maggie's best friend. A single, attractive woman, Elaine is good at her job as an assistant bank manager, but being the financial and emotional support for her brother Ray has made it difficult for her to live her own life. But when a phenomenon happens that directly affects her family, will she finally get the help she needs?
Sheriff Fred Langston (played by Matt Craven)

Fred is the local Sheriff in Arcadia, Missouri. He is Maggie's father and Henry's brother, and has been a widower ever since his wife Barbara died in the same accident that took Jacob's life.

An intense man with a pointed temper, Fred adamantly does not want the incident of his wife's death dug up and picked over, but underneath the harsh exterior lies a wounded soul.