Tracker Cast: Justin Hartley’s New Co-Stars Are Nothing Like Young & Restless
Add this show to your primetime watch list. CBS’ Tracker cast is filled with familiar faces, and we’re not just talking about The Young and the Restless alum Justin Hartley.
Tracker is CBS’ action drama series following Colter Shaw, a “lone-wolf survivalist” who travels the United States as a “reward seeker,” who helps people and law enforcement solve a variety of mysteries through his expert tracking skills. The series, which premiered on February 11, 2024 after the Super Bowl LIX, is based on Jeffrey Deaver’s book series, The Never Game.
Justin Hartley, who both stars as Colter and is also an executive producer on Tracker told TV Insider in January 2024 about how his character is different and similar to his notable role as Kevin Pearson in NBC’s This Is Us. “I carry Kevin with me a little bit into this role,” he said. “This is an action thriller and Colter’s circumstances are completely different. You’ve got the father and the question about what happened there. You’ve got family drama, you’ve got questions that there are no answers to. I think if you put Kevin in Colter’s boots, he would be dead in a day. But that doesn’t mean they don’t have the same heart.” He also noted the differences between the flashbacks in Tracker and This Is Us. “The flashbacks in the pilot are necessary to tell a quick story, like, ‘This is where this guy is,’” he said. “We’ll get away from them a little bit more as the series goes on.”
Hartley teased Colter’s journey throughout Tracker. “He’s searching for the answer to that question. He’s a restless guy, and we’ll unpeel it throughout the season, what his childhood was,” he said. “We’ll get into more detail about the relationship with his mother, his father, his brother, all that stuff.”
He also addressed whether he felt any “pressure” about Tracker premiering after the Super Bowl. “The more times people say, ‘Is there pressure?’ the more I feel like maybe I should start feeling pressure,” he said. “But it was the same thing with the This Is Us pilot. I knew it was very, very good and something I would remember for the rest of my life. That’s how I feel about this. I know our show is great, and that’s all you can do.”
But of course, Hartley, who soaps fans will remember as Fox Crane in Passions and Adam Newman in The Young and the Restless, isn’t the only familiar face in Tracker. Meet the full Tracker cast ahead and see why the stars of CBS’ hot new drama look so familiar.
Tracker is available to stream on Paramount Plus.
