Tracker Cast: Justin Hartley’s New Show Features *This* Manifest Alum
Who’s in the Tracker cast?
Add this show to your primetime viewing list. CBS’s Tracker cast is full of familiar faces, and we’re not just talking about Justin Hartley, a former The Young and the Restless star.
Tracker is a CBS action-drama series that follows Colter Shaw, a “lone survivor” who travels across the United States as a “bounty seeker” who helps people and law enforcement solve mysteries through his expert tracking skills. The series, which premieres on February 11, 2024, after Super Bowl LIX, is based on the book series by Jeffrey Deaver
Justin Hartley, who both plays Colter and serves as an executive producer on Tracker, told TV Insider in January 2024 how his character is different from and similar to his notable role as Kevin Pearson on NBC’s This Is Us.
bringing Kevin a little bit with me into this role,” he said. “This is an action thriller, and Colter’s situation is completely different. You have the father and the question of what happened there. You have the family tragedy, you have questions that don’t have answers. I think if you put Kevin in Colter’s shoes, he’d 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 first episode are necessary to tell a brief story, like, ‘Here’s where this guy was,’” he said. “We’ll move away from them a little bit as the series goes on.”
But of course, Hartley, who fans will remember as Fox Crane on Passions and Adam Newman on The Young and the Restless, isn’t the only familiar face in Tracker. Meet the entire cast of Tracker and see why the stars of CBS’s exciting new drama look so familiar.
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Justin Hartley (Colter Shaw)
Justin Hartley, a former cast member of The Young and the Restless, stars as Colter Shaw in Tracker. Colter is described as a “lone survivor” who roams the country as a “bounty seeker,” using his expert tracking skills to help police and ordinary citizens solve mysteries. The character, who also comes from a broken family, was first introduced in Jeffrey Deaver’s best-selling book, The Never Game, on which Tracker is based. Colter’s hometown is Orlando Park and he was born on January 29, according to Tracker’s official website.
Hartley previously played Adam Newman on The Young and the Restless from 2014 to 2016. The role earned him a 2016 Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. He also played Fox Crane on the television series Passions from 2002 to 2006, as well as Oliver Queen, aka Green Arrow, on The CW’s Smallville from 2006 to 2011. His most recent notable television role was Kevin Pearson on This Is Us from 2016 to 2022, for which he was nominated for three Critics’ Choice Television Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
In an interview with TV Insider, Hartley shed light on Colter’s journey in Tracker. “He’s searching for the answer to that question. He’s a troubled guy, and we’re going to be revealing that throughout the season, about his childhood,” he said. “We’re going to be diving deeper into his relationship with his mother, his father, his brother, all of that.”
He also touched on whether he felt any “pressure” about Tracker debuting after the Super Bowl. “The more people say, ‘Is there any pressure?’ the more I feel like maybe I should start feeling pressure,” he said. “But it’s like the This Is Us pilot. I know it’s really, really good and it’s something I’m going to remember for the rest of my life. That’s how I feel about it. I know our show is great, and that’s all you can do.”
