The actor playing Red's chief of security Baz, Baz, also happens to be a former C.I.A. officer and veteran U.S. Marine who founded an N.G.O. that rescues kidnapped children in the sex-slave trade.
David Strathairn plays a C.I.A. Director in the series. He also played a C.I.A. Director in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and The Bourne Legacy (2012).