Actress Michelle Thrush, who plays Jaclyn, is a member of First Nations. She offered show creators feedback on early drafts of the Tin Star season one story in order to help bring authenticity to its portrayal of First Nations characters.
Tim Roth has said that working with relatively new actor Tobi Bamtefa who plays Godswill in season one was memorable because of Bamtefa's positive attitude during the filming of the violent action scenes.
Lorne Cardinal who portrays Officer Lightfoot is also a police officer (albeit a dumber one) on the show Corner Gas.