The third season of the American crime thriller television series The Blacklist premiered on NBC on October 1, 2015 and concluded on May 19, 2016. The season contained 23 episodes. The season was produced by Davis Entertainment, Universal Television, and Sony Pictures Television, and the executive producers were Jon Bokenkamp, John Davis, John Eisendrath, John Fox, and Joe Carnahan.
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James Spader as Raymond "Red" Reddington
Megan Boone as FBI Special Agent Elizabeth Keen
Diego Klattenhoff as FBI Special Agent Donald Ressler
Ryan Eggold as Tom Keen
Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper
Amir Arison as Aram Mojtabai
Mozhan Marnò as Samar Navabi
Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe Zuma
David Strathairn as Peter Kotsiopulos, the Director of the National Clandestine Service (deceased).
Edi Gathegi as Matias Solomon, a Cabal operative sent to hunt down Reddington.
Adriane Lenox as Deputy Attorney General Reven Wright (deceased).
Christine Lahti as Laurel Hitchin, National Security Advisor and chairman of the commission tasked with investigating the OREA bombing.
Margarita Levieva as Gina Zanetakos, a corporate terrorist turned master criminal who recruits Tom for a heist.
Andrew Divoff as Karakurt, a Russian assassin responsible for the OREA bombing and killing of Senator Hawkins (captured).
Fisher Stevens as Marvin Gerard, Reddington's lawyer.
Peter Vack as Asher Sutton, socialite whom Tom Keen exploits to track Karakurt (deceased).
Susan Blommaert as Mr. Kaplan, Reddington's personal cleaner.
Paul Reubens as Mr. Vargas, Reddington's double agent (deceased).
Tony Plana as Mr. Diaz, the Venezuelan Foreign Minister whom Reddington asks for help.
Conor Leslie as Gwen Hollander, Asher Sutton's girlfriend.
Clark Middleton as Glen Carter, a DMV employee occasionally employed by Reddington.
Ned van Zandt as Leonard Caul, an operative of Reddington's and an expert on computer security.
Deidre Lovejoy as Cynthia Panabaker, the White House Counsel.
Tawny Cypress as Nez Rowan, a mercenary.
Famke Janssen as Susan Scott "Scottie" Hargrave
Ulrich Thomsen as Alexander Kirk
Benito Martinez as Senator Diaz, a presidential candidate being supported by Alexander Kirk
Hisham Tawfiq, who plays Red's body man, Dembe Zuma, was promoted to series regular beginning with Season 3.
Episode 22 was written by Bokenkamp and Eisendrath and directed by Michael Dinner as a potential spin-off of the series. It aired on May 12, 2016. The spin-off was ordered titled The Blacklist: Redemption on May 14, 2016.
The third season of The Blacklist received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season received a rating of 92%, based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The consensus reads, "The Blacklist is back in top form with fresh dangers that put Red on the ropes while giving James Spader room to shine."
