The Night Of is a 2016 American eight-part crime drama television miniseries based on the first season of Criminal Justice, a 2008 British series. The miniseries was written by Richard Price and Steven Zaillian (based on the original Criminal Justice plot by Peter Moffat), and directed by Zaillian and James Marsh. Broadcast on HBO, The Night Of premiered on July 10, 2016 to critical acclaim. The first episode premiered on June 24, 2016, via HBO's on-demand services. The Night Of received 13 Emmy nominations, winning five, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series for Riz Ahmed. Cast Starring John Turturro as John Stone, a lawyer who represents Nasir Khan Riz Ahmed as Nasir "Naz" Khan, a Pakistani-American college student accused of murdering a woman on the Upper West Side of New York City Michael K. Williams as Freddy Knight, an influential prisoner at Rikers Island Bill Camp as Detective Sergeant Dennis Box, the lead detective on Nasir's case Jeannie Berlin as Helen Weiss, a district attorney working on Nasir's case Payman Maadi as Salim Khan, Nasir's father Poorna Jagannathan as Safar Khan, Nasir's mother Glenne Headly as Alison Crowe, a lawyer who represents Nasir Khan Amara Karan as Chandra Kapoor, Alison's employee Ashley Thomas as Calvin Hart, a prisoner at Rikers Island Paul Sparks as Don Taylor, Andrea's stepfather Sofia Black-D'Elia as Andrea Cornish, the victim Afton Williamson as Wiggins, a police officer working at the 21st precinct Ben Shenkman as Klein, a sergeant working at 21st precinct Chip Zien as Katz, a pathologist Paulo Costanzo as Ray Halle, financial adviser to Andrea and her mother Ned Eisenberg as Lawrence Felder, a judge Kirk "Sticky Fingaz" Jones as Walker, a prisoner at Rikers Island Glenn Fleshler as Judge Roth Mohammad Bakri as Tariq, a taxi driver and Salim's colleague Nabil Elouahabi as Yusuf, a taxi driver and Salim's colleague Supporting Frank L. Ridley as Jerry Jeff Wincott as Lucas Fisher Stevens as Saul, John's pharmacist Lord Jamar as Tino Ariya Ghahramani as Amir Farik Syam Lafi as Hasan Khan Max Casella as Edgar J. D. Williams as Trevor Williams Frank Wood as Harry, the medical examiner Skipp Sudduth as Bell Kevin Dunn as Danny Lang Joe Egender as Cutler ("Cutty"), a drug dealer Mustafa Shakir as Victor Production On September 19, 2012, it was announced that HBO had ordered a pilot based on the British television series Criminal Justice.