8.9
/10
Detective Rust Cohle is a fictional character portrayed by Matthew McConaughey in the TV series True Detective.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled The Long Bright Dark (season 1), they were 44 years old.
They appear in 8 episodes out of a total of 30 aired so far and have accumulated 154658 positive votes.

Detective Rust Cohle

by Matthew McConaughey

character

Episodes8

  • 8.9
    /10

    The Long Bright Dark

    episode S1.E1 january 2014
    In 2012, former detective partners Rust Cohle and Martin Hart recap one of their very first cases together involving a serial killer, back in 1995.
  • 8.8
    /10

    Seeing Things

    episode S1.E2 january 2014
    Cohle and Hart travel around trying to track down leads to their case. Darker sides of Hart's personal and family lives are revealed.
  • 9.1
    /10

    The Locked Room

    episode S1.E3 january 2014
    Cohle and Martin finally get a new wind in the case and can confirm a suspect. Martin's mistress gets on with somebody else leaving him furious. Cohle's theory becomes increasingly more convincing than ever.
  • 9.6
    /10

    Who Goes There

    episode S1.E4 february 2014
    Martin is faced with marital problems. The search for Reggie Ledoux leads the detectives to a motorcycle gang called the Iron Crusaders, which Rust worked undercover in the past.
  • 9.5
    /10

    The Secret Fate of All Life

    episode S1.E5 february 2014
    Hart and Cohle share the spoils of a solved case; Papania and Gilbough confront the detectives with troubling new intelligence.
  • 9.2
    /10

    Haunted Houses

    episode S1.E6 february 2014
    Cohle's activities in 2002, when his partnership with Hart disintegrated and he quit the force, are recalled by Maggie.
  • 9.2
    /10

    After You've Gone

    episode S1.E7 march 2014
    Cohle and Hart try to discover if a series of missing persons reports could be related to the Dora Lange murder and the Tuttle family.
  • 9.5
    /10

    Form and Void

    episode S1.E8 march 2014
    An overlooked detail provides Hart and Cohle with an important new lead in their 17-year-old case.

Best moments8

  • 9.6
    /10
    97% of the votes

    Who Goes There

    episode S1.E4 february 2014
    Martin is faced with marital problems. The search for Reggie Ledoux leads the detectives to a motorcycle gang called the Iron Crusaders, which Rust worked undercover in the past.
  • 8.8
    /10
    95% of the votes

    Seeing Things

    episode S1.E2 january 2014
    Cohle and Hart travel around trying to track down leads to their case. Darker sides of Hart's personal and family lives are revealed.
  • 9.5
    /10
    95% of the votes

    Form and Void

    episode S1.E8 march 2014
    An overlooked detail provides Hart and Cohle with an important new lead in their 17-year-old case.
  • 9.5
    /10
    94% of the votes

    The Secret Fate of All Life

    episode S1.E5 february 2014
    Hart and Cohle share the spoils of a solved case; Papania and Gilbough confront the detectives with troubling new intelligence.
  • 8.9
    /10
    93% of the votes

    The Long Bright Dark

    episode S1.E1 january 2014
    In 2012, former detective partners Rust Cohle and Martin Hart recap one of their very first cases together involving a serial killer, back in 1995.
  • 9.1
    /10
    92% of the votes

    The Locked Room

    episode S1.E3 january 2014
    Cohle and Martin finally get a new wind in the case and can confirm a suspect. Martin's mistress gets on with somebody else leaving him furious. Cohle's theory becomes increasingly more convincing than ever.
  • 9.2
    /10
    88% of the votes

    After You've Gone

    episode S1.E7 march 2014
    Cohle and Hart try to discover if a series of missing persons reports could be related to the Dora Lange murder and the Tuttle family.
  • 9.2
    /10
    83% of the votes

    Haunted Houses

    episode S1.E6 february 2014
    Cohle's activities in 2002, when his partnership with Hart disintegrated and he quit the force, are recalled by Maggie.

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