True Detective's channel is HBO.
Colin Farrell . In 2015 , he starred as Detective Ray Velcoro in the second season of HBO 's True Detective , and also starred in the film The Lobster , for which he was nominated for his second Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Motion Picture Musical or Comedy . Rustin Spencer `` Rust '' Cohle is a fictional character in the first season of the anthology crime drama television series True Detective on HBO . True Detective is an American anthology crime drama television series created and written by Nic Pizzolatto . This came shortly after McConaughey said he would hypothetically be interested in reprising his role as Rust Cohle in a third season .