The animated sequel Puss in Boots: The Last Wish managed to top its predecessor in many ways with help from a star-studded voice cast portraying new and returning fairy tale characters. Released in 2022, the movie directly follows the 2011 Puss in Boots feature film (as well as a 2012 animated short and animated series running from 2015 to 2018), which itself was a spinoff from the Shrek franchise. Like its predecessor, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. This was befitting of its lead voice cast, which included one Oscar-winning actor and three additional Oscar nominees.
Only two of the main voice actors from the original Puss in Boots returned to reprise their roles, one of them being Antonio Banderas as the titular swashbuckling cat. In the sequel, Puss faces a number of foes, including a very deadly main villain, as he seeks out the Wishing Star in order to restore his used-up lives. Along the way, he meets up with an ex-love and a new best friend. As usual for the Shrek movies, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish features a number of additional ing storybook characters, including two recurring roles who've been around since the franchise's beginning, and each part is perfectly cast.
Antonio Banderas As Puss In Boots
Leading the voice cast of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is Antonio Banderas, again portraying the charismatic title character. Banderas made his debut as the famous fairy tale feline in Shrek 2 and has voiced the character in three other features, including the 2011 Puss in Boots spinoff film, along with various animated shorts, TV specials, music videos, and more. The actor had previously portrayed another iconic swashbuckler as the titular star of The Mask of Zorro and its sequel, The Legend of Zorro. He is also known for his many collaborations with filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, including main roles in his Mexico Trilogy and Spy Kids franchise.
Banderas has also worked many times with his Puss in Boots: The Last Wish co-star Salma Hayek. They both appear in Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, Frida, Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, and Four Rooms. Banderas made his film debut in Pedro Almodóvar's 1982 Spanish-language comedy Labyrinth of ion and has reunited with the writer-director for seven more movies. Their most recent collaboration, Pain and Glory, resulted in Banderas being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. His filmography also includes memorable performances in Philadelphia, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and the TV series Genius, in which he portrayed artist Pablo Picasso.
Salma Hayek As Kitty Softpaws
The other main returning character from the first Puss in Boots is Kitty Softpaws, a thieving tuxedo cat who was Puss's love interest in the previous movie but has become estranged by the start of the sequel. Salma Hayek again voices the role as part of the Puss in Boots: The Last Wish cast. Among her past collaborations with Antonio Banderas, she starred as artist Frida Kahlo in the biopic Frida, earning an Oscar nomination for her performance. Hayek is also known for playing Ajak in Marvel's Eternals, Roxanne in the Grown Ups movies, Sonia in the Hitman's Bodyguard franchise, and the vampire Santanico Pandemonium in From Dusk till Dawn.
Harvey Guillén As Perrito
ing the cast of the Shrek franchise for the first time in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, rising star Harvey Guillén voices the role of Perrito. He's a small dog initially disguised as a cat, and he accompanies Puss and Kitty in their quest to find the Wishing Star, labeling the trio "Team Friendship." Guillén is best known for playing Guillermo in the vampire comedy series What We Do in the Shadows and previously had a recurring role as Cousin Blobbin in the cast of the superhero sitcom The Thundermans. His other voice-acting roles include Pelpel in the series Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight and Alton on Archer.
Florence Pugh As Goldilocks
Another Oscar nominee among the main voice cast of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Florence Pugh portrays the famous character Goldilocks from "The Story of the Three Bears." In the movie, she's known as Goldi and is the leader of the Three Bears Crime Family, who are after the Wishing Star so that she can find her biological family. Pugh is best known for Yelena Belova in the Marvel movie Black Widow and series Hawkeye and her Oscar-nominated performance as Amy March in the 2019 adaptation of Little Women. She also starred as Dani in Midsommar, Katherine in Lady Macbeth, and pro wrestler Paige in Fighting with My Family.
Olivia Colman As Mama Bear
Olivia Colman voices the role of Goldilocks's adoptive mother, Mama Bear, a member of the Three Bears Crime Family, in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. Colman won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Queen Anne in The Favourite and has since also been Oscar-nominated for her performances in The Father and The Lost Daughter. Her other popular roles include Queen Elizabeth II in two seasons of Netflix's The Crown, PC Doris Thatcher in Hot Fuzz, and Sophie Chapman on the sitcom Peep Show. She also voiced the villainous PAL in The Mitchells vs. the Machines and Marion in various Thomas & Friends series.
Ray Winstone As Papa Bear
Goldilocks's adoptive father, Papa Bear, another character inspired by "The Story of the Three Bears," is voiced by Ray Winstone. Prior to ing the cast of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Winstone had voiced Bad Bill in the animated feature Rango and Mr. Beaver in the 2005 live-action movie The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and he also starred as the titular hero in Robert Zemeckis's motion-capture animated adaptation of Beowulf. His best-known on-screen roles include Mr. French in The Departed, Gal in Sexy Beast, Mac in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and the villain Dreykov in Marvel's Black Widow.
Samson Kayo As Baby Bear
Rounding out the Three Bears Crime Family is Baby Bear, voiced by British comedian Samson Kayo. Outside of being part of the cast of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Kayo is known for playing the pirate Oluwande on the show Our Flag Means Death, and he also played an unnamed pirate alongside Antonio Banderas in the movie Dolittle. Kayo previously starred in the BBC sketch comedy series Famalam and the sitcom Bloods, which he co-created, and played the character called Elton John in the supernatural horror comedy series Truth Seekers.
John Mulaney As Jack Horner
American comedian John Mulaney is part of the main voice cast of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish as "Big" Jack Horner, based on the nursery rhyme character Little Jack Horner. In the world of this Shrek spinoff, Horner is a crime boss as well as a pastry salesman whose gang is called "the Baker's Dozen." Mulaney's other best-known roles are in animation, including the voices of Spider-Ham in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Chip in the hybrid film Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, and Andrew Glouberman in the series Big Mouth. He was formerly employed as a writer for Saturday Night Live, which he has hosted multiple times.
Wagner Moura As Wolf
Rounding out the main voice cast of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Wagner Moura portrays the big bad, Wolf, who turns out to be Death. While not necessarily the primary antagonist of the movie, he is the scariest villain and provides the biggest stakes for Puss and his journey. Moura is best known for portraying Pablo Escobar in the Netflix series Narcos and for playing the lead in the hit Brazilian crime film Elite Squad and its sequel, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within. He also portrayed United Nations diplomat Sérgio Vieira de Mello in the Netflix biopic Sergio and Laszlo in the Netflix action movie The Gray Man.
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish ing Cast & Characters
Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Mama Luna - An elderly cat lady who welcomes Puss into her home. Randolph is best known for playing Lady Reed in Dolemite Is My Name and Beth in The Lost City. She also voiced a Techno Troll in Trolls World Tour.
Anthony Mendez as Doctor - The doctor who diagnoses Puss as having only one life left is played by Anthony Mendez. Before ing the voice cast of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, his best-known role was the narrator of the show Jane the Virgin.
Kevin McCann as Ethical Bug - A parody of Jiminy Cricket, Ethical Bug is a character who tries to be Jack Horner's conscience. This is McCann's only credited acting role, but he has worked behind the scenes on other animated films, including Hotel Transylvania 2.
Bernardo De Paula as the Governor of Del Mar - De Paula is an actor whose voice could be heard in the cartoons Jellystone, DuckTales, and Carmen Sandiego before he ed the cast of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.
Betsy Sodaro as Jo Serpent - One of the Serpent sisters. Sodaro is best known for playing Nancy on the TV show Ghosts and Dabby on the Netflix sitcom Disted and for voicing Community Sue on Disney's Big City Greens and Clampers Buttonwillow in Trolls World Tour.
Artemis Pebdani as Jan Serpent - The other one of the Serpent sisters. Pebdani voiced Gramma Alice on Big City Greens and Gran on The Croods: Family Tree. She's also known for playing Susan Ross on Scandal and Frank's love interest Artemis on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Conrad Vernon as Gingy - Also known as Gingerbread Man, this character has been a staple of the Shrek franchise since the start, and Vernon has voiced him throughout. Vernon is also a director and storyboard artist and has voiced many characters for other DreamWorks Animation films, including those in the Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, and Boss Baby franchises. He later voiced characters for and co-directed Sausage Party and the animated Addams Family movies.
Cody Cameron as Pinocchio - Another famous fairy tale character who has appeared throughout the franchise. Cameron has voiced Pinocchio since the first Shrek movie and reprised the role again as part of the voice cast of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. He has also worked behind the scenes on many of the animated features he lends his voice to and even directed Open Season 3 and co-directed Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.
