recast its lead role with Liam Hemsworth. Geralt of Rivia's mentor will also look different, as Vesemir's actor also won't be returning due to scheduling conflicts. But according to Netflix, the rest of The Witcher's regular cast will be returning, barring those who died during the climactic end of season 3.
Regis, who will be played by Laurence Fishburne, as well as Danny Woodburn as Geralt's friend, the Dwarf swordsman Zoltan Chivay. With these additions, The Witcher's next outing will have a star-studded cast as the Netflix show reaches a tense point of adapting Andrzej Sapkowski's books.
The Witcher season 4's returning cast |
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Character |
Actor |
Yennefer of Vengerberg |
Anya Chalotra |
Ciri |
Freya Allan |
Jaskier |
Joey Batey |
Vilgefortz |
Mahesh Jadu |
Triss Merigold |
Anna Shaffer |
Fringilla Vigo |
Mimî M. Khayisa |
sca Findabair |
Mecia Simson |
Istredd |
Royce Pierreson |
Philippa Eilhart |
Cassie Clare |
Cahir |
Eamon Farren |
Sigismund Dijkstra |
Graham McTavish |
Emhyr var Emreis |
Bard Edwards |
Lambert |
Paul Bullion |
Coen |
Yasen Zates Atour |
Valdo Marx |
Nathan Armakwei-Laryea |
Milva |
Meng'er Zhang |
1 Anya Chalotra
Playing Yennefer Of Vengerberg
Anya Chalotra got her big acting break as Shakespeare's classic tragic lover Hero in a Globe Theatre production of Much Ado About Nothing in 2017. She followed that up with several more significant theatrical roles, as well as breaking into TV, film, and voice acting. She also played Sif in Twilight of the Gods and Robin Loxley in Sherwood.
On the run since the destruction of the Brotherhood of Sorcerers, Yennefer will likely spend much of The Witcher season 4 trying to get revenge on Vilgefortz for his treachery.
Chalotra will bring her signature blend of pathos and pride to the role as Yennefer struggles with her duty to the other mages and her love for Geralt. On the run since the destruction of the Brotherhood of Sorcerers, Yennefer will likely spend much of The Witcher season 4 trying to get revenge on Vilgefortz for his treachery.
2 Freya Allan
Playing Ciri
Although Freya Allan has been acting professionally for less than a decade, she has already racked up an incredible resume, having starred in The Witcher for half of that time. She also had a small role in the BBC's The War of the Worlds miniseries, and she starred in the 2021 horror film Baghead. Perhaps her biggest role after The Witcher was as Mae in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.
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The Witcher season 4 will give Ciri a solo story and won't give her scenes with Geralt, which only worries me more now that Geralt has been recast.
The Lion Cub of Cintra will continue on her path towards her destiny in The Witcher season 4. Ciri will also have a new look this season, possibly involving a new haircut and a tattoo that ties in to the events of Witcher 3 (via end of The Witcher season 3.
3 Joey Batey
Playing Jaskier
Everyone's favorite bard will continue to be played by real-life troubadour Joey Batey, whose dark indie-folk band The Amazing Devil has been on hiatus since 2021, likely due to Batey's shooting and recording schedule for The Witcher. Acting-wise, Batey has also appeared in Knightfall, The War of the Worlds, and The White Queen.
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Batey returned as Jaskier in the prequel series The Witcher: Blood Origin, too, where he served as a framing device for the narrative and contributed the ballad "Song of the Seven." He will show up in the anime film The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep as well. Jaskier is in a difficult situation in season 4. He accompanied Geralt to rescue Ciri, but his heart is tugging him back to Prince Radovid of Redania, who he became smitten with last season.
4 Mahesh Jadu
Playing Vilgefortz
Born in Australia, Mahesh Jadu's career mostly consisted of Australian dramas and soap operas until he landed a main cast role in Netflix's Marco Polo miniseries in 2014. This was followed up by a voice role as one of the gargoyles in 2014's dark sci-fi oddity I, Frankenstein. He'll be back in The Witcher season 4, and his character is poised to be more dangerous than ever.
With the Brotherhood of Sorcerers broken and the Continent coming completely under Nilfgaard's thumb, Vilgefortz clearly has designs regarding what to do with the Book of Monoliths.
As the traitor who led the coup at Thanedd, Vilgefortz will go into season 4 at the height of his power. With the Brotherhood of Sorcerers broken and the Continent coming completely under Nilfgaard's thumb, Vilgefortz clearly has designs regarding what to do with the Book of Monoliths. That will likely mean awful things are on the horizon for anyone who has crossed him.
5 Anna Shaffer
Playing Triss Merigold
Anna Shaffer got her start acting at the age of 15, when she was cast as Hogwarts student Romilda Vane in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, a role she reprised in both parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. She also had a significant nine-season run on the classic British soap opera Hollyoaks, where she played delinquent schoolgirl Ruby Button. She's confirmed to return as Triss Merigold in The Witcher season 4.
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The flame-haired mage has her work cut out for her in the Netflix show's next outing, especially now that Vilgefortz has the Book of Monoliths. Triss is now a member of the Lodge of Sorceresses, working with Yennefer to consolidate enough magical power to stop Vilgefortz's plans.
6 Mimî M. Khayisa
Playing Fringilla Vigo
Mimî Khayisa has had an impressive career, performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company for several years after finishing her undergraduate work in theater. Appropriately for someone who went to university in Cardiff, she has also appeared on Doctor Who, in the tenth series episode "Oxygen." She also played all six of the roles in the 2017 short film Dishonour, which won numerous awards at international film festivals for its sensitive look at the intense topic of female genital mutilation.
Mimî Khayisa's Other Notable Roles |
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Character |
Production |
Lady Berenice Sidebottom |
Catherine Called Birdy |
Eshe |
The Legend of Tarzan |
Khayisa's Witcher character, Fringilla, ended season 3 by ruining her relationship with sca Findabair in an attempt to repair it. This left the young illusionist without an ally amid Nilfgaard's courtly intrigue as she makes her own attempt to capture Ciri. With Khayisa returning for The Witcher season 4, it'll be interesting to see where things go from here.
7 Mecia Simson
Playing sca Findabair
Although now known as an actress, Mecia Simson got her career off the ground when she competed in and won Britain's Next Top Model at the age of 19. After spending several years as a successful model, she attended theater school in Italy, graduating in 2019.
Mecia Simson's Notable Roles |
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Character |
Production |
Alpha Woman One |
Brave New World |
Dr. Idida |
My Sad, Angry Man |
Mecia's character sca, now the Queen of the Elves, finished The Witcher season 3 caught between a rock and a hard place. Her husband, Filavandrel, died during the coup at Thanedd, Emhyr was effectively holding her people hostage, and she finally discovered that it was Emhyr who was responsible for the death of her baby back in season 2. How she'll handle all this going forward will be revealed during the fourth outing of the show.
8 Royce Pierreson
Playing Istredd
Cornwall-born actor Royce Pierreson has appeared in numerous British serial dramas, including Midsomer Murders and Line of Duty. He also performs onstage and has provided voice work for video games, including Hitman, Hitman 2, and Mass Effect: Andromeda. Some of his other big roles include John Watson in the TV series The Irregulars and Reece in Murdered by My Boyfriend.
There's no guarantee the young scholar is still alive in season 4, but as he's supposed to be returning for season 4, we can assume we'll learn what became of him after going through the portal.
The Witcher last showed Pierreson's character, Istredd, being hurled into a portal by Vilgefortz. There's no guarantee the young scholar is still alive in season 4, but as he's supposed to be returning for season 4, we can assume we'll learn what became of him after going through the portal.
9 Cassie Clare
Playing Philippa Eilhart
Cassie Clare has appeared on both the stage and the silver screen, boasting ensemble roles in 2017's Beauty and the Beast adaptation and 2018's Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. Aside from musicals, she has also appeared as Mazikeen in Netflix's adaptation of The Sandman comic book series and Zaquia in What Happened to Monday.
Her Redanian sorceress Philippa Eilhart will continue playing political games in The Witcher season 4 alongside spymaster Dijkstra. This shape-shifting schemer is happy to let the Brotherhood of Sorcerers burn so that she can continue to secure her own power base, making her a consistently intriguing character in the Netflix series.
10 Eamon Farren
Playing Cahir
Australian actor Eamon Farren broke into the mainstream with his appearance as the unstable young Richard Horne in the 2017 revival of David Lynch's existential horror series, Twin Peaks. But Farren has been acting onscreen since the age of 16, with other prominent projects including Chained, The Dig, and Red Dog.
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As the Nilfgaardian knight Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach, he will continue trying to find his redemption in The Witcher season 4. The ending of season 3 showed him throwing down his sword and refusing to fight for Nilfgaard any longer, instead choosing to distract the Scoia'tael invaders to allow Ciri to escape.
