Gen V season 2 cast in full as Netflix horror icon and musical star join The Boys spin-off

Gen V season two features a stellar cast including the breakout stars from the previous season as well as plenty of exciting guest appearances.

Prime Video’s hit spin-off from The Boys follows the students of Godolkin University, a college that specialises in training superheroes.

The first season saw a group of troubled heroes discover the school’s dark secrets while a war between supes and humans began to brew around them.

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Season two will pick up after the mainline series’ villain Homelander (played by Antony Starr) has all but taken over the United States, with tensions between the two factions at an all-time high.

With the return of Gen V poised to be another huge hit for the streamer in the world of their popular dark comic book universe, let’s take a look at the second season’s full cast.

Who is returning to Gen V season 2?

The majority of the main cast introduced in Gen V’s first season are confirmed to return. They include:

• Jaz Sinclair as Marie Moreau
• Lizze Broadway as Emma Meyer / Little Cricket
• Maddie Phillips as Cate Dunlap
• London Thor and Derek Luh as Jordan Li
• Asa Germann as Samuel ‘Sam’ Riordan
• Hamish Linklater as Dean Cipher
• Sean Patrick Thomas as Polarity (promoted from recurring)

One cast member who sadly won’t be returning is Chance Perdomo as Andre Anderson.

Perdomo was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident in late March 2024 and his role will not be recast.

The recurring cast who may also be making a comeback in the second season includes:

• Maia Jae Bastidas as Justine Garcia
• Daniel Beirne as Social Media Jeff
• Alexander Calvert as Rufus McCurdy
• Robert Bazzocchi as Liam
• Jessica Clement as Harper

Who are the new cast members in Gen V season 2?

Gen V’s second season includes two very recognisable names as key characters.

The first is Hamish Linklater as Dean Cipher, Godolkin’s new dean with mysterious powers and an agenda for supe supremacy.

Fans will likely know Linklater best from Netflix’s hit horror series Midnight Mass, and he has also appeared in Legion, Angelyne, Manhunt and the acclaimed drama film Nickel Boys.

Also joining the cast of Gen V season 2 in a recurring role is musical star Ethan Slater.

He’ll be portraying Thomas Godolkin, a behavioural scientist and the college’s founder. Slater is best known for portraying Boq Woodsman in the Wicked movie as well as the lead role in the Spongebob Squarepants musical on Broadway.

Newcomers also include Zach McGowan as Dogknott, plus in undisclosed roles:

• Keeya King
• Stephen Kalyn
• Julia Knope
• Stacey McGunnigle
• Tait Fletcher
• Wyatt Dorion
• Georgie Murph

Will characters from The Boys cameo in Gen V season 2?

As with the first season of Gen V, several fan-favourite characters from the world of The Boys are expected to make guest appearances in the second season.

This includes Erin Moriarty as Annie January/Starlight, a supe who’s secretly working with Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) to take down the Seven.

Other guest roles slated for season two include:

• Chace Crawford as Kevin Moskowitz / The Deep
• Valorie Curry as Misty Tucker Gray / Firecracker
• Nathan Mitchell as Black Noir II
• Susan Heyward as Jessica "Sage" Bradley / Sister Sage
• Giancarlo Esposito as Stan Edgar

Gen V season 2 premieres Wednesday, 17th September on Prime Video.