HBO’s The Last of Us is adding to its cast for season three.
Jason Ritter and Patrick Wilson have signed on for recurring roles in the drama based on the video game franchise. Additionally, Ariella Barer, Tati Gabrielle and Spencer Lord have been upped to series regular status after having recurring roles in season two.
Season three of The Last of Us, due in 2027, is set to focus on Kaitlyn Dever’s Abby. To that end, Wilson (the Conjuring franchise, Fargo) will recur as Abby’s father, Jerry. Ritter (Matlock) will play Hanley, a Washington Liberation Front soldier.
Ritter also appeared in the show’s first season, playing a fungus-infected clicker during his wife Melanie Lynskey’s arc as resistance leader Kathleen Coghlan. His season three appearance will, presumably, come without him requiring loads of prosthetics.
Barer, Gabrielle and Lord will continue their roles as, respectively, Mel, Nora Harris and Owen Moore. They each appeared in three episodes of season two. Bella Ramsey, Isabela Merced, Gabriel Luna and Jeffrey Wright are also set to return, and Clea DuVall and Jorge Lendeborg Jr. are also joining the cast.
The Last of Us is going into season three with co-creator Craig Mazin as the sole showrunner after Neil Druckmann — who developed the video game for Naughty Dog and co-created the HBO series — departed the show. “With work completed on season 2 and before any meaningful work starts on season 3, now is the right time for me to transition my complete focus to Naughty Dog and its future projects,” Druckmann said last July.
Ritter is repped by Gersh and The Burstein Company. Wilson is with CAA, Anonymous Content and attorney Gretchen Rush. Barer is repped by OPE Partners, Paradigm, ID and Felker Toczek. Gabrielle is repped by CAA, manager Deidre Graham, 2PM Sharp and Fox Rothschild. Lord is with UTA and RED Management.
Deadline first reported the news.
