‘Poker Face’ Rolls Out Star-Studded Season 2 Cast

Natasha Lyonne will be joined by a stacked new cast of co-stars for Season 2 of Peacock’s ‘Poker Face,’ including Giancarlo Esposito and Kumail Nanjiani.

(Left) Giancarlo Esposito in the 'The Gentlemen.' Photo: Kevin Baker/Netflix. Copyright: © 2023, Netflix Inc. (Right) Kumail Nanjiani in Columbia Pictures’ 'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.' Photo: Jaap Buitendijk. Copyright: © 2024 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Giancarlo Esposito, Kumail Nanjiani, Katie Holmes, and more will show up for Season 2 of the hit Peacock series ‘Poker Face.’
Natasha Lyonne headlines the Emmy-winning mystery series from creator/director Rian Johnson.
Season 1 featured a star-studded cast that included Adrien Brody, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Hong Chau, Ron Perlman, Chloe Sevigny, and Ellen Barkin, among others.

Natasha Lyonne will be back as former casino cocktail waitress Charlie Cale for Season 2 of ‘Poker Face,” and this time out she’ll be joined by another spectacular lineup of guest stars on the Peacock mystery series.

Among those who Lyonne will cross paths with during the upcoming season, according to Deadline, are Giancarlo Esposito, Katie Holmes, Gaby Hoffmann, and Kumail Nanjiani. No details about their characters have been revealed at the moment, and more cast members are certain be announced in the weeks ahead.

Where have you seen the guest stars for Season 2 of ‘Poker Face’?

Giancarlo Esposito is Moff Gideon in 'The Mandalorian,' season two, exclusively on Disney+.

Leading the ensemble for Season 2 of ‘Poker Face’ is the red-hot Giancarlo Esposito. Following his Emmy-nominated run on ‘Better Call Saul,’ Esposito’s more recent TV/streaming credits include ‘The Mandalorian,’ ‘The Boys,’ and ‘The Gentlemen.’ On the big screen, you can currently catch him in ‘MaXXXine,’ will see him later in 2024 in Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ and next year as a villain in Marvel’s ‘Captain America: Brave New World.’

Kumail Nanjiani also spent time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with 2021’s ‘Eternals,’ and turned up earlier this year in ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.’ He’ll appear this August on the small screen in Season 4 of ‘Only Murders in the Building,’ while his other recent TV credits include ‘Welcome to Chippendales’ and ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi.’

Katie Holmes first achieved fame on the teen drama ‘Dawson’s Creek,’ while amassing credits in movies like ‘The Ice Storm,’ ‘Batman Begins,’ ‘Thank You for Smoking,’ and many more, as well as acclaimed TV roles in ‘The Kennedys’ and ‘Ray Donovan.’ Meanwhile, Gaby Hoffman most recently starred in the Netflix series ‘Eric’ and the Amazon sitcom ‘Transparent,’ while her film roles include ‘Field of Dreams,’ ‘Uncle Buck,’ ‘Veronica Mars,’ and ‘C’mon C’mon.’

What is the backstory of ‘Poker Face’?

Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale in Peacock's 'Poker Face.' Photo by: Karolina Wojtasik/Peacock.

‘Poker Face’ was created by ‘Knives Out’ and ‘The Last Jedi’ writer/director Rian Johnson, who also executive produced the first season, directed three episodes, and wrote two. Johnson will return as executive producer for Season 2, although he hasn’t said whether or not he’s directing or writing again (he’s currently shooting the third ‘Knives Out’ mystery with Daniel Craig).

Lyonne (who directed an episode in Season 1 and will do so again in Season 2) stars as Cale, who has the ability to determine whether someone is lying. She ends up fleeing Las Vegas as a result and heading across the country, where each week she meets different people and ends up getting drawn into a different mystery that she eventually solves.

Season 1’s cast included Adrien Brody, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Benjamin Bratt, Ron Perlman, Chloë Sevigny, Stephanie Hsu, Hong Chau, Ellen Barkin, Jameela Jamil, Rhea Perlman, and Judith Light. The latter won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy for her work in the show. A premiere date for Season 2 has yet to be announced.