EXCLUSIVE: Peacock‘s Poker Face continues to stack up additional stars for Season 2 with the addition of Davionte “GaTa” Ganter (Dave), Haley Joel Osment (Blink Twice), John Cho (Searching), Justin Theroux (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) and Patti Harrison (I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson) in guest starring roles. Details regarding their characters are under wraps.
They join previously announced guest stars Giancarlo Esposito, Katie Holmes, Gaby Hoffmann, Kumail Nanjiani, Sherry Cola, Kevin Corrigan, Ben Marshall, Kathrine Narducci, Cynthia Erivo, BJ Novak, Margo Martindale, John Mulaney, Ego Nwodim, Sam Richardson, Awkwafina, Corey Hawkins, Simon Rex and Method Man.
From creator, writer, director and EP Rian Johnson, Poker Face is a mystery-of-the-week series following Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve.
Season 1 premiered on Peacock in 2023 and was nominated for four Primetime Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Natasha Lyonne. Peacock received its first Emmy win for Judith Light’s Outstanding Guest Actress Performance in a Comedy Series.
Showrunner Tony Tost serves as executive producer for Season 2 alongside Rian Johnson, Natasha Lyonne, Ram Bergman, Nena Rodrigue, Adam Arkin, Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman. Poker Face is T-Street’s Johnson and Bergman’s first television series and is produced by MRC, along with Natasha Lyonne, under her production banner Animal Pictures. Lyonne will again direct in Season 2.
Ganter is repped by UTA, Entertainment 360, Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman. Theroux is repped by Lighthouse Management + Media, CAA and Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson. Cho is repped by UTA and 3 Arts Entertainment. Osment is repped by MGMT Management. Harrison is repped by UTA and 3 Arts Entertainment.
