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Amazon’s popular action series Jack Ryan is no stranger to delivering surprises, so perhaps we shouldn’t have been shocked when the hotly-anticipated new season premiered twelve hours early. That’s just classic Jack Ryan, baby.
Fans who are still making their way through Season 2 have noticed a slew of new faces. Sure, John Krasinski and Wendell Pierce are both back as the titular Jack Ryan and James Greer, respectively, but the two theatrical dynamos are joined by an assortment of new heroes and villains. The new season has been well-received by critics, currently boasting an impressive 92% Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes. If you’re looking for a spoiler-free review of Season 2, Decider’s got you covered.
From Tom Wlaschiha’s sinister Max Schenkel to Noomi Rapace’s enigmatic Harry, the Jack Ryan Amazon universe is expanding. Learn all about the actors behind the new characters with Decider’s Jack Ryan Season 2 cast guide.
WHO PLAYS MAX SCHENKEL ON JACK RYAN? EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TOM WLASCHIHA:
Wlaschiha is of course best known for portraying Jaqen H’ghar on Game of Thrones, but the German star also played Sebastian Berger on the international TV series Crossing Lines. An accomplished actor (his IMDB page lists over 70 credits), Wlaschiha grew up in East Germany and is a multi-lingual actor who’s able to speak German, English, French, Russian, and Italian.
Even though he’s known for portraying antagonists, Wlaschiha possesses a wry wit. Along with his aforementioned credits, the actor also appeared in the 2014 film Mr. Turner, 2011 war thriller Resistance, and the Hulu miniseries Das Boot.
You can stay up to date on Wlaschiha’s career by following the actor on Instagram.
WHO PLAYS MARCUS BISHOP ON JACK RYAN? HERE’S THE SCOOP ON JOVAN ADEPO:
Where you’ve seen him before: Adepo is best known for portraying Cory in Denzel Washington’s Fences (for which he earned a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance), and Michael Murphy on the HBO series The Leftovers.
Before he decided to concentrate on acting, Adepo aspired to be a professional football player. When that didn’t work out, he turned to writing.
“I didn’t really get into acting until I moved to Los Angeles,” Jovan told Interview Magazine back in 2017. “I came out here in 2011 after I had gotten my bachelors in political science, and I had initially wanted to be a writer. I had met a television writer out here through Twitter, and he was the one that convinced me that if I wanted a career in writing, or anything related to the entertainment industry, I would have to move to New York or Los Angeles.”
Adepo continued, “I had taken a couple acting workshops — commercial workshops — here and there, and every time I had taken one the teachers told me that I should take it seriously. That was when I met my mentors who were all involved in the industry; they kind of saved me and pointed me in the right direction as far as doing theater and taking as many classes as I could — to look towards perfecting your craft.”
Born in Oxfordshire, England, Jovan also stars in Facebook’s Sorry for Your Loss, appeared in Darren Aronofsky’s Mother!, and starred in the 2018 action horror film Overlord. You can keep tabs on Adepo’s career by following the actor on Instagram.
WHO PLAYS NICOLAS REYES ON JACK RYAN? EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JORDI MOLLA:
Mollà is probably best known for one of two roles: He played Santana in the 2013 movie Riddick, and he also portrayed Diego Delgado in Ted Demme’s 2001 film Blow. Known as one of Spain’s “best-recognized artistic personalities,” the multi-hyphenate is also an accomplished director, painter, and writer. He’s written two books — “Las primeras veces” and “Agua estancada” — and directed a number of short films.
Fluent in Catalan, Spanish and Italian, the actor also starred in Bad Boys II, 2010’s Knight and Day, and the 2016 action movie Criminal. According to the Bad Boys II IMDB trivia page — which hasn’t steered me wrong yet — Mollà’s co-star Gabrielle Union labeled him the “Tom Cruise of Spain.”
WHO PLAYS MIKE NOVEMBER ON JACK RYAN? HERE’S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MICHAEL KELLY:
Past projects: Kelly is best known for playing Doug Stamper on the Netflix political thriller House of Cards. The actor’s also been involved in a number of high-profile film projects, including Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead, Man of Steel, Changeling, The Adjustment Bureau, Everest, and Now You See Me. You may also recognize Kelly from his work on The Sopranos (Agent Ron Goddard), Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, the BBC drama Taboo, Person of Interest, or The Good Wife (Mickey).
Born in Philadelphia but raised in Lawrenceville, Georgia, Michael originally planned to study law until he changed his mind after taking an acting elective. How exactly did Kelly get involved in the Jack Ryan franchise? It all started with a game of darts.
“I had met John when I did a film with [his wife] Emily [Blunt] years back,” Kelly told Entertainment Weekly. “At the kick-off party, I played darts with him, with both of them. I really love those guys. They called about this job and sent me the pilot and I was like, ‘Oh my god, yeah, totally. I’m totally in.'”
WHO PLAYS HARRY ON JACK RYAN? HERE’S THE SCOOP ON NOOMI RAPACE:
Past projects: Rapace is best known as Lisbeth Salander from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest. The actress is also known for playing Elizabeth Shaw in Ridley Scott’s 2012 film Prometheus and Madam Simza Heron in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
Born in Sweden, Noomi likes to do her own stunts whenever possible, and she’ll appear alongside Joel Kinnaman and Chris Messina in Yuval Adler’s upcoming film The Secrets We Keep. So what exactly drew Rapace to the Jack Ryan franchise?
“I watched A Quiet Place, maybe a few months before I got the call,” the actress told Entertainment Weekly at NY Comic Con. “It was like, ‘John is in London, he wants to meet you for Jack Ryan season 2,’ and I was like, ‘Okay!’ It was like we just connected straight away…I’d do anything with him.”
WHO PLAYS GLORIA BONALDE? HERE’S THE 411 ON CRISTINA UMANA:
To U.S. audiences, Umaña is best known for portraying Judy Moncada on the popular Netflix series Narcos. In Columbia, she was the star of a variety of projects, including the telenovelas Yo amo a Paquita Gallego and La mujer del presidente.
The Columbian actress studied acting in Mexico City before eventually moving back to Colombia. An accomplished theatrical actress, Umaña recently developed her own independent theatrical project and is part of an art collective called BARCU.
