“The Boys” Cast: A Guide to All the Actors from Season 1 to Season 4

'The Boys' features longtime TV stars like Karl Urban and Jeffrey Dean Morgan as well as breakout actors like Jack Quaid and Erin Moriarty

The Boys is back for a fourth season of vigilante superhero hunting with even more stars among its cast.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan is just one of several new actors to join the cast for season 4, putting him among the ranks of returning stars Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty and his former Supernatural costar Jensen Ackles.

The series, produced by Eric Kripke, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, follows the Boys, a vigilante group, and the Seven, a corporate-backed superhero team, satirizing not just the superhero genre but also celebrity culture and modern politics. The show is based on Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's New York Times best-selling book series of the same name.

The cast is huge, thanks to the many "Supes," and even features cameos from Oscar-winning actors. Here is everything to know about The Boys cast from seasons 1 to 4.

Karl Urban as Billy Butcher

Karl Urban stars as Billy Butcher, leader of the titular vigilante group. Born and raised in New Zealand, Urban grew up around film crews thanks to his mom's job at a film equipment rental company.

He got his big breaks on TV, on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and its spinoff Xena: Warrior Princess. Since then, Urban has become a veteran of several movie franchises, including the Marvel Cinematic Universe (as Skurge in Thor: Ragnarok), Star Trek (as Dr. Leonard McCoy) and The Lord of the Rings (as Éomer).

He shares two sons with his ex-wife Natalie Wihong.

Jack Quaid as Hughie Campbell

Jack Quaid plays Hughie Campbell, a tech genius who supports the Boys on their missions. The actor is the son of Hollywood royalty — Dennis Quaid and rom-com queen Meg Ryan.

Related: All About Jack Quaid's Famous Parents, Dad Dennis Quaid and Mom Meg Ryan

Aside from playing Hughie Campbell in The Boys, Quaid starred in Scream (2022), The Hunger Games (2012) and Rampage (2018) and lent his voice to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). He also acted in Christopher Nolan's epic Oppenheimer.

Antony Starr as John Gillman/Homelander

Antony Starr plays Homelander, the unstable supervillain disguised as a superhero on The Boys.

The Kiwi actor got his start on Xena: Warrior Princess and has been a regular on TV with starring roles in Banshee and American Gothic.

Erin Moriarty as Annie January/Starlight

Erin Moriarty plays Annie January (a.k.a. Starlight), a member of the Seven who questions their benevolence.

The New York City-born actress had star turns in Jessica Jones, True Detective and several indie films before being cast as Starlight.

Jessie T. Usher as Reggie Franklin/A-Train

Jessie T. Usher is best known as The Boys' super-speedy Reggie Franklin/A-Train, but he's been gracing screens for more than a decade.

Usher appeared on TV shows like Hannah Montana and Criminal Minds as a young adult. In 2011, he got his first starring role as Lyle Hugginson on Cartoon Network's Level Up. He later starred in Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), Shaft (2019) and Smile (2022) and appeared in Tales of the Walking Dead and the MacGyver reboot.

Karen Fukuhara as Kimiko Miyashiro/The Female

Karen Fukuhara stars as the silent, sweet and superstrong Kimiko Miyashiro, a.k.a. The Female, in The Boys, and it's not the first time she’s played a quiet, deadly antihero: the L.A.-raised actress also starred as Katana in Suicide Squad (2016).

In middle school, Fukuhara hosted the Disney Channel’s Movie Surfers. Later, she worked as a reporter for the Japanese broadcasting network NHK while studying sociology and theater at UCLA. After college, she has taken roles in Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.

Tomer Capone as Serge/Frenchie

Tomer Capone stars as Frenchie on The Boys, an international arms dealer who works with the vigilante group to assuage his own guilt.

The Israeli actor has made a name for himself in the series When Heroes Fly and Fauda. For his first Hollywood role, Capone was cast in the 2024 sci-fi thriller Slingshot alongside Casey Affleck and Laurence Fishburne.

In March 2024, the actor revealed that he had married his longtime love, fellow performer Ortal Ben-Shoshan, per Ynetnews.com.

Laz Alonso as Marvin T. "Mother's" Milk/M.M.

Laz Alonso plays Marvin T. “Mother's" Milk, the Boys' operations coordinator who contends with vigilantes, evil superheroes and his obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The Washington, D.C.-born actor worked as an investment banker before turning to Hollywood, eventually appearing in blockbusters like Avatar and Fast & Furious as well as in a recurring role in The Mysteries of Laura.

Dominique McElligott as Maggie Shaw/Queen Maeve

Dominique McElligott plays Queen Maeve, a Wonder Woman-like superhero who works for the Seven but starts to help the Boys with their projects.

In 2008, the Irish actress starred in the first season of Raw as Rebecca Marsh. The next year she made her major film debut in Moon opposite Sam Rockwell and has worked consistently ever since, appearing in Leap Year (2010) and the series Hell on Wheels, The Astronaut Wives Club and House of Cards.

Colby Minifie as Ashley Barrett

Colby Minifie stars as Vought's long-suffering publicist turned CEO Ashley Barrett.

Born and raised in N.Y.C., Minifie began acting professionally at age 11 and made her Broadway debut at 13 in The Pillowman with Billy Crudup and Jeff Goldblum. She graduated from the City University of New York in 2014 and has been a regular both on and off-Broadway.

Before starring in The Boys, Minifie appeared on Jessica Jones, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Fear the Walking Dead. She also reprised her role as Barrett in The Boys’ spinoff Gen V in 2023.

Giancarlo Esposito as Stan Edgar

Giancarlo Esposito plays Vought CEO Stan Edgar on The Boys.

The actor was born in Denmark and raised in N.Y.C. by his opera singer mother and stagehand father. He made his Broadway debut at age 10 and transitioned to TV and film as a teen, getting his big break in Taps (1981).

He had for his Emmy-nominated performances in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. He has also appeared as Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian. The Critics Choice Award winner is a regular in Spike Lee movies, starting with School Daze in 1988. He starred in the series Homicide: Life on the Street, Revolution, The Get Down and Dear White People. Also a veteran voice actor, Esposito's voice hit the big screen as Baxter Stockman in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem in August 2023.

Esposito was married to Joy McManigal and the former couple share four children.

Chace Crawford as Kevin Moskowitz/The Deep

Chace Crawford stars as The Deep, an Aquaman parody character, with an unsettling relationship with other aquatic life.

In 2007, Crawford got his big break as Nate Archibald in the original Gossip Girl series. After the teen drama ended in 2012, he appeared in films like Mountain Men (2014) and What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012).

Jensen Ackles as Ben/Soldier Boy

Jensen Ackles joined The Boys as Soldier Boy, a dark take on Captain America, in season 3.

The Dallas-born actor began his career as a child model — his big break came on Days of Our Lives from 1997 to 2000. He then had appearances on Dawson's Creek and Dark Angel before starring in Supernatural as Dean Winchester beginning in 2005. The show lasted 15 seasons, and he reprised the role in the prequel spinoff The Winchesters.

Ackles married One Tree Hill star Danneel Harris in 2010 and the couple share three children.

Related: Who Is Jensen Ackles' Wife? All About Danneel Ackles

Nathan Mitchell as Earving/Black Noir

Nathan Mitchell stars as Black Noir, a masked and mute superhero who works for the Seven.

Mitchell has also appeared on Ginny & Georgia, Arrow and iZombie.

Aya Cash as Klara Risinger/Liberty/Stormfront

Aya Cash was cast as Stormfront, a White supremacist supervillain created in Nazi Germany in The Boys season 2.

Early on, Cash had small roles on TV shows like Law & Order: SVU and Brotherhood before starring in the short-lived series Traffic Light on Fox. From 2014 to 2019, she starred on FX's You're the Worst. She married producer Josh Alexander in 2012.

Charlize Theron as Stormfront

Charlize Theron played an actress cast as Stormfront in the Vought film Dawn of the Seven in The Boys season 2.

Theron is a Golden Globe and Oscar winner best known for her work in films including Tully, Bombshell and movies in the Fast & Furious franchise. The actress has two daughters, Jackson and August.

Related: Charlize Theron's 2 Kids: All About Jackson and August

Claudia Doumit as Victoria Neuman

Claudia Doumit plays Victoria Neuman, a politician who says one thing publicly but has a completely hidden agenda.

She has appeared in shows like Mike & Molly, New Girl, Scandal and Supergirl before starring in Timeless, another Kripke creation.

Simon Pegg as Hugh Campbell Sr.

Born Simon Beckingham in Gloucestershire, England, Simon Pegg stars as Hugh Campbell Sr., Hughie's father, on The Boys.

Pegg is best known as the writer and star of the zombie spoof Shaun of the Dead (2004) but the actor has also had supporting roles on Doctor Who and in the Star Trek, Star Wars and Mission: Impossible franchises.

He lives in England with his wife, Maureen McCann, and daughter Matilda.

Elisabeth Shue as Madelyn Stillwell

Elisabeth Shue starred as Madelyn Stillwell, a Vought executive, in season 1 (and returned briefly in season 2) of The Boys.

The actress' breakout role was playing Ali Mills in The Karate Kid (1984). She had her first starring role in a movie, Adventures in Babysitting in 1987, followed by Cocktail (1988) and Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Part III (1990). Shue was even nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Leaving Las Vegas (1995).

She married director Davis Guggenheim, with whom she shares three children, in 1994.

Cameron Crovetti as Ryan Butcher

Cameron Crovetti stars as Ryan, Homelander's biological son, on The Boys.

The child star got his big break when he was 8 years old alongside his real-life twin brother Nicholas, playing the twin sons of Celeste (Nicole Kidman) and Perry Wright (Alexander Skarsgård) in Big Little Lies. Since then, he's appeared in Dirty John, The Gray Man and Goodnight Mommy (2022). He also voiced Harry Haphazard in the Disney Junior animated series Firebuds.

Jennifer Esposito as Susan Raynor

Jennifer Esposito was cast in The Boys as deputy CIA director Susan Raynor in 2018.

The New York-raised actress started her career with guest roles on TV in the mid-'90s. Her big break came in a starring role on Spin City that coincided with her roles in blockbusters like I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) and Summer of Sam (1999). Esposito starred in the Best Picture winner Crash (2004), followed by lead roles in the sitcoms Related and Samantha Who?.

She also continued to have success in TV, with the first three seasons of Blue Bloods before appearing on The Affair, NCIS and Law & Order: SVU. She married fitness trainer Jesper Vesterstrøm in 2020.

Laurie Holden as Crimson Countess

Laurie Holden stars as Crimson Countess in The Boys season 3, and though brief, her time on the show was important to Soldier Boy's story and satirized how celebrity culture treats women.

The Boys is only her most recent comic book adaptation: Holden previously starred as Andrea in The Walking Dead and in Fantastic Four (2005). She can also be seen in films like The Mist (2007) and Silent Hill (2006) as well as shows like The Shield, The Americans and The X-Files.

Paul Reiser as The Legend

N.Y.C.-born actor Paul Reiser starred as The Legend, the former Vought vice president of hero management based on Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee and film producer Robert Evans, in The Boys season 3.

Reiser is also a comedian and writer, having created and written for Mad About You. Before The Boys, he starred in Stranger Things, My Two Dads and The Kominsky Method.

The actor married Paula Ravets in 1988 and the couple share two children.

Shawn Ashmore as Lamplighter

Canadian actor Shawn Ashmore starred as Lamplighter, Starlight's predecessor, on The Boys.

Ashmore is familiar with the superhero genre, having starred as Iceman (Bobby Drake) in the X-Men films, Jake Berenson in Animorphs and Eric Summers in Smallville.

He married Dana Renee Wasdin in 2012 and the couple share one child.

Sean Patrick Flanery as Gunpowder

Sean Patrick Flanery stars as Gunpowder in The Boys, whose powers of expert marksmanship in the series differ from those in the comics, in which he breathes fire.

Flanery's breakout role was Indiana Jones in the 1992 ABC series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, followed by a turn as Jeremy "Powder" Reed in Powder (1995). He starred as Connor MacManus in the cult classic The Boondock Saints (1999) with Norman Reedus; he later reprised the role in the sequel (2009).

The actor is married to Lauren Michelle Hill and the couple share three children.

Miles Gaston Villanueva as Alex/Supersonic

Miles Gaston Villanueva starred as Supersonic — a.k.a. Alex and formerly known as Drummer Boy — in season 3 of The Boys. His character was Starlight’s childhood friend and ex-boyfriend who briefly joins the Seven after winning a Vought reality show.

Villanueva starred as Luca Santori on The Young and the Restless from 2013 to 2016 and as Russ on Days of Our Lives in 2014. He's also appeared on Jane the Virgin, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Rosewood, The Resident and The Fosters.

The actor starred as Lyle Menéndez in Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders in 2017.

Shantel VanSanten as Becca Butcher

Shantel VanSanten starred as Rebecca Butcher, Billy's wife and Ryan's mother, in seasons 1 and 2 of The Boys.

VanSanten appeared in movies like The Final Destination (2009) and as a guest star on TV shows before her breakout role as Quinn James on One Tree Hill from 2009 to 2012.

The actress starred as Patty Spivot on The Flash in 2015 and as Julie Swagger on Shooter the next year. She stars in the Apple TV+ drama For All Mankind and has a recurring role on FBI.

Laila Robins as Grace Mallory

Laila Robins is a veteran stage and screen actor who starred as Grace Mallory in The Boys season 2.

Robins made her big screen debut in the Thanksgiving classic Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) as Susan Page, the wife of Steve Martin's character. Two years later, she appeared in An Innocent Man with Tom Selleck.

On TV, she starred in Gabriel's Fire and guest starred in numerous series, including 30 Rock, Sex and the City, three Law & Order iterations and The Good Wife. Robins also played a young Livia Soprano on The Sopranos.

She has been in a relationship with Robert Cuccioli since 2000.

Dawnn Lewis as Valerie

Dawnn Lewis had a small but pivotal role in The Boys season 2 as Valerie, a woman who witnessed her brother's brutal murder at the hands of a Supe named Liberty.

Lewis previously starred in the sitcom A Different World and co-wrote the theme song, sung by Phoebe Snow for season 1 and Aretha Franklin for seasons 2 through 6. 

Barbara Gordon as Judy Atkinson

Barbara Gordon plays Judy Atkinson, Billy Butcher's aunt, in The Boys season 2.

Gordon is a veteran stage actor in Toronto, where the series films, and has appeared in films such as Empire of Dirt (2013) and Skinwalkers (2006) as well as the CBC program The Little Mosque on the Prairie.

Jess Salgueiro as Robin Ward

Jess Salgueiro stars as Hughie's girlfriend Robin Ward in The Boys season 1 — her death leads him to join The Boys.

The actress has had recurring roles in several TV series, including The Expanse, The Strain, Saving Hope, Y: The Last Man and Workin' Moms. Salgueiro also starred as Isabel in Tiny Pretty Things and as Mary-Anne in Letterkenny.

Jordana Lajoie as Cherie Sinclair

Jordana Lajoie plays Cherie Sinclair, Frenchie's close friend and former lover in The Boys.

Lajoie is a French Canadian actor who has previously appeared in the Hallmark holiday movie A Gingerbread Romance (2018) and the Lifetime film Terrified at 17 (2019). She starred in the Quebecois TV series Patrice Lemieux 24/7 as the title hockey star's wife, Shannon.

Katia Winter as “Little Nina” Namenko

Katia Winter starred as Little Nina, a Russian mob boss, in The Boys season 3.

Winter was born in Sweden and has been a working actor for nearly two decades. Her best-known roles include Freydís Eiríksdóttir in DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Katrina Crane in Sleepy Hollow and Nadia in Dexter.

Ess Hödlmoser as Cindy

Ess Hödlmoser played Cindy, a test subject turned Supe, in The Boys season 2.

A contortionist and stunt coordinator from Toronto, Hödlmoser performed motion capture as Pennywise the Clown in It (2017) and performed stunts in The Strain, 12 Monkeys, The Handmaid's Tale, The Expanse, Killjoys and A Simple Favor (2018).

More recently, they appeared in Motherhood: Fort Salem on Freeform and in Station Eleven on HBO.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Joe Kessler

Jeffrey Dean Morgan joined The Boys for season 4 as Joe Kessler.

The actor starred in The Walking Dead as Negan, a role he reprised for the spinoff The Walking Dead: Dead City. He's also played key roles in The Good Wife, Grey's Anatomy and Supernatural.

Morgan has been a working actor for more than 30 years, with movie credits including Rampage (2018), The Unholy (2021), Watchmen (2009) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). He has been married to actress Hilarie Burton since 2019.

Valorie Curry as Firecracker

Valorie Curry joined The Boys for season 4 as Firecracker, Deadline reported in August 2022.

The actress previously starred in The Tick, The Lost Symbol, The Following, House of Lies and Veronica Mars. In film, she appeared in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2 (2012) and Blair Witch.

In 2016, Curry married Sam Underwood, her costar in The Following.

Susan Heyward as Sister Sage

Susan Heyward stars as Sister Sage in The Boys season 4.

She previously starred in the series Delilah, Vinyl, Orange Is the New Black and Hello Tomorrow!. She also had a recurring role in The Following alongside Curry and has appeared in guest roles on shows like 30 Rock and Law & Order.

In addition to her TV work, she has been in several movies, including the Poltergeist remake (2015), and is an accomplished stage actor. She starred on Broadway in The Trip to Bountiful alongside Cicely Tyson in 2013 and played Rose Granger-Weasley in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child from 2018 to 2019.

Rosemarie DeWitt as Hughie's Mom

Rosemarie DeWitt stars as Hughie Campbell's mother, who left when he was 6, in The Boys season 4.

DeWitt has appeared in a number of acclaimed films, including La La Land (2016), Rachel Getting Married (2008) and Poltergeist (2015), and TV shows, including The Last Tycoon, Sex and the City, The Staircase and Law & Order: SVU. She also played Don Draper's mistress, Midge Daniels, in Mad Men and starred as Charmaine Crane in United States of Tara.

After three years of dating, DeWitt married actor Ron Livingston on Nov. 2, 2009, having met on the set of the Fox series Standoff. They share two daughters, Gracie James and Esperanza Mae.

Rob Benedict as Splinter

Rob Benedict plays Splinter in season 4 of The Boys.

The actor's early credits include appearances in TV shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, CSI, NCIS, Felicity and Chicago Hope as well as films like Waiting… (2005), Not Another Teen Movie (2001) and State of Play (2009).

Benedict is also the frontman of the band Louden Swain. He co-hosts the podcasts Supernatural Then and Now and Kings of Con: The Podcast with Supernatural costar Richard Speight Jr.

He shares daughter Audrey and son Calvin with his ex-wife, Mollie. Benedict is in a relationship with his Supernatural costar Ruth Connell.

Elliot Knight as Colin Hauser

Elliot Knight plays Colin Hauser in The Boys season 4.

The actor got his big break as the title character in the British series Sinbad in 2012. Two years later, he broke through stateside with a guest arc on How to Get Away with Murder, and in 2015, Knight starred as Merlin on ABC's Once Upon a Time.

Since then, he has starred in the series American Gothic and Animal Kingdom, voiced Kyle “Gaz” Garrick in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare II and hosted The Open Up Podcast.

Liyou Abere as Janine Milk

Liyou Abere stars as Janine, M.M.’s daughter, in The Boys seasons 2 and 3.

She voiced the Side Table Drawer on Blue's Clues & You and starred as Nyani Colom in Mrs. America and Jamie in Locke & Key. In 2023, she appeared in her first leading role in the film The Last Curlew.

Mishka Thébaud as Shockwave

Mishka Thébaud played Shockwave, a Supe second in speed only to A-Train, on The Boys seasons 1 and 2.

He starred as KidKnight in the web series Superhero Lockdown and has had recurring roles in Dark Matter, Bitten, The Drop, Falling Water and Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber. He's also appeared in The Good Doctor, FBI: Most Wanted and Schitt's Creek.

Frances Turner as Monique Milk

Frances Turner stars as Monique Milk, M.M.’s ex-wife.

In addition to The Boys, Turner has starred in New Amsterdam as Dr. Lyn Malvo, The Man in the High Castle as Bell Mallory and The Gifted as Paula Turner. She’s also appeared in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Quantico, Blue Bloods, Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU.

Matthew Gorman as Todd

Matthew Gorman stars as Todd, Monique Milk's boyfriend, who is a teacher and a Homelander fanboy.

Gorman grew up in Canada and currently lives with his wife and daughter in Toronto. He previously starred in The 99 and has appeared in Blue’s Clues & You and the Canadian comedy series Workin' Moms.

Goran Visnjic as Alastair Adana

Goran Visnjic appears in The Boys as Alastair Adana, chairman of the Church of the Collective.

Visnjic began his career in theater. He is best known for his roles as Dr. Luka Kovač in ER and Garcia Flynn in Timeless. He's also appeared in Practical Magic (1998), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and Hellraiser (2022). He also played Nikola Tesla in an episode of Doctor Who.

He and his wife, Eva, lived in L.A. with their three children until 2021, when they moved to the United Kingdom.

Christian Keyes as Nathan Franklin

Christian Keyes plays A-Train’s brother, Nathan, in The Boys.

He began his career in theater before transitioning to film and TV, beginning with small roles in Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) and Madea Goes to Jail (2006). Keyes has had recurring roles in Mistresses, Let's Stay Together, Beauty & the Beast, 9-1-1 and The Rookie and has starred in the series All Rise, In Contempt, Saints & Sinners, DC'S Legends of Tomorrow and The Young and the Restless.

Keyes is also a musician and singer and has a son named Christian Keyes Jr.

Jack Doolan as Tommy TNT

British actor Jack Doolan played Tommy TNT, one-half of the disgraced TNT Twins, in The Boys.

He previously starred in the U.K. series The Green Green Grass and Marcella and has appeared in Peep Show, Spooks and Call the Midwife.

Kristin Booth as Tessa TNT

Kristin Booth played Tessa TNT on The Boys.

The actress started her career playing Diane in the film Gossip (2000) and Sam in Lance Bass' rom-com On the Line (2001). She’s also starred in several Canadian movies. On TV, Booth has guest starred in numerous projects, including as Nora in The Newsroom, Cheryl in Workin' Moms and in the Hallmark Signed, Sealed, Delivered film series.

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