7 confirmed castings for The Witcher Season 2 include Dijkstra, Nenneke, Rience and more

It’s been over a year since The Witcher‘s second season began filming, and we have since learned of the addition of several new cast members that will join Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra and Freya Allan (some confirmed by Netflix, others via our sources). Today, The Hollywood Reporter were able to confirm seven new castings with Netflix. If you follow our website, you will recognize more than a few of these names, but it’s great to have these confirmed officially.

Graham McTavish as Sigismund Dijkstra

Outlander alum Graham McTavish is the first and possibly the best-known actor on this list, and he will portray Redanian Spymaster Sigismund Dijkstra. Perhaps the closest advisor to King Vizimir of Redania, Dijkstra is one of the most important political figures on the Continent. Working in co-operation with powerful sorceress Philippa Eilhart (more on her soon), Dijkstra will have a major impact on the story going forward.

If you’re interested to see McTavish’s audition for the role, you can watch it in the link below.

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Adjoa Andoh as Mother Nenneke

One of two cast members familiar to fans of Silent Witness and Bridgerton, Adjoa Andoh will portray a character many fans are excited about: the wise, and wise-cracking, Mother Nenneke. As the Head Priestess in the Temple of Melitele, Nenneke will help Geralt and Ciri in the second season.

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Cassie Claire as Philippa Eilhart

As we reported last week, Ransom and Brave New World allum Cassie Claire has joined the cast in the fandom’s most anticipated season two role: the sorceress Philippa Eilhart. As the advisor of King Vizimir and a powerful sorceress, Philippa will be at the center of some of the show’s most memorable twists and turns in the coming seasons.

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Lizz Carr as Fenn

The first in a duo, Silent Witness and Devs allum Liz Carr will portray the esteemed investigator Fenn. Together with Codringher, she will help Geralt identify his enemies. An audition for this role can be seen in the link below, though that was a different actor.

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Simon Callow as Codringher

Four Weddings and a Funeral and A Room with a View star Simon Callow joins Carr in the aforementioned detective duo as Codringher.

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Chris Fulton as Rience

As we speculated earlier today, Bridgerton allum Chris Fulton is now confirmed to be the villainous mage Rience. Rience will be a thorn in our heroes’ sides in the coming seasons of the show, and is also involved in some of the novels’ most memorable fight scenes.

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Kevin Doyle as Ba’lian

As we reported a few weeks ago, Downtown Abbey‘s Kevin Doyle has also joined the cast for season two. Doyle will portray an original character that has not appeared in the books, and his name seems to suggest he might be an elf.

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We finally know the actors who will portray Dijkstra, Philippa, Nenneke and Rience! We can’t wait to see the actors fill these incredible characters’ shoes when season two releases on Netflix later this year.

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