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We’re just shy of a month since The Witcher Season 4 was released, and two months since Season 5 wrapped production, and now is the best time to start resuming news on the final season of this series. The fifth and final season will once again star Liam Hemsworth, Freya Allan and Anya Chalotra, but they’ll be joined by a large cast of other actors. As it happens, we have some new names now for the final season.
Redanian Intelligence has revealed several new cast members that have joined the final season of The Witcher, four of which are in a rather close connection to Ciri’s storyline.
Ciri is in trouble and hints at an iconic ice skating sequence
Neil Stuke, Sam Pamphilon, Yinka Awoni and Nick Chadwin
RI revealed that Neil Stuke (Silk, Game On) has joined The Witcher Season 5. Though his role not confirmed, they believe he’s playing Dominik Houvenaghel, crime boss and Leo Bonhart’s cousin. At the end of Season 4, Bonhart captures Ciri and in Season 5 we’ll see that instead of killing her like he was hired to do, he’ll give Ciri to his cousin instead to fight in his fighting pits. He figured that such an attraction should be far more lucrative than whatever Stefan Skellen would pay.
And that is how Season 5 starts for Ciri. She, of course, escapes eventually and Stefan Skellen forms his own gang to hunt Ciri down. They will include some newcomers: Sam Pamphilon (Geek Girl, Malice) as Cyprian Fripp and Yinka Awoni (I May Destroy You, The Stranger) as Zadarlik.
Lastly, among the new ones, there’s a fisherman called Gosta, played by Nick Chadwin (Catching Lightning). In the books, Gosta gives directions to Ciri when she’s heading towards Tor Zireael. Skellen and his gang also pass by that location where Gosta is towards the tower, and that’s where a certain ice skating sequence happens.
Georgia Goodman, Fergus Rattigan and Clive Kneller
In addition to these, RI revealed several more castings: Georgia Goodman (Wednesday, Master of None) as Madam Toulouse, likely a brothel madam in Beauclair, Fergus Rattigan (Then Barbara Met Alan) as Paddy the Dwarf, and Clive Kneller (Sister Boniface) as High Priest.
Previously, we also had the following castings: Emily-Jo Young (Sexy Beast) as Shani, Liv Andrusier (Les Misérables) as Condwiramurs Tilly, Kate Dickie (Game of Thrones)as Sigrdrifa, Andy Apollo (The Diplomat) as Reynart de Bois-Fresnes, Taylor James (Vikings: Valhalla) as Baron de Trastamara, Adam Basil (The Rings of Power) as Knocker, and Chike Chan as Old Barring.
Finally, we also have a number of others whose roles aren’t known yet: Jamie Michie, Bobby Rainsbury, Adam Trussell, Simon Meacock, Ben Jones, Tega Alexander, Poppy Lee Friar, Una Byrne, Warren James Dunning, Jenny Bolt, Laurie Duncan, and others.
We’ve got lots more on the fifth and final season of The Witcher in our full preview, which we’ll be keeping updated right up until the release of season 5, which should be in 2026.
Are you looking forward to the closing chapter of The Witcher next year? Let us know in the comments!
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