Scott Glenn as Jim Hollinger
Fabio Lovino/HBOGlenn, a veteran actor who has appeared in The Silence of the Lambs, The Hunt for Red October, Urban Cowboy, and many more, makes a surprise appearance in episode 7. He plays Jim Hollinger, husband of Sritala and owner of The White Lotus Thailand, whom Rick believes killed his father. But the finale reveals an even more shocking detail about Jim’s past that flips Rick’s whole world upside down.
Sam Rockwell as Frank
HBOOscar winner Sam Rockwell, who viewers might know from Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Fosse/Verdon, and Moon, makes guest appearances in season 3 as Rick’s old friend Frank. Fun fact: He’s also Leslie Bibb’s (Kate) partner IRL.
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Yuri Kolokolnikov as Vlad
Maya Dehlin Spach//Getty ImagesThe Russian actor has played Volkov in Tenet and Ivan in The Hitman’s Bodyguard. In The White Lotus, he joins mid-season as one of Valentin’s friends, Vlad, who parties with Jaclyn and her friends.
Julian Kostov as Aleksei
Kevin Winter/GA//Getty ImagesShadow and Bone fans might know Julian Kostov as Fedyor from the Netflix fantasy series. Like Kolokolnikov, the Bulgarian actor joins White Lotus in episode 4 as Aleksei, one of Valentin’s buddies.
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Jon Gries as Greg
HBOThe secret’s out: Greg, Tanya’s former husband, is back this season. He’s got a new girlfriend, Chloe (Charlotte Le Bon), and somehow ended up in Thailand. Aside from his mysterious character, Gries has played Uncle Rico in Napoleon Dynamite, Broots on the TV series The Pretenders, and Ronnie in Get Shorty.
Jason Isaacs as Timothy Ratliff
HBOYou might recognize Isaacs as Draco Malfoy’s father, Lucius, from the Harry Potter films, or from his starring roles in The Patriot and Black Hawk Down, to name a few. In The White Lotus, he’s the patriarch of the wealthy Ratliff family: husband to Victoria and father to Saxon, Piper, and Lochlan.
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Parker Posey as Victoria Ratliff
HBOIndie icon of the ’90s (and forever), Parker Posey stars as Victoria, Timothy’s wife. You’ve seen her in classics like Party Girl, Dazed and Confused, and Scream 3, and in more recent projects like The Staircase, Netflix’s Lost in Space, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith, which earned her an Emmy nomination.
Patrick Schwarzenegger as Saxon Ratliff
HBOThe son of Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger, Patrick has already appeared onscreen in series like Gen V, The Staircase, and American Sports Story. His White Lotus character, Saxon, is the oldest of Timothy and Victoria’s kids.
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Sarah Catherine Hook as Piper Ratliff
HBOHook most recently appeared in Prime Video’s Cruel Intentions reboot, Netflix’ First Kill, and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. In White Lotus, she’s Piper, the middle Ratliff child. She’s a college student who managed to turn the “research” for her thesis into a family vacation. (But she really just wanted to move to Thailand to study Buddhism.)
Sam Nivola as Lochlan Ratliff
HBONivola’s credits include Maestro, Noah Baumbach’s White Noise, and the recent Netflix series The Perfect Couple (another murder mystery by a beach). His Lochlan, or “Lochy,” is the youngest of his siblings and still in high school.
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Ke Huy Quan as Kenneth “Kenny” Nguyen
FREDERIC J. BROWN//Getty ImagesThough he doesn’t appear onscreen, Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Goonies) makes a sneaky cameo as the voice of Kenny, Timothy Ratliff’s former business associate who’s under investigation for money laundering and bribery in Brunei. You can hear Quan’s instantly recognizable voice as Timothy talks to Kenny on the phone in episode 2. Though he isn’t listed in the credits, Entertainment Weekly confirmed with HBO that Quan is indeed on the other end of the call.
Lalisa Manobal as Mook
HBOWhile this is her first acting role, you’ll likely recognize Manobal as Lisa of Blackpink, the superstar K-pop girl group. While the band is behind hits like “Kill This Love” and “Pink Venom,” Lisa, like her bandmates, has also released solo music, with an album due at the end of the month. In the HBO series, she plays a staff member of The White Lotus Thailand—you’ll notice her greeting guests as they arrive—and she’s a friend of Gaitok’s (more on him below).
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Tayme Thapthimthong as Gaitok
HBOThapthimthong’s Gaitok is a security guard at The White Lotus, which is close to home for the actor. Before pursuing a career in entertainment, he worked in private security, Thailand’s Armed Forces Security Center (apparently the equivalent of the CIA), and in the Royal Thai Army, according to Deadline. Onscreen, he’s appeared in the Sweden- and Thailand-set series Farang.
Carrie Coon as Laurie
HBOCoon’s credits include Gone Girl, The Leftovers, and more recently HBO’s The Gilded Age and His Three Daughters. (She was also in Avengers: Infinity War as Proxima Midnight underneath that CGI.) She’s a theater performer too, having earned a Tony nomination for her work in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 2012. In White Lotus, she plays Laurie, who’s visiting with her friends Jaclyn and Kate.
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Michelle Monaghan as Jaclyn
HBOYou might’ve spotted Monaghan in Made of Honor, Gone Baby Gone, True Detective, and a couple of Mission: Impossible movies. She also plays an actress onscreen in The White Lotus. As Jaclyn, she brings her two childhood friends on a girls’ trip to Thailand for some much-needed catching up.
Leslie Bibb as Kate
HBOBibb has appeared in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Law Abiding Citizen, Iron Man, American Housewife, and, of course, the 1999 TV series Popular. As Kate, she completes the trio’s girlfriend reunion.
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Walton Goggins as Rick
HBOGoggins’s recent appearances include Fallout and The Righteous Gemstones, though he’s also been in Justified, The Hateful Eight, Sons of Anarchy, Django Unchained, and more. But at the White Lotus Thailand, he’s known as Rick, the much older and mysterious boyfriend of Chelsea.
Aimee Lou Wood as Chelsea
HBOWood is best known for playing Aimee Gibbs on Sex Education, but went on to star in Living and BBC’s Daddy Issues. She brings her Manchester roots with her on the HBO series as Chelsea, Rick’s much younger—and more cheerful—girlfriend.
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Natasha Rothwell as Belinda
HBORemember Belinda? She first appeared in The White Lotus season 1 and befriended Tanya, who falsely promised she would sponsor Belinda’s dream of starting her own wellness practice. That never happened, but Belinda is back under the White Lotus roof—this time in Thailand—starting anew. You know Rothwell from Insecure and How to Die Alone.
Dom Hetrakul as Pornchai
HBOHetrakul is a seasoned Thai actor who’s been in TV series like The Family and The Sweetest Taboo, and also Hollywood productions like Bangkok Dangerous. In The White Lotus, he plays a kind member of the hotel wellness staff.
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