Every actor cast in The Wheel of Time show, and who they’re playing

The Wheel of Time has an enormous cast of characters: here’s everyone we know will be in the first season and beyond.

Amazon is making a show based on Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series. If you’re familiar with those books, you know they tell an epic, sprawling story with literally hundreds of characters. And indeed, since announcing that Rosamund Pike would be playing the sorceress Moiraine Damodred over a year ago, there’s been a steady stream of announcements welcoming new cast members to the Wheel of Time family.

There are 2,782 characters in The Wheel of Time. While we don’t expect the show to feature them all, there are still going to be a lot of new faces to get familiar with. There have been a lot of people cast so far (some of whom we didn’t expect to show up this soon) and there will certainly be more to come. We’ve collected them all in one place.

Ladies and gentlemen, meet the people of Randland, starting with our heroes!

Rosamund Pike as Moiraine Damodred

An Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah, Moiraine is a powerful magic-user who has dedicates her life to finding the Dragon Reborn, a messianic figure who it is said will save humanity in the Last Battle.

With an Oscar nomination for Best Actress under her belt for her performance in Gone Girl, Pike is the highest profile face in the cast so far.

Josha Stradowski as Rand al’Thor

Rand is a young farmer and sheepherder from the sleepy Two Rivers. He’s our main character, whatever his humble beginnings.

Like many of the younger cast members, Stradowski doesn’t have a ton of credits to his name, although he did start acting on TV as a teenager. After landing a role like Rand, his career is about to get a big boost.

Marcus Rutherford as Perrin Aybara

A friend of Rand’s, Perrin is a young man from Emond’s Field who works as an apprentice to the village blacksmith.

Like Stradowski, Rutherford doesn’t have a ton of credits, although he was nominated for a British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer.

Zoë Robins as Nynaeve al’Meara

Nynaeve is the “Wisdom” of Emond’s Field, someone chosen by the village council to sit among them and provide knowledge and advice on topics like healing, foretelling the weather, and good common sense. Young to be Wisdom, Nynaeve is fiery and determined. It’s a potentially scene-stealing role for Robins, who up until now is best known for playing the White Ninja Steel Ranger in Power Rangers Ninja Steel.

Barney Harris as Matrim Cauthon

Mat is a young farmer from the Two Rivers with a mischievous smile. He, Rand and Perrin have been friends since childhood.

British actor Barney Harris is another young addition to the cast, having been in stuff like Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk and The Hollow Crown.

UPDATE: We don’t know why, but Barney Harris will not play Mat in the second season of the show. Instead, he will be replaced by Dónal Finn:

Finn is an Irish actor who’s appeared in The Witcher, Cursed, and a few other things; this will be his biggest role.

Madeleine Madden as Egwene al’Vere

Egwene is the youngest daughter of the mayor of Emond’s Field. She’s long been close to Rand, and rounds out our quintet of young leads.

Australian actor Madeleine Madden has a fair mount of TV work under her belt for someone so young, including stints on Tidelands, Pine Gap and Mystery Road.

Daniel Henney as Lan Mandragoran

Lan is a Warder to Moiraine, meaning he’s magically bound to her as her bodyguard and protector. Henney has starred in movies like X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Big Hero 6.

Kae Alexander as Min

Rand and friends run across Min, a young woman with the mysterious ability to foretell the future, pretty early in their journey, and she’ll turn up regularly ever after. Game of Thrones fans may recognize British actor Kae Alexander as the woman who played Leaf, one of the Children of the Forest.

Michael McElhatton as Tam al’Thor

Tam is Rand’s father, and raises him on a farm near the village of Emond’s Field. He’s shown to be a skilled warrior with both a sword and a bow.

McElhatton has a long career, but Game of Thrones fans will probably recognize him as the ice-blooded Roose Bolton. Tam’s much nicer.

Alvaro Morte as Logaine

Logaine is the rare man who can channel, meaning he can tap into the One Power and use it to perform feats of magic. Such men are considered very dangerous, especially if, like Logaine, they claim to be the Dragon Reborn. Many believe that a real messiah is coming, but a false one can plunge the world into war and chaos.

Alvaro Morte is a Spanish actor who’s been working in film and television for years, but his best known role is as the Professor on the Netflix series Money Heist.

Hammed Animashaun as Loial

Loial is a member of a human-like species known as Ogier, who live in their own communities and are famously good builders. Like many Ogier, Loial is committed to peace and has a passion for obtaining knowledge. Unlike many, he’s also struck with a case of wanderlust, which brings him into our story.

Animashaun has done Shakespeare, opera, and appeared on shows like Black Mirror.

Alexandre Willaume as Thom Merrilin

Thom is a traveling performer known as a “gleeman.” He can juggle, somersault and sing, but he’s also knowledgeable on a wide range of topics.

Willaume, meanwhile, is known for roles in shows like The Last Kingdom and movies like Tomb Raider.

Johann Myers as Padan Fain

Padan Fain is a peddler, traveling from town to town, bartering and spreading news about world events. His role in the story may be bigger than it might seem. For Myers’ part, he’s appeared in series like Luther and Black Mirror.

Priyanka Bose as Alanna Mosvani

Alanna is of the Green Ajah, one of many orders of Aes Sedai sorceresses. She’s noted for her temper and sense of humor. Bose is noted for her roles in movies like the Oscar-nominated Lion.

One interesting thing about Alanna, and indeed about all the characters on this slide, is that the don’t appear in the first book in The Wheel of Time series, The Eye of the World. And yet they’ve been cast in the first season of the show. That makes us wonder how far ahead of the first book the first season will get. Or perhaps there will be some flashbacks or flash-forwards?

Emmanuel Imani as Ihvon

Ihvon is Alanna’s Warder. Imani is a Nigerian actor known for roles in series like Cobra and Black Earth Rising.

Taylor Napier as Maksim

Maksim is also a Warder to Alanna Mosvani; members of the Green Ajah specialize in battle and tend to take more than one bodyguard.

Sophie Okonedo as Siuan Sanche

And who leads the famous Aes Sedai? That would be the Amyrlin Seat. At the time of this story, the Amyrlin Seat is Siuan Sanche, who grew from a fishmonger’s daughter to become one of the most powerful women in the world.

Sophie Okonedo has a pretty impressive resume, too; like Rosamund Pike, she an Academy Awards nominee, having gotten a nod for her performance as Tatiana Rusesabagina in 2004’s Hotel Rwanda.

Jennifer Cheon Garcia as Leane Sharif

Leane is another of the Aes Sedai, She is the Keeper of the Chronicles, a position that puts her very close to the Amyrlin Seat, the leader of the Aes Sedai.

Garcia has done a lot of TV work, including on shows like The Flash, The 100 and Supergirl.

Kate Fleetwood as Liandrin Guirale

Liandrin is an Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah, who dedicate themselves to tracking down men who can channel the One Power and stop them before they can do too much damage.

Fleetwood is an English actor with some impressive titles on her resume, including Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Clare Perkins as Kerene Nagashi

Kerene is an Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah and its Captain-General, tasked with finding the Dragon Reborn.

Peter Franzén as a Warder

The name of whatever character Peter Franzén is playing hasn’t been revealed, but he’ll be a Warder to Kerene Nagashi.

Lolita Chakrabarti as Marin Al’Vere

Marin is Egwene’s strong-willed mother. She is a part of the Women’s Circle, a group of women who help manage the affairs of the village.

Michael Tuahine as Bran Al’Vere

Bran is the Mayor of Emond’s Field and father to Egwene.

David Sterne as Cenn Buie

Cenn Buie is a thatcher in the Two Rivers who’s only purpose in life is to gripe about everything. He sometimes neglects his duties to go off and complain.

Christopher Sciueref as Abell Cauthon

Abell, father to Mat, is widely regarded as being the finest horse trader in the Two Rivers.

Juliet Howland as Natti Cauthon

Natti is Mat’s mother, and lives with her family in the village of Emond’s Field.

Mandi Symonds as Daise Conger

Daise is a local leader in Emond’s Field. Although she can be tough, she has the best interests of the village in mind.

Abdul Salis as Eamon Valda

Eamon is a blade-master and follower of the Children of the Light, an independent military organization dedicated to finding people in league with the evil Dark One, called Darkfriends, and generally snuffing out corruption wherever they find it. Their aims sound good, but they may take their jobs a little too seriously.

Stuart Graham as Geofram Bornhald

Geofram is a Commander of the Children of the Light. He runs into a couple of our main characters pretty early in their journey.

Pasha Bocarie as Master Grinwell

Master Grinwell shelters Rand and Mat when they’re on their way to the city of Caemlyn in exchange for them putting in some work on his farm.

Jennifer Preston as Mistress Grinwell

Mistress Grinwell lives on the Grinwell farm with her nine children and husband.

Izuka Hoyle as Dana

Dana is not a name that appears in the books. It’s possible Hoyle is playing the character Dena, a bard-in-training who has a romance with Thom Merrilin.

Phil Snowden as Steve

The name “Steve” doesn’t appear in the books, either, so this may be an original character created for the show. Or it could be a code-name, cause “Steve” is a weirdly plain name for this world.

Darren Clark as Basil Gill

Basil is the innkeeper of The Queen’s Blessing in Caemlyn and considers himself to be a good Queen’s man.

Maria Doyle Kennedy as Illa

Illa belongs to a tribe known as the Tuatha’an, also known as the Traveling People. They are a nomadic folk dedicated to a pacifist way of life.

Narinder Samra as Raen

Raen is Illa’s husband. He is a Mahdi, or leader, of the Tuatha’an.

Daryl McCormack as Aram

Aram is a handsome young Tuatha’an man who encounter Perrin and Egwene on their journey. He’s the grandchild of Illa and Raen, and has some problems with his people’s pacifist ways.

Wolf-dogs as the Wolves

The Wheel of Time has more than just human characters. In this world, wolves can communicate through telepathy and form close social bonds with their pack, and sometimes, even with select humans.

Archie the Horse as Bela

Bela is a shaggy brown mare owned by Tam al’Thor and ridden by Egwene.

We also have a few actors who we’re pretty sure are in the show, but haven’t been confirmed by Amazon itself, starting with…

Keira Chansa as Young Siuan Sanche

This report comes from fansite Redanian Intelligence, which is great at sleuthing. Siuan Sanche is the Amyrlin Seat of the White Tower, the chosen leader of the Aes Sedai. We know that Sophie Okonedo is playing Siuan as an adult, so what to make of reports that young actor Keira Chansa is playing her as a child? Are we getting flashbacks? Is the story going to start in the past?

As of now, we’re not sure, but we’re certainly curious.

Naana Agyei-Ampadu as Danya

The Wheel of Time TV Series fansite lists British actor Naana Agyei-Ampadu as playing a character named Danya. That name doesn’t appear in the books. It could be a new character of possibly an amalgamation of multiple characters.

"Helena Westerman is an Aybara relative in the show…named Laila… from WoT"

Helena Westerman as Laila Aybara

Once again, Redanian Intelligence comes through. There’s no character named Laila Aybara in the books, although the last name Aybara suggests she’s related to Perrin.

There’s no telling the story of The Wheel of Time in just one season of TV. There are a few characters — including important ones — that we won’t meet until season 2:

Ceara Coveney as Elayne Trakand

We’ve hit a lot of characters in this article, but there are still some big ones who haven’t come up. For example, where’s Elayne, the daughter of Queen Morgase of Andor and heir apparent to her empire? Elayne is a hugely important character who gets introduced in the first Wheel of Time book, The Eye of the World, so surely we’ll see her in the first season of the show, right?

Well, probably not. It looks like Elayne is one of several characters who won’t be introduced until season 2, where she’ll be played by young actor Ceara Coveney; that’s her in the top right corner of the photo collage above. This means the producers are messing with The Wheel of Time’s story a bit, although we don’t know how. In The Eye of the World, Rand meets Elayne almost by happenstance while passing through the city of Caemlyn. Perhaps the show will skip that interlude and introduce Elayne as she she becomes an Aes Sedai trainee along with Egwene and Nynaeve.

As for the other two actors in that collage — Natasha O’Keeffe and Meera Syal — we don’t know who they’re playing, but we know their characters are “important.” Perhaps Syal is playing Verin Mathwin? And O’Keeffe looks like she could pull off Aviendha or Lanfear.

Whew! And that’s everyone we know is in Amazon’s Wheel of Time show so far. And this doesn’t come close to encompassing all of the characters in this story. Amazon’s gonna need several seasons to see this thing through, and we can’t wait to see how it turns out.

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