Check out the full breakdown of The Suicide Squad cast below:
The Suicide Squad Cast - From Blackguard to Polka Dot Man and Beyond
- Idris Elba - Bloodsport
- Margot Robbie - Harley Quinn
- John Cena - Peacemaker
- Viola Davis - Amanda Waller
- Jai Courtney - Captain Boomerang
- Joel Kinnaman - Rick Flag
- David Dastmalchian - Polka-Dot Man
- Daniela Melchior - Ratcatcher II
- Sylvester Stallone (voice)/Steve Agee (mo-cap) - King Shark (mo-cap)
- Steve Agee - John Economos
- Sean Gunn - Weasel (mo-cap)
- Flula Borg - Javelin
- Nathan Fillion - TDK
- Peter Capaldi - The Thinker
- Pete Davidson - Blackguard
- Alice Braga - Solsoria
- Mayling Ng - Mongal
- Michael Rooker - Savant
- Storm Reid - Tyla (Bloodsport's daughter)
- Jennifer Holland - Emilia Harcourt
- Joaquin Cosio - General Mateo Suarez
- Tinashe Kajese - Flo Crawley
- Juan Diego Botto - Luna
In the DC Comics, Bloodsport is a Superman foe and has been a few different people throughout the character's history. The character first appeared in Superman #2 in 1987 and was created by John Byrne and Karl Kesel.
Elba’s costume certainly looks different from Bloodsport's comic book outfit. How about that mask! That menacing maw almost makes it look like a Xenomorph’s face.
Playing Tyla, the daughter of Elba’s character Bloodsport, is Storm Reid, whose credits include A Wrinkle in Time, The Invisible Man, and HBO’s Euphoria. 2016’s Suicide Squad developed a relationship between Deadshot and his young daughter Zoe Lawton; seeing as how Elba is the Will Smith surrogate in this film then it’s possible Gunn transferred whatever relationship the sequel was originally meant to explore between the Lawtons to these characters and changed their names since Gunn chose not to recast Will Smith’s role.
Next up is John Cena who plays Peacemaker, an extremist who wants to achieve peace so badly he will kill any man, woman or child to attain it. Cena’s costume certainly looks very close to his comic book counterpart, right down to the dopey steel helmet.Ant-Man’s David Dastmalchian plays Polka-Dot Man, aka Abner Krill. Polka-Dot Man is an obscure Batman foe whose outfit is composed of weaponized dots (seriously). Meanwhile, SNL and The King of Staten Island’s Pete Davidson portrays Blackguard. Blackguard was an enemy of Booster Gold's whose real name was, yes, Dick Hertz.
In a pair of roles accomplished via motion-capture, Steve Agee plays the towering King Shark, while director James Gunn’s brother, Sean Gunn, plays the human-sized vermin known as Weasel. You may recall that Sean Gunn also plays the mo-cap reference for Rocket Raccoon in the Marvel movies. Sylvester Stallone is voicing King Shark.
Another Guardians of the Galaxy alum, Michael Rooker, plays Savant, a lesser Bat-villain who later became a member of The Suicide Squad during The New 52.
Steve Agee also plays a separate role, a DC Comics character named John Economos, according to a tweet from James Gunn. Gunn has also revealed that Tinashe Kajese plays Flo Crawley, another DC Comics character.
The New Mutants’ Alice Braga plays Solsoria, who appears to be an original character in the film and a soldier of some kind.
Mayling Ng plays Mongal, who in the DC Comics is the daughter of an alien tyrant … so she’s Gamora? We’ll see if Mongal ends up as integral to The Suicide Squad as Gamora did to the Guardians.
Firefly’s Nathan Fillion reunites with James Gunn here after previously appearing in Guardians of the Galaxy, Slither, and Super. Fillion plays TDK, an original creation of Gunn’s.Daniela Melchior plays Ratcatcher 2. While not the same Ratcatcher who tangled with Batman in the sewers of Gotham, her incarnation has a similar Pied Piper-like ability to communicate with and train armies of rats.
Former Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi plays The Thinker. There have been a few different incarnations of the character throughout DC history, where he’s battled the Flash and Firestorm, and served as a member of the Injustice Society.
German actor-comedian Flula Borg portrays the gaudily attired Javelin, whose dopey outfit sure seems to paint quite the target on him. Javelin is a Green Lantern villain who has also been a member of the Suicide Squad in the comics.
Jennifer Holland plays Emilia Harcourt, who in the comics was an NSA agent who worked with Amanda Waller. Joaquin Cosio plays General Mateo Suarez.
Finally, Juan Diego Botto plays Luna, who appears to be a general or ruler of some kind.
So what do you think of the lineup for The Suicide Squad? And who do you think will be the first one of them to buy it in the movie? Let us know in the comments!And for more Suicide Squad coverage, find out what the title of Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League could really mean, check out the logo for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, learn what the 2016 film’s director, David Ayer, said about that Joker/Fake Harley Quinn theory, and watch Jared Leto’s transformation into Joker.
Editors note (4/1/21): This story has been updated with the latest information about The Suicide Squad.
