A returning Keanu Reeves is backed up by a sprawling, star-studded supporting cast of badass characters in John Wick: Chapter 4. The fourth action-packed entry in the John Wick franchise sees the title character embarking on his crusade to take down the High Table, a dangerous quest that brings him around the globe. The richly drawn criminal underworld of the John Wick universe allows new cast members to drop in as fellow assassins or officials working for the High Table. New cast members can either play one of John Wick’s few allies or one of his many enemies.
The star-studded cast of John Wick: Chapter 4 brings back some familiar faces from the previous movies, including Lance Reddick and Laurence Fishburne, while also introducing some new actors to the John Wick ensemble, like Donnie Yen and Bill Skarsgård. More new characters than ever before are joining the franchise's cast in John Wick: Chapter 4. This installment takes John to more exotic locales than the previous installments, and its runtime is a lot longer than all its predecessors, giving the movie plenty of opportunities to introduce new characters to the roster.
Keanu Reeves As John Wick
Keanu Reeves once again reprises his role as the title character in John Wick: Chapter 4. Nicknamed “Baba Yaga,” John is a former hitman with legendary status in the criminal underworld and is being hunted by the High Table. After getting his breakout role in the comedy Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Reeves gained further praise for his dramatic turn in My Own Private Idaho. In the 1990s, he established himself as an action hero with movies like Speed, Point Break, and the Matrix franchise. The popularity of the John Wick series has revitalized Reeves’s career.
Laurence Fishburne As The Bowery King
Laurence Fishburne reprises his role from the previous John Wick sequels as “The Bowery King,” an underground crime lord who teamed up with John to take on the High Table when they were both left for dead. Fishburne previously collaborated with Reeves when he played Morpheus in the Matrix trilogy. Fishburne also played Jason “Furious” Styles in John Singleton’s Boyz n the Hood and Tyrone “Mr. Clean” Miller in Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. His performance as Ike Turner in What’s Love Got to Do With It earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Donnie Yen As Caine
Donnie Yen makes his John Wick franchise debut in John Wick: Chapter 4 with the role of Caine, a visually impaired High Table operative and an old acquaintance of John's. One of Hong Kong’s most renowned action movie stars, Donnie Yen is credited with bringing MMA into mainstream martial arts films. He’s best known for playing the title character in the Ip Man franchise. Yen gained worldwide recognition with his roles in Hollywood blockbusters like Chirrut Îmwe in the spinoff prequel Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Commander Tung in Disney’s live-action remake of Mulan.
Bill Skarsgård As The Marquis De Gramont
Bill Skarsgård appears in John Wick: Chapter 4 as the Marquis de Gramont, a powerful member of the High Table organization. According to director Chad Stahelski, the Marquis is “the one in charge of cleaning up all the messes from the first three movies” (via Collider). Skarsgård is best known for his horror movie roles as Pennywise the Dancing Clown in It and Keith Toshko in Barbarian. He also played the lead role of Swedish criminal Clark Olofsson, one of the masterminds behind the Norrmalmstorg robbery, in the quotable Netflix true-crime drama series Clark.
Hiroyuki Sanada As Shimazu
Hiroyuki Sanada joins the John Wick cast in John Wick: Chapter 4 in the role of Shimazu, the manager of the Osaka location of the Continental Hotel and another old friend of John's. Sanada is best known to international audiences for his roles as Ujio in The Last Samurai, Kenji in Rush Hour 3, and Scorpion in the 2021 Mortal Kombat movie. He previously co-starred with Reeves in the action fantasy epic 47 Ronin and appeared briefly as Akihiko, a yakuza boss killed by Hawkeye, in Avengers: Endgame.
Shamier Anderson As The Tracker
Shamier Anderson plays a supporting role in John Wick: Chapter 4 as “The Tracker,” one of the many mysterious assassins out to kill John. Director Chad Stahelski described the Tracker to Collider as “a character that’s in the gray area between the two worlds: the Wick world and the real world." Anderson previously played Deputy Marshal Xavier Dolls in Wynonna Earp and Jesse Owens’ track-and-field rival Eulace Peacock in the biopic Race. He also starred as an MMA fight promoter opposite Halle Berry in her directorial debut, Bruised.
Lance Reddick As Charon
Lance Reddick reprises his role from the previous John Wick movies as Charon, the concierge at the New York Continental and one of John's closest allies. Reddick is best known for his TV roles as police commissioner-turned-defense attorney Cedric Daniels in The Wire, Special Agent Phillip Broyles in Fringe, and Chief Irvin Irving in Bosch. On the big screen, in addition to his recurring role in the John Wick franchise, Reddick played Secret Service Director David Gentry in Angel Has Fallen and Guillermin, the director of Monarch, in Godzilla vs. Kong.
Ian McShane As Winston Scott
Ian McShane is back in his John Wick role as Winston Scott, the manager of the New York location of the Continental Hotel. Winston is an old friend of John’s, but he shot him off the roof of the hotel at the end of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. McShane is best known for TV roles like the title character in BBC’s Lovejoy, Al Swearengen in HBO’s Deadwood, and Mr. Wednesday in Starz’s American Gods. His film roles include Teddy Bass in Sexy Beast, Rod’s stepdad Frank in Hot Rod, and the villainous Blackbeard in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
John Wick: Chapter 4 Supporting Cast & Characters
Clancy Brown as the Harbinger: Clancy Brown plays the Harbinger, a high-ranking official in the High Table who oversees its operations. Brown is best known for playing the villainous Captain Byron Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption and voicing Mr. Krabs on SpongeBob SquarePants.
Natalia Tena as Katia: Natalia Tena plays Katia, John’s adoptive sister (via MovieWeb), in John Wick: Chapter 4. Tena is recognizable as Nymphadora Tonks from the Harry Potter movies and the wildling Osha from Game of Thrones.
Scott Adkins as Killa: Scott Adkins plays Killa, the head of the German Table who shares an enemy with John. Adkins previously played Agent Kiley in The Bourne Ultimatum and Diran Nazarian in Netflix’s vampire action comedy Day Shift.
Rina Sawayama as Akira: Rina Sawayama plays Akira, Shimazu’s daughter. John Wick: Chapter 4 is Sawayama’s movie debut, but she previously appeared in two episodes of the Idris Elba sitcom Turn Up Charlie. In addition to acting, Sawayama is also a model and singer-songwriter.