Sweet Tooth Season 3 New Cast & Character Guide (2024)

Serving as the final installment of the Netflix series, Sweet Tooth season 3 marks the return of several beloved characters while also adding a few new ones to the mix. Based on Jeff Lemire's comic book series of the same name, Netflix's Sweet Tooth borrows many story elements and character beats from its source material. However, despite adopting many storylines from the comics, Netflix's Sweet Tooth significantly changes the comic's dark tone and turns it into something far more hopeful and optimistic.

It achieves this not only by brightening its overarching color palette but also by eradicating the grim arcs from the book and making the central half-human, half-animal characters seem more innocent and endearing. Throughout its three-season runtime, its uplifting themes are further reinforced by the compelling performances of its talented cast members. While some of these cast members only appear briefly in the series and do not reprise their roles in the finale, others consistently remain key players in its narrative all the way till the end of season 3.

Christian Convery as Gus/Sweet Tooth

Date of Birth: November 10, 2009

• Active Since: 2016

Actor: Christian Convery was born in Los Angeles but grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. The young star started his acting career in 2016 with the romantic comedy Hearts of Spring. He then went on to land several roles in renowned television shows like Supernatural, Legion, and Lucifer and even earned the Best Lead Actor award in the Television Series for his incredible performance in Pup Academy. He was also recently seen in Cocaine Bear as Henry and in Netflix's One Piece as Young Sanji.

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Character: In Sweet Tooth, Christian Convery plays the titular character who sets out on a journey to Alaska in season 3 to look for his mother, Birdie. His journey to the Great North is marred by several obstacles and unforeseeable problems. However, as always, Gus maintains a positive outlook towards the world and hopes to reunite with his mother with his friends' help.

Nonso Anozie as Jepperd/Big Man

Date of Birth: November 17, 1978

• Active Since: 2002

Actor: Born in North London, Nonso Anozie graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama and started his acting journey with small roles in movies like Guy Ritchie's RocknRolla and Joe Wright's Atonement. His first lead role came in 2008 when he landed the titular part in British crime drama Cass. Anozie further rose to prominence when he appeared as Xaro Xhoan Daxos in HBO's hit series Game of Thrones and later played Renfield in NBC's Dracula.

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Character: In Sweet Tooth season 3, Gus follows his instincts while Jepperd becomes the voice of reason. Although some of Gus' optimism has rubbed off on Jepperd since season 1, he initially struggles to believe in Gus' visions in season 3 and tries to talk him and the crew out of going to Alaska. However, when no one else shares his concerns, he is, as always, left with no option but to tag along with Gus and protect him from the potential dangers that lie ahead.

Stefania LaVie Owen as Bear

Date of Birth: December 15, 1997

• Active Since: 2009

Actor: New Zealand-American actress Stefania LaVie Owen made her acting debut with Peter Jackson's book adaptation, The Lovely Bones. After her debut, she played recurring roles in many TV shows, like Fox's Running Wilde and The CW's The Carrie Diaries. Her first Netflix series was 2020's Messiah, in which she played Rebecca Iguero. Since she has been one of the leads in Sweet Tooth since season 2, the Netflix graphic novel adaptation is her most prominent role to date.

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Character: In Sweet Tooth season 1, Bear was introduced as the leader of the Animal Army, a group of young humans who were deadset on saving the hybrids. However, since season 1, Bear's role has significantly changed. She now knows Wendy is her biological sister and, in season 3, takes it upon herself to look after her as they make their way to Alaska with Gus and Jepperd.

Amy Seimetz as Birdie

Date of Birth: November 25, 1981

• Active Since: 2003

Actor: After growing up in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area, actress Amy Seimetz took up several different jobs while honing her filmmaking and acting skills. During her early years in Hollywood, she produced and directed many indie films. Her feature film acting debut was in 2006's Black Dragon Canyon, and, since then, she has starred in several acclaimed movies and shows, like Stranger Things, Upstream Color, The Killing, and Get Shorty.

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Character: In Sweet Tooth's seasons 1 and 2, Amy Seimetz's Birdie was portrayed as a recurring character Gus assumed was his mother. However, in season 3, she gets promoted and becomes one of the main characters in the series. While Gus and his team set out to find Birdie in Alaska, Birdie attempts to do the same while awaiting their arrival.

Rosalind Chao as Helen Zhang

Date of Birth: September 23, 1957

• Active Since: 1970

Actor: Born and raised in California, Rosalind Chao started acting at the young age of 5 after her parents got her involved with the Chinese opera company Perking Opera. After taking up a few roles as a child actor, Chao decided to pursue a different career path and joined a journalism degree course at the University of Southern California. However, she later returned to acting and made her breakthrough with M*A*S*H by appearing as Soon-Lee in its closing episodes. Since then, she has earned over 100 acting credits in shows and movies of myriad genres.

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Character: Mrs. Helen Zhang only briefly appears in Sweet Tooth season 2 as one of the leading members of The Three. However, after General Abbot's season 2 death, she takes over as season 3's main antagonist. As the show's trailer reveals, Zhang believes “undoing hybrids isn’t enough” because, according to her, they must be completely eradicated from the face of the Earth.

Adeel Akhtar as Dr. Aditya Singh

Date of Birth: September 18, 1980

• Active Since: 2006

Actor: Born and raised in London, actor Adeel Akhtar got a degree in law from Oxford Brookes University but later ended up pursuing his passion for acting by training at the Actors Studio Drama School in New York. The actor's breakthrough came in 2010 when he starred in Chris Morris' Four Lions. After appearing in 2016's BBC one-off drama Murdered by My Father, Akhtar got his first BAFTA award for Lead Actor.

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Character: Dr. Aditya's obsession with finding the cure for "the sick" leads to his own downfall in Sweet Tooth season 2, and even his wife, Rani, abandons him towards the end of the season. Season 3 explores how Dr. Aditya joins Gus and the team on their journey to Alaska and doubles down on his efforts to learn the truth about the origins of the central virus. His firmly held beliefs surrounding Gus holding the cure to the virus also further complicate his dynamic with the group, making him an even more morally ambiguous character.

Sweet Tooth Supporting Cast & Characters

Naledi Murray as Wendy: Played by Naledi Murray, Wendy is the half-pig, half-human hybrid who accompanies Gus on his journey to Alaska in Sweet Tooth season 3.

Cara Gee as Siana: Cara Gee, of The Expanse fame, is among the new regulars in Sweet Tooth season 3. She portrays a character named Cara Gee in the Netflix show's finale.

Ayazhan Dalabayeva as Nuka: Siana's hybrid daughter, Nuka, is another new character who joins Sweet Tooth's roster in season 3. She is portrayed by Ayazhan Dalabayeva, who is best known for her recent appearance in Blumhouse's Night Swim.

Kelly Marie Tran as Rosie: Kelly Marie Tran's Rosie is Helen Zhang's daughter in Sweet Tooth season 3, who leads her mother's army and bears the pressure of proving her worth to her mother. Before Sweet Tooth, Kelly Marie Tran played voice roles in several movies, like Raya and the Last Dragon, The Croods: New Age, and Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi.

James Brolin as The Narrator: James Brolin, who has been the narrator in Sweet Tooth since season 1, reprises his role in season 3.

Sweet Tooth

Adventure

Drama

Action

Based on the comic series of the same name, Sweet Tooth is set in the not-too-distant future, post-apocalyptic United States in the wake of a devastating viral pandemic. After the disease decimated the world's population, some children began to be born with human and animal hybrid characteristics. Many people are afraid of the hybrids, believing them to be the cause of the virus. When his father is killed, a young deer hybrid named Gus (Christian Convery) embarks on a quest to find his mother with the help of a traveler and loner named Tommy Jeppard (Nonso Anozie).

Cast

Will Forte , Christian Convery , Neil Sandilands , Stefania LaVie Owen , Dania Ramirez , Nonso Anozie , Adeel Akhtar , Aliza Vellani

Release Date

June 4, 2021

Seasons

2

Streaming Service(s)

Netflix , Prime Video , Apple TV+

Writers

Jim Mickle

Directors

Jim Mickle

Showrunner

Jim Mickle