‘Poker Face’ Season 2 Adds Davionte “Gata” Ganter, Justin Theroux, John Cho, Haley Joel Osment & Patti Harrison

Rosy Cordero

Tue, February 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM UTC

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Peacock's "Poker Face" Season 2 adds Davionte Ganter, Haley Joel Osment, John Cho, Justin Theroux, and Patti Harrison in guest starring roles, with details about their characters kept secret.
The mystery-of-the-week series follows Natasha Lyonne's character, Charlie, who can detect lies, as she travels in her Plymouth Barracuda and solves strange crimes with each new encounter.
Showrunner Tony Tost, along with executive producers Rian Johnson, Natasha Lyonne, and others, are behind the success of "Poker Face," which received Emmy nominations and wins for its first season.

EXCLUSIVE:Peacock’s Poker Face continues to stack up additional stars for Season 2 with the addition of Davionte “GaTa” Ganter ( Dave ), Haley Joel Osment ( Blink Twice ), John Cho ( Searching ), Justin Theroux ( Beetlejuice Beetlejuice ) and Patti Harrison ( I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson ) in guest starring roles. Details regarding their characters are under wraps.

They join previously announced guest stars Giancarlo Esposito, Katie Holmes, Gaby Hoffmann, Kumail Nanjiani, Sherry Cola, Kevin Corrigan, Ben Marshall, Kathrine Narducci, Cynthia Erivo, BJ Novak, Margo Martindale, John Mulaney, Ego Nwodim, Sam Richardson, Awkwafina, Corey Hawkins, Simon Rex and Method Man.

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From creator, writer, director and EP Rian Johnson, Poker Face is a mystery-of-the-week series following Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve.

Season 1 premiered on Peacock in 2023 and was nominated for four Primetime Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Natasha Lyonne. Peacock received its first Emmy win for Judith Light’s Outstanding Guest Actress Performance in a Comedy Series.

Showrunner Tony Tost serves as executive producer for Season 2 alongside Rian Johnson, Natasha Lyonne, Ram Bergman, Nena Rodrigue, Adam Arkin, Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman. Poker Face is T-Street’s Johnson and Bergman’s first television series and is produced by MRC, along with Natasha Lyonne, under her production banner Animal Pictures. Lyonne will again direct in Season 2.

Ganter is repped by UTA, Entertainment 360, Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman. Theroux is repped by Lighthouse Management + Media, CAA and Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson. Cho is repped by UTA and 3 Arts Entertainment. Osment is repped by MGMT Entertainment and Griffin Talent. Harrison is repped by UTA and 3 Arts Entertainment.

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