Dexter: Resurrection returns for season 2, bringing Michael C Hall's Bay Harbor Butcher back to New York for what the show's team has described as the character's darkest chapter yet.
The follow-up to the 2025 revival keeps Dexter Morgan caught between two new serial killers while his relationship with son Harrison grows increasingly fraught.
Alongside returning faces including Uma Thurman, Jack Alcott and James Remar, the new run adds a high-profile batch of newcomers, among them Brian Cox, Dan Stevens and Bokeem Woodbine.
The season reportedly jumps ahead three years, placing Harrison inside the NYPD and leaving Dexter to reckon with middle age.
Read on for the full cast rundown.
- as Dexter Morgan
- as Harrison Morgan
- as Harry Morgan
- as Joey Quinn
- as Blessing Kamara
- as Captain Mixon
- as Fiona Mixon
- as Don Framt / the New York Ripper
- as Owen Stark / the Five Borough Killer
- as Ray Ballard / the Sleepy-Eyed Stranger.
- as Mia LaPierre / Lady Vengeance
- as Al Walker
- as Angel Batista
- as Detective Wallace
- as Detective Oliva
Michael C Hall as Dexter Morgan
About the character: The forensic blood-spatter analyst turned vigilante serial killer is back in New York and facing a midlife crisis, caught between the city's two most dangerous murderers while trying to manage his increasingly independent son.
Where you've seen Michael C Hall before: Hall has played Dexter since the original Showtime series launched in 2006, following it with the 2021 revival Dexter: New Blood and reprising the role in Resurrection. Before Dexter he starred as David Fisher in Six Feet Under, and his other work includes the Broadway and film musical Lazarus and the Netflix political thriller The Crown-adjacent drama Safe.
Jack Alcott as Harrison Morgan
About the character: Dexter's son is now old enough to join the NYPD, and his pursuit of justice on his own terms creates fresh tension between father and son.
Where you've seen Jack Alcott before: Alcott first played Harrison in Dexter: New Blood before returning for Resurrection. His other credits include the drama series The Good Lord Bird and the film The Oath.
About the character: Thurman's fixer returns to New York with unfinished business, offering to help Dexter track suspects drawn from the late Leon Prater's files.
Where you've seen Uma Thurman before: The Oscar-nominated star is best known for Pulp Fiction and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill films, as well as Dangerous Liaisons, Gattaca and Netflix's Stranger Things spin-off work. She joined the Dexter franchise with Resurrection.
James Remar as Harry Morgan
About the character: Dexter's late adoptive father and the architect of the "Code" continues to appear as the voice in his son's head.
Where you've seen James Remar before: A fixture of the Dexter franchise since 2006, Remar's wider work includes The Warriors, Django Unchained and the sitcom The Conners.
Desmond Harrington as Joey Quinn
About the character: The former Miami Metro detective returns as a familiar face from Dexter's past.
Where you've seen Desmond Harrington before: Harrington played Quinn across the original Dexter run and is also known for Gossip Girl and the films Ghost Ship and Wrong Turn.
Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine as Blessing Kamara
About the character: Blessing returns among the New York characters in Dexter's orbit.
Where you've seen Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine before: Mwine is known for The Chi, Cowboy Bebop and the film Queen of Katwe.
New cast members in Dexter: Resurrection season 2
Bokeem Woodbine has joined as Captain Mixon and Nona Parker Johnson plays Fiona Mixon.
In big news, Brian Cox arrives as the New York Ripper, Dan Stevens as the Five Borough Killer and Gabriel Luna as the Sleepy-Eyed Stranger.
Bokeem Woodbine as Captain Mixon
About the character: Woodbine plays an NYPD homicide captain and the father of Fiona Mixon.
Where you've seen Bokeem Woodbine before: Woodbine earned an Emmy nomination for the second season of FX's Fargo. His other credits include Spider-Man: Homecoming, Riddick and the series Halo.
Nona Parker Johnson as Fiona Mixon
About the character: A homicide-unit training officer and Captain Mixon's daughter, Fiona becomes Harrison's new love interest this season.
Where you've seen Nona Parker Johnson before: An emerging actor, Johnson joins the franchise as one of season 2's new regulars.
Brian Cox as Don Framt
About the character: Cox plays the New York Ripper, a notorious killer who has stopped murdering but still taunts the survivors of his earlier crimes.
Where you've seen Brian Cox before: The Scottish actor won a Golden Globe for playing media mogul Logan Roy in HBO's Succession. His long career spans the first screen Hannibal Lecter in Manhunter, plus Braveheart, the Bourne films and X2.
Dan Stevens as Owen Stark
About the character: Stevens plays the Five Borough Killer, a new murderer who threatens the police with killings before carrying them out across the city
Where you've seen Dan Stevens before: Stevens rose to fame as Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey before moving to Hollywood with Beauty and the Beast, Legion and The Guest. More recent work includes Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire and Cuckoo.
as Ray Ballard
About the character: Ray Ballard operates under the name the Sleepy-Eyed Stranger.
Where you've seen Gabriel Luna before: Luna is best known for playing Tommy Miller in The Last of Us, Robbie Reyes/Ghost Rider in Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, and the Rev-9 Terminator in Terminator: Dark Fate.
Supporting and guest Dexter: Resurrection cast
Several familiar names return in supporting and guest capacities. Krysten Ritter is back as Mia LaPierre, also known as Lady Vengeance.
Eric Stonestreet also returns as Al Walker, the fan-favourite "Dark Passenger" antagonist from season 1. David Zayas is confirmed to return as Angel Batista despite the character's season 1 death, with the production yet to reveal how he features.
- as Mia LaPierre / Lady Vengeance
- as Al Walker
- as Angel Batista
- as Detective Wallace
- as Detective Oliva
Dexter: Resurrection season 2 releases on 30 October on Paramount+. Season 1 is available to stream – you can sign up for Paramount+ now.
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