Jeffrey Wright Cast As Isaac In ‘The Last Of Us’ Season 2

Katie Campione
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Another member of The Last of Us voice cast is joining the HBO adaptation.

Jeffrey Wright has been cast in Season 2 as Isaac, the quietly powerful leader of a large militia group, known in the video game as the Washington Liberation Front, who sought liberty but instead has become mired in an endless war against a surprisingly resourceful enemy.

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The actor lent his voice to the same character in The Last of Us Part II game.

Based on Naughty Dog’s video game, The Last of Us takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, played by Pedro Pascal, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie (Bella Ramsey), a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal and heartbreaking journey as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.

Pascal and Ramsey are reprising their roles in Season 2. In addition to Wright, they are joined by Gabriel Luna, Kaitlyn Dever, Young Manzino, Isabela Merced, and Catherine O’Hara.

Wright isn’t the first member of The Last Of Us voice cast to join the live-action series. Several voice actors were given supporting roles in Season 1 including Troy Baker, who voiced Joel, and Ashley Johnson, who voiced Ellie. Wright is the second actor to reprise his own voice role, after Merle Dandridge did the same for her character Marlene in Season 1.

Season 2 is currently in production. It is expected to debut on HBO sometime in 2025. It comes from Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann.

Wright is repped by CAA, Strategic PR and the law firm of Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein.

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