Here's every actor in Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi follow-up. Part murder mystery, part thriller, and likely full to the brim with tension, the curiosity over what exactly we should expect from Knives Out is pretty much the entire source of hype for the movie. Information about Knives Out has been kept under lock and key throughout its production, leaving us with only one big piece of the puzzle: all of the incredible actors who've been cast already.
The Knives Out synopsis describes the film's plot as "A detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family." There's some serious Brick-meets-Agatha Christie vibes to the one-sentence description. The description of the first footage shown at CinemaCon focused on the detectives played by Daniel Craig and LaKeith Stanfield meeting with the family of Christopher Plummer's character following his death, asking that everyone remain at the family mansion while the death is investigated.
Past this, we don't have too much to go on. For now, here's the complete cast breakdown of Knives Out, including their recent work, known character names, and what we think each actor will bring to the film. This will be updated with more Knives Out news as soon as it's released.
Jamie Lee Curtis
Halloween and satire Scream Queens. Knives Out will likely be just as driven by genre tropes but it will be nice to see Curtis stretch her legs into more mystery/drama territory in her first collaboration with director Johnson.
Chris Evans
Audiences have spent so long watching Chris Evans play good boy Captain America in the MCU that it'll be weird to see him play the (probably) morally dubious character Alex Robinson in Knives Out. With no character descriptions released, we're going to guess Alex is the son of Jamie Lee Curtis's Linda Robinson. Knives Out will be Evans' first official film role since departing from Cap duty.
Daniel Craig
Plan on seeing lots and lots of Bond 25.
Ana de Armas
Rian Johnson's always had a soft spot for beguiling women in his films but he's managed to utilize them in surprising ways (see: Emily Blunt in Knives Out will put de Arma on the map in 2019 and hopefully, her role in the next James Bond film in 2020 will ensure she remains a film fixture for the years to come.
Katherine Langford
Avengers: Endgame but her scenes reportedly got left on the cutting room floor) and it will be curious to see how she does back in dramatic territory. Langford will also lend her voice to play the lead character in Netflix's series, Cursed.
Michael Shannon
You can never have too much Michael Shannon, so it's good to see he's popping up in Knives Out as Jack Bressler, hopefully a prominent ing or lead role. Shannon has been appearing up in some interesting places since 2017's The Shape of Water, appearing in HBO's Room 104 and Farenheit 451 and TV miniseries Waco and Little Drummer Girl. Knives Out will be Shannon's only movie credit of 2019.
Toni Collette
Velvet Buzzsaw to what will no doubt be a high-stakes drama mystery in the form of Knives Out. Collette's been making some interesting choices when it comes to the genre of film she works in, moving from chick flick comedy Fun Mom Dinner to horror films like Krampus and Hereditary to straightforward dramas like the Netflix series Wanderlust. Collette has exceeded in performing memorably in the aforementioned roles, as she has done her entire career, so expect this to be the case when she no doubt makes a splash in Knives Out.
LaKeith Stanfield
Sorry to Bother You, and Someone Great.
Don Johnson
Don Johnson has had a bit of a career renaissance in recent years. The Miami Vice star has popped up in the Cameron Diaz-starring comedy The Other Woman and the chick flick Book Club alongside Jane Fonda. In addition to a lead role in HBO's Watchmen, premiering later in 2019, Johnson's character Morris Bristow will likely be a prominent ing role in Knives Out.
Christopher Plummer
All the Money in the World, and The Man Who Invented Christmas.
