Here's a Breakdown of All the New Characters on Season 4 of 'This Is Us'
Who are the new characters on 'This Is Us'? Season 4 simply introduced us to a whole bunch of strangers and fans are intrigued — meet them all!
The Season 4 premiere of This Is Us felt more like an episode of Game of Thrones than the NBC circle of relatives drama we know and love.
The quantity of crucial data audience won in the span of 50 mins was staggering thanks to the episode, aptly titled "Strangers," being jam-packed with folks we've got by no means observed prior to — all of whom have a connection to the Pearson extended family in a technique or any other.
Who are the new characters in Season 4 of This Is Us? We've got a cheat sheet for you below:
1. Cassidy (Jennifer Morrison)
A military vet deeply affected by her studies in Afghanistan. She seeks lend a hand from a reinforce group after lashing out at her younger son, but issues cross south when one of the meeting's attendees throws a chair via a window in a drunken rage. That particular person is Nicky Pearson, Jack Pearson's younger brother.
2. Ryan (Nick Wechsler)
Cassidy's husband, who feels alienated by way of his wife when she returns home from serving overseas and worries about her over the top drinking.
3. Matty (Noah Salsbury Lipson)
Cassidy and Ryan's 9-year-old son, who will get hit in the face by means of his mother whilst she's intoxicated which convinces her to enroll in a veteran's enhance group.
4. Malik Hodges (Asante Blackk)
A teenage father seeking to supply for his child girl. At a good friend's fish fry, the auto frame repair shop employee develops a overwhelm on Deja, the adopted daughter of Randall and Beth Pearson.
"He’s going to play a big part in Randall’s family’s story," the show's author, Dan Fogelman, told Entertainment Weekly shortly after the premiere aired.
5. Darnell Hodges (Omar Epps)
Malik's super supportive father, performed through Omar Epps, who's additionally loopy in love along with his wife and does not want to see his son have to grow up too fast.
6. Kelly Hodges (Marsha Stephanie Blake)
Malik's mom and Darnell's spouse, who keeps each her boys in line. She tells her son "to shine that beautiful light of yours onto the world today."
7. Jack (Blake Stadnik)
A blind musician who finds repute after assembly the love of his existence at a diner. We additionally see him surrounded by way of empty beer bottles after a night of songwriting, in all probability foreshadowing an dependancy to alcohol. This Jack occurs to be Toby and Kate Damon's son, who was once born prematurely. The actor portraying him, Blake Stadnik, is visually impaired in actual lifestyles.
"He’s exceptionally talented," Dan informed EW of Blake. "It was important to us to not cast a sighted actor here. It was also very important to us that we have somebody who can hold the screen and sing, and Blake just checked a tremendous amount of boxes."
8. Lucy (Auden Thornton)
Jack's wife, a chef who used to waitress at the diner the place they met. She reveals she's six-weeks pregnant in the Season 4 premiere.
9. Dave Malone (Tim Matheson)
Rebecca Pearson's father, who does not assume Jack (as in Milo Ventimiglia's Jack) is the right fit for his daughter. "You're a good man, Jack. I can see that," the concerned dad says. "I can also see a man who is carrying things with him. And I can see a man who is far more haunted than he wants to let on."
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