The cast of Netflix’sAvatar: The Last Airbenderseason 2 will feature familiar faces from its predecessor, combined with some new performers and characters. By the time ofThe Last Airbenderseason 1’s ending, Aang had pushed back the Fire Nation attack on the Northern Water Tribe and was planning to set off for the Earth Kingdom to find an Earthbending teacher. This would come as he honed his Airbending and Waterbending, harnessing the powers granted to him as one ofThe Last Airbender’s many Avatars, the masters of all four elements.
This ending set up the story perfectly forThe Last Airbenderseason 2, with Netflix confirming two more installments of the show to coincide with the three seasons of Nickelodeon’s original animated series. Where there is a new season, there will also be new stories, locations, action set pieces, and characters, with the latter element bringing new cast members too. From the return of the actors of season 1 to the inclusion ofThe Last Airbender’s Toph,Avatar: The Last Airbender’s cast is only expected to grow in season 2 as the adaptation continues.
Gordon Cormier as Aang
Date of Birth: June 03, 2025
Actor:Gordon Cormier is a Canadian actor born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Cormier’s career was fairly new when he was cast inAvatar: The Last Airbender, with earlier roles coming in TV shows such asGet Shorty, Lost in Space,andThe Stand.However, there is no denying thatCormier’s breakout role wasAvatar: The Last Airbender, with the young actor being cast as the titular character in 2021.
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Avatar Aang
Character:InAvatar: The Last Airbender, Cormier portrays Avatar Aang. Aang is the titular character who also happens to be the last known Airbender in the world. Aang was frozen in an iceberg for 100 years as the Fire Lord and the ruthless Fire Nation began their conquest of the world. As a bridge betweenThe Last Airbender’s Four Nations, it is Aang’s duty to stop the Fire Nation by learning the bending elements of water, earth, air, and fire. InThe Last Airbenderseason 1, Aang prevented the fall of the Water Tribes, turning his attention to the Earth Kingdom in season 2.
Kiawentiio as Katara
Date of Birth: June 24, 2025
Actor:Kiawentiio, born Kiawenti:io Tarbell, is a Canadian actor born in the Mohawk nation of Akwesasne, Ontario. Kiawentiio also has a singing career, though her acting credits began in 2020 with a Mohawk film calledBeans. Kiawentiio then went on to appear in TV shows likeAnne with an E, Rutherford Falls,and Marvel’sWhat If…?.Like Cormier,Kiawentiio’s breakout role came inAvatar: The Last Airbender.
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Katara
Character:Kiawentiio plays Katara inThe Last Airbender, a girl from the Southern Water Tribe who uncovers Aang 100 years after he was frozen in the iceberg. Katara joined Aang on his journey to the North Pole as a way of both saving her sister tribe from annihilation and learning Waterbending herself. Kiawentiio was good with what she was given in season 1, but many agree Katara’s depiction is somethingThe Last Airbenderseason 2 needs to fix, hopefully giving the character more of the fiery, passionate personality she holds in the source material.
Ian Ousley as Sokka
Date of Birth: August 03, 2025
Actor:Ian Ousley is an American actor born in College Station, Texas. Ousley’s career is exclusively limited to TV roles thus far, with his earlier roles coming in shows likeSorry for Your Loss, Thirteen Reasons Why, Young Sheldon, Big Shot,andPhysical. Like the other two actors that make up the show’s central trio,Ousley’s breakout role came inThe Last Airbender.
Sokka
Character:Sokka is the older brother of Katara, also fromThe Last Airbender’s Southern Water Tribe. Sokka is initially skeptical of Aang, yet agrees to help guide him to the North Pole alongside Katara. Sokka’s primary arc revolves around shirking the expectation for him to become a warrior of renown, one revered for his bravery and strength, with the character instead showing a desire to use his smarts and tactical knowledge to defeat the Fire Nation. InThe Last Airbenderseason 2, Sokka will continue journeying with Aang and fighting against the Fire Nation.
Miya Cech as Toph Beifong
Date of Birth: August 16, 2025
Actor:Miya Cech is an American actress born in Tokyo, Japan. Cech’s work began slightly earlier than her costars, appearing in one-off appearances in shows likeHawaii Five-0, American Horror Story,andArrow.Other roles includeAre You Afraid of the Dark?, The Astronauts, The Santa Clauses, Surfside Girls,andBeef.The Last Airbenderwill likely be Cech’s breakoutgiven that it is her first main role in a big-budget Hollywood TV series.
Toph Beifong
Character:Toph Beifong is the primary new character that will be introduced inAvatar: The Last Airbenderseason 2. Toph is the blind only child of an incredibly rich family in an Earth Kingdom town. However, unbeknownst to her parents, Toph is a master Earthbender whose heightened senses allow her to exhibit powers unlike any others, resulting in her being the Earthebending trainer of Aang.
Toph is the only character in Avatar: The Last Airbender to receive a surname.
Dallas Liu as Prince Zuko
Date of Birth: August 10, 2025
Actor:Dallas Liu is an American actor born in Los Angeles, California. Liu’s earliest appearances came in martial arts-centric movies and shows due to his background. Some of these movies includeTekkenandMortal Kombat: Legacy. Other TV roles includeLegendary DudasandPen15.The actor also appeared in a brief role inShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, yetAvatar: The Last Airbenderwill prove to be Liu’s breakout role just as it will for his costars.
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Prince Zuko
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Character:Liu plays Prince Zuko inAvatar: The Last Airbender,the primary antagonist of season 1. Zuko is a prince of the Fire Nation who was banished by his father for speaking out against the Fire Nation military. In order to return and regain his honor, Zuko was tasked with tracking down and capturing the Avatar, the last threat to the Fire Lord’s power. However,Zuko’s backstory inThe Last Airbendershows he is much deeper than simply an evil, mustache-twirling villain, as season 2 will continue to prove now that he has been dubbed a traitor for opposing the Fire Nation’s Admiral Zhao.
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Uncle Iroh
Date of Birth: July 22, 2025
Actor:Paul Sun-Hyung Lee is a Canadian actor born in Daejong, Chungnam, South Korea. Lee’s early career consisted of smaller TV roles and movies until he was cast in the public eye slightly more with the Canadian soap operaTrain 48.After this, Lee appeared in the likes of 2014’sRoboCopremake andDegrassi: The Next Generation.After these appearances,Lee received his breakout role inKin’s Convenience, leading him to be cast inStar WarsTV shows likeThe Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, andAhsokabefore Netflix’sThe Last Airbender.
Uncle Iroh
Character:Paul Sun-Hyung Lee plays Iroh inThe Last Airbender, the uncle of Prince Zuko. Iroh is the more benevolent, kindhearted brother of Fire Lord Ozai who has always cared for Zuko. Upon Zuko’s banishment, Iroh opted to go with his nephew so that the exiled prince had some family with him on the fool’s errand issued by his father.Iroh is dubbed the Dragon of the West, an indicator of his past strength as a general of the Fire Nation, withAvatar: The Last Airbenderseason 2 promising to delve deeper into Iroh’s past.
Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai
Date of Birth: August 21, 2025
Actor:Daniel Dae Kim is an American actor born in Busan, South Korea. Some of Kim’s earlier roles came in superhero movies like 2003’sHulkandSpider-Man 2, with more prominent TV roles includingCrusade, Miss Match, Star Trek: Enterprise, ER, and24.Kim’s breakout role came in 2004 when he was cast inLost, with Kim since becoming somewhat of a character actor since then. Some of Kim’s roles include TV efforts likeHawaii Five-0andThe Good Doctor,with his movie appearances includingThe Divergent Series: Insurgent,The Divergent Series: Allegiant,and 2019’sHellboy.
Daniel Dae Kim voiced two characters in the original animated Avatar universe, General Fong inThe Last Airbenderand Hiroshi Sato in its sequel,The Legend of Korra.
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Character:Fire Lord Ozai is the central villain ofAvatar: The Last Airbender, the villainous tyrant who wishes to conquer the Earth Kingdom and Water Tribes in the name of the Fire Nation. Much like in the animated version of the show,The Last Airbenderdoes not present Fire Lord Ozai with much compassion or sympathetic motivations, instead having him serve as the show’s big bad for Aang to overcome. Interestingly, Ozai did not appear until season 3 of the original show, meaning it is somewhat of a mystery what his role will be inThe Last Airbenderseason 2.
Elizabeth Yu as Princess Azula
Date of Birth: June 17, 2025
Actor:Elizabeth Yu is an American actor born in New Jersey. Yu’s career is much less fleshed out than her costars, with her first appearance coming in a movie namedSomewhere in Queens. Yu then appeared in a 2023 movie titledMay Decemberbefore appearing in the 2024 moviesYear OneandWomb. Undoubtedly,Yu’s breakout role is alsoThe Last Airbender, a show that will promise to give her a bigger catalog of roles in the future.
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Azula
Character:Elizabeth Yu portrays Azula inThe Last Airbender, the sister of Zuko and the princess of the Fire Nation. Unlike Zuko who is more like his kindhearted uncle, Azula is much more ruthless and shows the tyrannical tendencies of her father. InThe Last Airbenderseason 1, Azula’s role primarily served as an origin, showcasing how she gained her father’s favor over Zuko and her ability to be an asset in her father’s war.Avatar:The Last Airbenderseason 2 will give Azula a much bigger role as she hunts down Aang while furthering the Fire Nation’s war efforts in the Earth Kingdom.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender follows a young boy, the Avatar, who embarks on a quest to master the four elemental powers. Tasked with saving a world engulfed in war, he must confront a relentless adversary determined to thwart his mission.
