Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2: Every Character and the Actor Behind Them in Netflix’s Live-Action

Netflix just dropped a first look at its live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 and, yes, Toph is finally rolling in. We also got a trailer tease, a 2026 return window, and a very stacked cast list that mixes returning leads with a bunch of new faces. If you watched Season 1, the next stretch lines up with the Earth Kingdom run from the animated series, and it sounds like the show is aiming for some of those big, fan-favorite moments.

What Netflix showed

Netflix posted the Season 2 poster on Instagram: Aang front and center, Katara and Sokka flanking him, and Toph joining the team. Appa and Momo made the cut, because of course they did. The caption was pretty direct: "Toph has arrived. AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER SEASON 2. Teaser trailer tomorrow."

When is it out?

No exact date yet, but Netflix says Season 2 lands in 2026. Production on the new season is already wrapped, so the timeline makes sense. With a teaser about to hit, there is a decent chance the premiere date gets locked in soon.

Where we left off

Season 1 ended with the Gaang defending the Northern Water Tribe, only to get a rude reminder the war is nowhere near over. Azula took Omashu and nabbed King Bumi, and a mid-credits stinger flagged Sozin's Comet on the horizon. Translation: things are about to escalate.

What the showrunners are promising

Executive producers Christine Boylan and Jabbar Raisani told Netflix's Tudum they want to push into deeper character dynamics in Season 2, bring iconic animated beats to life, and also build out story threads the cartoon never explored. They kept the hype specific too:

"For the Gaang, fans can expect more brilliant plans from Sokka, even more masterful bending from Katara, Appa, and Momo to be as fluffy as ever, and Aang to learn a new bending form (or two)."

Who is back, who is new

Albert Kim returns as creator/showrunner, and most of the Season 1 core is back. Netflix also confirmed a long list of new players, including some deep-cut Earth Kingdom and Ba Sing Se names. One unexpected twist: The Boulder is in the mix and is being played by Crystal Yu. Also, Dolly de Leon is pulling double duty as both Lo and Li.

• Gordon Cormier - Aang - The last Airbender and the young Avatar
• Kiawentiio - Katara - A Southern Water Tribe waterbender
• Ian Ousley - Sokka - Katara's older brother and non-bender
• Dallas Liu - Zuko - The exiled Fire Nation prince
• Paul Sun-Hyung Lee - Iroh - Zuko's wise uncle and retired general
• Daniel Dae Kim - Fire Lord Ozai - The feared Fire Nation ruler
• Elizabeth Yu - Azula - A firebending prodigy princess and Zuko's sister
• Ken Leung - Admiral Zhao - A ruthless Fire Nation naval officer
• Miya Cech - Toph Beifong - A blind earthbending prodigy
• Terry Chen - Jeong Jeong - A former Fire Nation admiral
• Dolly de Leon - Lo and Li - Elder twin advisors who train Princess Azula
• Lily Gao - Fai - A Fire Nation figure tied to internal political shifts
• Dichen Lachman - Avatar Yangchen - A past Air Nomad Avatar
• Chin Han - Long Feng - The influential leader of Ba Sing Se's secretive Dai Li
• Hoa Xuande - Professor Zei - Head anthropologist of Ba Sing Se University
• Justin Chien - King Kuei - The monarch of the Earth Kingdom
• Amanda Zhou - Joo Dee - A cheerful, overly polite guide for Ba Sing Se's visitors
• Crystal Yu - The Boulder - A dramatic, well-known earthbending wrestler
• Lourdes Faberes - General Sung - Role confirmed; further details not yet revealed
• Rekha Sharma - Amita - Role confirmed; further details not yet revealed
• Matthew Yang King - Appa (voice) - Aang's loyal flying bison
• Utkarsh Ambudkar - King Bumi - The king of Omashu and Aang's childhood friend
• Thalia Tran - Mai - Azula's friend, deadly with precise projectiles
• Momona Tamada - Ty Lee - Azula's energetic friend skilled in acrobatic chi-blocking

Already thinking ahead to Season 3

Two more castings are locked for future episodes: Jon Jon Briones will play master swordsman Piandao, and Tantoo Cardinal will play Hama. Both are planned for Season 3, not Season 2.

Avatar: The Last Airbender streams on Netflix. Season 2 is set for 2026; the teaser is imminent. Expect bigger bending, messier politics in the Earth Kingdom, and Toph entering the chat like a wrecking ball.