With the upcoming installment of Mike White’s HBO drama set to take place in Château de la Messardière in Saint-Tropez, France, the confirmed list of people appearing in the upcoming season has begun trickling in.
Steve Coogan, Helena Bonham Carter and Alexander Ludwig.
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Reservations are being booked for season four of The White Lotus, and these actors are confirmed for a once-in-a-lifetime getaway (or opportunity, you could say).
With the fourth installment of Mike White’s HBO drama set to take place in Château de la Messardière in Saint-Tropez, France, the confirmed list of people appearing in the upcoming season has begun trickling in.
HBO notoriously doesn’t share many details about upcoming seasons (a logline detailed that season four will “follow a new group of White Lotus hotel guests and employees over the span of a week,” as expected). So each new cast member announced as part of the new season is enough to ignite fanfare and anticipation surrounding the upcoming installment.
While the full slate of guests has not yet been revealed, The Hollywood Reporter has assembled a list of all the confirmed cast members appearing in The White Lotus season four.
This story was originally published on Jan. 31, 2026.
Alexander Ludwig
Image Credit: Anna Webber/Getty Images for MGM+ Alexander Ludwig was one of the first cast members confirmed for the upcoming fourth season of The White Lotus. He starred in Michael Hirst’s period drama Vikings from 2014 to 2020, and also appeared in the first Hunger Games movie as Cato, a tribute.
After the news of his casting was revealed, he took to Instagram to commemorate the moment, thanking Mike White for the opportunity. “Beyond honored. Huge thank you to Mike for your trust in me and can’t wait to bring this unbelievable material to life,” Ludwig wrote on Dec. 19.
Ludwig is represented by Untitled Entertainment, Gersh and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.
AJ Michalka
Image Credit: Leon Bennett/Getty Images for Alzheimer’s Association AJ Michalka was confirmed as part of the season four cast alongside Ludwig. At first glance, her name may not ring a bell, but maybe that’s because you know her better as one half of the sister duo Aly & AJ. Yes, AJ of Aly & AJ will be on The White Lotus’ fourth installment.
Aside from starring in a series of her own music videos, Michalka acted in The Goldbergs from 2014 to 2023 and its spinoff, Schooled, from 2019 to 2020. She posted the casting news on Instagram in December, writing, “Checking in! Let’s party Mike.”
She is represented by United Talent Agency, Amplified, and Mckuin, Frankel, Whitehead.
Steve Coogan
Image Credit: Shane Anthony Sinclair/Getty Images for BFI Steve Coogan, known for often portraying the Alan Partridge character, is now a part of The White Lotus family. He’s played Alan Partridge in many projects, and is also a two-time Academy Award nominee tied as a writer and producer of Philomena. Coogan is also a part of the voice cast for the Despicable Me films.
He is represented by CAA and Independent Talent Group.
Caleb Jonte Edwards
Image Credit: Courtesy of Edwards Caleb Jonte Edwards is a newcomer to the industry, with The White Lotus season four notably serving as his third credited project. He’s appeared in a single episode of the Australian drama series Black Snow and a short film called The Man and the Woman.
Edwards is represented by Echo Lake Entertainment and Eaton Management.
Helena Bonham Carter
Image Credit: Joe Maher/Getty Images Two-time Oscar nominee Helena Bonham Carter will next be seen in the HBO drama. She has an extensive résumé, with her Academy Award nods hailing from her performances in The King’s Speech and The Wings of the Dove.
Carter’s additional film credits include Fight Club (1999); the Harry Potter franchise; Novocaine (2001); Planet of the Apes (2001); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005); Corpse Bride (2005); Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007); Alice in Wonderland (2010); Les Misérables (2012); Cinderella (2015); Ocean’s Eight (2018); and Enola Holmes (2020) and the 2022 follow-up. She also appeared in Netflix’s The Crown as Princess Margaret.
She is represented by Nicola Van Gelder of Conway Van Gelder Grant.
Marissa Long
Image Credit: Courtesy of Marissa Long Model and social media personality Marissa Long is making her small-screen debut on The White Lotus season four.
“I’ll try and make this short and sweet, but I am absolutely raw right now!!! God is so good — I am in the middle of so many feelings and I’m unbelievably honored to be joining this with such incredible people,” she wrote on Instagram when the news came out. “And thank you Mike White!!!!!!!!!! I’m speechless and cannot wait for this journey, feeling deeply blessed.. LETS GO!!!!”
Long is represented by Canopy Media Partners, Next Model Management and Yorn Levine Barnes Krintzman, Rubenstein, Kohner, Endlich, Goodell & Gellman.
Chris Messina
Image Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Chris Messina is one of the most recently confirmed actors slated to appear in The White Lotus’ fourth installment. His most recent acting credit hails from the second season of Based on a True Story (he also starred in season one), and he’s also appeared in Away We Go (2009) and Ben Affleck’s Argo (2012).
Messina is represented by Entertainment 360, CAA, Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern.
Sandra Bernhard
Image Credit: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Marty Supreme actress Sandra Bernhard will lend her acting talents to The White Lotus‘ fourth season. She’s appeared in two Ryan Murphy projects, hailing from Pose (2018-2021), seasons eight and 11 of American Horror Story.
Bernhard has additionally appeared in Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy (1982); Without You I’m Nothing (1990); the Bruce Willis-led Hudson Hawk (1991); seasons four through 10 of Roseanne; and two episodes of Severance‘s second season, among other titles.
She is by represented by The Rosenzweig Group and Kopeikin Law.
