The Gentlemen Season 2 brings Theo James and Kaya Scodelario back as Eddie Horniman and Susie Glass, now running a larger criminal operation that puts ambition, loyalty and control under fresh pressure. The returning Hornimans and Glasses are joined by Hugh Bonneville, Sergio Castellitto, Benedetta Porcaroli and Michele Morrone as the business reaches into political circles and Northern Italy.
The useful way to read this ensemble is not as a roll call. It is a map of competing power centres: Eddie and Susie at the top, two families with different ideas about loyalty, establishment figures who can legitimise an empire, and Italian players who know the territory better than either lead. The series is streaming on Netflix.
Cast at a glance
| Actor | Character | Place in Season 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Theo James | Eddie Horniman | Duke of Halstead and ambitious criminal operator |
| Kaya Scodelario | Susie Glass | Runs the Glass empire’s day-to-day business |
| Daniel Ings | Freddy Horniman | Eddie’s older brother, now taking life more seriously |
| Joely Richardson | Lady Sabrina | Eddie’s mother and dowager duchess of Halstead |
| Vinnie Jones | Geoff Seacombe | Halstead gamekeeper loyal to the Horniman family |
| Jasmine Blackborow | Charly Horniman | Eddie’s sister and mother to baby Tarquin |
| Benjamin Clementine | Nanny | Tarquin’s father and an equerry to the King |
| Ray Winstone | Bobby Glass | Imprisoned head of the Glass criminal empire |
| Harry Goodwins | Jack Glass | Susie’s brother, boxer and growing part of the operation |
| Michael Vu | Jimmy Chang | Chief grower and cannabis specialist |
| Ruby Sear | Gabrielle | Grifter working for Susie on surveillance and deception |
| Giancarlo Esposito | Uncle Stan | Stanley Johnston, a wealthy admirer of British aristocracy |
| Hugh Bonneville | Lord Hawthorne | House of Lords member and route to establishment power |
| Sergio Castellitto | Marco Moretti | Powerful Italian Mafia boss |
| Benedetta Porcaroli | Bella | Italian aristocrat and Cico’s wife |
| Michele Morrone | Cico Maldini | Bella’s husband and the operation’s local fixer |
Eddie and Susie now want different kinds of control
Theo James plays Eddie Horniman, the younger Horniman brother who unexpectedly inherited the Halstead title, estate and the cannabis operation beneath it. Season 1 positioned him as a reluctant aristocrat trying to escape the business. Season 2 removes that safety rail. Eddie has accepted that his title and criminal intelligence can reinforce each other, and his growing ambition is now one of the ensemble’s main destabilising forces.
Kaya Scodelario plays Susie Glass, the operational brain of her father Bobby’s empire. Her partnership with Eddie worked because his composure complemented her experience, but expansion changes the balance. Eddie is becoming more volatile, while Susie is considering whether loyalty to Bobby should continue to limit her own authority.
That makes their central conflict more precise than a simple question of trust. Both are capable, both want the enterprise to grow and both are tied to powerful families. The friction comes from who gets to set the pace, whose judgement carries more weight and whether either can build an independent future without weakening the alliance that made expansion possible.
The Hornimans turn family loyalty into a pressure system
Daniel Ings returns as Freddy Horniman, Eddie’s impulsive older brother. Freddy spent the first season reacting badly to Eddie inheriting the dukedom, but Season 2 meets him in a more serious frame of mind. That change matters because it gives the brothers a new dynamic to test instead of simply repeating Freddy’s chaos.
Joely Richardson is Lady Sabrina, Eddie and Freddy’s mother, while Vinnie Jones is Geoff Seacombe, the Halstead gamekeeper whose defining commitment is loyalty to the family. Their long, complicated connection receives more attention this season, placing the quieter history of the estate beside Eddie’s aggressive plans for its future.
Jasmine Blackborow plays Charly Horniman, Eddie’s adventurous sister and now the mother of baby Tarquin. Benjamin Clementine plays Nanny, Tarquin’s father and a former soldier serving as equerry to the King. Together, they tie the Horniman household to another layer of elite British life while keeping the family’s private relationships close to the criminal machine operating around Halstead.
Bobby’s caution collides with Susie and Eddie’s expansion
Ray Winstone returns as Bobby Glass, the imprisoned patriarch who can still influence the business from behind bars. Bobby remains ambitious, but his caution about the speed and scale of expansion puts him in a natural strategic conflict with Eddie and Susie. The question is not whether he wants the empire to prosper. It is whether the next generation is creating more exposure than control.
Harry Goodwins is Jack Glass, Susie’s younger brother, whose boxing ambition and complicated personal life compete with his increasing responsibilities in the family operation. Michael Vu returns as Jimmy Chang, the chief grower whose specialist knowledge becomes more valuable as the business grows, even if his distractibility remains a liability.
Ruby Sear plays Gabrielle, the London grifter now working for Susie. Her ability to deceive, observe and blend into a setting makes her useful when brute force would attract the wrong kind of attention. Jack, Jimmy and Gabrielle give Susie three very different resources: family muscle, product expertise and covert access.
Uncle Stan and Lord Hawthorne offer two routes to power
Giancarlo Esposito returns as Uncle Stan, the name used for ultra-wealthy Stanley Johnston. His fascination with British aristocracy deepens into a stronger interest in Eddie, whom he views as capable of becoming more than a conventional criminal or nobleman. Stan’s attention can look flattering, but it also raises the stakes around who recognises and tries to shape Eddie’s potential.
Hugh Bonneville joins as Lord Hawthorne, a well-connected House of Lords figure who can open a door into legitimate establishment power. He is willing to deal with criminals on his own terms, making him both an obstacle and a possible ally. Stan and Hawthorne therefore pull at the same part of Eddie’s identity from different directions: one is captivated by aristocratic symbolism, while the other controls access to formal influence.
The Italian connection redraws the criminal map
Sergio Castellitto plays Marco Moretti, the ruthless and influential head of an Italian Mafia family. Eddie and Susie’s move into Northern Italy does not stay unnoticed, and Marco represents the cost of entering a market where another power structure already exists.
Benedetta Porcaroli plays Bella, an orphaned Italian aristocrat with an immediate connection to Eddie. Her position mirrors part of his own dual identity: both can move through noble spaces without being insulated from danger.
Michele Morrone is Cico Maldini, Bella’s husband and a small-time criminal with a deep local network. Eddie and Susie depend on him as their fixer and guide, but trust is the problem built into that arrangement. Cico knows the ground, Marco commands the larger criminal order, and Bella forms a personal connection with Eddie. That triangle ensures the Italian expansion is never only a logistics problem.
The three conflicts that organise the ensemble
- Ambition versus restraint: Eddie and Susie want growth, but Bobby questions how quickly their reach should expand.
- Inheritance versus independence: Eddie is using the Horniman title as leverage, while Susie is testing how much of her future should remain beneath her father’s authority.
- Access versus control: Hawthorne can connect Eddie to political influence, Cico can guide the Italian operation and Stan can widen his sense of possibility. None of them offers access without gaining leverage in return.
The result is a cast built around pressure rather than novelty. Returning characters are not frozen in their Season 1 functions, and the new arrivals each challenge a specific part of Eddie and Susie’s expansion. Our Season 2 review looks at how that ensemble supports Eddie’s darker turn, while the Season 3 tracker separates the confirmed renewal from the details Netflix has not announced. For more on the week’s streaming line-up, see our OTT releases guide for August 31 to September 6. Netflix’s full Season 2 cast guide also includes the complete official character profiles.
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