‘The Boys’ Adds Jeffrey Dean Morgan in Recurring Role for Season 4

Meaghan Darwish August 25, 2022, 11:37 am

Jeffrey Dean Morgan is joining The Boys for Season 4 at Prime Video as the actor takes on a recurring guest star role.

Details about Morgan’s character are currently being kept under wraps until closer to the season’s release. Filming for Season 4 of The Boys recently commenced in Toronto where the production is based. Morgan’s casting marks a reunion between the actor and showrunner Eric Kripke who previously worked with him on The CW‘s Supernatural.

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Morgan is the star of AMC‘s Dead City from The Walking Dead Universe where he’s best known as the bat-wielding Negan. This is just the latest casting announcement as Morgan joins fellow Season 4 recruits Susan Heyward and Valorie Curry who have been cast as Sister Sage and Firecracker, respectively.

Chuffed to welcome @JDMorgan to The Boys S4. Can’t confirm if he’s gettin’ any tights, though. pic.twitter.com/ApDpQgo0QC

— THE BOYS (@TheBoysTV) August 25, 2022

The Boys is a series based on the comics from Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson which present a world in which superheroes, a.k.a. “Supes,” are celebrities as influential as politicians. As the Supes abuse their powers, the titular vigilante group led by Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) works to keep them in line.

'The Boys' Team Teases Start of Season 4 Production (PHOTOS)

Welcome to the fam, @JDMorgan. We’re all SO PSYCHED to have you!! (This pic is from #Season4, now shooting)#TheBoys #TheBoysTV @TheBoysTV @PrimeVideo pic.twitter.com/3bl40hlMZ6

— Eric Kripke (@therealKripke) August 25, 2022

Among the returning stars confirmed to appear in Season 4 so far are Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, and Karen Fukuhara. Season 3 featured Morgan’s former Supernatural costar Jensen Ackles in the role of Soldier Boy, a.k.a. The Original Supe.

Stay tuned for more on Morgan’s role and Season 4 of The Boys as the show continues to take shape at Prime Video.

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