Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery: Full list of cast and characters explored

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is an upcoming mystery film set to release on November 26, 2025, followed by a Netflix premiere on December 12, 2025. The third film in the Knives Out series, it serves as a sequel to Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022). Rian Johnson returns as both writer and director, with Daniel Craig reprising his role as Detective Benoit Blanc.

The film features an ensemble cast that includes Josh O'Connor, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, and Glenn Close, each playing new characters with their own secrets and motives. It is a dark, gothic murder mystery about Detective Benoit Blanc, who is called to a remote and isolated church to investigate a seemingly impossible locked-room murder. He works to uncover the truth and find the killer among a group of suspects with their own hidden agendas.

Cast of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

A still from the film's trailer (Image via YouTube/Netflix)

Given below is a list of all the cast members featuring in the film:

Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc: Craig reprises his role as the private investigator
Josh O'Connor as Rev. Jud Duplenticy: A young priest
Glenn Close as Martha Delacroix: A church lady and one of Monsignor Jefferson Wicks's most loyal followers
Josh Brolin as Msgr. Jefferson Wicks: A man of God who runs a rural church called Our Lady of Perpetual Fortitude
Mila Kunis as Geraldine Scott: The police chief
Jeremy Renner as Dr. Nat Sharp: A town doctor who is part of the inner circle of Monsignor Jefferson Wicks
Kerry Washington as Vera Draven: A lawyer who serves as the family attorney for Monsignor Jefferson Wicks
Andrew Scott as Lee Ross: An author who is a part of the small, devoted congregation of Monsignor Jefferson Wicks
Cailee Spaeny as Simone Vivane: A prodigious former concert cellist and one of the devoted followers of Monsignor Jefferson Wicks
Daryl McCormack as Cy Draven: The illegitimate son and much younger brother of Kerry Washington's character, Vera Draven
Thomas Haden Church as Samson Holt: A circumspect groundskeeper, is a part of the small, devoted flock of Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin)

What is Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery about?

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is set in a Catholic parish in upstate New York, where a controversial monsignor is murdered in a locked-room mystery. The story is primarily told from the perspective of a young priest, Rev. Jud Duplenticy (Josh O'Connor), a former boxer struggling with his past and seeking redemption.

The murder forces him to work with private investigator Benoit Blanc to uncover the truth. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery explores themes of faith, grace, and redemption, as Blanc's logical approach to the crime clashes with the spiritual and existential questions at the heart of the case.

What is the Knives Out film series about?

The Knives Out film series follows a master detective named Benoit Blanc as he solves complicated murder mysteries. Each movie features a new case, a different cast of suspects, and a different location. The films feature clever plots, witty dialogue, and shocking endings.

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery will be released in theaters on November 26, 2025. Stay tuned for more updates.