Order up for The Bear Season 3, and several familiar faces have returned from Season 2 to reprise their guest star roles. There are some new characters played by major actors — Josh Hartnett and John Cena to be seen in Season 3. Of course the foundational cast who have been around since Season 1 cause their usual kitchen chaos.
Many of the Berzatto family members who contributed to Season 2 Episode 6 in which Carmy flashes back to Christmas at his mother’s house return in footage from that night as well as other memories or current-day encounters.
Read on to see the recipe the cast of The Bear Season 3 creates with tried and true ingredients as well as some new ones.
Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White)
Jeremy Allen White plays intense head chef Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto. Carmy inherited The Bear, when it was The Beef, from his older brother Mikey after Mikey committed Suicide.
Jeremy Allen White is known for playing “Lip” Gallagher inShamelessKerry Von Erich inThe Iron Claw (2023).
Sydney Adamu (Ayo Edebiri)
Sydney is Carmy’s partner for The Bear. She sought him out to work under him because she had heard about him.
Ayo Edebiri is known for playing Josie in Bottoms(2023), Janet Walch inTheater Camp (2023) and for voice roles like April O’Neil inTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2023) and Envy inInside Out 2 (2024).
Richard “Richie” Jerimovich (Ebon Moss-Bachrach(
Cousin Richie was close friends with Mikey. Now he supports Carmy at The Bear. He had a great character arc in Season 2 with a particularly victorious episodeForks.
Ebon Moss-Bachrach played Desi Harperin inGirls,David Lieberman inThe Punisher, Gary inNo Hard Feelings (2023), and he will appear inthe upcomingFantastic Four movie as Ben Grumm, or the Thing.
Neil Fak (Matty Matheson)
Matty Matheson is a cook in real life, but his character is more of a maintenance man inThe Bear.
Natalie ‘Sugar’ Berzatto (Abby Elliott)
Natalie Berzatto is Carmy’s older sister. She became COO in Season 2 and helped The Bear open.
Abby Elliott, daughter of Chris Elliott, appeared onSaturday Night Live from 2008-2021.
Marcus (Lionel Boyce)
Marcus was the pastry chef for Mikey’s The Beef, and he stayed on at The Bear. Marcus’ mother was terminally ill in Season 2.
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Tina (Liza Colón-Zayas)
We get to see more of Tina’s backstory in Episode 6 of Season 3, titledNapkins. She has worked at both The Beef and The Bear.
She appeared onLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit. She voiced Janet inIF (2024) and she played Officer Elaine inCat Person (2023).
Ebraheim (Edwin Lee Gibson)
Ebraheim has worked at The Beef and The Bear alongside Tina. He got a chance to upgrade his job in Season 2.
Gibson has appeared inFargo, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty andUnprisoned, which has a second season coming to Hulu in July.
Theodore Fak (Ricky Staffieri)
Ricky Staffieri plays Theodore Fak, brother to Matty Matheson’s Neil Fak.
He has appeared inBetter Caul Saul andThis Is Us.
Uncle Jimmy (Oliver Platt)
Uncle Jimmy, whose nickname is “Cicero” funds The Beef and The Bear.
Oliver Platt has appeared inChicago Med,Chicago Fireand Bernie in Babes (2024). He is known for playing Porthos inThe Three Musketeers (1993), Rupert Burns inBicentiennial Man(1999), Hector Cyr inLake Placid (1999) and Bob Zelnick inFrost/Nixon (2008).
Gary “Sweeps” Woods (Corey Hendrix)
Corey Hendrix plays Gary, who takes on the sommelier duties.
He has appeared inFargo and The Chi.
Pete (Chris Witaske)
Chris Witaske plays Pete, Natalie’s husband. He’s a bright light in the grumpy group of Chicagoans.
He has appeared inThe Bubble,Curb Your Enthusiasm and more.
Sam Fak (John Cena)
John Cena plays Sam Fak, brother of Neil and Jimmy.
Cena has recently appeared inRicky Stanicky(2024),Argylle(2024) andBarbie.
Frank (Josh Hartnett)
Josh Hartnett plays Tiff’s fiancé, Frank. Frank is a stand-up guy.
Josh Hartnett will appear inTrap this summer. He recently appeared inOppenheimer as Ernest Lawrence andBlack Mirror as David Ross.
Grant Achatz, Bradley Cooper and Christina Tosi
In the Season 3 finale, several notable chefs featured on shows likeChef’s Table were portrayed as having worked at Ever, which is based on a real restaurant. Cooper’s cameo is only in a photo from the Netflix movieBurnt, while many more chefs sit around and shoot the breeze about working in a kitchen.
Luca (Will Poulter)
Will Poulter reprises his Season 2 role of Chef Luca, a former rival of Carmy’s who trained Marcus for a bit in Copenhagen.
Poulter recently appeared as Adam Warlock inGuardians of the Galaxy Volume 3andDopesick. He is known for playing Eustance Scrubb inThe Chronicles of Narnia (2010), Kenny Rossmore in We’re the Millers (2013) and Gally in The Maze Runner (2014).
Chef Andrea Terry (Olivia Colman)
Olivia Colman also reprises her role as Chef Andrea Terry, who trained both Carmy and Luca back in the day. Richie staged with Chef Terry inForks, or Episode 7 of Season 2.
Lately, she has appeared inWicked Littel Letters (2023) andWonka (2023) as Mrs. Scrubitt. She played Queen Elizabeth II onThe Crown and Sarah Nelson onHeartstopper as well as Sonya Falsworth in Secret Invasion.
David Fields (Joel McHale)
Joel McHale returns to play the harsh New York Chef that always drilled Carmy when he was training.
McHale is known forCommunity, The Happytime Murders,Deliver Us From Evil andThe Informant!
Jessica (Sarah Ramos)
Sarah Ramos reprises her role as Jessica, with whom Richie worked at Ever, Chef Terry’s Michelin starred restaurant.
Ramos played Hattie inParenthood, Cheryl Pistono inWinning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.
Mikey Berzatto (Jon Bernthal)
Jon Bernthal appears in a few scenes to reprise his role as Mikey Berzatto, Carmy’s older brother who left The Beef (now The Bear) to him after his death.
Bernthal has recently appeared inOrigin (2023), Brad inThe Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Rick Macci inKing Richard (2021) and Grady inThe Accountant (2014).
Donna Berzatto (Jamie Lee Curtis)
Jamie Lee Curtis portrays Donna Berzatto, who we met in Season 2 first in theFishes episode and again in the finale.
Curtis won an Oscar for her role inEverything Everywhere All At Once (2022). She is also known for playing Laurie Strode inHalloween(2018) and Helen inTrue Lies (1994).
Ever CDC Adam Shapiro
Adam Shapiro played the Ever CDC in Season 2, and it also turns out he trained alongside Carmy and Luca with Chef Terry.
He is known for playing Mr. Shapiro inNever Have I Ever, George S. Kaufman inMank (2020) and Avie Tevanian inSteve Jobs (2015).
Ever CDC Adam Shapiro
Adam Shapiro played the Ever CDC in Season 2, and it also turns out he trained alongside Carmy and Luca with Chef Terry.
He is known for playing Mr. Shapiro inNever Have I Ever, George S. Kaufman inMank (2020) and Avie Tevanian inSteve Jobs (2015).
Claire (Molly Gordon)
Molly Gordon plays Claire, Carmy’s love interest, in Season 2, but Season 3 follows a rift between her and Carmy, who said some things when he was locked in the gridge last season. She shows up in flashbacks in Season 3.
Molly Gordon appears as Rebecca-Diane inTheater Camp (2023) and Maya inShiva Baby (2020), Liza inYou People (2023) as well as Triple A inBooksmart (2019).
Tiffany (Gillian Jacobs)
Gillian Jacobs reprises her role of Richie’s ex-wife Tiffany, with whom he shares a daughter.
Jacobs appeared inCommunity,Choke (2008), The Box (2009) andWalk of Shame(2014).
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