‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Cast And Character Guide: New And Returning Faces (2024)

‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Cast And Character Guide: New And Returning Faces (1)

The return to Winter River granted by Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will revisit some familiar faces from the 1988 film in addition to introducing new ones. Of course, the juice wouldn’t be loose without Michael Keaton returning to reprise the titular demon. Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara will also bring back the Deetz family in addition to Jenna Ortega’s extension as the newest member — Astrid Deetz.

Other newcomers to the sequel include Willem Dafoe, Monica Bellucci and Justin Theroux. Unfortunately, Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin won’t appear in the sequel, and director Tim Burton explained why. Davis also offered a theory about why her Barbara Maitland and Baldwin’s Adam aren’t in the sequel.

Read on for the full cast of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

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Betelgeuse (Michael Keaton)
Mr. Juice himself is the one and only bio-exorcist that the Deetz family knows of — well Delia and Lydia at least. The green-haired ghoul, who dresses in a black and white pinstripe suit, makes mayhem in the afterlife, and he’s back in the sequel for various reasons.
Michael Keaton was nominated for an Oscar for his role as Riggan in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2015). He also played Bruce Wayne, aka Batman in Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992). He also played Doug Kinney in Multiplicity (1996), Jack Frost in Jack Frost (1998), Ray Peyton Sr. in Herbie Fully Loaded (2005) and more recently, Walter ‘Robby’ Robinson in Spotlight (2015)Ray Kroc in The Founder (2016), Adrian Toomes in Spider-Man: Homecoming(2017) and Morbius (2022), Ramsey Clark in The Trial of the Chicago 7(2020) and Dr. Samuel Finnix in Dopesick, for which he won the Outstanding Lead Actor Emmy.
Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder)
Lydia Deetz was 15 years old in the original Beetlejuice. Now she is a mother and a television medium who uses her gift of seeing ghosts to headline a TV show. Her daughter Astrid doesn’t want anything to do with her, and her manager Rory (Justin Theroux) wants everything to do with her.
Winona Ryder is known for playing Charlotte Flax in Mermaids(1990), Jo March in Little Women (1994), Call in Alien Resurrection (1997) Susanna in Girl, Interrupted (1999). More recently, she appeared as Evelyn Finkel in The Plot Against America, Pat in Haunted Mansion(2023) and Joyce Byers in Netflix’s tentpole series Stranger Things which currently has the final season in production.
Delia Deetz (Catherine O’Hara)
Delia Deetz is the stepmother of Lydia Deetz. In the first Beetlejuice, Delia moved into the haunted house on the hill because her husband (Jeffrey Jones) bought it without telling her. She is an expressive artist, always willing to feel emotions for her work.
Catherine O’Hara is known for playing Kate McAlister, Kevin’s mom, in Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992). She voiced Sally in Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas(1993). She also starred as Cookie Fleck in Best in Show (2000), Mickey Crabbe in A Mighty Wind, Jessica Wilhern in Penelope (2006). More recently, she voiced Brook in Pixar’s Elemental (2023) and she played Jackie in Pain Hustlers (2023) and Ruth in Argylle (2024). She will appear in Season 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us.
Astrid Deetz (Jenna Ortega)
Astrid Deetz is the daughter of Lydia Deetz. She attends a fancy boarding school where she can focus on her studies and not her mother’s phony fame.
Jenna Ortega is known for headlining Tim Burton’s modern take on Wednesday as Wednesday Addams, which is currently in production for its second season on Netflix. Netflix films in which she has appeared include The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020) and Yes Day (2021). She starred as Vada Cavell in The Fallout (2021) and as Lorraine in Ti West’sX (2022). She also appeared as Tara Carpenter in Scream (2022) and Scream VI (2023). She also played young Jane in Jane the Virgin and Ellie Alves in Netflix’s You.
Delores (Monica Bellucci)
Delores might be the only one who willingly would summon Beetlejuice in the follow-up film. She joined the film with word that she would portray the ghost with the most’s wife.
Monica Bellucci is known for playing Malèna Scordia in Malena(2000), Persephone in The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix Revolutions(2003) and Donna Quintano in Shoot ‘Em Up (2007). Recently she appeared in Mafia Mamma (2023) as Bianca.
Jackson (Willem Dafoe)
Jackson is head of the Afterlife investigative bureau, but he was formerly an actor. It’s up to him to piece together all of the chaos between Beetlejuice’s antics, the Deetz family predicament and more.
Willem Dafoe is known for playing the Green Goblin, aka Norman Osborn in Toby Maguire’s Spider-Man universe, until his villain crossed into the MCU in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). He also played Bobby in The Florida Project (2017), Vincent van Gogh in At Eternity’s Gate (2018) and Thomas Wake in The Lighthouse (2019). He starred in Inside(2023) as Nemo, and he appeared as Saltzburg Keitel in Asteroid City(2023). He voiced the Noble Pelican in the English dubbed version of The Boy and the Heron (2023), and he worked with Yorgos Lanthimos on the director’s two most recent films Poor Things (2023) and Kinds of Kindness(2024).
Bob-Shrinker (Nick Kellington)
Bob, with the shrunken head, has a whole crew of people just like him in Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.
The fan-favorite character is voiced by Nick Kellington, who has had roles in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), Star Wars Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker(2019) and The Beast in Slaughterhouse Rulez.
Rory (Justin Theroux)
Rory is Lydia’s manager, and he always encourages her to do what is best for her work. They met at a healing retreat.
Justin Theroux is known for playing Timothy Bryce in American Psycho (2000), Adam in Mulholland Drive (2001), Leezar in Your Highness (2011) and Tom in The Girl on the Train (2016). He played Mel Wulf in Based on Sex (2018) and appeared as Ethan Chase in Joker(2019). Most recently, he played Allie Fox in two seasons of Apple’s The Mosquito Coast, and he appeared as G. Gordon Liddy in White House Plumbers.
Jeremy (Arthur Conti) (Left)
Jeremy is a boy Astrid meets in Winter River.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is Conti’s first big film role, and he previously appeared as the Queen’s Page in the first season of House of the Dragon.
Janitor (Danny DeVito)
Danny DeVito makes a small cameo as an Afterlife Janitor who loves to guzzle chemicals.
DeVito is known for playing Mr. Wormwood in as well as narrating and directing Matilda (1996) and for portraying Penguin in Batman Returns (1992). He plays Frank Reynolds in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and he voiced Uncle Dan in Migration (Jack Denisoff).
Richard (Santiago Cabrera)
Richard is Astrid’s father and Lydia’s ex-husband.
Santiago Cabrera played Joseph Bachman in Big Little Lies and Isaac Mendez in Heroes. He appeared as Santos in Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) and as Camilo Cienfuegos in Che: Part One (2008).
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ UK Premiere in London
Father Damien is the local Winter River priest, who gets called upon for multiple occasions in the Beetlejuice sequel.
Burn Gorman played Stryver in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Adolphys Murtry in ten episodes of The Expanse, Hermann Gottlieb in Pacific Rim: Uprising and Commander Hoff, the lead Peacekeeper, in The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023). He also voiced the Priest character in Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022).