Netflix's post-apocalyptic fantasy series Sweet Tooth stars Christian Convery as deer-boy Gus and Nonso Anozie as his reluctant guardian, Tommy. Based on the Vertigo comic books written and drawn by Jeff Lemire, Sweet Tooth is set in a world where a virus wiped out most of humanity, while at exactly the same time babies began to be born as animal hybrids.
As civilization is crumbling, baby Gus is taken to an isolated homestead in the heart of Yellowstone National Park by his "Pubba" and raised there in secret. When he is 10 years old, Gus is spurred to go out into the world and search for his mother - and decides that a lone wanderer called Tommy is going to help him. Tommy doesn't agree, but finds that he isn't given much choice in the matter.
Meanwhile, Dr. Aditya Singh (Adeel Akhtar) searches for a cure to the viral sickness, and former therapist Aimee Eden (Dania Ramirez) creates a save haven for hybrid children to protect them from a society that hates and fears them. From the humans to the hybrids, here's a guide to the cast and characters of Sweet Tooth.
Gus is a hybrid child with antlers, deer ears, and other unique characteristics like night vision and slightly heightened agility. He is slightly older than the rest of the hybrid population, and may even have been the first one. His ability to talk also makes him stand out among the hybrids. Gus lives with his "Pubba" in the woods, and has been warned against venturing outside the fence for his entire life. But the temptation of finding his mother ultimately leads to him breaking his father's biggest rule. Christian Convery played Morgan in Pup Academy and Jasper Sheff in Beautiful Boy.
Tommy Jepperd was once a famous football player, but in the post-apocalypse he is a lonely traveler with an unspoken darkness in his past. He crosses paths with Gus after saving him from a pair of hybrid poachers, and finds himself unable to stop the deer kid from following him around. Nonso Anozie is also known for playing Abraham Kenyatta in Zoo and Xaro Xhoan Daxos in Game of Thrones.
Bear is a teenager who believes that both the hybrid children and the virus are nature's way of healing the damage done to the earth by humanity. She founded the Animal Army, a group of similarly orphaned children who wear animal costumes and use guerrilla tactics to save hybrids from being hunted and killed. Stefania LaVie Owen is known for playing Nicole Chance in Chance and Rebecca Iguero in Messiah.
Aimee Eden is a counselor who feels trapped in her life, until "The Great Crumble" arrives and she finds her life completely upended. After a baby hybrid is abandoned on her doorstep, Aimee establishes a save haven for hybrids inside the walls of a zoo - until the outside world threatens to invade. Dania Ramirez is also known for playing Hannah Perez in Tell Me A Story and Maya Herrera in Heroes.
Once an ordinary doctor who dealt with skinned knees and sniffles, Dr. Aditya Singh finds himself at the heart of the search for a cure for the virus. His wife, Rani, is kept alive through experimental treatments that were developed at a terrible cost. When the local doctor retires and hands her work off to Adi, he's forced to choose between his ethics as a doctor and his love for his wife. Adeel Akhtar is also known for playing Faisal in Four Lions and Naveed in The Big Sick.
The former power structures have crumbled in Sweet Tooth's present day, and the man in charge now is the sadistic General Abbott. Leader of a military organization called The Last Men, Abbott thinks that hybrid children are only good for being exterminated or experimented upon. Neil Sandilands is known for playing Clifford DeVoe a.k.a. The Thinker in The Flash and Titus in The 100.
- Will Forte as "Pubba" - Gus's father, who hid him from the world and raised him in Yellowstone National Park.
- Aliza Vellani as Rani Singh - Adi's wife, who fell sick with the virus but has been kept alive through experimental treatments.
- Naledi Murray as Wendy - Aimee's adopted daughter, a pig-girl hybrid who was abandoned outside the zoo as a baby.
- Amy Seimetz as Birdie - The woman that Gus believes is his mother.
- Sarah Peirse as Dr. Bell - A doctor researching treatments for the sickness, who hands over her work to Dr. Singh.
- Marlon Williams as Johnny - General Abbot's right-hand man
- Mia Artemis as Tiger - Bear's best friend and lieutenant within the Animal Army.
- Jodie Rimmer as Judy - Birdie's friend and colleague.
- Nixon Bingley as Gus (at age 7)
- River Rain Jarvis as Gus (at age 4)
- James Brolin as The Narrator
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