The Pitt adds 7 recurring cast members for Season 3

The HBO medical drama The Pitt is expanding its ensemble for its third season, adding seven new recurring cast members to portray both patients and hospital staff. The new season, set to premiere in January 2027, will continue its hour-by-hour depiction of a busy emergency department, this time on Thursday, November 12, 2026.

According to reports, the new characters include five emergency department patients and two hospital physicians. Stephen Chang, known for The Last of Us Part II, will play patient Mitch Connors. Barry Clifton, from The Madison, will portray David "Bear" Burton. Additional patients will be played by Lawrence Kao as Harold Joslyn, Brent Sexton as Daryl Oates, and Hannah Ware as Charlotte Boyle.

Joining the medical staff is JB Tadena as Dr. Reed Thomas, a physician at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center. Chris Diamantopoulos will recur as Dr. Asher Grossman, the hospital's Chief Medical Officer. These actors join a returning core cast led by Noah Wyle, who also serves as an executive producer.

Wyle explained that the season's setting on November 12, the day after Veterans Day and two weeks before Thanksgiving, is a deliberate narrative choice. He stated that the...