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Netflix's 'The Sandman' Adds Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Patton Oswalt, Jenna Coleman & More

Netflix's 'The Sandman' Adds Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Patton Oswalt, Jenna Coleman & More

Cruella‘s Kirby Howell-Baptiste is just one of the 12 stars who have joined Netflix‘s upcoming The Sandman series.

The actress will join previously announced stars Tom Sturridge, Gwendoline Christie, Vivienne Acheampong, Boyd Holbrook, Charles Dance, Asim Chaudhry and Sanjeev Bhaskar in the DC Comic’s based on Neil Gaiman‘s stories.

The series is described as “a rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven…The Sandman the people and places affected by Morpheus, the Dream King, as he tries to fix all the cosmic and human mistakes he’s made during his vast existence.”

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Kirby is joined by Mason Alexander Park, Donna Preston, Jenna Coleman, Niamh Walsh, Joely Richardson, David Thewlis, Kyo Ra, Stephen Fry, Razane Jammal, Sandra James Young, and Patton Oswalt in the series.

Learn all about their characters below:

Kirby Howell-Baptiste

Kirby Howell-Baptiste is Death, Death’s wiser sister

Mason Alexander Park

Mason Alexander Park is Desire, Dream’s sibling, and desire personified.

Donna Preston

Donna Preston is Despair, Dream’s sister, and the twin of Desire.

Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry is Gilbert, Debonair protector of Rose Walker.

Jenna Coleman

Jenna Coleman is Johanna Constantine, haunted exorcist and Occult Adventuress for Hire.

Joely Richardson

Joely Richardson is Ethel Cripps, Master thief and woman of a thousand identities.

Niamh Walsh

Niamh Walsh is a young Ethel Cripps, a betrayed and determined young woman seeking to survive.

Razan Jammal

Razane Jammal is Lyta Hall, Rose’s best friend and travel companion.

Patton Oswalt

Patton Oswalt will voice Matthew The Raven, Dream’s trusted emissary.

David Thewlis

David Thewlis is John Dee, Ethel’s son. Dangerous, insane and on a quest for truth.

No images were available for Kyo Ra or Sandra James Young.

Kyo will play Rose Walker, a young woman on a desperate search for her missing brother. She discovers a connection to Dream that neither of them can escape.

Sandra is Unity Kincaid, Heiress and mysterious benefactor.

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