The Pitt Season 3 is adding several new actors to its cast. Stars from Cliff Booth and The Last of Us are joining as new characters for the upcoming season.
The Pitt Season 3 is expected to premiere in January 2027 on HBO Max. As reported by Deadline, seven new faces will be coming in for the third season of the medical drama series. Stephen Chang, who played the role of Jesse in The Last of Us Part II, is joining the cast for The Pitt. JB Tadena, who is part of the upcoming Netflix movie The Adventures of Cliff Booth, directed by David Fincher, will also star in the third season of The Pitt. Alongside them, the cast will also feature Barry Clifton, Chris Diamantopoulos, Lawrence Kao, Brent Sexton, and Hannah Ware.
Stephen Chang will play the role of an Emergency department patient, Mitch Connors. Tadena will come in as a PTMC Physician, Dr. Reed Thomas. David “Bear” Burton, another Emergency Department patient, will be portrayed by Clifton. CMO Dr. Asher Grossman, CMO of PTMC, will be played by Chris Diamantopoulos. Kao and Sexton will play emergency department patients Harold Joslyn and Daryl Oates, respectively.
The first season of the medical drama series premiered back on January 9, 2025. The 15-episode series concluded its first season on April 10, 2025. In less than a year, the second season arrived on January 8, 2026, and the final episode aired on April 10, 2026. The synopsis of season 2, per Rotten Tomatoes, read, “The staff of Pittsburgh’s Trauma Medical Center work around the clock to save lives in an overcrowded and underfunded emergency department.”
What else do we know about The Pitt Season 3?
Before the debut of the second season, The Pitt Season 3 was announced on January 7, 2026, during the Season 2 premiere in Los Angeles. According to Deadline, the filming for Season 3 will begin on November 12, 2026. Written and created by R. Scott Gemmill, the third season will be produced by John Wells Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.
The second season got a 99% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, and audiences rated the 15-episode season 85%. David Sims from The Atlantic wrote, “The Pitt’s excellent Season 2 didn’t attempt to match or outdo the crisis of last year’s PittFest calamity. Instead, it managed to wring equally compelling drama out of all of its characters just having a really, really crappy day.”
“Season 3 is about doctors benefiting from being patients. We’re going to see that [Robby]’s begun the therapeutic road; it’s had a positive effect. It’s fragile, and it’s not without risk and vulnerability, but it’s at least there’s forward progress,” told producer Noah Ayle to Deadline while reflecting on the upcoming season.
