The Challengers cast features Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist. This info article contains minor spoilers and cast/character summaries for Luca Guadagnino’s 2024 movie. Check out more streaming guides in Vague Visages’ Know the Cast category, and then browse complete soundtrack song listings in the Soundtracks of Cinema section.

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Challengers chronicles the personal and professional lives of three tennis players. During the mid-2000s, Tashi hooks up with two male classmates before suffering a career-ending injury. The narrative follows the main protagonist as she tries to emotionally support both her husband and former lover. Here’s every actor and character in Challengers.

Read More at VV — Know the Cast: ‘Road House’

Challengers Cast: Zendaya as Tashi Donaldson

Character Profile: A former Stanford University tennis star. She ultimately marries a fellow professional athlete. Tashi struggles to maintain a healthy marriage upon reuniting with a former lover.

Zendaya’s Resume: Rocky Blue in Shake It Up (2010-13), K.C. Cooper in K.C. Undercover (2015-18), Michelle aka MJ in the Spider-Man Movie Franchise (2017-), Rue Bennett in Euphoria (2019-), Chani in Dune (2021)

Read More at VV — Know the Cast: ‘Upgraded’

Challengers Cast: Josh O’Connor as Patrick Zweig

Character Profile: Tashi’s former lover. He struggles to maintain a lucrative tennis career. Patrick considers sabotaging the marriage between Tashi and his former best friend.

O’Connor’s Resume: Johnny Saxby in God’s Own Country (2017), Prince Charles in The Crown (2019-20), Jamie in Hope Gap (2019), Mr. Elton in Emma. (2020), Arthur in La Chimera (2023)

Read More at VV — Know the Cast & Characters: ‘Saltburn’

Challengers Cast: Mike Faist as Art Donaldson

Character Profile: Tashi’s husband. He originally hooked up with her in college during a three-way encounter involving Patrick. Art struggles with personal insecurities while trying to revive his professional tennis career.

Faist’s Resume: Lawrence Fowler in Wildling (2018), Arthur in The Atlantic City Story (2020), Riff in West Side Story (2021), Dodge Mason in Panic (2021), Roger Sharpe in Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game (2022)

Read More at VV — Know the Cast & Characters: ‘Role Play’

The Challengers cast also includes:

• Darnell Appling as Umpire (New Rochelle Final)
• Bryan Doo as Art’s Physiotherapist
• Shane T. Harris as Art’s Security Guard
• Nada Despotovich as Tashi’s Mother
• Joan Mcshane as Line Judge (New Rochelle Final)
• Chris Fowler as TV Sports Commentator (Atlanta 2019)
• Mary Joe Fernandez as TV Sports Commentator (Atlanta 2019)
• A.J. Lister as Lily
• Connor Aulson as Leo Du Marier
• Doria Bramante as Woman With Headset (Atlanta 2019)

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