Christopher Nolan has is taking four more actors on his hero’s journey — and most are familiar faces to his world.
Elliot Page, Himesh Patel, Bill Irwin and Samantha Morton round out the supporting cast of The Odyssey, Nolan’s adaptation of the epic poem by Homer that he is making for Universal.
Page is a Nolan veteran, having the memorable role of architecture grad student Ariadne in 2010’s Inception. Patel too is a Nolan alum, with a role in 2020’s Tenet, while Irwin had the memorable voice role of TARS the robot in Interstellar.
Universal had no comment on the castings. The quartet of actors join a cast including Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theron, Jon Bernthal and Benny Safdie.
The studio describes the project as a “mythic action epic shot across the world across the world using brand new Imax film technology. The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to Imax film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026.”
Page, who earned an Oscar nomination for 2007’s Juno, is known for Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy and starred in, co-wote and produced the feature Close to You, which landed on Netflix in November after a festival run.
Patel broke out with the Beatles-infused feature Yesterday in 2018, and earned an Emmy nomination for his work on HBO’s Station Eleven. He recently led the HBO series The Franchise, about the making of a superhero movie.
In addition to voicing TARS in Interstellar, Irwin also served as the operator of the robot on set, and was fondly remembered for injecting levity into the tale of humanity on the brink of extinction. The busy working actor’s credits also include Rustin and TV shows as varied as Third Rock from the Sun and Sesame Street to CSI and The Dropout.
Morton is a two-time Oscar nominee known for leading The Serpent Queen, the Starz series centered on Catherine de’ Medici. Coming up, she has The Entertainment System Is Down, the new film from Triangle of Sadness filmmaker Ruben Östlund. She recieved Oscar noms for In America and Sweet and Lowdown.
Page is repped by UTA, Vice and Yorn Levine. Patel is repped by WME, 42, and Johnson Shaprio. Irwin is repped by Innovative Artists andViking Entertainment. Morton is repped by UTA, Omni Artists and Gang Tyre.