AMC has announced an extensive guest cast for Dark Winds Season 3, led by Jenna Elfman (Dharma & Greg, Fear the Walking Dead) and Bruce Greewood (The Fall of the House of Usher, The Resident).
Elfman will play BI Special Agent Sylvia Washington, while Greenwood is set to appear as Tom Spenser. AMC made the announcement during the network’s Upfront presentation on Wednesday, along with the news that Season 3 had begun production in New Mexico.
Also guest starring in Season 3 are Raoul Max Trujillo (Mayans M.C., Blue Beetle) as Budge, Tonantzin Carmelo (La Brea, TheEnglish) as Border Patrol Agent Eleanda Garza, Alex Meraz (The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Walking Dead) as Border Patrol Agent Ivan Muños, Terry Serpico (Law & Order SVU, Yellowstone) as Border Patrol Senior Chief Ed Henry, Derek Hinkey (American Primeval, Americana) as Shorty Bowlegs, Phil Burke (Hell on Wheels, Rabbit Hole) as Michael Halsey, and Christopher Heyerdahl (Under the Banner of Heaven, Hell on Wheels) as Dr Reynolds.
Dark Winds stars Zahn McClarnon (The Son, Westworld, Fargo), Kiowa Gordon (The Red Road, Roswell, New Mexico) and Jessica Matten (Tribal, Burden of Truth).
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Series regular Deanna Allison (Accused, Edge of America) will also return for Season 3 as Emma Leaphorn, and guest star A. Martinez (Longmire, Days of Our Lives) will join as Scarborough Police Department Acting Chief Gordo Sena.
Season 3, which is set to debut in 2025, picks up six months after the events of season two and follows Joe Leaphorn (McClarnon) and Jim Chee (Gordon) as they investigate the disappearance of two boys, with only an abandoned bicycle and blood-stained patch of ground left in their wake.
Meanwhile, Bernadette Manuelito (Matten) attempts to settle into her new life 500 miles from home with the Border Patrol, but stumbles across a conspiracy involving human and drug smuggling with far-reaching implications.
Based on the series by Tony Hillerman, Dark Winds is created by Graham Roland. John Wirth serves as showrunner. The series is executive produced by Roland, Wirth, McClarnon, Robert Redford, George R.R. Martin, Chris Eyre, Tina Elmo, Jim Chory, Vince Gerardis and Anne Hillerman.
Elfman is represented by WME and Artists First; Greenwood is represented by Gersh and Binder and Associates; Trujillo is represented by Innovative Artists, Corner Booth Entertainment and GGA; Carmelo is represented by Amsel, Eisenstadt, Frazier & Hinojosa Inc.; Meraz is represented by Innovative Artists; Serpico is represented by Buchwald and Bohemia Group; Hinkey is represented by NTA Talent; Burke is represented by Trisko Talent Management, Authentic Talent Management and Lisa Richards Agency;and Heyerdahl is represented by Greene Talent and RED Management Inc..