Power Book II: Ghost

Premise

Cast and characters

Main

• Michael Rainey Jr. as Tariq St. Patrick, the son of James "Ghost" St. Patrick and Tasha Green-St. Patrick, who is slowly following in his father's footsteps as a drug dealer.
• Shane Johnson as Cooper Saxe, the attorney protecting Tariq, despite failed attempts to catch Ghost, Tasha, Tommy and Tariq.
• Gianni Paolo as Brayden Weston, Tariq's best friend and business partner from Choate, as well as a former roommate at Stansfield. He now works at Weston Holdings, his family's hedge fund on Wall Street.
• Melanie Liburd as Caridad "Carrie" Milgram, one of Tariq's professors who had a secret relationship with Zeke.
• Lovell Adams-Gray as Dru Tejada, the artistic middle child of Monet and Lorenzo, and brother of Cane and Diana who is gay.
• Daniel Bellomy as Ezekiel "Zeke" Cross, Tariq's tutee who was the star basketball player at Stansfield, Monet's hidden son with Mecca and Carrie's love interest.
• Quincy Tyler Bernstine as Tameika Washington, an attorney formerly affiliated with Saxe
• Paige Hurd as Lauren Baldwin, Tariq's former classmate and ex-girlfriend who is currently in hiding after a failed murder attempt on her.
• Woody McClain as Lorenzo "Cane" Tejada Jr., the ruthless eldest child of Monet and Lorenzo, brother of Dru and Diana, Tariq's main rival and Effie's lover.
• Justin Marcel McManus as Jabari Reynolds, Carrie's ex-boyfriend and Tariq's professor.
• Method Man as Davis MacLean, Tasha, Tariq and the Tejadas' lawyer, who looks to win at all costs.
• LaToya Tonodeo as Diana Tejada, the youngest child of Monet and Lorenzo and sister of Dru and Cane, who is also in the drug business, a fellow student at Stanfield and Tariq's love interest and later, mother of his child.
• Mary J. Blige as Monet Stewart Tejada, queenpin and second-in-command of the Tejada drug cartel, mother of Cane, Dru, Diana, and Zeke.
• Naturi Naughton as Tasha St. Patrick, Tariq's mother and James "Ghost" St Patrick's widow.
• Daniel Sunjata as Dante "Mecca" Spears, Cane's business associate, a former associate of Felipe Lobos, Monet's old flame and the father of Zeke.
• Paton Ashbrook as Jenny Sullivan, an attorney working on the Jabari Reynolds case who is sleeping with Saxe.
• Berto Colon as Lorenzo Tejada Sr., Monet's husband, the leader of the Tejada operation and father to Cane, Dru and Diana.
• Alix Lapri as Effie Morales, Tariq's drug dealer ex-girlfriend at Choate and business partner, and later, Cane's love interest
• Larenz Tate as Councilman Rashad Tate, Ghost's former political rival and later an ethics professor at Stansfield.
• Keesha Sharp as Professor Harper Benett, Tariq's American Psyche professor, and also Councilman Tate fiancée
• David Walton as Lucas Weston, Brayden's uncle and the CEO of Weston Holdings
• Monique Curnen as NYPD Sergeant Blanca Rodriguez, an NYPD Sergeant who investigated Ghost and Tariq in the past
• Moriah Brown as Keke Travis, an employee at Weston Holdings, and Brayden's colleague and love interest
• Michael Ealy as Detective Don Carter, a determined and vindictive NYPD detective who begins investigating Tariq's case at Paz's behest
• Caroline Chikezie as Noma Asaju, a terrifying drug lord, Mecca's boss and Cane and Mclean's lover.

  Recurring

• Kathleen Garrett as Judge Nina Larkin, the judge presiding over Tasha St. Patrick's case
• LightSkinKeisha as BruShandria Carmichael, Tariq's classmate at Stansfield.
• Zoe Whitford as Ashley Fitzpatrick, Tariq's privileged classmate at Stansfield.
• Debbi Morgan as Estelle Green, Tasha's mother and Tariq and Yas' grandmother
• Paris Morgan as Yasmine St. Patrick, Tariq's little sister and Ghost and Tasha's daughter
• Victor Garber as Simon Stern, Ghost's former business partner
• Bruce Altman as Oliver Simmons, Tariq's philosophy professor
• Mark Feuerstein as Steven Ott, the representative of the political party Ghost was part of
• Sung Kang as John Mak, an attorney formerly involved in the Lobos-Ghost investigation
• Sherri Saum as Paula Matarazzo, top investigator and right hand of Davis
• Shalim Ortiz as Danilo Ramirez, an NYPD officer stationed in the Tejadas' backyard of Queens, NY, and Monet's ex-boyfriend before Cane killed him
• Brandi Denise Boyd as Epiphany Turner, a stripper single mom, who worked together with Tasha
• Cory Jeacoma as Trace Weston, Brayden's entitled brother
• Samantha Blaire Cutler as Becca Weston, sister to Brayden and Trace, daughter of Robert and Nicole
• Marcus Anderson Jr. as Lil' Guap, the Tejada's former partner, before Tariq, who frequently worked with Cane before being killed by Dru
• Brittani Tucker as Chelle, Rel's ex-girlfriend who ends up being Cane's short-lived fling
• Andrea Lee Christensen as Riley Saxe-Merchant, Cooper's niece and Brayden's new love interest
• Bradley Gibson as Everett Neal, a member of Zeke's basketball team and Dru's new love interest
• Geoffrey Owens, as Daniel Warren, a lawyer Ghost trusted with the handling of his will and assets
• Michael J. Ferguson as Francis "2-Bit" Johnson, a convicted felon formerly associated with Andre Coleman and Tommy Egan
• Jimmie Saito as Chef Eric Kamura, Mecca's right-hand man and chef
• Jeff Hephner as Kevin Whitman, the lead detective investigating Jabari's murder until he was killed by Monet.
• Lahmard Tate as Kamaal Tate, Rashad's brother who is a police officer
• Frank Whaley as Judge Kenneth Lucas, the judge presiding over Tariq's case
• Zephani Idoko as Stephanie, Davis MacLean's Stylist
• Petey McGee as Salim Ashe Freeman, professor Benett's assistant and Diana's new love interest
• Gbenga Akinnagbe as Ron Samuel Jenkins aka RSJ, one of the richest and most powerful men in the world, who is being pursued by Weston Holdings for a partnership
• Kyle Vincent Terry as Obi Okeke, Noma's right-hand man
• Erik Hernandez as Gordo Castillo, Frank and Evelyn's son and Dru's new love interest
• Kevin Tyler Rodriguez as Angel 'Junior' Young, a young DEA agent and Paz Valdes' son
• Golden Brooks as Janet Stewart, Monet's cousin
• Alison Luff as Felicia Lewis, a detective who works closely with Carter
• Sydney Winbush as Anya Convington, Noma's daughter and Tariq's new love interest
• Stephanie Suganami Shepard as Perla Tanaka, an attorney in Davis's team and his close confidante
• Talia Robinson as Elle, a college student and band singer, who becomes Brayden's new love interest

  Guest stars

• David Zayas as Uncle Frank Castillo, a Tejada family friend who tried to set them up
• Glynn Turman as Gabriel, uncle to Ghost
• Elizabeth Rodriguez as Paz Valdes, Angela Valdes' sister
• Jeff Auer as Robert Weston, the patriarch of the Weston family
• Angel Reda as Nicole Weston, wife to Robert and mother to Brayden, Trace and Becca
• Donshea Hopkins as Raina St. Patrick, Tariq's twin sister
• Luenell Campbell as Ms. Richards, Spanky's mother
• Jackie Long as Rico Barnes, the man who provides the drugs for the Tejadas to distribute
• Laz Alonso as Samuel Santana, a detective investigating the death of the GTG assassin on the faculty grounds
• Joseph Sikora as Tommy Egan, Ghost's best friend, Tariq's godfather and surrogate uncle and Cash's surrogate father
• Denim Roberson as Cash Grant, LaKeisha Grant's son
• Redman and Jordan Mahome as Theo Rollins, Davis' older brother who is in prison
• 50 Cent as Kanan Stark, Ghost's old friend and Tariq's mentor of sort, whom he got killed and has nightmares of
• Alani "La La" Anthony as LaKeisha Grant, Tommy's ex and Tasha's former best friend, who was murdered by her in order to protect Tariq
• Marcus Callender as Raymond "Ray Ray" Walker, the corrupt cop who murdered Raina St. Patrick and became Tariq's first victim
• Jerry Ferrara as Joseph Proctor, Ghost and Tommy's former lawyer who was murdered by the latter, after Tariq allowed him access to his penthouse
• Lauren Vélez as Evelyn Castillo, Frank's wife, who shows up after her husband has gone missing
• Emeka Okafor as himself and a basketball trainer for Zeke
• Patricia Kalember as Kate Egan, Tommy's mother
• Moise Amadou as Kene Okeke, Obi's litte brother
• Wesley Han as Pinky, a private investigator who works with Tariq
• Pha'rez Lass as Marcus "Zion" Washington, a high-level distributor and one of Davis' clients in the past
• Jequrey Slaton as Roman Price, a low-lever drug dealer working for Zion and Tariq's competitor
• Terry Serpico as Wiley Adams, a criminal broker for a senator and acquaintance of Maclean's
• Johnath Davis as Kevin Grant, Adams' aide and bodyguard
• Sahr Ngaujah as Chinedu, Noma's brother and supervisor who came over from Nigeria