Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV series)

Main

• Walker Scobell as Percy Jackson, a young demigod and son of Poseidon
  • Azriel Dalman portrays a younger Percy (season 1)
• Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase, a daughter of Athena who has been training at Camp Half-Blood for five years
  • Jeffries's cousin Marissa Lior Winans portrays a younger Annabeth (season 2)
• Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood, Percy's best friend, protector, and a satyr
• Charlie Bushnell as Luke Castellan (season 2–present; recurring season 1), a cunning son of Hermes and the counselor of the Hermes cabin who is later revealed to be working with Kronos
• Dior Goodjohn as Clarisse La Rue (season 2; recurring season 1), a strong-willed daughter of Ares who bullies Percy
• Daniel Diemer as Tyson (season 2), Percy's Cyclops half-brother
• Tamara Smart as Thalia Grace (season 3; recurring season 2), the powerful and rebellious daughter of Zeus who was turned into a tree by her father after sacrificing herself to save Annabeth, Luke, and Grover

Recurring

• Megan Mullally as Alecto / Mrs. Dodds (season 1), Percy's stern mathematics teacher who secretly serves the god Hades as one of the three Furies
• Virginia Kull as Sally Jackson, Percy's selfless mother
• Timm Sharp as Gabe Ugliano (season 1), Sally's husband and Percy's stepfather. Rick Riordan's wife and executive producer Rebecca Riordan stated that his abusive behavior, present in the book, was toned down for the show as its cruelty would be more "triggering and difficult to watch" on screen than on the page, and "this isn't supposed to be a horror show".
• Glynn Turman as Chiron / Mr. Brunner, a centaur and Activities Director of Camp Half-Blood. While the character mainly uses an enchanted wheelchair to disguise himself among humans, the character has a disability in the form of a brace in his left hind leg as a war injury. The creators made this change to address his disability, though they noted it would be "just a detail" during the first season.
• Nick Boraine as Kronos, the King of the Titans who appears as a voice in Percy's dreams
• Jason Mantzoukas as Dionysus / Mr. D, the god of wine and curmudgeonly camp director of Camp Half-Blood. He is in this position as punishment from Zeus for chasing an off-limits nymph and has to substitute soda when he is also not allowed to have any wine.
• Adam Copeland as Ares (season 1; guest season 2), the arrogant and daring god of war
• Timothy Simons as King Tantalus (season 2), a spirit from the Fields of Punishment, a son of Zeus, and the interim Activities Director of Camp Half-Blood cursed with eternal hunger and thirst ever since he revealed the Olympians' secrets revolving around their nectar and ambrosia and cooked his son Pelops to serve as food to the Olympians
• Beatrice Kitsos as Alison Simms (season 2), a daughter of Apollo and graduate demigod from Camp Half-Blood who lives in the human world and sides with Kronos' army. She is an original character created for the series.
• Andrew Alvarez (season 1) and Kevin Chacon (season 2) as Chris Rodriguez, a son of Hermes and Luke's half-brother. Alvarez was recast as the rogue demigod Theo of Kronos' army in the second season.

Guest

• Olivea Morton as Nancy Bobofit (season 1), a blunt teacher's pet who relishes tormenting Percy
• Hiro Kanagawa as the headmaster of Yancy Academy (season 1). Kanagawa also portrays Kronos' headmaster form in a dream in "We Take a Zebra to Vegas".
• Simon Chin as Eddie (season 1), the building superintendent of the apartment building where the Jacksons reside
• Manoj Sood as Percy Jackson's second grade principal (season 1)
• Jason Gray-Stanford and Garfield Wilson respectively as Maron and Leneus (season 1), two members of the Council of Cloven Elders
• Kathleen Duborg as Helena (season 1), a dryad and maternal figure for Grover
• Threnody Tsai as Sarah, a wheelchair-using demigod and skilled archer
• Jessica Parker Kennedy as Medusa (season 1), a gorgon who lives in solitude and has a past with Percy's father
• Sara J. Southey as Tisiphone (season 1), a member of the Furies
• Jennifer Shirley (season 1) and Heather Feeney (season 2) as Pythia, the Oracle of Delphi whose mummified remains are in Camp Half-Blood
• Suzanne Cryer as Echidna (season 1), the menacing mother of monsters
• Joyce Robbins, La Nein Harrison, and Cindy Piper respectively as Atropos, Lachesis, and Clotho (season 1), the three Fates, goddesses of destiny
• Timothy Omundson as Hephaestus (season 1), the god of blacksmiths and forges who is strong, compassionate and merciful unlike the other gods
• Lin-Manuel Miranda as Hermes, the messenger of the gods and the god of thieves and travelers who is charismatic and boisterous
• Ted Dykstra as Augustus (season 1), an older satyr and acquaintance of Grover
• Jelena Milinovic as Eudora (season 1), a Nereid who works for Poseidon
• Toby Stephens as Poseidon, Percy's father and god of the sea who is stubborn and impulsive
• Julian Richings as Procrustes (season 1), a son of Poseidon, Percy's half-brother, and a waterbed salesman who kills people by stretching them to the size of his beds. Richings previously portrayed Charon in the film Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010).
• Jay Duplass as Hades (season 1), the god of the Underworld who is a misunderstood genius and an outcast to his family
• Travis Woloshyn as Charon (season 1), the ferryman of the River Styx
• Lance Reddick (season 1) and Courtney B. Vance (season 2) as Zeus, the ferocious King of the Olympians whose thunderbolt was stolen in the first season
• Kristen Schaal, Margaret Cho, and Sandra Bernhard respectively as Tempest, Wasp, and Anger (season 2), the three Gray Sisters who operate an Olympian taxi service in the Greater New York City area
• Marlo Marolle as Mark, a son of Ares
• Mark Gibbon, Dan Payne, Daniel Cudmore, Paul Cheng and Kyle Strauts, respectively as Joe Bob, Marrow Sucker, Skull Eater, Brain Biter, and Spine Crusher (season 2), five Laestrygonians that are allied with Kronos. Cudmore previously portrayed a Manticore in scenes that were cut from Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013).
  • Gibbon also portrays Chet Jr. (season 2), a Laestrygonian
  • Cudmore also portrays Skull Crusher (season 2), a Laestrygonian that Luke gets into Camp Half-Blood
• Sage Linder as Bronte (season 2), a daughter of Athena
• Aiden Howard as Aidan (season 2), a son of Aphrodite and member of Kronos' army
• Andra Day as Athena (season 2), Annabeth's mother and the goddess of wisdom
• Aleks Paunovic as Polyphemus (season 2), a Cyclops son of Poseidon and guardian of the Golden Fleece who was previously blinded by Odysseus. Paunovic previously portrayed a Cyclops in the film Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) alongside Derek Mears.
• Rosemarie DeWitt as Circe / C.C. (season 2), a sorceress who Percy and Annabeth encounter in the Sea of Monsters
• Jasmine Vega as Hylla Ramírez-Arellano (season 2), a concierge at Circe's spa
• Andrew Kavadas as Blackbeard (season 2), a historic pirate captain and son of Ares who was previously turned into a guinea pig by Circe
• Dayna Ambrosio as the uncredited voice of the Sirens (season 2), nymphs who draw heroes to their death with alluring music
• Viola Abley as Katie Yoon (season 2), a daughter of Apollo
• Adam Swain as Ellis Wakefield (season 2), a son of Ares

Series author Rick Riordan makes cameo appearances in the first season as a teacher in the headmasters' office at Yancy Academy and as a statue at Aunty Em's Garden Gnome Emporium.

Season 1 (2023–24)

The first season is based on the novel The Lightning Thief.

Season 2 (2025–26)

The second season is based on the novel The Sea of Monsters.

Season 3

The third season is based on the novel The Titan's Curse.

Development

Producers, clockwise from top left: Rick Riordan, Jonathan E. Steinberg, Craig Silverstein, and Dan Shotz

In November 2018, Rick Riordan stated that he believed he would have no creative control over a reboot of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians novel series by The Walt Disney Company if it were to happen, much like his experience with the film series with 20th Century Fox. In December 2019, Riordan pitched an adaptation of the novels to Disney, which had acquired Fox in March of that year. By May 2020, a Disney+ series based on Percy Jackson was in the works, with the first season set to adapt the first book in the series, The Lightning Thief. Riordan revealed in March 2021 that searches for the series' directors and cast was underway, with James Bobin being announced as the pilot episode's director in October. Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz were also announced as showrunners in July.

The series was greenlit by Disney Branded Television in January 2022, with 20th Television and the Gotham Group producing the project. Steinberg, Shotz, Bobin, and Riordan were announced as executive producers alongside Riordan's wife Rebecca Riordan, Bert Salke, Monica Owusu-Breen, Jim Rowe, Anders Engström, Jet Wilkinson, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell, and D. J. Goldberg. At the D23 Expo in September, Anders Engström and Jet Wilkinson were revealed to be executive producing the series as well. The same month, Riordan revealed that Engström would direct the third and fourth episodes while Wilkinson would direct the fifth and sixth. The series was reportedly made with a budget of $12 to 15 million per episode.

In February 2024, Disney+ renewed the series for a second season, which adapts the second book, The Sea of Monsters. In April 2024, Albert Kim was announced as a new executive producer starting with the second season. The series was renewed for a third season in March 2025, which adapts the third book, The Titan's Curse, set to premiere in 2026.

Writing

Drafts of the pilot episode were being reviewed by March 2021. In April 2021, it was announced that Steinberg would serve as co-writer and executive producer of the pilot alongside Riordan. The same day, Monica Owusu-Breen, Daphne Olive, Stewart Strandberg, Zoë Neary, Joe Tracz, and Xavier Stiles joined as writers. Each season of the series will adapt one installment of the book series, with the first season being an adaptation of The Lightning Thief. There are also plans to adapt additional material within the franchise for the series. In addition to writing the pilot, Riordan and co-showrunner Steinberg created a series bible for the show, as well as planning the plot for the first season and creating ideas for potential future seasons. The first season consists of eight episodes.

Writing for the second season had begun by March 2023. Plans for future seasons include a further exploration of Chiron's disability. Writing for the third season had begun by late February 2025.

Casting

The main cast for the second season, clockwise from top left: Walker Scobell (Percy), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth), Aryan Simhadri (Grover), Charlie Bushnell (Luke), Dior Goodjohn (Clarisse), and Daniel Diemer (Tyson)

Preliminary casting began in April 2021. In January 2022, Walker Scobell was cast in the lead role as Percy Jackson, with this being announced in April. The next month, it was announced that Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri would respectively portray Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood, two close friends of Percy. Jeffries' casting received online backlash due to Annabeth not being depicted as black in the novels, which Riordan claimed was racism, and stated, "Once you see Leah as Annabeth, she will become exactly the way you imagine Annabeth, assuming you give her that chance, but you refuse to credit that this may be true." Logan Lerman, who played Percy in the film series, praised the casting of Scobell, Jeffries and Simhadri in their roles.

In June, Virginia Kull, Glynn Turman, Jason Mantzoukas, Megan Mullally, and Timm Sharp were announced to be appearing in recurring capacities as Sally Jackson, Chiron, Dionysus, Alecto, and Gabe Ugliano, respectively. The same month, Dior Goodjohn and Charlie Bushnell joined the cast in recurring roles as Clarisse La Rue and Luke Castellan, respectively, while Olivea Morton was announced to portray Nancy Bobofit in a guest role. Pro wrestler Adam Copeland was cast in the recurring role of Ares in October, while Suzanne Cryer and Jessica Parker Kennedy were cast in the guest roles of Echidna and Medusa, respectively. In November 2022, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jay Duplass, and Timothy Omundson were announced to guest-star as Hermes, Hades, and Hephaestus, respectively; as were Lance Reddick and Toby Stephens in January 2023, announced to portray Zeus and Poseidon, respectively. Jason Gray-Stanford was cast in an undisclosed role in March 2023, later revealed to be Maron.

On July 25, Daniel Diemer was announced as the actor portraying Tyson during San Diego Comic-Con. On August 10, Sandra Bernhard, Kristen Schaal, and Margaret Cho were announced to be portraying the Gray Sisters during D23 Expo, with each of them portraying Anger, Tempest and Wasp, respectively. On August 15, Timothy Simons was announced as the actor for Tantalus. On September 23, Tamara Smart was revealed to be playing Thalia Grace. On November 10, the actress for Athena was revealed to be Andra Day during D23 Brazil. On November 25, Courtney B. Vance was announced as the replacement actor for Zeus, following Reddick's death in March 2023. On December 20, Rosemarie DeWitt, Aleks Paunovic, Beatrice Kitsos, and Kevin Chacon were announced in guest roles as C.C., Polyphemus, Alison Simms, and Chris Rodriguez respectively.

At San Diego Comic-Con 2025, it was announced that Levi Chrisopulos and Olive Abercrombie were cast as Nico di Angelo and Bianca di Angelo, respectively, the children of Hades. On an interview, Riordan confirmed that they were already in talks to cast Atlas, the season's villain. On August 21, 2025, Dafne Keen and Saara Chaudry were announced as the actresses for Artemis and Zoë Nightshade. On October 15, 2025, Kate McKinnon was revealed to be portraying Aphrodite. On December 22, Holt McCallany, David Costabile, and Jesse L. Martin were announced to be the actors portraying Atlas, Dr. Thorn, and Frederick Chase respectively. On February 19, 2026, Ming-Na Wen, Jennifer Beals, and Hubert Smielecki rounded out the cast of the Twelve Olympians as Hera, Demeter, and Apollo.

Filming

Principal photography for the first season began on June 2, 2022, in Vancouver, British Columbia, under the working title Mink Golden, and concluded on February 2, 2023. Sound stage filming took place at Mammoth Studios in Burnaby. The series utilized an LED stage powered by Industrial Light & Magic's StageCraft visual effects technology. Filming of scenes set in Camp Half-Blood was done in Minaty Bay and Aldergrove, Langley. Scenes at Yancy Academy were filmed at Hycroft Manor. Westminster Pier Park in New Westminster and Simon Fraser University were the filming locations for the Gateway Arch.

Principal photography for the second season began on August 1, 2024, in Vancouver and concluded on January 31, 2025. Filming for the duel between Percy and Clarisse was done at Spanish Banks between September 19 and 20. Additional location filming for the scenes on Polyphemus' island took place in Osoyoos and the Okanagan Valley. Scenes set in Port Jefferson, New York, were filmed in Steveston, British Columbia.

Pre-production for the third season took place in July 2025. Principal photography began on August 7 in Vancouver and concluded on March 12, 2026.

Design

Dan Hennah serves as the production designer. Tish Monaghan serves as the costume designer for the first season. Catherine Adair serves as the costume designer for the second season.

Music

By October 2023, Bear McCreary had been writing music for the series, after previously working with Steinberg and Shotz in the series Human Target, Black Sails and See. Members of the music company Sparks & Shadows, which McCreary was a co-founder of, were involved. The score for the first season was released digitally by Hollywood Records on December 22, with Sparks & Shadows credited as composer and McCreary credited with writing the themes. The score for the second season was released digitally by Hollywood Records on December 18, 2025.

Viewership

In December 2023, Disney announced that 13.3 million viewers watched the premiere episode of Percy Jackson and the Olympians within its first six days on Disney+ and Hulu. Analytics company Samba TV, which gathers viewership data from certain smart TVs and content providers, reported that 898,000 U.S. households watched the first episode on Disney+ during the same period, noting that Gen Z households (ages 20–24) were overrepresented among viewers by 10%. In January 2024, Disney announced that the episode had been viewed by 26.2 million viewers after three weeks. The second through fifth episodes each attracted at least 10 million viewers within seven days of release. Overall, Percy Jackson and the Olympians accumulated 110 million hours streamed across Disney+ and Hulu during its first seven weeks. Through May 10, 2024, the first season was the most-watched Disney+ original series with 23.3% of audience viewership. Luminate, which measures streaming performance in the United States using viewership data, audience engagement metrics, and content reach across multiple platforms, reported that by the end of 2024 the first season remained Disney+'s most-watched original series of the year, with 3.07 billion minutes viewed domestically between December 29, 2023, and December 31, 2024. Whip Media, which tracks viewership data for the more than 25 million worldwide users of its TV Time app, calculated that Percy Jackson and the Olympians was the most-streamed original television in the U.S. from the week ending January 28 through the week ending February 4, 2024. The series remained within the top ten through the week ending February 18, 2024.

Streaming analytics firm FlixPatrol, which monitors daily updated VOD charts and streaming ratings worldwide, reported that the second season became the most-popular show on Disney+ both domestically and internationally within two days of the season premiere. On December 15, 2025, Disney+ Brasil announced that viewership for the second season's premiere was doubled compared to the first season's. Brazil also had the largest international viewing audience for the show with the second season among the ten most-watched series for Disney+ in the country for 2025. Nielsen Media Research, which records streaming viewership on certain U.S. television screens, reported that Percy Jackson and the Olympians generated 508 million minutes of watch time from December 8–14, fifty-two percent of which were for season two. The series subsequently garnered 410 million minutes of viewing time from December 15–21, 436 million minutes between December 22–28, 574 million minutes from December 29 and January 4, and 361 million minutes between January 5–11. Nielsen Media Research reported that Percy Jackson and the Olympians was the most-watched Disney+ original series in the United States for the 2025–26 television season and the 77th most-watched television show across American broadcast television and streaming according to 35-day multiplatform viewership. Luminate subsequently reported that the second season generated 5.8 million views and was streamed for 1.8 billion minutes in the United States during the first half of 2026. The first season amassed 2.8 million views and was streamed for 798.7 million minutes during the same period.

Following its limited release on Netflix, the series debuted as the third most-watched show globally with 4.1 million views and 21.6 million hours streamed between October 5-11. Nielsen Media Research reported that Percy Jackson and the Olympians generated 365 million minutes of watch time during this period in the United States.

Critical response

For the first season, on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 91% of 64 critics' reviews are positive, with an average of rated reviews of 7.30/10. The website's consensus reads: "A faithful adaptation of Rick Riordan's novels, Percy Jackson and the Olympians is a lovingly realized odyssey through adolescence and myth." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 73 out of 100 based on 26 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Nicole Drum of ComicBook.com wrote "Some of the best casting ever in a television series, fantastic performances, and even the magic of the visuals and world-building, the series is about as perfect a television adaptation as you can get, as if it's been favored by the gods themselves." Matthew Creith of TheWrap praised the writing, describing it as "quick-witted, the action is stellar, and making Percy's journey an episodic tale helps to propel the young character forward in exciting directions." Kathryn Porter of Paste wrote, "From the casting to the writing to the production design, we get the adaptation of The Lightning Thief that we have been wanting for over a decade to see, and there is nowhere to go but up." Aramide Tinubu of Variety wrote, "The series depicts a genuinely inclusive world, showcasing storylines and characters that will captivate fans for the next decade. At long last, Riordan's work has been given the extensive visual adaptation it deserves."

On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season holds an approval rating of 100% based on 37 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.45/10. The website's critics consensus states, "Taking its young heroes to new seas, Percy Jackson and the Olympians grows bigger and better, bringing us all along for a new glorious adventure." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 73 out of 100 based on nine critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Accolades

At the 3rd Children's and Family Emmy Awards, the show won eight of the sixteen awards for which it was nominated (a record number of nominations, until surpassed by Star Wars: Skeleton Crew the following year), including Outstanding Young Teen Series. The series' first season also received nominations at the Directors, Producers and Writers Guilds of America Awards.