The Madison Season 2 is confirmed and already filmed. Paramount+ greenlit the sophomore season in August 2025 before Season 1 even aired, and production wrapped in late 2025. The full six-episode run will bring back the core Clyburn family, though one major character will not return. No official release date has been set, but late 2026 or early 2027 is the realistic window.
What makes this cast guide different is that most rundowns just list names. The real story behind this ensemble involves scheduling wars, an unusual back-to-back filming arrangement, a real-life couple anchoring the drama, and one fan-favorite character who walked away despite Taylor Sheridan reportedly planting seeds for their future storyline. Every actor here carries serious screen history, and knowing it deepens every scene they’re in.
Who Plays Stacy Clyburn in The Madison Season 2?
Michelle Pfeiffer leads The Madison as Stacy Clyburn, the Upper East Side matriarch who agrees to uproot her family to Montana after a devastating loss. Pfeiffer is best known for Batman Returns (Catwoman), Scarface, Dangerous Liaisons, and The Fabulous Baker Boys. She is also an executive producer on the series. What most guides skip: Pfeiffer filmed all of Season 1 without Kurt Russell on set, a logistical arrangement she called something she was not happy about.
Who Plays Preston Clyburn in The Madison Season 2?
Kurt Russell plays Preston Clyburn, the outdoorsman patriarch and Stacy’s husband. His credits include Tombstone, Escape from New York, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and most recently Monarch: Legacy of Monsters on Apple TV+. His scheduling conflict with Monarch Season 2 is exactly why Russell filmed all his Season 1 flashback scenes and his full Season 2 scenes back-to-back in 2025. He almost turned the role down entirely.
Who Plays Abigail Reese in The Madison Season 2?
Beau Garrett plays Abigail (Abby) Reese, the Clyburns’ older daughter and a recently divorced mother of two. You likely know Garrett from Tron: Legacy and CSI: Miami, though she has built steady dramatic credits since. In The Madison, Abby carries arguably the most emotionally layered arc, as a woman still untangling her own identity while also grieving her father. Her potential romantic storyline with Val is one of the threads Season 2 is expected to develop further.
Who Plays Russell McIntosh in The Madison Season 2?
Patrick J. Adams plays Russell McIntosh, Paige’s husband and the family’s son-in-law. Adams is best recognized globally as Mike Ross across nine seasons of Suits (2011 to 2019). What gives his casting an interesting texture here is that Suits made Adams a face of prestige legal drama, and The Madison places him firmly in grief and family territory. He returns for Season 2 with his Season 1 dynamic with the Clyburn women left with clear unresolved tension.
Is Matthew Fox Returning for The Madison Season 2?
Matthew Fox will not return as Paul Clyburn in Season 2. The actor, best known as Jack Shephard on Lost and for Party of Five, personally confirmed the exit to The Hollywood Reporter, saying he would rather “pop in and do something interesting” than commit multiple years to one show. Paul and Preston both die in a helicopter crash in the Season 1 premiere, so Fox appeared primarily in flashbacks. Sheridan had reportedly planted storyline seeds for Paul that will now go unexplored.
Who Plays Cade Harris in The Madison Season 2?
Kevin Zegers plays Cade Harris, a Montana local who becomes a key presence in the Clyburns’ new world. Zegers has a long genre television history, with credits including Gossip Girl, Power, and The Rookie: Feds. His character’s wife Kestrel is played by Danielle Vasinova, who also appeared in 1923, another Taylor Sheridan production. That casting overlap is the kind of detail that signals how deliberately Sheridan builds his actor relationships across projects.
Who Plays Dr. Phil Yorn in The Madison Season 2?
Will Arnett plays Phil Yorn, a New York City therapist connected to the Clyburn family. Arnett’s presence was first revealed in the teaser trailer without prior announcement, functioning as a genuine surprise for viewers. Most recognizable from Arrested Development as Gob Bluth and as the voice of the title character in BoJack Horseman, Arnett brings an unexpected tonal register to what is otherwise a deeply dramatic ensemble. His Season 2 role is expected to deepen as Stacy’s emotional journey continues.
Who Plays Paige McIntosh and the Reese Grandchildren?
Elle Chapman plays Paige McIntosh, the younger Clyburn daughter and Russell’s wife. She is a relative newcomer building her profile with this series. Amiah Miller plays Bridgette Reese, Abby’s eldest daughter, previously seen in War for the Planet of the Apes alongside Woody Harrelson. Alaina Pollack plays Macy Reese, the youngest Clyburn grandchild. At 11 years old during filming, Pollack has drawn specific praise from cast members for how naturally she held her own in scenes with Pfeiffer.
Who Are the Other Key Cast Members Expected Back for Season 2?
Rebecca Spence returns as Liliana Weeks, Stacy’s close friend from New York and a member of the social elite she is leaving behind. Spence has appeared in Lady in the Lake, Contagion, and Public Enemies. Ben Schnetzer, who joined the cast in October 2025, plays a character whose details remain closely held. Tanc Sade’s Dallas, who appears late in Season 1 showing signs of renewed presence in his daughters’ lives, is also expected to factor more prominently into Season 2’s family dynamics.
What New Cast Members Might Join The Madison Season 2?
No new cast members have been officially announced for Season 2. However, Taylor Sheridan’s pattern across Yellowstone and its extensions has consistently been to introduce two or three meaningful new faces each season rather than simply returning everyone. Filming wrapped at Sheridan and producer David Glasser’s Alliance, Texas soundstages before Christmas 2025, meaning any casting announcements that happen now are for characters already shot and in the edit. Watch for Paramount+ to begin revealing names closer to the Season 2 premiere window.
The Real Reason This Cast Landed So Well Together
The Madison did something most ensemble dramas struggle to do: it built genuine chemistry inside an accelerated, logistically complicated shoot. Production began in Montana in September 2025, moved to Dallas, Denton, and Fort Worth in December, and wrapped just before Christmas. Director Christina Alexandra Voros, a Yellowstone veteran who directed all twelve episodes across both seasons, told The Hollywood Reporter that completing Season 2 made her fall more and more in love with the characters. That kind of directorial consistency, rare in prestige television, is a quiet but significant reason the performances feel connected rather than assembled.
