Season 2

The Second season of Animal Kingdom premiered on TNT on May 30, 2017 and concluded on August 29, 2017. It consists of thirteen-episodes, which is an increased compared to the previous season, which had ten.

Main Cast

 * Ellen Barkin as Janine "Smurf" Cody, the tough matriarch of the Cody family, who runs a criminal enterprise in Oceanside, California. Smurf is very protective of her family and presents a borderline-incestuous love towards them.


 * Scott Speedman as Barry "Baz" Blackwell, Smurfs adopted son who is the leader of the family heists. He begins to questions how Smurfs runs jobs.


 * Shawn Hatosy as Andrew "Pope" Cody, the oldest of the Cody's sons. He has suffered from mental illness and OCD for most of his life.


 * Ben Robson as Craig Cody, the second oldest Cody son.


 * Jake Weary as Deran Cody, the youngest of the Cody sons. He begins owning and operating a bar as a legitimate side business in an attempt to distance himself from the Cody family's criminal activities.


 * Finn Cole as Joshua "J" Cody, Julia son and Smurfs grandson.


 * Molly Gordon as Nicky Belmont, Craig's girlfriend, and J's ex girlfriend.


 * Carolina Guerra as Lucy, Baz's mistress from Mexico with whom he rekindles a romance following the death of Catherine.

Recurring Cast

 * Aamya Deva Keroles as Lena Blackwell


 * Spencer Treat Clark as Adrian Dolan


 * Christina Ochoa as Renn Randall


 * Dorian Missick as Patrick Fischer


 * Alex Meraz as Javier "Javi" Cano


 * Jennifer Landon as Amy


 * Tembi Locke as Monica


 * Laura San Giacomo as Morgan Wilson


 * Andy Favreau as Mark Liston


 * Gil Birmingham as Pearce

Production
on July 6, 2016, it was announced that TNT had renewed the show for a 13-episode second season, which is an increase in total from the previous season, which has 10.