Creed 3 Cast Guide: Every New & Returning Character & Who Plays Them

Creed 3‘s cast packs in returning characters, new faces, and a collection of cameos from the real world of boxing. Michael B. Jordan returns as the title character, still living with the legacy of his father Apollo Creed but firmly establishing his own legend. This time faced with a more personal conflict for Creed 3‘s ending fight, Creed is once more called to the ring, with Jonathan Majors the latest star to join the franchise as the former friend turned challenger in the new movie.

He bucks the trend of previous Creed movies of casting real boxers as Creed’s opponents, but with that comes even more dramatic tension in their relationship. Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa is missing from Creed 3, and is the most notable absentee, though Dolph Lundgren’s Ivan Drago also sits the sequel out despite appearing in Creed 2. Here’s every actor in Creed 3 and which characters they play, along with five significant cameos to spot, with several appearing as themselves.

Actor	Character
Michael B. Jordan	Adonis Creed
Jonathan Majors	Diamond Damian Anderson
Tessa Thompson	Bianca Taylor

Michael B Jordan As Adonis Creed

Date Of Birth: February 9, 1987

Actor: Michael B. Jordan got his start on the acclaimed HBO series The Wire as Wallace and the sports drama show Friday Night Lights as Vince Howard. He then moved on to the indie superhero movie Chronicle as Steve Montgomery, the Marvel superhero movie The Fantastic Four as Johnny Storm, aka the Human Torch, and the HBO movie Fahrenheit 451 as Guy Montag. However, his biggest successes came with Fruitvale Station, in the MCU as Killmonger in Black Panther, the biographical legal drama Just Mercy, and Amazon Prime Video’s Without Remorse.

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Characters: As well as playing Creed 3 star character Adonis Creed, Michael B. Jordan stepped behind the camera for the first time, directing the movie for his feature debut. He plays Adonis at the apparent end of his career, older and more reflective than in Creed 2, but without the age guidance of Rocky Balboa. Having hung up his gloves, Adonis concentrates on promoting and running his co-owned gym.

Jonathan Majors As Diamond Damian Anderson

Date Of Birth: September 7, 1989

Actor: Jonathan Majors won acclaim in Lovecraft Country and earned his first Primetime Emmy nomination for his performance. This led Majors to achieve success as Kang the Conqueror in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and the Disney+ series Loki. He also received praise for his roles in Devotion, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, and Da 5 Bloods. However, controversy over Majors’ 2023 assault conviction caused the MCU to cancel their plans for the actor, and he didn’t appear in any other film until the 2023 movie Magazine Dreams was released in March 2025.

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Characters: Having just appeared as the new MCU villain Kang the Conqueror in Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania, Jonathan Majors continued his rise in Hollywood as Diamond Damian Anderson. A childhood friend of Adonis Johnson (later Creed), Anderson was a boxing prodigy who spent 18 years in prison and returns with a thirst for a title challenge. Despite his age, he follows in the underdog footsteps of Rocky Balboa, albeit through a far darker filter.

Tessa Thompson As Bianca Taylor-Creed

Date Of Birth: October 3, 1983

Actor: Like both Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors, Thompson is an MCU alumnus, having played Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok and Love & Thunder, as well as Avengers: Endgame and The Marvels. She will presumably return for more MCU appearances, and she played a prominent role in Westworld before its untimely cancellation in 2022. Thompson has also appeared in Annihilation, Selma, Passing, and Sylvie’s Love, for which she earned her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

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Characters: Tessa Thompson returns as Adonis Creed’s wife and de facto conscience Bianca Taylor in Creed 3, having debuted in Creed and returned in Creed 2. Now retired (or at least on hiatus) from performing live, she’s an award-winning music producer who wants her daughter Amari to avoid repeating the violent mistakes of her father’s past.

Creed 3 Supporting Cast

Phylicia Rashad as Mary Anne Creed: Adonis’ mother appears in Creed 3, once more played by The Cosby Show veteran Phylicia Rashad. She previously appeared in Creed and Creed 2 as Apollo Creed’s widow. More recently, Rashad has appeared in This Is Us, David Makes Man, and The Good Fight.

Mila Davis-Kent as Amara Creed: Newcomer Mila Davis-Kent plays Amara Creed, daughter of Adonis and Bianca. Davis-Kent’s only previous credit came in the medical series The Resident.

Wood Harris as Tony “Little Duke” Evers: Adonis Creed’s boxing coach returns in Creed 3, played by Wood Harris. Recently appearing in Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, Harris is also known for his prominent roles in Empire and The Wire.

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Thaddeus J. Mixon as Young Adonis Johnson – A relative newcomer to acting, Thaddeus J. Mixon plays Adonis Creed in flashbacks, at age 15. He’s appeared in Reasonable Doubt and The Wonder Years reboot.

Spencer Moore II as Young Damian Anderson – Spencer Moore II, who plays Dame at age 18, also appeared in The Wonder Years and has played prominent roles in both A.P. Bio and All American.

Florian Munteanu as Viktor Drago – Having made his feature debut in Creed 2, man-mountain and former boxer Florian Munteanu reappears as Viktor Drago, son of Ivan. Since that debut, Munteanu has appeared in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as villain Razor Fist and in Vikings: Valhalla.

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Tony Bellew as “Pretty” Ricky Conlan – Another real-world boxer, Bellew reprises his role as Pretty Ricky Conlan for Adonis Creed’s retirement fight. He previously appeared in Creed, and has no other acting credits to his name.

Jose Benavidez Jr. As Felix Chavez – Joining Bellew and Munteanu in Creed’s list of boxers-turned-actors, Jose Benavidez Jr is a welterweight who appeared in Creed 3 with a professional record of 27 wins, 2 losses, and a draw.

Selenis Leyva as Laura Chavez – Leyva plays Felix’s mother, coach and chief hype-woman. The actress appears in the sitcom Lopez vs. Lopez and previously played Gloria Mendoza in Orange Is the New Black.

Every Cameo In Creed 3

Saul “Canelo” Álvarez as Himself – The real-life boxing legend appears briefly at ringside for Damian Anderson’s fight with Felix Chavez alongside his wife, Fernanda Gómez.

Kehlani as Herself – The heavily-tattooed American singer appears as the musical star of Bianca’s label party.

Jacob “Stitch” Duran as Stitch – Having appeared in several Rocky movies and the first two Creed movies, professional cutman Jacob Duran shows up once more as Adonis Creed’s cutman in his corner.

Ann Najjar as Ann (as Ann “Mitt Queen” Najjar) – During the training montage as Creed prepares to fight Diamond Dame in the final fight, he is trained on the pads by Ann Najjar, a fitness coach and Instagram influencer.

Patrice “Boog” Harris as Himself – Another mitt-man, Boog helps train Creed during the montage and appears in his ring entourage for Creed 3‘s final fight. Away from movies, Harris works for the DC Department of Parks and Recreation as a youth boxing program coach.

Creed III

7/10

Release Date

March 3, 2023

Runtime

117 Minutes

Writers

Zach Baylin, Keenan Coogler