‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Cast and Character Guide: Who’s Who in Netflix’s Live-Action Adaptation

Kiawentiio, Gordon Cormier and Dallas Liu lead the epic remake

From left to right: Kiawentiio, Gordon Cormier and Dallas Liu as Katara, Aang and Prince Zuko, respectively in "Avatar: The Last Airbender" (Netflix)
From left to right: Kiawentiio, Gordon Cormier and Dallas Liu as Katara, Aang and Prince Zuko, respectively in "Avatar: The Last Airbender" (Netflix)

Four elements and many more key characters make up the beloved story of “Avatar: The Last Airbender.” Netflix’s new live-action series brings many characters from the Nickelodeon animated show out of 2D into 3D.

From Gordon Cormier’s Aang to siblings Katara (Kiawentiio) and Sokka (Ian Ousley) and the searing Fire Nation family Ozai (Daniel Dae Kim), Prince Zuko (Dallas Liu) and Azula (Elizabeth Yu), the main characters go from cartoon to live-action with all of their signature characteristics like Zuko’s scar and Sokka’s club and boomerang.

Albert Kim’s adaptation of Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Koneitzko’s original source material captures individual quests for power, knowledge, glory and world domination among other themes, like that of sacrifice for young children. Kim’s world-building expands the foundation set in the Nickelodeon show.

Here’s who plays who in the live-action Netflix series “Avatar: The Last Airbender”:

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