'Jack Ryan' Is in a 'Race Against Time' — Learn When the CIA Thriller Returns for Season 3

Mar. 15, 2025

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John Krasinskiwill return as Jack Ryan for the holidays — Prime Video announced on Wednesday that season 3 ofTom Clancy’s Jack Ryanwill premiere Dec. 21.

The upcoming eight-episode season “finds Jack Ryan on the run and in a race against time,” an official synopsis for season 3 reads. “Jack is wrongly implicated in a larger conspiracy and suddenly finds himself a fugitive out in the cold.”

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Prime Video also announced on Wednesday, thatWendell Piercewill return as James Greer for season 3 — as will Michael Kelly as Mike November, who appeared in season 2 ofJack Ryan.

Two actresses join the series as regular cast members for season 3, according to the release: Nina Hoss will play Alena Kovac, andGet Out’s Betty Gabriel will play Elizabeth Wright.

Pierce, 58, appears poised to remain the only cast member other than Krasinski (who’s also an executive producer on the show) who will appear every episode ofJack Ryan, according to the series’IMDbpage.

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In May,Deadlinereported thatJack Ryanseason 4, which has already started filming, will be the show’s final season, though it noted a potential spinoff series starring Michael Peña as Ding Chavez, a different Tom Clancy novel character, is in the works.

Deadlinepreviously reported Peña’s casting announcement forJack Ryanseason 4 in October 2021, though his role was not yet disclosed at that time. In May, Deadline reported that Peña’s character will be introduced in the season 3 finale before he takes on a main role in the show’s final season.

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Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryanpremieres Dec. 21 on Prime Video.

source: people.com