Clayface (2025) cast & characters - Meet the stars behind the film and the roles they play

Based on DC Comics' character, Clayface is a body horror film, which is scheduled to be released by Warner Bros. Pictures on September 11, 2026. Helmed by the Eden Black director James Watkins and with the screenplay by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini, the film is the third instalment in the DC Universe after Superman (2025) and Supergirl (2026).

Clayface features Tom Rhys Harries as the lead, Matt Hagen/Clayface. The supporting cast includes Naomi Ackie as Dr. Caitlin Bates, a scientist, Max Minghella as a Gotham City police detective, and Eddie Marsan, among other actors.

James Atkins's Clayface lead actor and more about the eponymous character from DC Comics

Tom Rhys Harries at The Cartier Queen's Cup Polo 2023 (Image via Getty)

Tom Rhys Harries is taking the lead as Matt Hagen/Clayface in the upcoming body horror film. The Welsh actor is known for his role as Manchester DJ Axel Collins in Netflix's White Lines (2020) and Eddie Walker in the Apple TV+ series Suspicion (2022).

In the DC Comics, the alias Clayface has been held by several characters, all of whom are shapeshifting enemies of Batman. The original, Basil Karlo, debuted in 1940 as a disgruntled B-list horror actor who committed crimes while wearing a clay mask.

The Silver Age introduced Matt Hagen in Detective Comics #298 (1961). He gained his shapeshifting and regenerative powers from exposure to a pool of radioactive protoplasm.

Today, Karlo is the most prominent version, having gained Matt Hagen's clay-like physiology and shapeshifting abilities, allowing him to copy anyone's appearance and voice, making him a complex and formidable foe whose nature often shifts between villainy and tragedy.

Naomi Ackie to appear as Dr. Caitlin Bates in DC's upcoming body horror film

Naomi Ackie at the ELLE Style Awards 2025 (Image via Getty)

Actress Naomi Ackie will feature in the film as the scientist Dr. Caitlin Bates, a love interest of Hagen. The American actress is known for her role in The End of the F***ing World (2019), for which she won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Naomi recently appeared in sci-fi dark comedy film Mickey 17 alongside Robert Pattinson, and as a local police officer in Netflix's The Thursday Murder Club. She has a few upcoming projects in 2026, which include films like Shelter and I Love Boosters, besides this one.