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Daniel Ezra as Spencer James (seasons 1–6; while her mother Monica, a famous singer, died in a car accident when Layla was still a child. Her best friend is Olivia and, although their friendship faced several obstacles for various reasons, the two always managed to overcome their issues and patch things up between them. At the beginning of the series, she was Asher's girlfriend until she broke up with him and started dating Spencer. In season 2, she decided to follow her father's footsteps by starting her own record label, which she named
ForMonica Records after her deceased mother, and became Coop's producer while also discovering that she suffered from depression which she had to fight against. She then found out it was a condition that she likely inherited from Monica, who was having the same disease before dying. After putting her relationship with Spencer on hold for a while because of her mental health problems, in season 3 she broke up with him due to him having realized that he was in love with Olivia. In season 4, she became Patience's producer after Coop quit making music due to legal cases against her and mental health problems while the record label became increasingly successful. As a consequence, she decided not to go to college in order to focus on her career as a producer. In the meantime, she grew closer with Jordan, eventually developing feelings for him. At the beginning of season 5, they started a relationship which quickly became increasingly stronger, culminating in their engagement at the end of the season. Still together and engaged, in season 6 the two focused on planning for their wedding as well as dealing with her resurfaced mental health problems. They eventually got married in "Victory Lap" once she was finally in a good place. In the meantime, she also ventured into hospitality, founding her own club and bar ''Layla's''. •
Samantha Logan as Olivia Baker (seasons 1–6; •
Michael Evans Behling as Jordan Baker, Billy and Laura's son, Olivia's twin brother, and Willie's grandson. A talented football player like his father, his role is
quarterback. Jordan was initially jealous of Spencer's skills when the latter first arrived at Beverly Hills High, but the two quickly formed a strong friendship which eventually culminated in them considering each other brothers. In season 2, he became very rebellious due to his parents' separation, with his behavior often becoming out of control: he got into fights, crashed his sister's car and lost his trust in his mother when she punished him for his inconsiderate actions. He was also tricked into thinking he got Simone pregnant, but she eventually gave up her child for adoption after telling Jordan he was not the father while the two developed feelings for each other and started a relationship. Soon after getting together, he and Simone impulsively decided to get married in Vegas. However, they both eventually realized their marriage was actually a mistake and got an annulment, deciding to just stay a couple. In season 4, he got a scholarship offer from Golden Angeles University, which he started attending after graduating from high school while settling on long-distance with Simone, who instead decided to move to Atlanta for college. In the meantime, however, he started to become closer with Layla, ultimately catching feelings for her, while his relationship with Simone began to fall apart due to the distance: eventually, the two broke up, acknowledging both their having grown apart after her relocating and his having obviously fallen for Layla. After confessing his feelings to Layla, who reciprocated, at the beginning of season 5 they started a relationship which quickly grew increasingly stronger, culminating in their engagement at the end of the season. Still together and engaged, in season 6 the two focused on planning for their wedding as well as dealing with Layla's resurfaced mental health problems. They eventually got married in "Victory Lap" once Layla was finally in a good place. At the end of the season, he accepted a coaching job at South Crenshaw High after retiring from playing football due to having experienced a concussion. He was suspended for two games due to intoxication at Homecoming Dance after Layla, his at the time girlfriend, broke up with him, and then was kicked off the team after he tipped off Malibu with Beverly's entire offensive playbook, but eventually was allowed back. After winning the State championship, he became more dedicated because his scout stock actually fell due to lack of targets. He also developed feelings for Olivia, whom he started dating midway through season 2, but the two eventually broke up in season 3. Also in season 2, he became offensive captain of the team along with Spencer. To improve his performance, however, he ended up starting to take steroids, which caused him to get under suspension from playing, but after having got clean and made up for his mistakes, he was allowed to play again. He managed to get an athletic full scholarship to Coastal California College, but then he was devastated to learn that because of the steroids he had taken he developed
cardiomyopathy, a rare heart condition, and thus could no longer play football. As he helped Jordan and JJ out during a combine, however, he realized that he could still pursue his passion for football through coaching. After graduation, he started attending Coastal California, where he managed to become assistant coach of its football team. In the meantime, he began a serious relationship with a girl named Jaymee, whom he even had a son with during the time jump in between season 5 and 6. Some months after the baby's birth, the two of them decided to settle down together by going to live as a family in the Bakers' house in South Crenshaw. Also, after being fired from his coaching job at Coastal California, he asked his former high school football coach Montes to hire him as her assistant, which she accepted. At the beginning of season 7, it was revealed that he left L.A. after becoming assistant head coach. •
Karimah Westbrook as Grace James (seasons 1–6), In season 3, she started dating D'Angelo Carter, the new principal of South Crenshaw High with whom she initially did not get along very well before getting to know him better. In season 4, D'Angelo proposed to her after getting permission from Spencer and Dillon and she happily accepted. The two eventually got married at the beginning of season 5. •
Monet Mazur as Laura Fine-Baker (seasons 1–6; In season 4, she quit the DA job after realizing the systematic failure of the system and managed to fight Preach's murder charges, reaching a deal for Coop to serve community service for her part of
obstruction of justice in covering Preach's involvement in Monique's death. In season 5, she started a job as guest lecturer at Golden Angeles University. •
Taye Diggs as Billy Baker (seasons 1–5; special guest season 6), the head coach of Beverly Hills High football team who recruits Spencer, Laura's husband and Olivia and Jordan's father. Like Spencer, he was an alumnus of South Crenshaw High and one of its football team top players who in fact managed to make it into the NFL as a former second-round pick, before his career was cut short by knee injuries. His father abandoned him as a child. It was also revealed that both he and Corey played against each other in
Pop Warner and he actually left South Crenshaw because he could not deal with the loss of his mother, who was the history teacher of South Crenshaw High. In season 2, he tried to fight to repair the marriage with Laura after she discovered his affair with Grace, but she ultimately decided to file for separation. At the end of the season, he resigned from Beverly Hills High and became the head coach of South Crenshaw High football team. In season 3, he and Laura started growing closer again and eventually reunited, even renewing their vows at the end of the season. In season 4, he became the interim principal of South Crenshaw High before getting promoted to full-time principal. In season 5, he was offered a job at Golden Angeles University, which he initially accepted, but then turned down after Spencer convinced him not to leave South Crenshaw High. However, shortly after he died to save one of his players' life when the team's bus crashed, leaving his family and both Beverly and South Crenshaw communities in despair. •
Jalyn Hall as Dillon James (seasons 1–6), Spencer's younger brother. Like Spencer, he is also a grade-A student and is very mature for his young age. He likes sci-fi comics and wanted to play football like his brother Spencer, but due to being too young, he stuck to playing basketball. He was later found to be Corey's son after a private dispute about his paternity because of Grace's affair with Billy. In season 4, he stopped playing basketball, but developed his skills as an illustrator as a way of acting out against his least favorite history teacher. In order to stop him from spiraling out, since he felt trapped in Crenshaw due to his lack of athletic talent, Spencer asked him to be his graphic designer for his social media brand. In season 6, he was accepted at a prestigious School of Arts in Boston, where he moved to start attending. •
Chelsea Tavares as Patience Robinson (seasons 3–6; a drug dealer and gang member who sometimes did good deeds, but was shot dead by rival gangs as part of revenge killing in front of his house after he paid Tyrone off to get out of the gang. •
Spence Moore II as Chris Jackson (seasons 1–4; guest season 6), the quarterback of South Crenshaw High's football team. Despite initially resenting Spencer for moving to Beverly, he helped Beverly Eagles defeat Malibu using Crenshaw's old playbook. • Michelle Hayden as Ripley (season 1), a cheerleader for Malibu Charter School and love interest of Jordan, but she got him into trouble as she was a marijuana user. •
Demetrius Shipp Jr. as Tyrone Moore (seasons 1–2), a gang leader in Crenshaw. He was the mastermind that killed both Brandon and Shawn Scott. He also put Preach into the hospital by shooting. He was apprehended by police on State Championship night after Coop set up a police ambush. However, he was released from jail after Preach decided not to testify. He was later killed on his front porch by Ruth Scott in revenge for killing her sons. •
Brent Jennings as Willie Baker (season 1; guest seasons 3–6), Billy's father and Olivia and Jordan's grandfather. Former Beverly Hills Football coach that raised Billy to become an NFL player, he believed Billy abandoned him after going pro and leaving Crenshaw. He disapproved of his son's lifestyle and used to refuse to accept his daughter-in-law because she is white. Despite this, he received monthly payments from his son. He also conned money from his grandson by suggesting he could not afford medical care for his diabetes. In season 4, he suffered from a heart attack on prom night, which causes Billy and Laura to move into his house him to keep an eye on him. Becoming tired of their presence, he decided to move to
Florida and stayed with his friend Jerome. •
Casper Van Dien as Harold Adams (seasons 1–2; guest seasons 3, 5), Asher's birth father, who Asher tried to help after he recovered from his own alcoholism. • Mitchell Edwards as Cam Watkins (seasons 1–3; guest season 4–5), the interim principal at South Crenshaw High. In the past, he also went to South Crenshaw with Corey and Billy, but was sent to boarding school after his freshman year due to the bullying culture of the football team. He became Grace's husband at the beginning of season 5. •
Erica Peeples as Monique "Mo" Moore (season 3, guest season 2), an attorney and Tyrone's older sister and Amina's mother. She shot Coop, then was killed by Preach for "
justifiable homicide". • Anna Lore as Carrie (season 3; guest seasons 2, 4), Layla's friend but also a recovering alcoholic with serious attachment and abandonment issues. After Layla saved Carrie from jumping off a cliff while she was spiraling in season 3, Layla was traumatized and changed into a control freak in season 4. The two reunited in San Diego and she reassured Layla that she had moved back with her parents and finally found a stable job, which brought proper closure to what happened and their relationship. •
Alexandra Barreto as Coach Elena Montes (seasons 3–4, guest seasons 5–6), new head coach for the Beverly High Eagles. Her husband is also a coach. • Alondra Delgado as Vanessa Montes (season 3), a new student at Beverly High School and the new head coach's daughter. She had a summer fling with Asher. •
Noah Gray-Cabey as Frausto (seasons 3–4; guest season 5), a teammate of Spencer's from Crenshaw. He was unwelcoming to both Spencer and Coach Baker. • Simeon Daise as Jabari Long (seasons 3–6), an outside linebacker who was a teammate of Spencer's from South Crenshaw High and later became a student and football player at Coastal California. • Deric Augustine as Clay Taylor (seasons 4–5), a musician whom Layla had a summer fling with. He is the current CEO of 'Clay Taylor Entertainment', formerly 'Keating Records', which became a parent company to 'ForMonica Records'. • Mustafa Speaks as Kenny Boone (seasons 4–6), wide receiver coach at Golden Angeles University who later became head coach. • Zachary S. Williams as Isaiah Winfield (season 4; guest season 5), a wide receiver who attended Golden Angeles University with Spencer, Jordan and Olivia. • Journey Montana as Jenn (season 4), a girl with addiction issues for whom Olivia became sponsor. •
Sean Carrigan as Ivan Garrett (seasons 4–5), the former head coach at Golden Angeles University before getting exposed by Olivia for illicit behaviours. He considered Isaiah to be his preferred wideout candidate for scholarship. As a head coach with a defensive background, he was also a very traditional fundamental coach with
46 as the base defense. • Miya Horcher as Jaymee (seasons 4–6), Asher's new girlfriend and baby mama. She was a waitress at Asher's stepfather's fine-dining restaurant, but had to take leave in the summer as she suffers from
lupus. In season 5, after 3 months in remission, her symptoms returned on Billy Baker's birthday and she required hospitalization, which was the first time Asher saw her symptoms develop and worsen. • Christian James as Wade Waters (seasons 4, 6), former QB1 for the Golden Angeles University Condors, who after gaining NIL deals skipped practice, then lost his starting spot to Jordan. After being kicked out of the team, he was recruited by Coastal California in season 6. • Brittany Marie Batchelder as Davita (season 4; guest seasons 5–6), a branding and marketing student and also a player for the women's soccer team at Golden Angeles University who helped Spencer build a social media presence and became friends with Olivia. •
Kamar de los Reyes as Coach Montes (season 4; guest seasons 5–6), head coach at Coastal California University. • Madison Shamoun as Skye (seasons 4–5), Coop's new love interest. • Alexis Fields as Denise Patterson (season 5; guest seasons 2–4, 6), a friend of Billy and Grace who is a South Crenshaw High School alum. •
Ashley Argota Torres as Gia (season 5), Layla's assistant. • Pauline Dyer as Alicia (season 5), Spencer's new love interest. •
Morris Chestnut as Rick Barnes (season 5), the GAU's athletic director. • Courtney Bandeko as Miko (season 5), a fan of Patience with a lack of awareness of boundaries. •
David Shatraw as Professor Hill (season 5), Coop's law professor. • Jamel King as Coach Terence "Mac" McClelland (season 6), the offensive coordinator of the GAU football team. • Brian Borello as Ryan (season 6), Layla's business partner. • Melissa Jane Rodriguez as Charissa (season 6), a new roommate at the beach house. • Taiv Lee as Deion (season 6), a student at South Crenshaw who became friends with Spencer. • Gilbert Glenn Brown as Coach Bobby Shepard (season 7; guest season 6), the new football head coach of South Crenshaw High. • Elijah M. Cooper as Yasi (season 7), the quarterback of South Crenshaw High. • Lauryn Hardy as Tori (season 7), the popular Beverly Hills High cheerleader. • Terayle Hill as Marqui Edwards (season 7), Khalil's father who is a Crips gang member. •
Joanna "JoJo" Levesque as Sabine (special guest season 4), Layla's mentor in musicianship and production. •
John Salley as Himself (special guest season 5) • Darone Okolie as Sal Dominguez (seasons 5) • Tre Hale as Kai (seasons 5–6)
Crossover cast Cast members of the spin-off
All American: Homecoming: •
Peyton Alex Smith as Damon Sims (season 3) •
Kelly Jenrette as Amara Patterson (seasons 3–4), the current president of Bringston University. •
Cory Hardrict as Coach Marcus Turner (season 3), the baseball head coach of Bringston University. • Sylvester Powell as Jessie Raymond (season 3) • Netta Walker as Keisha McCalla (seasons 3 and 5) • Camille Hyde as Thea Mays (season 3) •
Rhoyle Ivy King as Nathaniel Hardin (season 3) •
Leonard Roberts as Zeke Allen (season 3), the former president of Bringston University. •
John Marshall Jones as Leonard Shaw (season 3), the former baseball head coach of Bringston University. • Derek Rivera as Santiago Reyes (season 3) ==Episodes==