Cast
The fourth season has nineteen actors receive star billing, following the departure of Christina Schmidt as Terri McGreggor at the end of season three. Continuing in their roles from the previous season, the grade ten students are portrayed by Sarah Barrable-Tishauer as Liberty Van Zandt, Daniel Clark as Sean Cameron, Ryan Cooley as James Tiberius "J.T." Yorke, Jake Goldsbie as Toby Isaacs, Miriam McDonald as Emma Nelson, and Cassie Steele as Manuela "Manny" Santos. The grade eleven students are portrayed by Lauren Collins as Paige Michalchuk, Jake Epstein as Craig Manning, Stacey Farber as Ellie Nash, Aubrey Graham as Jimmy Brooks, Shane Kippel as Gavin "Spinner" Mason, Andrea Lewis as Hazel Aden, Melissa McIntyre as Ashley Kerwin, and Adamo Ruggiero as Marco Del Rossi. As the adults in the series, Stefan Brogren plays the part of Archie "Snake Simpson, Pat Mastroianni acts as Joey Jeremiah, Dan Woods appears as Mr. Raditch, Amanda Stepto plays Spike Nelson, and Stacie Mistysyn appears as Caitlin Ryan. The five adult actors had played the same characters in Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High, two of the preceding series in the Degrassi franchise.
Shenae Grimes, Dalmar Abuzeid, and Christopher Jacot are introduced in recurring roles as Darcy Edwards, Danny Van Zandt, and Matt Oleander, respectively. Returning in their recurring roles are Ephraim Ellis as Rick Murray, John Bregar as Dylan Michalchuk, Deanna Casaluce as Alex Nuñez, Mike Lobel as Jay Hogart, Daniel Morrison as Chris Sharpe, Alex Steele as Angela Jeremiah, Melissa DiMarco as Daphne Hatzilakos, Linlyn Lue as Ms. Kwan, and Jennifer Podemski as Ms. Sauve.
Film director Kevin Smith and actor Jason Mewes guest star as exaggerated versions of themselves (for example Kevin is portrayed as being unmarried and childless), who are at Degrassi Community School in the final three episodes of the season to work on Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian, Eh!, a fictional feature film in the View Askewniverse series that is using Degrassi Community School as a filming location. Singer Alanis Morissette, who had previously played God in two other Jay and Silent Bob movies, guest star in "Going Down the Road Part One" as herself, playing the school principal in Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian, Eh!
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