Christmas Heist cast, year by year
Autocomplete offers Olivia Holt. The top result for the bare phrase often describes the 2023 film. They are different casts.
2025 — Jingle Bell Heist
Olivia Holt (Sophia Martin), Connor Swindells (Nick O’Connor), Lucy Punch (Cynthia Sterling), Peter Serafinowicz (Maxwell Sterling). The longer billing is on the Netflix cast page.
2026 — The Man with the Bag
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Santa, Alan Ritchson as the recruited thief, Awkwafina as the rogue elf, and Berkeley James. Several more names are billed without a published role. Film page.
2023 — two different productions
A Christmas Heist: Thom Hallum (Paul Wexler), Billy Blair (Harold), Tiffany McDonald (Maeve), Tom Zembrod (Fred). Film page.
The Heist Before Christmas, the Sky film: Timothy Spall (Father Christmas), James Nesbitt (the robber), Bamber Todd (Mikey), Joshua McLees (Sean), Laura Donnelly (Patricia). Film page. Lucy Score’s 2026 novel uses different people entirely and is not a cast list.
2020 — the short
IMDb title tt11904844 lists Devin McGilvra as director and writer, with Milo Borghello, Zachary Robert Poole, Gina Simms and Craig Tsuyumine. A6 Productions. United States, comedy short; these credits are supported by IMDb alone. I only have that one database row, so this short stays a paragraph here instead of its own page. No legal stream turned up.
2024 — the stage show
Matthew Ganley (Robin), Emma Manton (Marian), Andrew Whitehead (Sheriff), plus the Rose Young Company. Script page.
Questions people ask
Who is in the Christmas Heist cast?
It depends which title you mean. 2025 is Olivia Holt and Connor Swindells. 2023’s A Christmas Heist is Thom Hallum. 2026 is Arnold Schwarzenegger and Alan Ritchson.
Is Olivia Holt in the 2023 movie?
No. She is in the 2025 Netflix film Jingle Bell Heist.
Sources
- Amazon official cast announcement — checked 2026-11-13
- Netflix Tudum cast and characters — checked 2026-11-13
- Sky TV official trailer and synopsis — checked 2026-11-13
- Wikipedia — Jingle Bell Heist — checked 2026-11-13
- Apple TV — A Christmas Heist — checked 2026-11-13
- IMDb — tt11904844 — checked 2026-11-13
- The Guardian — Rose Theatre — checked 2026-11-13