Casting News - April 18, 2014
ABC's Nashville; CBS' Unforgettable; History's Texas Rising; NBC's Parks and Recreation; Showtime's Ray Donovan; TV Land's Hot in Cleveland; and WGN America's Salem.
WGN AMERICA's SALEM
- Stephen Lang (Avatar, Terra Nova) has been tapped for a recurring role on the new drama series. He will play Increase Mather, an old-line, hardcore Puritan who led the way across the ocean to the Promised Land in the late 1600s. Intellectually, spiritually and politically, he's the most influential man in the country - and the most feared.
NBC's PARKS AND RECREATION
- Workaholics star Blake Anderson will make a guest appearance during the comedy's Season 6 finale. He will play Mike Bean, one of the founders of , a Bay Area tech start-up that Ben (Adam Scott) and Andy (Chris Pratt) visit.
HISTORY's TEXAS RISING
- Rhys Coiro (Hostages) and Joe Egender (Hunger) have joined the cast of the upcoming miniseries starring Bill Paxton. Coiro will play Vern Elwood. Egender will play Beans Wilkins, a Ranger who is always hungry and looking for his next meal.
SHOWTIME's RAY DONOVAN
- Eion Bailey (Once Upon a Time) has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. He will play a charismatic motivational speaker/self-help guru who needs Ray's (Liev Schreiber) help.
CBS' UNFORGETTABLE
- Colin Egglesfield (The Client List, Rizzoli & Isles) will guest on an upcoming episode of the drama's third season. He will play Charles Sewell, a hard-charging agent with the Coast Guard Investigative Services who helps Carrie (Poppy Montgomery) and Al (Dylan Walsh) in their investigation of a boat explosion in New York Harbor.
TV LAND's HOT IN CLEVELAND
- Luke Perry (Beverly Hills, 90210) will appear on an upcoming episode of the comedy's current fifth season. He will play the latest guy the women fix Victoria (Wendie Malick) up with. He's a doctor on the cutting edge of science but is also growing nose tissue on his forehead for humanitarian purposes.
ABC's NASHVILLE
- After stopping by Pawnee in Parks and Recreation's finale next week, First Lady Michelle Obama is heading to the ABC drama for its May 7 episode. She will appear as herself at a charity concert that Rayna (Connie Britton) is organizing at Fort Campbell after Luke (Will Chase) is injured in Afghanistan and has to end his tour early. American Idol alum Kellie Pickler is also set to appear in the episode.
