Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Casting News - 'Rizzoli & Isles' Star Joins 'Shameless'; Tyler James Williams Boards 'The Walking Dead'; Plus 5 More Updates!

Casting News - September 24, 2014

ABC's The Goldbergs; AMC's The Walking Dead; CBS' Criminal Minds; The CW's The Messengers; NBC's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; and Showtime's Shameless & Web Therapy.




CBS' CRIMINAL MINDS
  • Ian Nelson (Teen Wolf) will appear on an upcoming episode of the drama's tenth season. He will play an emotionally complex teen unnerved by taunts he and his friends receive in the form of morbid selfies posted online.
SHOWTIME's WEB THERAPY
  • Christina Applegate (Up All Night, Married With Children) has booked a recurring role on the comedy's upcoming fourth season. She will play a Boston-based fixer who reaches out to Fiona (Lisa Kudrow) to offer damage control services after the NSA scandal.
SHOWTIME's SHAMELESS
  • Rizzoli & Isles star Sasha Alexander has been cast in a major recurring role on the dramedy's upcoming fifth season. She will play Helene, one of Lip's (Jeremy Allen White) college professors, who's erudite, confident and sexy with a wild side.
NBC's UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT
  • Adam Campbell (Mixology) has landed a recurring role on the midseason comedy starring Ellie Kemper. He will play a new love interest for Kimmy (Kemper).
THE CW's THE MESSENGERS
  • Sam Littlefield (The After) and Jessika Van (Paper Lotus) will recur on the midseason drama's first season.  Littlefield will play Leland Schiller, a brilliant computer genius turned anarchist hacker. Van will play Koa Lin, a grifter from the gritty back alleys of Hong Kong who will use whatever means necessary to accomplish her goals.
ABC's THE GOLDBERGS
  • iCarly vet Noah Munck has been cast in a recurring role on the comedy's second season. He will play Naked Rob, an average looking, regular dude with a dry affect who for some unknown reason loves getting naked. Rob is a member of the Jenkintown Posse - Barry's (Troy Gentile) ragtag group of friends - and is considered the slick member of the group.
AMC's THE WALKING DEAD
  • Tyler James Williams (Everybody Hates Chris) has joined the cast of the hit drama for its upcoming fifth season. He will play a character named Noah but all other character details are being kept under wraps.