Thursday, September 3, 2015

Casting News - Keith David to Topline OWN's 'Greenleaf'; Andrea Riseborough Joins Netflix's 'Bloodline'; Plus 4 More Updates!

Casting News - September 3, 2015

Netflix's Bloodline, Daredevil, House of Cards & Luke Cage; OWN's Greenleaf; and USA's Colony.





OWN's GREENLEAF
  • Keith David (Community, Enlisted) has been cast in the lead role on the upcoming drama created by Craig Wright. He will play Bishop James Greenleaf, the charming and charismatic but brilliantly manipulative leader of Greenleaf World Ministries.
NETFLIX's BLOODLINE
  • Andrea Riseborough (Birdman) has joined the cast of the drama's upcoming second season as a new series regular. She will play Evangeline, a street-wise and unpredictable woman from Danny's (Ben Mendelsohn) past who has some unfinished business with the Rayburn family.
USA's COLONY
  • Ally Walker (Sons of Anarchy, Longmire) has booked a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Josh Holloway and Sarah Wayne Callies. She will play Helena, a powerful figure in the midst of the occupied Los Angeles who has gravitas, smarts and cool charm.
NETFLIX's LUKE CAGE
  • House of Cards star Mahershala Ali has landed a series regular role on the upcoming drama starring Mike Colter. He will play Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes, a Harlem nightclub owner who will become an unexpected foe in Luke Cage's (Mike Colter) life when Stokes' criminal activities threaten Luke's world.
NETFLIX's HOUSE OF CARDS
  • Colm Feore (The Borgias, Gotham) has been cast in a recurring role on the drama's upcoming fourth season. He will play General Billingham. All other character details weren't made immediately available.
NETFLIX's DAREDEVIL
  • Stephen Rider (Lee Daniels' The Butler) has joined the drama's upcoming second season as a new series regular. He will play Blake Tower, a District Attorney who gives Daredevil (Charlie Cox) information to help track down and capture criminals.