Casting News - May 8, 2024
CBS' NCIS: Origins; Paramount+'s Landman & Mayor of Kingstown; and Starz's P-Valley.
CBS' NCIS: Origins; Paramount+'s Landman & Mayor of Kingstown; and Starz's P-Valley.
PARAMOUNT+'s LANDMAN
- Michael Peña will guest star on the upcoming drama starring Billy Bob Thornton. He previously starred in the first season of Netflix's Narcos: Mexico and in the fourth season of Amazon's Jack Ryan. He also stars in the Ant-Man film franchise.
- No details were immediately announced about the character he will be playing.
CBS' NCIS: ORIGINS
- Patrick Fischler and Julian Black Antelope have landed recurring roles on the upcoming NCIS prequel starring Austin Stowell. Fischler previously starred for two seasons in Syfy's Happy! and in the Disney+ limited series The Right Stuff. Black Antelope starred for two seasons in APTN's Tribal and in the Hulu film Prey.
- Fischler will play NCIS Special Agent in Charge Cliff Walker, who oversees the fledgling NIS Pendleton Office. Constantly seeing his little-known agency pushed aside by bigger fish, he puts his career on the line to earn NIS Pendleton the respect it deserves.
- Black Antelope will play Chief Medical Examiner Kai Blackrock, who is at the top of his game, working out of the busy San Diego County M.E.'s Office. Though he appears unflappable, his complicated ties to NIS force him to face his own vulnerabilities.
STARZ's P-VALLEY
- Gail Bean, Bertram Williams Jr. and Thomas Q. Jones have been promoted to series regulars for the drama's upcoming third season. Bean heavily recurred on the drama's second season while Williams and Jones have recurred since the first season. Meanwhile, Mea Wilkerson has been cast as a new series regular. She previously guest starred on NBC's Law & Order: SVU.
- Bean plays Roulette, a dancer at The Pynk.
- Williams plays Woddy, Lil Murda's (J. Alphonse Nicholson) manager.
- Jones plays Mane, the leader of the Chief-Fi-Chief gang.
- Wilkerson will play Haiku, an enigmatic new dancer who thrives on chaos, finding solace in the messy choices that ignite her spirit and remind her what it means to truly feel alive.
PARAMOUNT+'s MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN
- Matthew Del Negro has been cast in a recurring role on the drama's upcoming third season. He previously starred for three seasons in Showtime's City on a Hill. He also recurred on ABC's Scandal and Amazon's Goliath.
- He will play Will Breen, a charming, seemingly good natured corrections officer at the Kingstown Women's Prison.