Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Casting News - Giancarlo Esposito, Katie Holmes, Gaby Hoffmann and Kumail Nanjiani Join 'Poker Face'; Plus 1 More Update!

Casting News - July 16, 2024

Amazon's Young Sherlock and Peacock's Poker Face.






PEACOCK's POKER FACE
  • Giancarlo Esposito, Katie Holmes, Gaby Hoffmann and Kumail Nanjiani will guest star on the dramedy's upcoming second season. Esposito has received five Emmy Award nominations for his performances on AMC's Breaking Bad, AMC's Better Call Saul and Disney+'s The Mandalorian. Holmes starred for six seasons in The WB's Dawson's Creek and recurred on Showtime's Ray Donovan. Hoffmann has received two Emmy Award nominations for her performances on HBO's Girls and Amazon's Transparent. Nanjiani was nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing The Big Sick and has received two Emmy Award nominations for his roles on Paramount+'s The Twilight Zone and Hulu's Welcome to Chippendales.
  • No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
AMAZON's YOUNG SHERLOCK
  • Colin Firth has joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Hero Fiennes Tiffin. He has received two Academy Award nominations - winning in 2011 for his lead role in The King's Speech. On television, he starred in the Max limited series The Staircase - receiving an Emmy Award nomination for his work.
  • He will play Sir Bucephalus Hodge.