Casting News - September 12, 2024
Paramount+'s Criminal Minds: Evolution & JonBenét Ramsey; and USA's The Rainmaker.
Paramount+'s Criminal Minds: Evolution & JonBenét Ramsey; and USA's The Rainmaker.
PARAMOUNT+'s CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION
- Aimee Garcia has landed a recurring role on the drama's upcoming 18th season. She previously starred in the eighth season of Showtime's Dexter and for five seasons in FOX/Netflix's Lucifer.
- She will play Dr. Julia Ochoa, one of the country's leading neuropsychiatrists who is assigned to help a high-profile patient recover from his injury-induced brain trauma. She clashes with Alvez (Adam Rodriguez) who, by contrast, believes in a more aggressive approach than her gentle approach.
PARAMOUNT+'s JONBENÉT RAMSEY
- Clifton Collins Jr., Chris Bauer, Rory Cochrane and Angus K. Caldwell will co-star on the upcoming limited series starring Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen. Collins previously starred for two seasons in HBO's Westworld and in the Amazon film Red, White & Royal Blue. Bauer starred for seven seasons in HBO's True Blood, three seasons in HBO's The Deuce and two seasons in Starz's Heels. Cochrane starred for two seasons in CBS' CSI: Miami and in Hulu's one-season drama Reprisal. Caldwell made his film debut in Unsung Hero, which was released earlier this year.
- Collins will play Detective Trujillo, a Boulder, Colorado police detective who does his job but without exhibiting much initiative.
- Bauer will play Tom Koby, the Boulder Police Chief whose department is the first on the scene after JonBenét (Emily Mitchell) was reported kidnapped.
- Cochrane will play John Eller, the Detective Division Commander of the Boulder Police Department.
- Caldwell will play Burke Ramsey, the eldest child of John (Owen) and Patsy Ramsey (McCarthy).
USA's THE RAINMAKER
- Dan Fogler has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming drama starring Milo Callaghan and John Slattery. He won a Tony Award in 2005 for his featured role in the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. He also starred in the Paramount+ limited series The Offer and the Netflix limited series Eric.
- He will play Melvin Pritcher, a nurse with an explosive secret at the heart of a vast conspiracy.