Terry Serpico, Maulik Pancholy, And Sam Vartholomeos Cast In Star Trek: Discovery
CBS has added Army Wives‘ Terry Serpico, Weeds‘ Maulik Pancholy, and The Following‘s Sam Vartholomeos to the cast of Star Trek: Discovery.
Each of the newly-announced actors has additional experience in film and TV aside from the aforementioned examples. In addition to Army Wives, Serpico has also appeared in Rescue Me and Sneaky Pete, while Vartholomeos also had a minor role in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. As for Pancholy, he is widely recognizable to audiences as Jonathan, the excitable assistant of Alec Baldwin‘s character on 30 Rock.
Joining a cast that includes, among others, Doug Jones and Anthony Rapp, Serpico will play the high-ranking Admiral Anderson in the series. Meanwhile, Pancholy will portray Chief Medical Officer Dr. Nambue and Vartholomeos will play Starfleet greenhorn Ensign Connor.
Superherohype, the source of this story, had this to share about the program:
The series will feature a new ship, new characters and new missions, while embracing the same ideology and hope for the future that inspired a generation of dreamers and doers. The series will premiere on the CBS Television Network with all subsequent episodes available on CBS All Access, the Network’s digital subscription video on demand and live-streaming service, and will be distributed concurrently by CBS Studios International on Netflix in 188 countries and in Canada on Bell Media’s Space channel and OTT service CraveTV.
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