Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Berlin Station, Ballers, and other TV productions have made recent TV show casting, TV movie casting, and TV directing news. These shows and movies air on ABC, Epix, and HBO.
Ballers (HBO)
Andy Garcia has….landed a season-long arc on HBO’s series Ballers.
In HBO’s half-hour comedy Ballers, Garcia will play a high-profile financial guy who is the nemesis of Spencer Strassmore (Dwayne Johnson) — they have history in the sports world and it’s not good.
Quantico (ABC)
Eliza Coupe is joining the cast of ABC’s “Quantico”
[She] will recur on the network’s Sunday drama beginning with the show’s 10th episode. She will play Hannah Wyland, a Quantico graduate whose ambition, combined with her looks and her confidence, has rocketed her past her competition.
Roots (A&E)
Hakeem Kae-Kazim is in talks to join the cast of A&E’s miniseries remake of “Roots”
The actor will play Samson on the show
Samson is a slave on the plantation of John Waller who is tasked with teaching everything to Kunta Kinte when he arrives.
Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family)
“Pretty Little Liars” has added Roberto Aguire in a recurring role for Season 6
The actor will take on the role of Liam Greene, described as a handsome editorial assistant from Boston who is a sweet, doting professional.
The Path (Hulu)
Max Ehrich (Under The Dome) has landed a recurring role in Hulu’s original drama series The Path….Ehrich will play Freddie Ridge, the drug-addicted teenage son of a wealthy family, whose parents offer to make a donation to the cult in exchange for his rehabilitation.
Grease Live (Fox)
Ana Gasteyer has joined Fox’s musical as Rydell High School Principal McGee…She joins the ensemble cast that includes Julianne Hough (Sandy), Aaron Tveit (Danny), Vanessa Hudgens (Rizzo), Carlos PenaVega (Kenickie), Keke Palmer (Marty) and Carly Rae Jepsen (Pink Lady Frenchy). Tommy Kail and Alex Rudzinski are directing
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC)
Mark Dacascos has booked a heavily recurring role on ABC’s Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Dacascos will play Giyera, the head of security for S.H.I.E.L.D.
Sleepy Hollow (Fox)
James McDaniel…will play Ezra Mills, the absent father of Abbie (Nicole Beharie) and Jenny (Lyndie Greenwood) who has reappeared with a renewed interest in being part of their lives. He’ll appear in at least one episode when the series moves to Friday starting February 5.
Brooklyn Animal Control (USA)
Tonye Patano has joined the cast of the USA Network pilot Brooklyn Animal Control…Patano will play Jill Wilson, a member of the Brooklyn Animal Control team who looks like someone you want to lean on and tell your troubles to. She works to preserve the delicate balance between the powerful Kveld Ulf werewolf families and the unsuspecting public. Jill joins the discussions of the BAC when they start to realize that the current head of the Tolk family might have to step down, leaving things unstable.
Berlin Station (Epix)
Tamlyn Tomita (Resurrection, The Day After Tomorrow), Leland Orser (Ray Donovan), Richard Dillane (Wolf Hall, The Dark Knight), and Bernhard Schütz (A Most Wanted Man) have rounded out the cast of Berlin Station
Tomita plays Sandra Abe, a quiet presence lording over the efficient operation of Berlin Station while having an affair with her boss, Steven Frost. Orser is Robert Kirsch, a devoted and successful Deputy Chief who digs intelligence out of the capital through a mix of force, diligence and cleverness. Dillane will play Deputy Liaison Gerald Ellman, a gentle, reserved man who plans his transfer to Budapest, but finds himself in a position of being collateral damage; and Schütz is Hans Richter, an old-world spy who has risen, against all odds, to the highest ranks of the BfV.
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