Casting News - January 29, 2014
AMC's Turn; CBS's CSI & Elementary; FOX's Sleepy Hollow; and Netflix's Orange Is the New Black.
AMC's TURN
- Stephen Root (Justified, Boardwalk Empire) has signed on for a recurring role on the upcoming period drama - set to debut on April 6. He will play Nathaniel Sackett, an eccentric an secretive civilian member of the Committee to Detect and Defeat Conspiracies, an 18th century proto-CIA.
FOX's SLEEPY HOLLOW
- John Noble and Lyndie Greenwood have been promoted to series regulars on the FOX drama for its upcoming second season after both appearing in multiple episodes of its debut season. Greenwood plays Jenny Mills, the estranged sister of Abbie (Nicole Beharie). Noble plays Henry Parrish, who [SPOILER] is actually Jeremy, Ichabod (Tom Mison) and Katrina's (Katia Winter) son as well as the second horseman of the Apocalypse.
CBS's ELEMENTARY
- Army Wives alum Jeremy Davidson will guest star on an upcoming March episode of the CBS procedural. He will play Gordon Cushing, a man long suspected of murdering his wife. But when he receives a ransom note claiming she's still alive, Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) and Joan (Lucy Liu) must figure out if the apparent kidnapping is real or his attempt at clearing his own name.
CBS's CSI
- KISS frontman Gene Simmons will be making a cameo appearance as himself on an upcoming episode of the long-running procedural. He will find himself in the middle of a rock-and-roll themed murder mystery during the 17th episode of the 14th season.
NETFLIX's ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
- Lori Petty (A League of Their Own, Point Break) is heading to the prison dramedy for its upcoming second season. No details about Petty's character were made available.
