Friday, August 29, 2014

Casting News - Enver Gjokaj & Chad Michael Murray Join 'Agent Carter'; 'The Mindy Project' Adds 'Fargo' Star; Plus 5 More Updates!

Casting News - August 29, 2014

ABC's Agent Carter & Modern Family; ABC Family's Baby Daddy; CBS' CSI; The CW's Arrow; FOX's The Mindy Project; and HBO's Olive Kitteridge.





FOX's THE MINDY PROJECT
  • Fargo star Allison Tolman has booked a two-episode arc on the comedy's upcoming third season. She will play Abby Berman, a sweet romance novelist who goes on a disastrous blind date with Peter (Adam Pally).
THE CW's ARROW
  • Nolan Funk (Glee, Awkward) will guest star on the fifth episode of the drama's upcoming third season. He will play Cooper Seldon (an eerily familiar name, right?), Felicity's (Emily Bett Rickards) boyfriend from her days at MIT.
  • Additionally, Amy Gumenick (Supernatural, Turn) has booked a two-episode arc on the new season. She will play Carrie Cutter aka Cupid, a lethal villain with a dangerously obsessive crush on The Arrow (Stephen Amell).
HBO's OLIVE KITTERIDGE
  • The four hour miniseries will debut on Sunday, November 2 from 9-11PM, and conclude on Monday, November 3 from 9-11PM. Written by Jane Anderson and directed by Lisa Cholodenko, the miniseries stars Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, Bill Murray, John Gallagher Jr., Peter Mullan, Rosemarie DeWitt and Zoe Kazan.
ABC FAMILY's BABY DADDY
  • Matt Cedeno (Days of Our Lives, Devious Maids) will guest star on the Halloween special of the hit comedy. He will play Javier, a new love interest for Bonnie (Melissa Peterman).
ABC's MODERN FAMILY
  • Andrea Anders (Better Off Ted, Mr. Sunshine) will recur on the comedy's upcoming sixth season as the matriarch of the horrible family that moves in next door to the Dunphys. Her husband will be played by Steve Zahn.
CBS' CSI
  • Greg Grunberg (Heroes, Masters of Sex) will appear in an early November episode of the veteran procedural. He will play Len Bryant, a white-collar everyman battling addiction at a high-end rehab facility in the hopes of winning back his children.
ABC's AGENT CARTER
  • Enver Gjokaj (Dollhouse) and Chad Michael Murray (One Tree Hill) have joined the cast of the midseason drama starring Hayley Atwell as series regulars. Gjokaj will play Agent Daniel Sousa, while Murray will play Agent Jack Thompson, both of whom Peggy (Atwell) meets in New York.