Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Casting News - 'Hawaii Five-0' Books Oscar Nominee Barkhad Abdi; 'The Originals' Vet to Visit 'Once Upon a Time'

Casting News - December 23, 2014

ABC's Once Upon a Time and CBS' Hawaii Five-0.






ABC's ONCE UPON A TIME
  • The Originals vet Sebastian Roche has booked a guest role on the drama's fourth season. He will play King Stefan, Aurora's (Sarah Bolger) father who has a complicated past with Maleficent (Kristin Bauer Van Straten).
CBS' HAWAII FIVE-0
  • Oscar nominee Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips) will appear in the fifteenth episode of the drama's fifth season. He will play Roko Contee, a Congolese warlord who was believed to be dead but who the Five-0 team discovers is still alive and working as a taxi driver hiding in plain sight.