Monday, April 27, 2015

Casting News - 'Chicago Fire' Adds Dora Madison Burge; 'Strike Back' Gets July Premiere Date'; Plus 3 More Updates!

Casting News - April 27, 2015

AMC's Hell on Wheels; Cinemax's Strike Back; NBC's Chicago Fire & Law & Order: SVU; and USA's Royal Pains.





NBC's CHICAGO FIRE
  • Dora Madison Burge (Friday Night Lights) will appear in the final three episodes of the drama's third season. She will play Jessica "Chili" Chilton, a vivacious young medic who is Sylvie Brett's (Kara Killmer) new partner.
NBC's LAW & ORDER: SVU
  • The Sopranos alum Vincent Curatola will appear on an upcoming episode of the long-running procedural as a new judge.
CINEMAX's STRIKE BACK
  • The action drama starring Sullivan Stapleton and Philip Winchester will return for its fourth and final season on Friday, July 31 at 10/9c.
USA's ROYAL PAINS
  • Azie Tesfai, Emily Tremaine, Clea Lewis and Joy Suprano will guest star on the drama's upcoming seventh season. Tesfai will play Aubrey Wolfhouse, the host of a reality show on the rise whose upbeat outlook will be put to the test. Tremaine will recur as Becki, a fun-loving reality TV producer filming a new show. Lewis will recur as Margaret, a no-nonsense Hamptons Heritage nurse who is fed up with hospital bureaucracy. Suprano will play Mrs. Koch, a Hamptonite who worries that her affection for her poodles has led to a grave medical condition.
AMC's HELL ON WHEELS
  • Byron Mann (The Man with the Iron Fists, Arrow) has joined the cast of the drama's upcoming fifth and final season as a new series regular. He will play Chang, a powerful businessman and main Chinese labor contractor vying for power in the building of the Central Pacific Railroad. Chang controls the flow of Chinese workers along with their specialized food and sundries, which has allowed him to build a small empire in Truckee's Chinatown.