Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Casting News - Carl Lumbly, David Costabile and Costa Ronin Book Recurring Roles on Netflix's 'Obliterated'; Plus 1 More Update!

Casting News - October 5, 2022

ABC's Big Sky and Netflix's Obliterated.






NETFLIX's OBLITERATED
  • Carl Lumbly, David Costabile, Costa Ronin, Lindsey Kraft, Tobias Jelinek, Minnie Mills, Virginia Madsen, Lori Petty, Clive Standen, Ivan G'vera and Keston John have booked recurring roles on the upcoming action comedy starring Nick Zano and Shelley Hennig.
  • Lumbly (Alias, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) will play Langdon, the CIA Director, Ava's (Hennig) boss and longtime mentor, as well as her government liaison for this mission.
  • Costabile (Billions, Suits) will play Maddox, a black market operative and a worthy adversary for our heroes.
  • Ronin (The Americans, Homeland) will play Ivan Koslov, a cunning arms dealer who uses wits and charm to stay one step ahead of the special forces team.
  • Kraft (Getting On, Grace and Frankie) will play Yani, a free-spirited lounge singer with a heart of gold and a yearning for love.
  • Jelinek (Stranger Things, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) will play Ehren, a lethally effective one-man Swiss Army Knife.
  • Mills (The Summer I Turned Pretty) will play Jen, the daughter of special forces pilot Paul (Eugene Kim), who heads to Las Vegas for her prom after-party, but unknowingly puts herself at the center of her dad's mission.
  • Madsen (Designated Survivor, Swamp Thing) will play Marge. Petty (Orange Is the New Black, Station Eleven) will play Crazy Susan. Standen (Vikings, Taken) will play Liam. G'vera (Days of Our Lives, The Defeated) will play Vlad. John (In the Dark, Avatar: The Way of Water) will play Mr. Dugan.
ABC's BIG SKY
  • Lyle Lovett and Darius Rucker will guest star in the drama's third season. Lovett has received 17 Grammy Award nominations - winning four times. Rucker has received three Grammy Award nominations - prevailing every time.
  • Lovett will play Tex, an expert tracker with a quiet menace hidden beneath a courteous, gentleman-cowboy exterior. Like a snake charmer, his gift for music makes him all the more deadly.
  • Rucker will play Possum, a hired gun who works at night like his nocturnal namesake, and Tex's partner, for better or for worse, on this particular job.