Casting News - April 29, 2025
AppleTV+'s Imperfect Women; CBS' Sheriff Country; MGM+'s American Classic; Paramount+'s Landman; and USA's Resident Alien.
AppleTV+'s Imperfect Women; CBS' Sheriff Country; MGM+'s American Classic; Paramount+'s Landman; and USA's Resident Alien.
CBS' SHERIFF COUNTRY
- Matt Lauria will co-star on the upcoming Fire Country spinoff starring Morena Baccarin. He previously starred for two seasons in NBC's Friday Night Lights, three seasons in Audience Network's Kingdom, and three seasons in CBS' CSI: Vegas. He also recurred on NBC's Parenthood and Prime Video's Outer Range.
- He will play Boone, Sheriff Mickey Fox's (Baccarin) smart, tough and capable deputy and longtime partner. Originally from Oakland, he's used to a different kind of policing. Their contrasting law enforcement styles makes their partnership both complex and occasionally tense.
PARAMOUNT+'s LANDMAN
- Sam Elliott has been cast as a new series regular on the drama's upcoming second season. He received an Academy Award nomination in 2019 for his role in A Star Is Born. He previously starred for four seasons in Netflix's The Ranch and in the Paramount+ limited series 1883. He also recurred on FX's Justified, NBC's Parks and Recreation and Netflix's Grace and Frankie.
- No details were immediately announced about the character he will be playing.
MGM+'s AMERICAN CLASSIC
- Harris Yulin, Jane Alexander, Jessica Hecht, Nell Verlaque, Billy Carter, Elise Kibler and Ajay Friese have joined the cast of the upcoming comedy starring Kevin Kline, Jon Tenney and Laura Linney. Yulin previously recurred on Netflix's Ozark and Showtime's Billions. Alexander received four Academy Award nominations for The Great White Hope, All the President's Men, Kramer vs. Kramer and Testament. Hecht starred for two seasons in USA's The Sinner. Verlaque starred for two seasons in Disney+'s Big Shot. Carter recurred on HBO's The Plot Against America and AppleTV+'s The Crowded Room. Kibler recurred on Netflix's The Night Agent. Friese starred in the second season of Netflix's Lost in Space.
- Yulin will play Linus Bean, Richard (Kline) and Jon's (Tenney) father, an actor, a puppet maker, and the founder of the Millersburg Festival Theater.
- Alexander will play Ethel Bean, Linus' wife and Richard and Jon's mother. Linus and Ethel built the Millersburg Festival Theater together and made it into the pride and joy of their family and the community.
- Hecht will play Polly, Richard's ex-wife and the most expensive designer on Broadway. She and Richard have managed, despite the crippling alimony he pays her, to remain friends.
- Verlaque will play Miranda Bean, the 18-year-old daughter of Jon and Kristen (Linney).
- Carter will play Connor Boyle, a real estate developer and self-appointed savior of Millersburg.
- Kibler will play Nadia Romanova, whose dream is to become an actress, and her boyfriend Connor Boyle will do whatever it takes to make that happen. She is obsessed with Richard Bean.
- Friese will play Randall Potts, Miranda's boyfriend who grew up with her in Millersburg.
APPLE TV+'s IMPERFECT WOMEN
- Rome Flynn, Ana Ortiz and Sherri Saum have landed recurring roles on the upcoming limited series starring Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington and Kate Mara. Flynn starred for two seasons in ABC's How to Get Away With Murder and in the fourth season of MGM+'s Godfather of Harlem. Ortiz starred for four seasons in ABC's Ugly Betty, four seasons in Lifetime's Devious Maids, and three seasons in Hulu's Love, Victor. Saum starred for five seasons in Freeform's The Fosters and in the third season of Netflix's Locke & Key.
- Rome will play Jordan. Ortiz will play Detective Ganz. Saum will play Zoe.
USA's RESIDENT ALIEN
- Stephen Root will guest star in the dramedy's upcoming fourth season. He previously starred for four seasons in HBO's Barry, receiving an Emmy Award nomination for his performance in 2019.
- He will play Harry's (Alan Tudyk father). He will appear to his son in human form and push Harry to go back to his evil alien roots.