Casting News - September 24, 2025
AMC's The Walking Dead: Dead City; AppleTV+'s Bad Monkey; Hulu's Not Suitable for Work; MGM+'s American Hostage; NBC's Law & Order; Peacock's Bel-Air; and Prime Video's Every Year After.
AMC's The Walking Dead: Dead City; AppleTV+'s Bad Monkey; Hulu's Not Suitable for Work; MGM+'s American Hostage; NBC's Law & Order; Peacock's Bel-Air; and Prime Video's Every Year After.
AMC's THE WALKING DEAD: DEAD CITY
- Jimmi Simpson is set as a new series regular on the drama's upcoming third season. He currently stars in AppleTV+'s Dark Matter, which has been renewed for a second season. He previously starred for two seasons in Netflix's House of Cards, two seasons in HBO's Westworld and two seasons in AppleTV+'s Pachinko.
- He will play Dillard. No additional character details were immediately announced today.
PEACOCK's BEL-AIR
- Tyra Banks will guest star on the drama's upcoming fourth and final season. The supermodel previously hosted UPN/The CW's America's Next Top Model for 23 seasons, NBC's America's Got Talent for two seasons, and ABC's Dancing With the Stars for three seasons.
- She will play a former college classmate with a big personality with whom Viv (Cassandra Freeman) is reluctantly reunited.
NBC's LAW & ORDER
- David Ajala has landed a series regular role on the drama's upcoming 25th season. He previously starred for two seasons in USA's Falling Water, three seasons in Paramount+'s Star Trek: Discovery and in the MGM+ limited series Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue.
- He will play the new detective working alongside Detective Vincent Riley (Reid Scott).
HULU's NOT SUITABLE FOR WORK
- Jay Ellis will co-star on the upcoming comedy starring Ella Hunt, Avantika, Will Angus, Jack Martin and Nicholas Duvernay. He previously starred for four seasons in BET's The Game and four seasons in HBO's Insecure.
- He will play Bill Gibson, a charismatic, successful investment banker who is admired for being his firm's highest-earning managing director.
PRIME VIDEO's EVERY YEAR AFTER
- Elisha Cuthbert has booked a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Sadie Soverall and Matt Cornett. She previously starred for three seasons in FOX's 24, three seasons in ABC's Happy Endings and three seasons in Netflix's The Ranch.
- She will play Sue Florek, Sam's (Cornett) mother.
MGM+'s AMERICAN HOSTAGE
- Kristoffer Polaha has joined the cast of the upcoming anthology drama starring Jon Hamm, Giovanni Ribisi and Mireille Enos. He previously starred in the Mystery 101 film franchise on Hallmark. He also recurred on ABC's Castle, Audience's Condor, HBO's Ballers and Prime Video's Shelter.
- He will play Dick Hall, the president of Meridian Mortgage who is taken hostage by Tony Kiritsis (Ribisi), who publicly accuses him of being a greedy and cutthroat monster. But the real human being is more complicated than that.
APPLE TV+'s BAD MONKEY
- Zavior Phillips has been cast as a new series regular on the dramedy's upcoming second season. The comedian and writer was recently selected as one of four participants in this year's Just for Laughs' New Faces: Writers. He was also named a Comic to Watch at the 2024 New York Comedy Festival.
- He will play Eddie, a CPA investigating financial crimes.