Friday, March 27, 2026

Casting News - Denis O'Hare, Wyatt Russell, Caitlin FitzGerald and Toby Huss Join Netflix's 'Kennedy'; Plus 2 More Updates!

Casting News - March 27, 2026

Apple TV's The Morning Show; FX's Untitled Snowfall Spinoff; and Netflix's Kennedy.





NETFLIX's KENNEDY
  • Georgina Bitmead, Miley Locke, Tipper Seifert-Cleveland, Hera Hilmar, Wyatt Russell, Patrick Fischler, Caitlin FitzGerald, Louis Landau, Robin Soans, Denis O'Hare, Albert Welling, Toby Huss and Eddie Marsan have been cast in recurring roles on the upcoming drama starring Michael Fassbender.
  • Bitmead (The Assassin, Heartstopper) will play Eunice Kennedy, the fifth child of Joe Kennedy Sr. (Fassbender) and Rose Kennedy (Laura Donnelly).
  • Locke (The Royals, There She Goes) will play Kick Kennedy, the fourth child of Joe Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy.
  • Seifert-Cleveland (Krypton, Crookhaven) will play Rosemary Kennedy, the third child of Joe Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy.
  • Hilmar (See, Reykjavik Fusion) will play Inga Arvad, a Danish journalist and former motion picture star who was a close associate of Jack Kennedy (Joshuah Melnick) during the early 1940s.
  • Russell (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Thunderbolts) will play Charles Lindbergh, the American aviator who achieved international fame for the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927.
  • Fischler (Barry, NCIS: Origins) will play Arthur Krock, an influential American journalist who served as the Washington Bureau Chief for The New York Times from 1932 to 1953.
  • FitzGerald (Succession, We Were Liars) will play Clare Boothe Luce, a prominent American writer and socialite in the Kennedy circle during the late 1930s, who went on to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1943 to 1947.
  • Landau (Rivals, Butterfly) will play Billy Cavendish, the Marquess of Hartington and a member of the British aristocracy.
  • Soans (Victoria, The Queen) will play Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940, known for his leadership during the years leading up to World War II.
  • O'Hare (American Horror Story, The Boroughs) will play Raymond Furness, a career official within the U.S. State Department who served at the U.S. Embassy in London during the late 1930s.
  • Welling (Succession, FBI: International) will play Winston Churchill, the British statesman and First Lord of the Admiralty, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
  • Huss (Halt and Catch Fire, King of the Hill) will play Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States who served from 1933 until his death in 1945.
  • Marsan (Ray Donovan, Heartstopper) will play J. Edgar hoover, the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), who led the agency from its inception in 1935 until 1972.
FX's UNTITLED SNOWFALL SPINOFF
  • Isidora Goreshter, Mykelti Williamson, Brandon Mychal Smith, Nicki Micheaux, Eric Balfour, Richard Portnow, Zaire Adams, Demetrius Grosse and Quincy Chad have landed recurring roles on the upcoming drama starring Gail Bean and Isaiah John. Goreshter previously starred for two seasons in Showtime's Shameless. Williamson recurred on FX's Justified and NBC's Chicago P.D. Smith recurred on FXX's You're the Worst. Micheaux recurred on Freeform's Good Trouble and The CW's In the Dark. Balfour starred for five seasons in Syfy's Haven and in the Paramount+ limited series The Offer. Portnow recurred on HBO's The Sopranos and NBC's Parks and Recreation. Adams recurred on Netflix's Freeridge. Grosse recurred on AMC's Fear the Walking Dead, Apple TV's Swagger and Disney+'s Wonder Man
  • No details were immediately announced about the characters Goreshter, Williamson, Smith, Micheaux, Balfour, Portnow, Adams and Grosse will be playing.
  • Chad will reprise his role as Deon "Big D" Barber from FX's Snowfall where he recurred on the fifth and sixth seasons.
APPLE TV's THE MORNING SHOW
  • Sean Hayes has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming fifth season. He previously starred for 11 seasons in NBC's Will & Grace, receiving seven Emmy Award nominations and winning in 2000. He won another Emmy Award in 2011 for producing The 64th Tony Awards. He has also received two Tony Award nominations - winning in 2023 for his role in the play Good Night, Oscar.
  • He will play Wyatt, Bro's (Boyd Holbrook) quick-witted older brother and manager.