Casting News - "Dexter: Original Sin," "The Neighborhood," "The Pitt," "The Rainmaker" and "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy"
Nine actors book recurring roles on the upcoming Max drama.
PARAMOUNT+'s STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY
Sandro Rosta has joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti. He is a recent graduate of the Oxford School of Drama. He will make his television acting debut with the drama.
He will play a new cadet at Starfleet Academy.
MAX's THE PITT
Shawn Hatosy, Michael Hyatt, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Brandon Mendez Homer, Kristin Villanueva, Amielynn Abellera, Alexandra Metz, Krystel V. McNeil and Deepti Gupta have booked recurring roles on the upcoming drama starring Noah Wyle. No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
Hatosy previously starred for five seasons in NBC/TNT's Southland and six seasons in TNT's Animal Kingdom. Hyatt starred for five seasons in FX's Snowfall. Brooks recurred on The CW's Walker. Homer recurred on Paramount+'s The Good Fight. Villanueva recurred on Netflix's Bonding and TV Land's Younger. Abellera guest starred on FOX's The Cleaning Lady and Freevee's Bosch: Legacy. Metz recurred on NBC's Chicago Fire and ABC's How to Get Away With Murder. McNeil guest starred on Max's South Side and AMC's 61st Street. Gupta guest starred on Hulu's Little Fires Everywhere and AppleTV+'s For All Mankind.
USA's THE RAINMAKER
Madison Iseman has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming drama starring John Slattery. She previously starred in Amazon's one-season drama I Know What You Did Last Summer. She also appeared in the Jumanji film franchise.
She will play Sarah Plankmore, a recent law school graduate and Rudy Baylor's girlfriend.
SHOWTIME's DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN
Amanda Brooks has landed a recurring role on the upcoming Dexter prequel starring Patrick Gibson. She previously recurred on NBC's Aquarius, WGN America's Outsiders, ABC/CMT's Nashville and Showtime's Super Pumped.
She will play Becca Spencer, Captain Aaron Spencer's (Patrick Dempsey) ex-wife who shares custody of their son.
AMAZON's UNTITLED RIZ AHMED COMEDY
Sheeba Chaddha, Aasiya Shah and Sajid Hasan will co-star on the upcoming comedy created by and starring Riz Ahmed. Chaddha previously starred in the Indian films Badhaai Do and Doctor G. Shah starred for two seasons in Max's Raised by Wolves. Hasan recently appeared in the Pakistani dramas Jaan Nisar and Barzakh.
No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
CBS' THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Skye Townsend has been promoted to series regular on the comedy's upcoming seventh season. She joined the comedy as a recurring guest star during its sixth season. She previously starred for three seasons in HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show.
She plays Courtney, who got pregnant after a one-night stand with Marty Butler (Marcel Spears). Even though they are now devoted co-parents to a beautiful baby girl, they have made it very clear that they are not a couple.