Starla Fortunato
Two-time Oscar nominated and Emmy-winning actor Richard Jenkins has joined the forged of Criminal, Prime Video‘s upcoming drama sequence based mostly on Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips’ multi-Eisner Award-winning graphic novel sequence.
Felony is an interlocking universe of crime tales based mostly on the graphic novels.
Jenkins will play Ivan, Leo’s dad’s finest pal, who has at all times been an uncle determine to him. He was a robber and felony, however is now at present affected by dementia. Leo is making an attempt to look after him however realizes he’s extra work than he can deal with.
Brubaker, who penned the pilot script, will co-showrun the TV sequence with crime fiction creator Jordan Harper (Hightown). Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden will direct the primary 4 episodes.
Felony is produced by Amazon MGM Studios. The sequence is govt produced by Brubaker and Harper, alongside Sean Phillips, Sarah Carbiener, and Phillip Barnett. Legendary Tv will even function an govt producer.
One of the crucial in-demand character actors in Hollywood, Jenkins has been in additional than 80 movies over the course of his profession. Along with his Oscar-nominated performances in The Form of Water and The Customer, Jenkins’ credit embody Nightmare Alley, Bone Tomahawk, Cabin within the Woods, Step Brothers, Eat Pray Love, Killing Me Softly, Jack Reacher, The Firm You Hold, Flirting With Catastrophe, The Witches of Eastwick, North Nation, Burn After Studying, There’s One thing About Mary, Random Hearts, and The Man Who Wasn’t There.
Jenkins was principally not too long ago seen in Ryan Murphy’s Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, for which he acquired Golden Globe and two Emmy Award nominations. His different tv credit embody Berlin Station, Olive Kitteridge – for which he gained an Emmy Award for Excellent Actor in a Restricted Sequence, and HBO’s Six Ft Below. He’s repped by Gersh.
