EXCLUSIVE: In his return to CBS, former CSI: Vegas star Matt Lauria has been tapped as what’s believed to be the male lead reverse Morena Baccarin on the community’s upcoming drama sequence Sheriff Nation, a by-product from hit Fireplace Nation.
Sheriff Nation, which is able to premiere within the fall, stars Baccarin as straight-shooting sheriff Mickey Fox, the stepsister of Cal Fireplace’s division chief Sharon Leone (Fireplace Nation‘s Diane Farr), who investigates legal exercise as she patrols the streets of small-town Edgewater whereas contending along with her ex-con father (W. Earl Brown) and a mysterious incident involving her wayward daughter.
Lauria will play Boone, Sheriff Mickey Fox’s sensible, robust and succesful deputy and longtime associate. Initially from Oakland, he’s used to a unique sort of policing. Their contrasting regulation enforcement types makes their partnership each advanced and sometimes tense.
Along with Baccarin and Brown, whose characters have been launched on Fireplace Nation, Lauria joins fellow Sheriff Nation new sequence regulars Christopher Gorham and Michele Weaver who play Mickey’s ex-husband and a Sheriff deputy, respectively.
The Sheriff Nation planted spinoff episode was written by Tony Phelan and Joan Rater with story by Phelan, Rater and Max Thieriot, the trio behind Fireplace Nation. Govt producing the sequence are Matt Lopez, who serves as showrunner, Thieriot, Phelan, Rater, and Jerry Bruckheimer and KristieAnne Reed for JBTV. CBS Studios is the studio behind the Fireplace Nation franchise.
Lauria will subsequent be seen recurring in JJ Abrams’ interval thriller drama sequence Duster for Max as Izzy’s (Camille Guaty) oncologist boyfriend. He just lately wrapped indie movie Drowning and recurred on the second season of Prime Video’s sci-fi Western Outer Vary. His sequence credit additionally embrace main roles on DirecTV’s Kingdom, Apple TV+’s Dickinson, CBS All Entry’ Inform Me A Story, Channel 4’s Traitors, Sky Atlantic’s Little Birds, NBC’s Parenthood and his breakout activate Friday Night time Lights. In options, he was most just lately seen in Paramount’s 80 for Brady. Lauria is repped by Gersh, Principal Leisure LA and Johnson, Shapiro, Slewett, & Kole.
