Morris Chestnut lands regular role on TNT’s ‘Legends’Posted by Wilson Morales
October 29, 2013
Morris Chestnut has landed a series regular role opposite Sean Bean in the upcoming TNT drama, ‘Legends,’ which will air 10 episodes in 2014.
According to THR, the series, which was originally was developed for NBC from Homeland’s executive producer Howard Gordon, follows deep-cover operative Martin Odum (Game of Thrones’ Bean), who has an uncanny ability to transform himself into a different person for each job. But his own identity comes into question when a mysterious stranger suggests that Martin isn’t who he thinks he is.
Chestnut will play Antonio “Tony” Cimarro, a quick-witted FBI deep cover operative. He’s an extremely smart guy with an even smarter mouth who’s charming, athletic and has a natural born talent for assuming “legendsd.”
Cimarro has a rivalry with his older and more-experienced colleague, Martin, but the latter is in a league of his own when it comes to undercover work — something Tony is loathe to admit to himself or others. The character is an ambitious workaholic, a trait he inherited from his Dominican parents, who thrives on putting his skills to use in high-priority and high-risk cases involving national security at the FBI’s Department of Covert Operations.
Also included in the cast are Ali Larter, Rob Mayes, Tina Majorino, Steve Harris, Amber Valletta and Lux Haney Jardine.
Morris recently completed a two-years stint on Showtime’s Nurse Jackie and was previously a series regular on ABC’s V. He will next be seen on the big screen, reprising his role in Malcolm D. Lee’s The Best Man Holiday, a sequel to his 1999 film, The Best Man. His other 2013 film credits include Kick-Ass 2 and Identity Thief.
