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Character Photos From John Singleton’s FX Series ‘Snowfall’<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

June 6, 2017<\/p>\n

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FX Network has released a gallery of character photos for its upcoming series “Snowfall,”<\/strong> created by John Singleton<\/strong> & Eric Amadio<\/strong> and Dave Andron<\/strong>. The new FX drama series about the start of the crack epidemic in Los Angeles, will premiere on Wednesday, July 5 at 10 PM ET\/PT on FX<\/p>\n

Snowfall is executive produced by Singleton, Amadio, Andron, Thomas Schlamme, Michael London<\/strong> and Trevor Engelson<\/strong>. Andron serves as showrunner.<\/p>\n

The cast includes\u00a0Damson Idris<\/strong> as Franklin Saint,\u00a0Isaiah John<\/strong> as\u00a0Leon Simmons,\u00a0Sergio Peris-Mencheta<\/strong>\u00a0as\u00a0Gustavo Zapata,\u00a0Carter Hudson<\/strong>\u00a0as Teddy McDonald,\u00a0Emily Rios<\/strong> as Luica Villanueva,\u00a0Filipe Valle Costa<\/strong> as Pedro Nava,\u00a0Billy Magnussen<\/strong>\u00a0as Logan Miller.\u00a0Amin Joseph<\/strong>\u00a0as Jerome Saint,\u00a0Andrew Howard<\/strong> as Avi Drexler,\u00a0Juan Javier Cardenas<\/strong> as Alejandro Usteves,\u00a0Michael Hyatt<\/strong> as Cissy Saint,\u00a0Angela Lewis<\/strong> as Aunt Louie,\u00a0Malcolm Mays<\/strong> as Kevin and\u00a0Alon Aboutboul<\/strong> as Avi.<\/p>\n

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The 10-episode season of the one-hour drama is set in Los Angeles 1983 against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it. The story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course, including: Franklin Saint (Damson Idris<\/strong>), young street entrepreneur on a quest for power; Gustavo Zapata (Sergio Peris-Mencheta<\/strong>), a Mexican wrestler caught up in a power struggle within a crime family; Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson<\/strong>), a CIA operative banished to the Los Angeles office who begins an off-book operation to fund the Nicaraguan Contras. When he sees an opportunity to reverse his fortunes, Teddy risks everything to get his life back on track. and Luica Villanueva (Emily Rios<\/strong>), the self-possessed daughter of a Mexican crime lord.<\/p>\n

Hyatt <\/strong>plays\u00a0Sharon \u201cCissy\u201d Saint, he no-nonsense mother of Franklin. Frustrated in both her personal and professional lives, Cissy has sacrificed her dreams to give Franklin opportunities she never had. Angela Lewis<\/strong> will portray\u00a0Louise Saint, Franklin\u2019s party girl aunt.\u00a0Cardenas<\/strong> will play Alejandro Usteves, a calculating rebel from the Nicaraguan Contras movement who is determined to keep his revolution alive by any means necessary.\u00a0Costa<\/strong> will play Pedro, the cocky heir apparent of a Mexican crime family that sells marijuana throughout Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Promo<\/p>\n