Ryan Phillippe has joined the cast of “9-1-1: Nashville” for the show’s upcoming second season, Variety has confirmed.
Season 1 of the “9-1-1” spinoff is currently airing, with the season finale set to air in May. It was renewed for Season 2 back in March. Phillippe will appear in a series regular role. His character is described as “as a brilliant, iconoclastic detective who moves to Nashville from New York. A seductive bad boy with a past, he’ll stir up all kinds of juicy drama with our first responders while leading an investigation into a mysterious criminal tormenting Nashville on a biblical scale.”
The cast of the show currently includes Chris O’Donnell, Jessica Capshaw, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, LeAnn Rimes, Michael Provost, Juani Feliz, Hailey Kilgore, and Hunter McVey.
This will not be the first time Phillippe has starred in an ABC drama. He previously appeared in the shows “Big Sky” and “Secrets and Lies” at the broadcast network. His other TV roles include “Motorheads,” “Shooter,” “MacGruber,” and “Damages.” Phillippe is best known for his roles in films like “Cruel Intentions,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Stop-Loss,” and “Flags of Our Fathers.”
He is repped by Gersh, MGMT, and Sloane Offer.
“9-1-1: Nashville” currently airs on Thursdays, where it is paired with the “9-1-1” mothership show. The series is produced by 20th Television in association with Ryan Murphy Television. Ryan Murphy, Tim Minear and Rashad Raisani serve as executive producers, along with O’Donnell, Brad Buecker, Brad Falchuk and Angela Bassett. Raisani serves as showrunner.
Deadline first reported Phillippe’s casting.
