Jeffrey Wright has joined the cast of Paramount+ With Showtime‘s upcoming political thriller series “The Agency.”
As exclusively reported by Variety, the series is led by Michael Fassbender as Martian, a covert CIA agent. George Clooney serves as executive producer.
Wright will play Henry, the CIA’s director of operations overseeing non-official cover agents, and a mentor to Martian.
“The Agency” is based on the hit French series “The Bureau,” which ran on Canal+ from 2015 to 2020. Per the official loglline, the new series follows Martian as he’s “ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station. When the love he left behind reappears, romance reignites. His career, his real identity and his mission are pitted against his heart, hurling them both into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage.”
Wright was most recently seen leading the 2023 film “American Fiction” as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, and up next, he will appear in Season 2 of HBO’s “The Last of Us” as well as Spike Lee’s “High and Low” opposite Denzel Washington for A24 and Apple Original Films. He first rose to prominence for playing Belize in Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America” on Broadway and later in the HBO adaptation, with other prominent credits including “Shaft,” “Syriana,” “Westworld,” “Boardwalk Empire” and multiple Wes Anderson films.
Wright is repped by CAA, Strategic PR and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein.
“The Agency” is commissioned by Showtime Studios and produced in association with 101 Studios. Executive producers include Clooney and Grant Heslov via Smokehouse Pictures; Keith Cox and Nina L. Diaz for Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios; David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin and Bob Yari for 101 Studios; Alex Berger for the Originals Productions; Ashley Stern and Pascal Breton for Federation Studios/Federation Entertainment of America; and Jez and John-Henry Butterworth, who also serve as writers. Joe Wright directs and executive produces the first two episodes.
“Jeffrey Wright doesn’t just portray characters — he inhabits them completely, infusing each role with raw, emotional power and profound, psychological insight,” said Chris McCarthy, co-CEO of Paramount Global and president/CEO of Showtime & MTV Entertainment Studios. “We are thrilled to have him join Michael Fassbender and our creative dream team of Joe Wright, Jez and John-Henry Butterworth, Grant Heslov and George Clooney.”
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