EXCLUSIVE: Dan Fogler (The Offer) has been set as a series regular in the USA Network‘s new drama series The Rainmaker, based on the John Grisham novel of the same name.
From showrunner and executive producer Michael Seitzman, the Lionsgate and Blumhouse series follows Rudy Baylor (Milo Callaghan) who, fresh out of law school, goes head-to-head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond (John Slattery) and his law school girlfriend Sarah Plankmore (Madison Iseman). Rudy, along with his boss (Lana Parrilla) and her disheveled paralegal, uncover two connected conspiracies surrounding the mysterious death of their client’s son.
Fogler will play Melvin Pritcher, a nurse with an explosive secret at the heart of a vast conspiracy.
The previously announced cast also includes P.J. Byrne in the role of Deck Shifflet, a no-filter, shoot-from-the-hip law school grad who failed the bar seven times. He now operates as an unsentimental “paralawyer” at J. Lyman Stone; and Robyn Cara as Kelly Riker, a lonely young woman trapped in an abusive marriage who befriends her neighbor, Rudy.
The Rainmaker received a series order from the NBCUniversal cable network in June, capping a six-year journey by Seitzman to bring the book to TV. Seitzman and Jason Richman wrote the pilot script, with Seitzman serving as showrunner on the series. The two are executive producing with Grisham, Jason Blum and David Gernert.
Tony Award-winning actor Fogler is known on TV for his work in The Offer for Paramount+, AMC’s The Walking Dead, ABC’s The Goldbergs and the recent Netflix miniseries Eric. On film, Fogler recently finished production on A Complete Unknown and Verona’s Romeo + Juliet. His other credits include Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, as well as the film’s two followups, Spinning Gold, Taking Woodstock, Take Me Home Tonight, Balls of Fury and Fanboys.
He is repped by Verve, Rogue Management, Entertainment 360 and Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz.
