The Outsider - Cynthia Erivo, Bill Camp, Mare Winningham, Julianne Nicholson & More Join HBO's Stephen King Series
Jan 26, 2019
The Outsider(From left to right, Cynthia Erivo, Bill Camp, Mare Winningham, Paddy Considine, Julianne Nicholson, Yul Vázquez, Jeremy Bobb, Marc Menchaca, Hettienne Park)
Cynthia Erivo (Widows, Bad Times at the El Royale), Bill Camp (The Night Of, The Looming Tower), Mare Winningham (American Horror Story, The Affair), Paddy Considine (Peaky Blinders), Julianne Nicholson (Eyewitness, Masters of Sex, Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders), Yul Vázquez (Narcos: Mexico, The Looming Tower, Midnight Texas), Jeremy Bobb (Godless, Manhunt: Unabomber, The Knick) and Marc Menchaca (Ozark, The Sinner, Manifest) have joined the series regular cast of HBO's Stephen King adaptation of The Outsider per Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter. Hettienne Park (Hannibal, Blindspot) and Michael Esper (Trust, Shades of Blue) will recur in the drama.
The Outsider follows a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy. The crime, however, leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe to be real, as an insidious supernatural force edges its way into the case.
The series hails from Richard Price (The Night Of, The Deuce), Jack Bender (Mr. Mercedes) Jason Bateman's Aggregate Films, Temple Hill Entertainment, and MRC. Bateman will direct the first two episodes with Price writing.
Ben Mendelsohn stars as Ralph Anderson, the detective investigating the murder case.
Cynthia Erivo plays investigator Holly Gibney (a character from Stephen King's Mr. Mercedes novels) who joins Ralph on what appears to be an open-and-shut case.
Bill Camp plays Howie Gold, a lawyer.
Mare Winningham plays Jeannie Anderson.
Paddy Considine plays Claude Bolton, a witness in the case.
Julianne Nicholson plays Mercy Maitland, the wife of the accused.
Yul Vazquez plays state police detective Yunis Sablo.
Jeremy Bobb plays Alec Pelley.
Marc Menchaca plays Jack Hoskins, a rival of Ralph's.
Hettienne Park recurs as Tomika Collins.
Michael Esper recurs as Bill Samuels.
No other character details were revealed.
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