Film & TV NewsBroadway Alum Steven Pasquale Joins Jeff Daniels and More in James Comey Limited SeriesThe CBS Studios series is based on the former FBI director's memoir, A Higher Loyalty.
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Emily Selleck
October 31, 2019
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Steven Pasquale has joined the cast of the CBS Studios limited series about former FBI director James Comey.
The Broadway alum, who was most recently seen on stage opposite Kerry Washington in American Son (a film adaptation of which will premiere on Netflix November 1),will star alongside the previously announcedJeff Daniels (To Kill a Mockingbird) in the show based on Comey's memoir A Higher Loyalty.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Pasquale is set to play FBI agent Peter Strzok, who helmed the Russia election interference probe until he was sacked over text messages and emails to a fellow FBI employee. Strzok has sued the bureau for wrongful termination.
The project will also star Tony Award winner Jennifer Ehle as Patrice Comey, Michael Kelly as Andrew McCabe, Brendan Gleeson as Donald Trump, Holly Hunter as Sally Yates, Peter Coyote as Robert Mueller, and Oona Chaplin as Lisa Page.
The series is scheduled to begin production in November; no word yet on whether it will air on CBS, CBS All Access, or Showtime.
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A Photographic Look at the Stage Career of Steven Pasquale
A Photographic Look at the Stage Career of Steven Pasquale
Steven Pasquale celebrates his birthday November 18.
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Steven Pasquale with Garrett Long and Armand Schultz in The Spitfire Grill at the Duke on 42nd Street
Steven Pasquale with Roger Rees in A Man of No Importance at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Steven Pasquale with Penny Fuller in Beautiful Child at the Vineyard Theater
Steven Pasquale and Ashlie Atkinson in Fat Pig at the Lucille Lortel Theater
Steven Pasquale and Taye Diggs in A Soldier’s Play at Second Stage
The Max Martin musical features a number of his most beloved songs, including “…Baby One More Time,” “Roar,” “Since U Been Gone,” “It’s My Life,” “I Want It That Way,” “Can’t Stop the Feeling!,” and more.
