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24’s Mykelti Williamson Joins Kiefer Sutherland On Designated Survivor

by Dave Elliott
24's Mykelti Williamson Joins Kiefer Sutherland On Designated Survivor

24’s Mykelti Williamson Joins Kiefer Sutherland On Designated Survivor

There is a mini 24 reunion in the works, as Mykelti Williamson, who played New York CTU boss Brian Hastings in 24 Season 8, has landed a part on Designated Survivor with Kiefer Sutherland.

Designated Survivor stars Kiefer as Tom Kirkman, the US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, who is nominated as the ‘Designated Survivor’ (i.e. a member of government kept separate from everyone in case there is a terrible accident) during the State Of The Union address. When an explosion in Washington kills the current President and entire cabinet, Tom is thrust into the top job as Commander In Chief, a position for which he’s woefully under prepared, and it looks like that attack was only the beginning…

Williamson is set to play Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Chernow. He’s forthright, extremely intelligent and a career military man, leading him to become one of Kirkman’s most trusted advisors. Along with 24, Williamson has also appeared on Justified, Nashville and Kiefer’s other post-24 tv show, Touch.

Additional cast includes Natascha McElhone (Californication, Solaris, Thorne: Sleepyhead) as Tom’s wife Alex, Adan Canto (Second Chance, The Following, X-Men: Days of Future Past) as White House Deputy Chief of Staff Aaron Shore, Italia Ricci (Supergirl’s Silver Banshee) as Tom’s personal Chief of Staff Emily Rhodes and Maggie Q (Stalker, Nikita) as the FBI agent investigating the bombing. It also sees House’s Kal Penn as Tom’s speechwriter Seth Wright. Penn is no stranger to politics, having left House to take up a role as Obama’s Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Engagement!

Designated Survivor is getting a lot of interest from UK networks, but no one has landed the deal yet. We will let you know when it does.

https://youtu.be/N_f1v0Nx5Sw

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